This week we have been reading 'The Tiger who came to tea'. The children enjoyed reading all about the greedy tiger and have been using their tiger masks to re-enact gobbling all the food in Nursery!
As it was pancake day this week we have made our own delicious pancakes. The children had to carefully mash a banana with a fork, they then added oats and stirred in an egg. There were lots of opportunities for turn taking and counting in order to 10 in this activity. The children enjoyed watching as the pancakes cooked and were very eager to gobble them up like the hungry tiger at the end.
As it was a rainy day we added some power paint to the puddles outside. The children used small brooms to sweep and spread the paint. They had to use their shoulder and elbow joints to control the brooms and create their own marks outside.
In our small group sessions we have been focusing on phonological awareness, these are skills that are required to help the children to achieve later reading success. This week we have been busy listening for the sounds the animals start with and clapping the correct amount of syllables for each animal name.
The Nursery Team
A big congratulations to all of our certificate winners in Reception this week!
E for Excellence
Each week, a child in each class is awarded the E for Excellence certificate in recognition of their hard work.
Aspen - Sophie, for her enthusiasm for our focus story this week 'Izzy Gizmo'
Apple - Levi, for working really hard on his sounds this week
Alder - Nicholas, for working hard in Read, write, inc using his sounds to blend words
Dojo Winner Of The Week
During the week, the children in reception can earn dojo points for good behaviour. They can earn these for good listening on the carpet, being kind and polite, sharing and tidying resources or helping a friend. Each week, the child with the most dojo points will be awarded with a certificate and have their photo displayed in the classroom.
Aspen - Kian
Apple - Emily
Alder - Alayna
Awarded to children who have worked hard in their writing this week.
Apple - Jaxon
Aspen - Maya
Alder - Nicole
Silver Award - Ashar
Gold Award - Olivia, Ashton
This week in maths, the children built on their understanding of full and empty to show half full, nearly full and nearly empty. The children were provided opportunities to explore capacity using different sized containers and different materials such as water and sand. We focused on using our key vocabulary to accurately describe the amounts of each material in the different sized containers.
Take a look at the activities the children completed within the provison.
Activities:
Key vocabulary:
Full, nearly full, half full, empty, nearly empty, tall, shallow, wide
A big congratulations to all of our certificate winners in Reception this week!
E for Excellence
Each week, a child in each class is awarded the E for Excellence certificate in recognition of their hard work.
Aspen - Olivia, for your fantastic writing skills this week. Well done for following instructions and playing cooperatively this week.
Apple - Afreenish, for coming in happy to school and saying 'Good morning'. You have been talking a lot and using your kind words.
Alder - Layla, for your excellent tidying this week. You have been taking great pride in looking after our classroom. Well done.
Dojo Winner Of The Week
During the week, the children in reception can earn dojo points for good behaviour. They can earn these for good listening on the carpet, being kind and polite, sharing and tidying resources or helping a friend. Each week, the child with the most dojo points will be awarded with a certificate and have their photo displayed in the classroom.
Aspen - Sophia
Apple - Rylie
Alder - Farzaan
MDA Awards
Each week, the mid-day assistants will award a child in each class with a MDA award for demonstrating consistently good behaviour at lunchtime.
Aspen - Freya
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105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford
Bronze Award - Freddie, Freya, Maya & Ashvik
Silver Award - Afreenish, Eridola
Gold Award - Lujah
Awarded to children who have worked hard in their writing this week.
Apple - Jessica
Aspen - Natalia
A big congratulations to Rostam, who has been awarded the E for Excellence for his participation during our carpet time. Rostam joined in with some of the actions to our familiar nursery rhymes. Well done Rostam, keep it up!
A huge well done to Amelia, who has been awarded the E for Excellence for her love of reading. Amelia asked to read Goldilocks with the teacher and then retold the story by looking at the picture. Well done Amelia!
Our focus story last week was 'Guess how much I love you?', a story about a little bunny that loves his mummy very much. The children have enjoyed taking part in some activities linked to the story and their interests this week.
The children enjoyed collecting and counting the hearts in the colored rice. They sorted and scooped and used paint brushes and wooden sticks to make marks in the tray.
We added some limes and lemons to our water area this week with juicers. The children enjoyed twisting and squeezing the fruit and were thrilled as they watched the juice empty into the water tray. They have also been really interested in trying to build ramps for cars, we encouraged this by adding planks of wood to the building area and the children have been enjoying racing their cars down these and predicting which ones will be the fastest! 
The playdough area was very popular this week, the children helped to make some red, sparkly dough and used pipe cleaners to carefully make holes in their dough. There were lots of opportunities for counting in order during this activity!
In our art corner this week we have been busy printing using our fingers or vegetables. The children have been inspired to make some lovely cards and pictures for their friends and family.
Brilliant Builders
We have very creative children in our Nursery and this week they have been showing off their building skills! They worked together to create a 'tiny town' for the figurine and a tower that was taller than them. The helped each other when the tower began to wobble and also when they wasn't tall enough to reach the top. Super collaboration all round!
High in the sky
We love seeing the children risk assessing and taking risks, carefully. It's how they find their boundaries and get to know what their limits are. These children were having a great time jumping from the outdoor equipment. They started off low, concentrating on how they land with squashy knees and they built their confidence to jump off of the higher platform.
This week the children are continuing with their super snacks and this week we were making pizza bagels! They spread the sauce, helped great the chees and then we toasted them. They went down a storm! .
Wet, Wet, Wet!
We love the water in the summer but even on the colder days, we still use it to explore. Here the children were hosting a giant's tea party. They used smaller containers to fill up the larger teapot, meaning they had more control over the water.
A big congratulations to Luna, who has been awarded the E for Excellence for her interactions this week. Luna was spotted helping children and playing nicely with her friends in different areas of the nursery. Well done Luna, keep it up!
A huge well done to Daniel, who has been awarded the E for Excellence for always having a smile when approaching his learning. Daniel is always keen to try new activities in the environment and approaches everything with a positive attitude.
This week in reception we built on our knowledge of matching to find and make pairs. We began to understand that a pair is made of two. We also revised combining two groups using a range of concrete resources.
“The animals went in 2 by 2… ”
How can you spot all of the pairs in the video? Noah's Ark
Take a look at the activities we completed this week.
Activities
Key vocabulary
two , pairs, matching, altogether, part, part, whole, add, equals
A huge congratulations to all of our certificate winners in Reception this week!
E for Excellence
Each week, a child in each class is awarded the E for Excellence certificate in recognition of their hard work.
Aspen - Freya, for your fantastic reading! You have shown great enthusiasm and determination and you are now able to write lots of words independently.
Apple - Jaxon, for his hard work during phonics. Jaxon has been writing full sentences all by himself.
Alder - Zhyan, for your kindness and thoughtfulness towards your friends this week. Well done for looking after your friends when they have been sad.
Dojo Winner Of The Week
During the week, the children in reception can earn dojo points for good behaviour. They can earn these for good listening on the carpet, being kind and polite, sharing and tidying resources or helping a friend. Each week, the child with the most dojo points will be awarded with a certificate and have their photo displayed in the classroom.
Aspen - Harley
Apple - Rory
Alder - Jack
MDA Awards
Each week, the mid-day assistants will award a child in each class with a MDA award for demonstrating consistently good behaviour at lunchtime.
Aspen - Damian
Apple - Albie
Alder - Vanessa
105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford
Bronze Award - Tommy & Matia
Silver Award - Maya, Aditi & Samairah
Gold Award - Rosie, Maya & Samairah
