Maths in the Early Years

The children have been enjoying our daily maths sessions in Reception and it is great to see the progress they have made. They have been practicing the skills they have learnt in their play; look at some of the activities they have been completing recently.

Polina made her own repeating pattern.

The children were able to match a quantity to a numeral and showed 1:1 correspondence. 

They have been playing games and counting our scores. They've even began to record their scores.

They have been building with and exploring 3D shapes, they have been able to spot the 2D shapes we learnt about in the faces.

Finding and ordering numbers outside.

Making pictures with 2D shapes.

Counting using instruments!

Aliens Love Underpants

The children in Reception have been enjoying listening to the story 'Aliens love Underpants'. Yesterday they wrote some great letters to the Aliens telling them to stop stealing things off our washing lines. It is clear they are doing really well in their Read, Write, Inc lessons as their mark making was fantastic. They were able to count the number of words in their sentences and were able to hear the initial sounds in words. Some children were even able to sound out their words. Well done Reception!

Science in Reception

The children in Apple and Aspen have been experimenting to see how food changes when we heat it, cool it or leave it to decay. During our experiment we made jelly, looked at how an apple changes as it decays, compared raw eggs to cooked eggs and toast to bread. They have been looking closely at the similarities and differences and have asked some great 'how' and 'why' questions. Well done reception! 

New Finger Gym

We continue to encourage the children to exercise their finger muscles and strengthen them. This weeks challenge is to use the tweezers to move the beans from the box to the bowls.

The Reading at home continues....,

The Christmas shop

The children have loved their first day in the Christmas shop.  They will develop their speech, language and understanding by having conversations.  There will also be opportunities to explore numbers and shapes.  Furthermore there are mark making opportnities when writing cards and lists.  The can also develop fine motor skills by wrapping presents etc.

 

 

 

Nursery Learning Challenge

One of our morning nursery children, Elizabeth, has been extending her learning at home by completing  a learning challenge including the nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with her Mummy.  She drew a sun, a moon and some twinkling stars.  Not only can Elizabeth recite the rhyme, she also found out some amazing facts about stars.  Stars are big balls of gas including the sun and they appear to be very small as they are far away.  What a fantastic achievement Elizabeth.  Well done!

Reception Weekly Newsletter 24.11.14

Term: Autumn 2                      

Date: 24.11.14

 

This week we will be continuing our topic ‘Colours and Patterns’. However the children have shown a keen interest in ‘Space’ so we will be incorporating both topics. Our book of the week is ‘Aliens Love Underpants’. Your child will be taking part in the following activities. (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):

 

 Personal, Social and Emotional

• Children are aware of the boundaries and behavioural expectations.
• To develop an understanding that their own actions can affect others.
• Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.

 

Communication and Language 

• Sharing the story ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ and providing materials for the children to develop their own narratives.
• Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.
• Uses a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).

 Physical Development

• Developing fine motor skills through tracing activities, using tweezers and manipulating dough.
• The children will be continuing to go out in small groups with Mr Portway.
• Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
• Holds pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and uses it with good control.
• Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name.

 Literacy

• We will be continuing with our daily Read, Write Inc. groups.
• Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
• Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.
• Begins to break the flow of speech into words.
• Hears and says the initial sounds in words.
• Please ensure your child’s reading book is in school on their reading day.

Mathematics

• Recognises numbers 1-5.
• Selects the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5 then 1 to 10 objects.
• Sometimes matches numeral and quantity correctly.
• Recites numbers in order to 10.
• Separate a group of three or four objects in different ways beginning to recognize that the total is the same
• Shows and interest in number problems.
• Beginning to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.

Understanding of the World

• Talks about why things happen and how things work.
• Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Explores what happens when they mix colours.
• Explores colour and how colours can be changed
• Designing and making their own aliens.

 

Learning Challenge

 

Each half term we will setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

 

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

 

Poem/Song to learn: 5 Little Monkey’s jumping on a bed

 

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.

One fell off and bumped his head.

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,

"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

(repeat counting down to 0)

 

Composer/Piece of music: Vivaldi’s- Four Seasons

Person: Mr Maker

 

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.     Learn it off by heart 2.     Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme 3.     Find out about monkeys 4.     Write the calculations down e.g. there were 5 monkeys and then one fell off so how many now? 5-1=4	Listen to the piece of music Create some movements to the music Draw an illustration to represent their feelings Able to name the piece of music when they hear it	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2. Find out facts about the person 3. Watch the person in action 4. Make something that the person has made

 

 

Messages

• 12th December – Christmas Jumper Day
• Wednesday 10th 10.30- AM EYFS Christmas Performance
• Wednesday 10th 2.30- PM EYFS Christmas Performance
• The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
• Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.     
• We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
• If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 Thank you for your support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery Weekly Newsletter 24.11.14

Term: Autumn 2
Date: 24.11.14

 

We will continue with our colour topic. Our colour of the week will be green. Our story of the week is ‘The first Christmas story’, we will continue to sing our Christmas Songs.

