Nursery Newsletter 29.02.16

Term:  Spring 2                          Date 29.02.16

Amazing Animals finished with a ‘Bang’, we had a visit from some special creatures, we hope you had an opportunity to look at the photos on the EYFS page.  We have also already had a visit from the Lollypop lady, as our new topic is people who help us.

We will be reading ‘Police Man’ and singing ‘Pat-a-cake’ and ‘Peter Hammers’.

We will continue with the teaching of phonics, we will teach ‘p’ next.  As always we are playing all kinds of phonological awareness games, to promote the teaching of phonics in an appropriate way for children of this young age.  There are opportunities for the children to write their letters, and we guide the children to use the correct pencil grip and formation, however at this young age it is not good practise to write with the children if they are not ready to.

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Shows confidence in asking adults for help
• Expresses own preferences and interests.
• Plays alongside others.

Communication and Language

• Focusing attention - still listen or do, but can shift own attention.
• Is able to follow directions (if not intently focused on own choice of activity).
• Listens to others one to one or in small groups, when conversation interests them.

Literacy

• Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
• Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.
• Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.

Physical Development:

• Can usually manage washing and drying hands.
• Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
• Climbs confidently and is beginning to pull themselves up on nursery play climbing equipment.

Mathematics

• Creates and experiments with symbols and marks representing ideas of number.
• Beginning to categorise objects according to properties such as shape or size.
• Begins to make comparisons between quantities.

Understanding of the World

• Notices detailed features of objects in their environment.
• Explores objects by linking together different approaches: shaking, hitting, looking, feeling, tasting, mouthing, pulling, turning and poking

Expressive Arts and Design

• Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
• Notices and is interested in the effects of making movements which leave marks.
• Begins to move to music, listen to or join in rhymes or songs.

 

Nursery Learning Challenge Spring 2

 Nursery Rhyme: 5 Little Fireman

Painting: A picture by the illustrator Ahlberg

Person:  Postman Pat

                                                            Nursery Rhyme               Piece of music          Person         

                                

Basic	Learn it off by heart	To find out 2 facts about the illustrator	Read a story with Postman Pat in.
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	To draw a picture in a similar style	Draw a portrait of Postman Pat
Deep	Find out about squirrels	Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator	Find out facts about Postman Pat

Messages.

 Thursday 3^rd March is World Book Day, the children can dress as a character from their favourite story.  We are asking for a £1 donation on this day and the proceeds will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital

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.

 

Peter hammers with one hammer,

 One hammer, one hammer

 Peter hammers with one hammer

 All day long

 

Repeat with 2,3,4 & 5

Peters very tired now, etc

Peters wide awake now, etc

 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man

 Bake me a cake as fast as you can

 Prick it and pat it and mark it with a "b"

 And put it in the oven for Billy and me