Weekly Nursery Newsletter 20.04.14

Term: Summer 1 Date: 20.04.15

The children had a fantastic time with Karen the Lollipop lady this week and we got some super comments and language from the children. They listened well and all got the opportunity to hold the lollipop to see if it was heavy or light.

The doctors surgery has been a great success with many ailments being treated there. We will all be getting a visit from PC Hopkins this week. The morning children will also be getting a visit from the Fire Brigade. Do not worry, the afternoon children's Fire brigade visit is booked for a few weeks time. We will be reading many books including the Police officer. Our songs are ‘Five Little Firemen’ and ‘Old Macdonald had a farm’.
We will be focussing on the grapheme ‘k’.

Personal, Social and Emotional
● Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experience.
● Has a sense of own immediate family and relations.
● Recognises and describes special times or events for family or friends.

Communication and Language
● Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object.
● Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
● Uses a variety of questions

Literacy
● Understands that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects.
● Shows awareness of rhyme and alliteration.
● Has some favourite stories, rhymes, songs, poems or jingles.

Physical Development● Draws lines and circles using gross motor movements.
● Uses one-handed tools and equipment, e.g. makes snips in paper with child scissors
● Turns pages in a book, sometimes several at once.

Mathematics● Uses some number names accurately in play.
● Creates and experiments with symbols and marks representing ideas of number.
● Shows an interest in number problems.

Understanding of the World
● Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experience.
● Shows interest in the lives of people who are familiar to them.
● Has a sense of own immediate family and relations. 

Expressive Arts and Design● Beginning to make-believe by pretending.
● Beginning to construct, stacking blocks vertically and horizontally, making enclosures and creating spaces.
● Understands that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects.

Nursery Learning Challenge Summer 1Each 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: 5 Little fireman
Five little firemen standing in a row,
1 2 3 4 5 lets go.
Jump on the engine with a SHOUT,
As quick as a wink the fire is out.

Four little firemen standing in a row,
1 2 3 4 shhh lets go.
Jump on the engine with a Shout
As quick as a wink the fire is out.

(Repeat down to 0)

 Person: People who help us

Painting: Janet Ahlberg (illustrator)

	Nursery Rhyme	Painting	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	To find out 2 facts about the illustrator	Read a story with the person in
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	To draw a picture in a similar style	Draw a portrait of the person
Deep	Find out about fireman	Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator	Find out facts about the person

Messages

• We will be taking the pictures off the register names this week, this is to encourage the children to recognise their name.
• 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
• Please remember that your child should not return to school for 48 hours from the last time they had sickness or diarrhoea.

Dates for the diary

• Thursday 14th May Maths Stay and Play 10.30 for AM parents 2.15 for PM parents
• Friday 26th June Stay and Play picnic 11.30 for AM parents 12.30 for PM parents

 The Nursery Team
 
Old Macdonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh
And on this farm he had a cow, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there 
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo
Old Macdonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh
 
Repeat with pig, goat, horse, hen,