 

The staff and children have been busy developing the role play corner into a Christmas Shop (as requested by the children). The children have also helped to create a small winter wonderland incorporating the polar bears from the Artic and the penguins from Antarctica.

 

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Remembers where objects belong.
• Expresses own preferences and interests.
• Develops own likes and dislikes in food and drink.

Communication and Language

• Beginning to talk about people and things that are not present.
• Learns new words very rapidly and is able to use them in communicating.
• Beginning to ask simple questions?

Literacy

• Beginning to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools.
• Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand

Physical Development

• Shows control in holding and using jugs to pour, hammers, books and mark-making tools.
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.
• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.

Mathematics

• Creates and experiments with symbols and marks representing ideas of number.
• Begins to make comparisons between quantities.
• Uses some language of quantities, such as 'more' and 'a lot'.

Understanding of the World

• Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.
• Is curious about people and shows interest in stories about themselves and their family.
• Enjoys pictures and stories about themselves, their families and other people.

 Expressive Arts and Design 

• Enjoys playing with small-world models such as a farm, a garage, or a train track.
• Makes connections between movements and the marks they make.
• Explores and experiments with a range of media through sensory exploration, and using whole body.

Learning Challenge

As mentioned last week, each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning, this is in line with the rest of the school. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class however the table below details some ideas for the learning challenge.

 

Poem/Song to learn: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

 

Composer/Piece of music: Elmer Bernstein- The Great Escape Theme Tune

Person: Mr Tumble

 

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.      Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about stars.	Listen to the piece of music. Create some movements to the music. Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2. Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Messages

• Thank you to all of you who sent in a family photo we will continue to talk about them this week. 
• Some future dates for your diaries: 12th December – Christmas Jumper Day

                                                                   Wednesday 10th 10.30- AM EYFS Christmas Performance

 

                                                                   Wednesday 10th 2.30- PM EYFS Christmas Performance

• We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
• If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 

Thank you for your continued support.

The Nursery Team

 

Read, Write, Inc, Stay and Play

Thank you to all of our parents and carers who attended the Read, Write, Inc Stay and Play session. We hope you found this useful. If you would like to find out more please like the ‘Ruth Miskin’ Facebook page or alternatively visit the website. www.ruthmiskin.com

Finger gym football

The children had great fun strengthening their finger muscles by playing finger football.

Nursery dark tent and shadows

Mrs Chisholm set up a tent so that the children could explore colour, light, dark and shadows. The children enjoyed using the torches and discussing shadows. They talked about objects blocking light to form shadows. 

Colour mixing outdoors

The Nursery children had great fun mixing coloured paint in the puddles today. The children mixed yellow and blue to make green.

Reception Weekly Newsletter 17.11.14

Term: Autumn 2

Date: 17.11.14

Thank you to all of our parents and carers who attended the Read, Write, Inc Stay and Play session. We hope you found this useful. If you would like to find out more please like the ‘Ruth Miskin’ Facebook page or alternatively visit the website www.ruthmiskin.com.

Our book of the week this week is ‘Here come the aliens.’ Your child will be taking part in the following activities. (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Children are aware of the boundaries and behavioural expectations.
• To develop an understanding that their own actions can affect others.
• Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.

Communication and Language

• Sharing the story ‘Here Come the Aliens’ and providing materials for the children to develop their own narratives.
• Uses intonation, rhythm and phrasing to make the meaning clear to others.
• Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.
• Uses a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).

Physical Development

• Developing fine motor skills through tracing activities, using tweezers and manipulating dough.
• The children will be continuing to go out in small groups with Mr Portway. All children will now need a full PE kit in school as they will be getting changed for each session.
• Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
• Holds pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and uses it with good control.
• Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name.

Literacy

• We will be continuing with our daily Read, Write Inc. groups.
• Children will be practising their name writing to ensure correct formation and pencil grip.
• Please ensure your child’s reading book is in school on their reading day.

Mathematics

• Practising number formation and understanding of number through playing bingo.
• Exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
• Use familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models.

Understanding of the World

• Talks about why things happen and how things work.
• Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Explores what happens when they mix colours.
• Explores colour and how colours can be changed

Learning Challenge

Each half term we will setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

Poem/Song to learn: 5 Little Monkey’s jumping on a bed

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.

