Nursery Farm Fun

Both Morning and Afternoon Nursery enjoyed a visit from Wellgate Farm today. The children were lucky enough to be able to pet the goats, cuddle the rabbits and even hold the chicken! They were able to speak about their knowledge of animals and asked some great questions to find out more. We discovered lots of new facts to increase the children's understanding of the world around them.

"He has a bump because it shows he is a special Chinese goose." Zuriel

"Miss Tynan he is a half a lion head rabbit, he has a mane like your rabbit!" Maggie 

"Goats have different shaped eyes,  they are rectangles" Anish 

Learning Challenges in Alder Class!

Hannah and Adrian have been very busy at home completing this term's learning challenge. Hannah researched facts about Johann-Strauss Radetzky and shared these with the class. They were amazed when Hannah told them that he had 13 children!

Adrian chose to look at Superheroes. Adrian found some pictures of Spiderman, Superman and Hulk and coloured them in. "This is Spiderman, Superman and Hulk" Adrian told Alder Class.

                                 

   

Iniya's Learning Challenge

Iniya has been busy completing this term's learning challenge. Iniya chose superheroes to look at. Iniya researched Miraculous Ladybug and drew a fabulous picture of her and her side kick. She researched some facts using her phonic knowledge to write some great sentences. 

"I coloured it with my baby sister. It's Ladybug ." Said Iniya.

 

Learning Challenges in Reception

Each half term we set 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 sometimes includes a nursery rhyme, famous person, illustration or a piece of music.

We encourage you as parents to support your children in their learning challenge. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

This terms learning challenge was:

 Person:  A Super Hero

 Piece of Music: Johann-Strauss Radetzky: March

 Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill

In Aspen class Sophia and Adrian completed their challenge. Sophia said "I love Ladybug, I have the costume at home"

When talking about Lewis Hamilton Adrian said "He is my hero".

Reception Star Readers

In Alder Class this week Rebeca received her bronze certificate for reading 10 books. Isla received her bookmark for reading 25 books and Keira received her silver certificate for reading 50 books! Well done girls, I wonder if the boys will be star readers next week?

   

                                     

In Apple class Nicole has now received her gold star reader award for reading 100 books and Augustas has joined the platinum club for reading 150 books! Wow, great work Augustas and Nicole!

Alder also had some award winners; Srinika and Riley received gold awards and Lilly received a silver award. Well done to the children and parents for all your hard work!

                                                     

The 'Smoothie Bike' in Reception

The Reception children had great fun celebrating Comic Relief.  Thank you for all of your donations for the charity event.  It is important for children to take part in charity events, as this helps to develop their understanding of the needs of others.  

All of the Reception children went outside to see the smoothie bike in action, we were very lucky to have some year 6 helpers as we couldn't quite reach the pedals!  We had great fun adding the ingredients (fruit and juice) and peddling the bike to blend the fruit.  The children demonstrated reciprocity as they cheered their peers on, its was a great team building tool.  Iyinope said "It was funny went Miss Poulter got on the bike".

Reception Newsletter 27.03.17

Term: Spring 2                      Date: 27.03.17

Dear Parents,

We will be exploring the celebration of Easter this week, sequencing events and carrying out some cooking.  We also have parent appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday, and parent share reports will be emailed directly to you on Thursday.

We will be reading and exploring various texts.  

Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-

Personal, Social and Emotional:

Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.

                       

Communication and Language:

Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.

Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.

ELG: They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.

Physical Development:

Practices some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision.Uses simple tools to effect changes to materials.

Children show good control and coordination in large and small movements.

Literacy:

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.

Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.

Mathematics:

Uses everyday language related to time.

Orders and sequences familiar events.

Uses familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models.

Expressive Art and Design:

Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.

Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.

Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.

Understanding the World:

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.

They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Messages.

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, 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.

 Person:  A Super Hero

 Piece of Music: Johann-Strauss Radetzky: March

 Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about the origin of the rhyme.	Listen to the music and dance to it. Find out facts about the composer. Produce a collage or picture to illustrate the piece of music.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2.   Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Dates for your Diary:

The last day of school will be Friday 31st March returning on Tuesday 18th April.

      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 Reception Team

                                       

Toast Station in Nursery

The Nursery children have enjoyed using our new self service toast station this week. The area has been set up so the children can use the resources more independently. They have been taking their slice of bread, putting it in the toaster and patiently waiting for it to pop back up. After they have all remembered to wash their hands and cutlery. The area gives children the chance to develop their self care skills. They have also been enjoying talking to each other as they have munched their toast at the table!

"Scrape on more butter.." Maisie
"I think this brown toast is the best." Nathaniel

John's Enormous Turnip!

