Dear Parents and Carers,
We are now into the second half of the Autumn Term of Nursery, thank you for all your ongoing support and communication! This blog aims to outline the learning that will be taking place in nursery, key information and key dates, providing any necessary links.
To start, several parents and carers have commented on how the blog Nursery: Primary and Infant School Applications was helpful. The Havering schools application deadline is the 15th Jan 2021, here is a link to the blog which provides an overview of the school application process with links to the necessary pages:
http://broadfordeyfs.blogspot.com/2020/10/nursery-primary-and-infant-school.html
Communication and Language
We will be encouraging the children to use their words to express themselves and to communicate their needs. We will also start using ‘Tales Toolkit’ to support children to use language in an imaginative way and to start sequencing events.
What is ‘Tales Toolkit’?
Find out more about this literacy scheme that is used as a learning resources across Broadford Primary School: https://talestoolkit.com/
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
This term we will be modelling ‘I statements’ using puppets and supporting children to begin forming ‘I statements’ of their own.
Want to use ‘I Statements’ at home and find out more?
The NHS Centre for Parent and Child Support have released a series of short videos, from the content of the Empowering Parents Empowering Communities Being a Parent course, and this one covers ‘I Statements’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNwWnN1Sh9w&list=PLtqcqZxTf21YQ5J3mdNXIhFY23kGoFseb&index=4
Physical Development
This term there is a continued focus on gross motor activities to strengthen our core muscles. Activities include obstacle courses, jumping and hopping games. We also provide activities to support fine motor development, including playdough, mark making, painting, sand and water play, and threading.
Maths
Around the learning environment children will encounter endless opportunities to count, sort, order and categorise resources. They will see number lines and digits in nursery along with the opportunity to complete puzzles; supporting their logical reasoning and problem solving skills.
We will begin to hold math activities during key worker group time, including counting to ten, learning counting nursery rhymes such as Five Current Buns and Five Little Monkeys.
Join in the counting fun using mathematical nursery rhymes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-counting-songs/zn67kmn
Literacy
The books that we will be looking at this term relate to the topics we will be covering.
Bonfire Night: Brown Bear Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.
Diwali: Dipal’s Diwali, Twinkl.
National Nursery Week
Universal Tree Day: Stick Man, Julia D.
Int. Day of Persons with Disabilities: The Patch, Justina Chen Hedley; and Happy to Be Me, Emma Dodd.
Christmas: Grandpa Christmas, Michael Morpurgo; The Snowiest Christmas Ever by Jane Chapman; and Is it really Christmas? By Joyce Dunbar.
At Broadford Primary School, the Read Write Ink (RWI) scheme is used and as a prerequisite to learning phonemes, in nursery, we are continuing to embed one of the first strategies, the ‘Stop Signal.’ This is a school-wide approach to getting children to stop what they are doing, look and listen to their teacher. It starts in nursery and we have been using it throughout the day, in particular at tidy up time!
Read how to use the ‘RWI Stop’ signal here: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/about-us/blog-news/article/ruths-blog-stop-silence/
Key Dates
We are currently considering how to perform the EYFS Nativity in response to the current climate and will update you with the decision on this shortly.
Christmas Holidays: 21st December - 1st January
INSET 3: Monday 22nd February 2021*
INSET 4: Friday 28th May 2021*
INSET 5: Friday 23rd July 2021*
*Inset days are open to staff for training but closed to all children.
Messages:
Each week a group of parents/ carers will be contacted via email regarding their child being a Focus during learning time. If you would like to receive a Parent Guide on using Evidence Me please email eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk or let a member of the team know.
Please ensure your child has a named set of spare clothes on their peg at all times.
All uniform, water bottles and pack lunch boxes should be labelled with your child’s name.
Please can toys and comforters stay at home.
Your child does not need to bring snacks to school. Fruit and water are available throughout the day for the children to access. The children only need to bring food to school if they are having a pack lunch.
Please let your class teacher know if your child has any new medical needs, allergies or dietary requirements if you have not done so already.
The school blog on the website and Facebook page are a great way to keep up to date with what is happening in the classrooms and any up and coming events.
School Blog: http://www.broadford.havering.sch.uk/?page=rss
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/broadfordprimary/
We look forward to the year progressing and thank you for your support, do let us know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
The Nursery Team
Broadford Primary School | The Learning Federation
eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk | 01708 342 880
office@broadford.havering.sch.uk | www.broadford.havering.sch.uk/
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