Weekly Nursery Newsletter 16.3.15

Term: Spring 2

Date: 16.03.15

 

 

We had another fantastic week filled with amazing learning opportunities for the children. We had a visit from the ‘Wiggly Wildlife show’ on Monday; the photos all went on to the EYFS page.

We also took part in a sponsored walk around the school field to raise money for charity. Thank you to all of you who donated money and dressed your children in red. Also a big thank you to Maddison’s Nan in the afternoon for donating all of those lovely cakes.

 Our book of the week is ‘Dinosaurs Big’ and we will be singing the songs ’Hey Diddle Diddle’ and ‘Little Bo Peep’’.

 We will continue with the phonics, we are now on the grapheme ‘o’

 Personal, Social and Emotional

• Responds to the feelings and wishes of others.
• Remembers where objects belong.
• Expresses own preferences and interests.

Communication and Language

• Understands use of objects (e.g. “What do we use to cut things?'
• Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object. (30-50)
• Uses one-handed tools and equipment, e.g. makes snips in paper with child scissors.
• Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.
• Understands 'who', 'what', 'where' in simple questions(e.g. Who's that/can? What's that? Where is.?).

Literacy

• Shows awareness of rhyme and alliteration
• Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
• Shows interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes.

Physical Development

• Develops likes and dislikes for food.
• Willing to try new food.
• Shows control in holding and using jugs, hammers, books and mark making tools.

Mathematics

• Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set
• Uses some number names accurately in play.
• Recites numbers in order to 10.

Understanding of the World

• Seeks to acquire basic skills in turning on and operating some ICT equipment.
• Operates mechanical toys, e.g. turns the knob on a wind-up toy or pulls back on a friction car.
• Has a sense of own immediate family and relations

Expressive Arts and Design

• Beginning to be interested in and describe the texture of things.
• Explores colour and how colours can be changed.
• Understands that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects.

Learning Challenge

 

Each half term we will be 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: Grey Squirrel

Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!

(bounce up and down on the words)

Swish your bushy tail!

(shake it)

Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!

Swish your bushy tail!

Put an nut between your toes

(touch your toes)

Wrinkle up your little nose!

(poke your nose)

Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!

Swish your bushy tail!

Piece of music: Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

 

	Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Listen to the piece of music	Draw a portrait of the pet/animal of choice
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	Create some movements to the music	Find and read a story with the chosen animal in
Deep	Find out about squirrels	Draw an illustration to represent their feelings	Find out about the animal

Messages

• We will be toasting hot cross buns with the children this week.

Thank you for your support.

 

 The Nursery Team

 

Hey diddle diddle rhyme

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
 And the dish ran away with the spoon!


Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And doesn’t know where to find them
Leave them alone
And they'll come home

Wagging their tails behind them