Friday, 27 May 2022

Nursery: w/b 23rd May 2022 - Our learning this week

 Learning Theme: The Queen’s Jubilee

This blog shows some highlights from this week including:

  • Book of the week

  • Nursery Rhyme of the 

  • 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 The Queen including this fiction book:

The Queen’s Hat by Steve Antony

Here is a Jubilee Animation you may wish to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDvLtLqQfA 

Nursery rhyme of the week

This week the children learnt Sing a Song of Sixpence, here are the words:

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,

Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?

The king was in his counting house counting out his money,

The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey

The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,

When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!

Learning Through Play

This week’s learning has involved:

  • Practicing ‘Freddie Four’

  • Making play dough with Mrs Ngenge

  • Creating jewellery for the Queen!

  • Meeting Simon the cleaner and learning about his job (People Who Help Us)

  • Decorating crowns 

  • Making bunting and flags



Ten Town Input

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

  • How to form the digit

  • How to show the number on their fingers

  • Finding sets of four 

  • Exploring the numbers that make up four



You may also like to watch Numberblocks number 4.

Phonic Input

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

  • Learning to clap a beat

  • Identifying syllables in words through body movements


Here is an example of how you can learn to count syllables at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwV5I039az0 

2 year old focus

  • Nursery Rhyme Bag: Each child chose a toy from the bag that represent a nursery rhyme including: horse (Kailan and Ayo); Egg (Zara); Star (Vienna and Chalva); and a Duck (Ellie-Mae and Mason)

  • Expressive arts and design: The children enjoyed taking part creating and decorating their crown for the Jubilee celebration.


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 tip is to ensure your child is in pants or knickers, especially during the day. Here is a link to Havering How to Toilet Train page

Eating, Teeth, Toileting and Home Safety Workshops can be found here.

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.


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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