The story we have been focusing on in Nursery this week is 'The Enormous Turnip'. John clearly enjoyed the story as he went home and told his Mum all about the enormous turnip the characters had tried to pull out of the ground. The next morning John came to school with a tray of sprouting turnips ready for us to plant in our Nursery flower bed. The children were really excited to see the little plants and wondered how big they would grow. A big thank you to John and his Mum for the plants, what a lovely way to enhance the children's learning!

Wood Work in Reception...

Woodwork is a very special activity to introduce to young children and has the potential to make a profound impression. Woodwork is full of learning opportunities and is a very popular activity with children. Deep levels of engagement and intense concentration are common and the children often remain involved in their explorations for extended periods regularly in excess of an hour. 

We have begun to introduce the children to various aspects of woodwork, under adult supervision, we have been teaching them different skills.  Whilst practising these skills the children have demonstrated knowledge and Understanding of the World, by talking about their own experiences and relating this process to their own lives.  Sophia said "My dad's a builder" and Miley said "My dad's got one of these".  Furthermore when using the screw driver the children demonstrating great resilience as they had to persevere to complete the task.

Star Readers

So the reading continues in Reception...

Aspen class has five star readers! Kayden, Siena and Aleena have achieved their bookmark for reading 25 books. Thabang and Miley have achieved their silver awards along with their book tokens. 

In Apple Class Kayne, Abdulmalik and Lilly received their bookmarks for reading 25 books. Dhriti has received her silver star reader for reading 50 books. Victoria was very excited to receive her princess storybook collection for reading 75 books. 

Well done everyone, keep up the reading! 

Reception Newsletter 20.03.17

Term: Spring 2                      Date: 20.03.17

Dear Parents,

This will be our last week exploring Superheroes as next week we will be focussing on Easter.  We have used our current topic to develop all the areas of learning including Literacy, Maths, Expressive Arts, Physical and Knowledge and Understanding of the World.  

We will be reading and exploring the text ‘Elliott the Midnight Superhero’.  

Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-

Personal, Social and Emotional:

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions.

Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities.

                       

Communication and Language:

Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.

ELG: They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.

They listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.

Physical Development:

Uses simple tools to effect changes to materials.

Children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements.

Uses simple tools to effect changes to materials.

Literacy:

Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.

Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Mathematics:

Finds one more or one less from a group of up to five objects, then ten objects.

n practical activities and discussion, beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.

ELG: Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

Expressive Art and Design:

Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.

Create simple representations of events, people and objects.

Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using

Understanding the World:

Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.

They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Messages.

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, 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.

 Person:  A Super Hero

 Piece of Music: Johann-Strauss Radetzky: March

 Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about the origin of the rhyme.	Listen to the music and dance to it. Find out facts about the composer. Produce a collage or picture to illustrate the piece of music.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2.   Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Dates for your Diary:

Mothers Day money can be brought in this week, the cost is £1 per present.

Please make sure you sign up for your parents evening appointments by scanning the  QR code, this can be found the school page or you can find them stuck around the school.  If you have any queries please speak to your class teacher.

      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 Reception Team

                                       

Parachute Games

Parachute games are a fun way of developing children's listening skills, building language, strengthening upper torso and building social skills. Lots of benefits and lots of laughter! The children have really enjoyed following instructions to play different games and have been able to work co-cooperatively to ensure they succeed.

"I chased this ball all to the end!" Ava 

"Jack your turn i'll hold this bit.." Maisie

Nursery Newsletter 20.3.17

Dear Parents,

      This week we will be reading the story 'The Enormous Turnip'. The children have enjoyed planting herbs, flowers and bulbs in our Nursery garden and we will be teaching them how to look after the plants and looking at the changes over time.
        

Personal, Social and Emotional:

We are encouraging the children to talk to other children when playing and create their own games. We are encouraging the children to identify the feelings of characters in stories and talk about their own feelings. We will also be making Mother's Day cards and talking about things they do to help their Mums/Nannys at home.
                       

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 ''Two Little Dickie Birds'' and "Little Bo Peep" this week. They are encouraged to listen carefully to adults telling the rhymes and say the missing words.
As well as continuing to point out rhymes and play games with rhyming words the children are being encouraged to hear the initial sounds in words. We have been playing lots of games to encourage them to identify words that start with the same sound e.g. 'ball' 'banana' 'beach' and they have been encouraged to listen out for the initial sound in their names.

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:
The children are continuing to develop their throwing and 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:

This week we are focusing on the children's number recognition. They will be encouraged to match numbers using egg boxes and sparkly eggs.

Expressive Art and Design
The children will be encouraged to use felt tip pens on blotting paper. They will be able to add a little water and watch what happens to the colours as this spreads.

Note: To ensure all children are safe and happy whilst waiting to enter please make sure they are safely standing with parents/carers and continue to follow the school rules at all times; kind words, hands and feet.


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.



Messages.

Learning Challenge

Thank you for all the Learning Challenges we have received so far. The children have two weeks left to complete challenges and will receive a special certificate for this.

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 Ducks 

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