Nursery learning: 20.10.23

 

Important reminders  

• Half term- Nursery closed: Monday 23rd to 27th October 2023

• Monday 30th October is a school INSET day. The nursery will be closed.

• Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend parents meetings this week. We hope to continue working in partnership with parents as the school year progresses. 

• Reception school applications: Please be aware reception application deadline is January 15th 2024. Outcomes will be released April 2024. Please use this link to apply for your childs primary school place for september 2024 https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/

• All children should be wearing a winter Uniform which includes a warm coat to school. The children will continue to play outdoors during the winter months. Parents may provide wellies for oudoors if they wish. Please make sure all items are clearly labelled with your child's name.

• If parents/carers have any garages with ramps or small cars that are no longer used at home we would really appreciate donations of these items. 

Our learning fun this week:

This half term the children have been focused on developing their fine motor skills with mark making. We have been working towards marking people, using the knowledge we have gained about faces.

They also created an amazing aeroplane outside. The children placed the blocks together carefully and worked well as a team. They then used their imagination to fly to different destinations, we passed over snowy mountains and sunny beaches on our travels. 

The children enjoyed exploring ramps with their cars outside this week.  Building ramps and experimenting with cars provides hands-on experience with force, motion, gravity, and friction.

The children have been showing the teachers their love of using scissors, snipping and cutting paper.

Over the half term the children have enjoyed showing their teachers what they can do. Many of the children have enjoyed marking pictures, letters, names and even words when showing off their skills to their teachers.

The children have been practising their counting using our fun maths games. Using cubes we have been learning our number bonds 0 to 10. 

Over this half term the children have began making special friendships. We have been learning how to work together and solve problems with our friends and teachers.

We have been using loose parts to create our own faces in the tuff tray this week. The children have been very creative look at their impressive designs. They have also really enjoyed using the jewellery to dress up too! 

The children have loved playing in the art area, being creative with colours and developing their fine motor skills using thick and thin paint brushes.

Thank you for an amazing start to the Autumn term, enjoy the holidays.

Nursery team