Friday, 20 May 2022

Nursery: w/b 16th May 2022 - Our learning this week

 Learning Theme: People Who Help Us (Doctor Jess Visits)

This blog shows some highlights from this week including:

  • Book of the week

  • Nursery Rhyme of the week

  • Learning Through Play

  • 2 year old Focus

  • Ten Town Input

  • Phonic Input

  • Preparing for Reception

  • Key Information

Book of the week

The children have enjoyed a selection of stories linked to People who Help Us including this fiction book:

Doctor by People Who Help Us

Nursery rhyme of the week

This week the children learnt Doctor Foster, here are the words:

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester

In a shower of rain,

He stepped in a puddle,

Right up to his middle,

And never went there again.

Learning Through Play

This week’s learning has involved:

  • Practicing ‘Zero Pond’

  • Speaking to and playing with the Doctor Jess

  • Creating police cars using different materials

  • Continued name writing (with a capital letter for our initial letter and then lower case)

  • Learning key vocabulary for doctor’s equipment including: stethoscope, thermometer, ophthalmoscope and otoscop.

  • Exploring how to use doctor’s equipment through play.

  • See all the equipment in Doctor Jess’s spotty bag!

  • Mark making for doctor notes


Ten Town Input

As part of their number understanding learning, the children were introduced to ‘Pond Zero’ this week. They learnt:

  • How to form the digit

  • How to show the number on their fingers

  • The Pond Zero song



You may also like to watch Numberblocks numbers 1, 2 and 3.



Phonic Input

The focus for this week was continuing to learn rhyming sounds, the children:

  • Learned the silly soup rhyme

  • Identified rhyming words


I’m making lots of silly soup

I’m making soup that’s silly

I’m going to cook it in the fridge

To make it nice and chilly

In goes... a rat... a cat... a mat…a dog?


Here are two videos that you can watch at home to play the game:

Silly soup: ig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-rkhTkq3mU 


Silly soup: ocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktF7DcnlGzQ 

2 year old focus

School Library Visit

The children enjoyed their visit to the school library where they met our friendly ‘Theo’, the dog. They listened to some stories with Theo read by Mrs McFarlane.

Nursery Rhyme: Miss Polly had a Dolly

Maths Learning: 

  • Ten Town (0-5)

  • 2D Shapes: circle, square and triangle

Story of the week

A selection of books around the topic People Who Help Us including ‘Teacher’ and ‘Doctor’


Preparing for Reception

Each week we will include a tip to help prepare your child for reception; although it seems a long way off the summer term will shortly pass and September will be here before we know it!

Tip of the week:

This week the focus is on showing numbers 0-5 on our fingers. Not only is this an objective in nursery, but it will be a lifelong skill that supports your child with addition, subtraction, multiplying and division in later learning. 


Focus child Meetings

Each week children will be chosen to be observed by their keyworker. Emails will be sent home to inform parents of the upcoming parent meeting taking place the following week, either in person or via telephone. Parents will have an opportunity to complete a form asking questions and sharing concerns they may have for the key worker to answer during the parent meeting. This form will be sent via email. Please check your emails weekly for school communications and evidence me parents share from your children's teachers. Parents are welcome to upload pictures and videos of their children at home. 


Key Information

  • Please LABEL  all your children's belongings, including both shoes and wellington boots. 

  • When the weather is forecast to be hot and sunny please provide a named hat for your child and dress them in summer appropriate clothing.

  • Please ensure your child has high factor water suncream on before attending school.


Jubilee Celebrations

During the week beginning 23rd May, pupils will be taking part in lots of exciting activities to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee!  

Each year group will focus on a decade of the Queen's reign and explore some areas of life in that given decade.  Please see below for a schedule for the week (subject to change).  

 

There will be a red, white and blue dress up day on Thursday 26th May along with a special Jubilee menu.  On Friday 27th May, all pupils are invited to a Party in the Playground.  There will be music, food and games.  Fingers crossed the rain holds off!

 

Year Group

Decade

Planned Activities

Nursery

2020s

Crown, flag, bunting and jewellery making.

Read The Queen’s Hat and What the Ladybird Heard

Learn ‘Sing a song of sixpence’ and ‘London Bridge’.

Perform ‘Baby Shark’


Reading trackers will be coming round this week. They will be started off in class next week and we encourage the children to complete them at home over the half term break. 

 

Pupils should complete their trackers and return to their teacher by Tuesday 7th June. Children will receive a certificate for participating and be entered into a prize draw to win royal-themed books.

 

The class who enter the most completed trackers will receive a special treat!

 

 


Reminder: Strictly no nuts or foods with nuts in packed lunches.

Important dates:

INSET Days & holiday dates- Nursery closed to children:

  • W.B 23.05.22: Jubilee Celebrations

  • Half- term holidays - 30th to 3rd June 2022

  • INSET day- 6th June 2022- School closed

  • NSPCC child day - wear green - 10th June

  • Pirate Dress Up Day- 22nd June

  • Last day of term - 21st July 2022

  • Summer Holidays- 22nd July- 31st August 2022

  • School Reopens- 1st September 2022


If you have any questions please contact nursery@broadford.havering.sch.uk or for more urgent messages speak to a member of staff or contact the school office: 01708 342880 or office@broadford.havering.sch.uk


Kind regards,


The Nursery Team


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