One fell off and bumped his head.

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,

"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

(repeat counting down to 0)

Composer/Piece of music: Vivaldi’s- Four Seasons

Person: Mr Maker

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.     Learn it off by heart 2.     Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme 3.     Find out about monkeys 4.     Write the calculations down e.g. there were 5 monkeys and then one fell off so how many now? 5-1=4	Listen to the piece of music Create some movements to the music Draw an illustration to represent their feelings Able to name the piece of music when they hear it	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2. Find out facts about the person 3. Watch the person in action 4. Make something that the person has made

Messages

• The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
• Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
• We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
• If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Thank you for your support.

Nursery Weekly Newsletter 17.11.14

Term: Autumn 2

Date: 17.11.14

 We will continue with our colour topic. Our colour of the week will be blue. Our story of the week is ‘Hello Red Fox’, we will be singing our Christmas Songs.

This will be our last week of the bakery. We will be talking to the children about what they would like to see in the role play corner next. Mrs Chisholm will be setting up a tent as we want the children to explore torches and shadows and Mrs Light is going to make toast with the children with the option of various spreads.

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Expresses own preferences and interests.
• Develops own likes and dislikes in food and drink.
• Growing sense of will and determination.

Communication and Language

• Beginning to talk about people and things that are not present.
• Learns new words very rapidly and is able to use them in communicating.
• Beginning to ask simple questions.

Literacy

• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.
• Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.

Physical Development

• Shows control in holding and using jugs to pour, hammers, books and mark-making tools.
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.
• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.

Mathematics

• Enjoys filling and emptying containers.
• Knows that things exist, even when out of sight.
• Beginning to organise and categories objects, e.g. putting all the teddy bears together or teddies and cars in separate piles.

Understanding of the World

• Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.
• Is curious about people and shows interest in stories about themselves and their family.
• Enjoys pictures and stories about themselves, their families and other people.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Makes connections between movements and the marks they make.
• Explores and experiments with a range of media through sensory exploration, and using whole body.
• Expresses self through physical action and sound.

Learning Challenge

 As mentioned last week, each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning, this is in line with the rest of the school. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class however the table below details some ideas for the learning challenge.

 Poem/Song to learn: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Composer/Piece of music: Elmer Bernstein- The Great Escape Theme Tune

Person: Mr Tumble

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.      Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about stars.	Listen to the piece of music. Create some movements to the music. Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2. Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Messages

• Thank you to all of the parents who have returned their child’s dietary questionnaire. This will help us accommodate their needs and likes.
• We will be talking about our families this week, please make sure your child brings in a photo so that they can join in.
• We will continue to develop the 'I can put my coat on' display Once the children demonstrate that they can put their own coats on we will put their photo on the board. Once this has been achieved by all of the children we will change the objective.
• We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
•  If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Thank you for your continued support.

The Nursery Team

Reminder Read, Write, Inc stay and play tomorrow

Please remember that tomorrow morning we are inviting parents to come and watch us teach Read, Write, Inc to see how we teach sounds and get some tips for activities which you can do with your children to support our scheme.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available for you in the hall after you have dropped your child to school and then you will be shown down to the classroom for 9.15.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Nursery finger gym

This weeks challenge to get their little finger muscles flexing is to pick up the buttons and put them on the coats.

Nursery Independence Skills

We are trying to encourage the children to develop their independence skills.  We have created a new display above to coat rack; we intend to use this to record the childrens achievements with independence skills.  We are encouraging the children to put their own coats on at the moment, please help your child practise at home and we will do the same. When the children have demonstrated that they can put their own coat on with out any help we will place their photo on the display.  When most of the children have achieved this we will change the objective.

All of these children have already demonstrated for us that they can put their own coats on, well done!

Nursery Creations

Wow Amber you were extremely creative today. Amber definitely has a flare for arts and crafts.  This afternoon she selected her own materials and set herself the project of making a 'Monster'! She independently cut pieces of paper and stuck them to the egg box which was the monsters head. 

She was then able to talk about her monster.

The Nursery Reading at home continues to blossom!

It's great to see so many of you are still borrowing books. We are also still getting many book reviews back. Thank you for your support.

Learning Challenge Autumn 2 Nursery

Learning Challenge Autumn 2 Nursery

Poem/Song to learn: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

 

Composer/Piece of music: Elmer Bernstein- The Great Escape Theme Tune

 

Person: Mr Tumble

	Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Listen to the piece of music	Watch the person in action
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	Create some movements to the music	Draw a portrait of the person.
Deep	Find out about stars	Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.	Find out facts about the person