Friday 24 June 2022

Nursery: w/b 20th June 2022 - Our learning this week

 Learning Theme: Pirates!


This blog shows some highlights from this week including:

  • Book of the week

  • Nursery Rhyme of the 

  • Learning Through Play

  • 2 year old Focus

  • Preparing for Reception

  • Key Information

Book of the week

The children have enjoyed a selection of stories linked to Pirates including this fiction book:

Peppa at the Aquarium by Peppa Pig TM.

Nursery rhyme of the week

This week the children learnt the pirate themed song ‘I’m a pirate’, here are the words:

I’m a pirate

I’m a pirate

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!

I can sail the ocean

I can sail the ocean

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!


I’m a pirate

I’m a pirate

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!

I can dig for treasure

I can dig for treasure

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!


I’m a pirate

I’m a pirate

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!

I can wear my eye-patch

I can wear my eye-patch

Yo, ho, ho!

Yo, ho, ho!


Learning Through Play

This week’s learning has involved:

  • Role playing as pirates

  • Making telescopes

  • Walking ‘the plank’

  • Enjoying storybooks

  • Creating maps

  • Ordering numbers to ten and counting on

  • Creating an octopus in preparation of our next topic Under the Sea!


Ten Town Input

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

  • How to form the digit

  • How to show the number on their fingers

  • Finding sets of six

  • Exploring the numbers that make up five


You may also like to watch Numberblocks number 6.

Phonic Input

The focus for this week was continuing to learn to hear and count syllables, the children:

  • Used actions to count syllables in words picked out from the bag

  • Identifying syllables in their names 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

Literacy: The story of the week has been ‘In the Ocean’. The story includes a game of I Spy and as it was read the children were able to practice using initial phonemes. They did well at naming some sea creatures.

Mathematics; Comparing size and weights:

Blue group were shown objects of different sizes and weights. After discussing their properties, they were able to tell which objects were small, big, heavy and light.



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 support your child to retell a story in their own words. Whilst the children haven’t learnt how to read yet, they can use their understanding of the pictures in a storybook to help them retell a story in their own words. 

Choose a book to read several times with your child asking open questions and encouraging them to make predictions throughout the story. The next time they come to read it, encourage them to use their own words along with the pictures to retell the story

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 sun hats.

  • Now that the weather is generally 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 waterproof 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:

  • Bring a clean and empty tub (ie butter pot/ cheese spread pot) for your child to make a boat with.

  • Sports Day - Friday 8th July

  • 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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