Nursery Newsletter 19.2.2017

Term: Spring 2                     Date: 19.2.2017

Dear Parents,

We hope you had an enjoyable half term. Over the break a large sandpit and digging area were built directly outside the Nursery classes. We are looking forward to developing the area with the children and exploring our new resources. The children really enjoyed reading 'The Three Little Pigs' last half term so we have decided to focus on this story.

You are invited to a stay and play session on Friday 3rd March. The focus of this will be on supporting your child to achieve Communication and Language goals. There will be a short talk with parents in one of the Nursery rooms, after this you will be able to join your child in the environment. This will start at 9.00 am for morning Nursery children and 1.00 pm for afternoon Nursery children.

This Newsletter can be seen on the Broadford Primary School Facebook Page and the EYFS Blog which you can reach from the school website. If you follow the school Facebook page you will see lots of blogs including photos of the children's time in Nursery.

Personal, Social and Emotional:

Confident to talk to other children when playing, and will communicate freely about own home and community. We are praising the children for sharing resources and modelling sharing.
The children will be encouraged to work in teams to build houses for the three pigs, they will have large sticks, masking tape and blocks available to create the perfect wolf proof house!

                       

Communication and Language/Literacy:

We are encouraging the children to learn Nursery Rhymes and join in with actions to help them re-tell these. We are focusing on learning the rhymes ''Three Blind Mice '' and ''One, Two, Buckle my shoe." this week. They are encouraged to listen carefully to adults telling the rhymes and say the missing words. We are pointing our rhyming words in these rhymes and stories and encouraging the children to hear how words rhyme.

The children are always encouraged to use the correct tenses and word endings when talking e.g. "I slid down the slide." "I found a pretty bead." "Soon it will be my Birthday." Please continue to model this at home. Encourage the children to talk to you in full sentences and share their ideas.

Physical Development:
We are focusing on large ball skills, the children will be shown basic catching skills.

We are focusing on ensuring children are able to hold scissors correctly and are enjoying daily

'Dough Disco' sessions to develop the muscles in the children's fingers.

    

Mathematics:

We are focusing on the children's individual targets in play and moving them forward in this

way. Some children will be encouraged to and count amounts correctly and those able will be encouraged to match numerals to amounts.

Expressive Art and Design:

The children have materials available to create their own houses for the three pigs. They will be shown how to cut and create their own houses.

Snack focus:

This week we have toast available. The children will be encouraged to use the area more independently and wash plates/hands by themselves after use.

Messages.

Learning Challenge

Thank you for the Learning Challenge's we received last half term. We have a new challenge for this half term listed below:

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, famous person, 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 Monkeys Jumping on a bed.

Five little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the hills and far away,
Mummy duck said quack, quack, quack, quack....
and four little ducks came swimming back.
(Repeat down to zero).

Painting: 
Talk to your children about the farm and animals you may find on a farm. It is important they can group animals such as jungle, under the sea, farm, insects. You could help your child create a painting of their favourite animal and find out some fun facts.

Nursery Rhyme	Author
1.      Learn it off by heart. 2.      Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.	We have read some of Julia Donaldson's books to the children now. You could read the stories such as 'Monkey Puzzle', 'What the Lady Bird Heard' or 'Squash and a Squeeze'.  The children could draw/paint a picture of their favourite character or part of the story. You could even learn a story song, look at this website for ideas: http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/songs

If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team