Friday, 13 May 2022

Nursery: w/b 9th May 2022 - Our learning this week

 Learning Theme: People Who Help Us (Police Visit)

“I’ve ticked off one of my bucket list!” said Mrs light.

“Mrs Ellender, what great fun we had today! We hope the children enjoyed it as much as we did. Thank you to all the school staff, including the school kitchen; the lunch was really good! What a lovely school!” said PCSO Jackie.

The police visit even featured on Havering Daily: Fantastic Harold Hill school visit by East Area Safer Transport Team

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:

Police officer

Nursery rhyme of the week

This week the children learnt ‘Miss Polly Had a Dolly’.

Here are the words:

Miss Polly had a dolly

Who was sick, sick, sick

So she called for the doctor

To come quick, quick, quick

The doctor came

With his bag and his hat

And he knocked on the door

With a rat-a-tat-tat.

He looked at the dolly

And he shook his head,

And he said ‘Miss Polly,

Put her straight to bed.’

He wrote on the paper

For a pill, pill, pill

‘I’ll be back in the morning

For the bill, bill, bill.’

Learning Through Play

This week’s learning has involved:

  • Practicing ‘Thelma Three’

  • Ordering numbers and finding their cardinal value

  • Speaking to and playing with the police officers

  • Learning how things work ie police cars and motorbikes (individual photos shared via evidence me)

  • Exploring a new digging zone (photo from last Friday)





Ten Town Input

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

  • How to form the digit

  • How to show the number on their fingers

  • More or less than the number

  • What the number represents in objects



You may also like to watch Numberblocks number 3.



Phonic Input

The focus for this week was around 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

Story: Vet by People Who Help Us

The children enjoyed talking about the pictures and named the animals. They pretended being the vet and helped some toy animals get better.

Maths: The children enjoyed taking part in Ten Town activities and challenges. This week they learnt numeral 3 with the phrase “Thelma Three”. They also had to practice counting from 0 to 5 with 1 to 1 correspondence. The group also spoke about the properties of 2D shapes including: a square and circle which they could identify well.

Art and Design: The focus this week was to design a ‘special box’ which they will use later in their circle time. They were very enthusiastic whilst decorating the box with different materials.

Snack time: At snack time the children had the opportunity to make their own toast. They used their fine motor skills effectively in order to spread the butter and jam using a knife. When they finished they washed and dried their plates.


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 practicing with your child to do up and undo buttons. Buttons are a key feature on uniform and practicing with your child to use them is a fantastic way to develop their fine motor skills; which are needed for early writing. 


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:

  • Eid Bright Dress Up Day- 6th May 2022

  • PCSO nursery visit * - 11th May 2022

  • Doctor Lord visits nursery*-19th May 2022

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

  • INSET day- 6th June 2022- School closed

  • NSPCC child day - wear green - 10th June

  • Last day of term - 21st July 2022

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

  • School Reopens- 1st September 2022

* these visits will be as part of the People Who Help Us topic.


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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