Nursery Newsletter - 06.11.26

 Please see vbelow for a potty training workshop, hosted but Havering Child Centre. 

Our Autumn Adventure! 

We wrapped up warm and headed out on an autumn walk around our school grounds to see what changes we could spot in the environment. The children became little explorers, looking closely at the trees, noticing the beautiful autumn colours and discovering how the world around us is changing as the seasons move on.

There was lots of excitement as the children collected interesting autumn treasures along the way, including leaves, sticks and other natural objects. We brought our treasures back to nursery to create our very own Autumn Explore Table, giving the children the opportunity to investigate their finds, look closely at different textures, compare colours, sort objects and share their discoveries with friends. 

These experiences encourage children to develop their curiosity about the natural world, build their observation skills and use new vocabulary as they describe what they can see, feel and discover. It's also a lovely way to develop early scientific thinking as they begin to notice similarities, differences and changes in their environment.

Our sand pit is looking a little emptier than usual as we're waiting for our next delivery of fresh sand next week! But that didn't stop the children from wanting to get stuck in. They were keen to explore what was left, scraping the sand together, scooping it up and investigating its lovely damp texture.

The children really enjoyed feeling the wet sand between their fingers and noticing how it moved and changed as they played. They experimented with scraping, gathering and moving the sand around, developing their fine motor skills, hand strength and coordination.

It's lovely to see how children can find so much enjoyment in exploring everyday materials, using their curiosity and imagination to make the most of the resources around them. Sometimes the simplest play leads to the richest learning!

We've been busy exploring shapes in our maths area, using the tangrams to investigate different shapes and how they fit together. The children enjoyed naming, sorting and matching the shapes, noticing their similarities and differences.

As they played, they were developing their mathematical language, recognising shape properties and thinking carefully about how different pieces could fit together. These activities also encourage problem-solving, spatial awareness and early mathematical thinking.

We've been working on developing our shoulder and wrist pivots through some fun physical activities. The children practised rolling balls up and down the wall, thinking carefully about how they moved their arms and controlled the ball. We also had lots of fun throwing beanbags into hoops, practising our aim and seeing how close we could get!

These activities help children develop their upper body strength, hand-eye coordination and control of their movements. They're also learning to judge distance, adjust their movements and persevere when something doesn't quite go to plan.

Lots of concentration, determination and, of course, plenty of fun!

Reception Learning - W.C 2.11.26

 
Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was Rama and Sita.

Here is what we have been up to: The children learnt all about the Hindu Festival of Light: Diwali. We read the story of Rama and Sita, made beautiful diya lamps, danced to Hindu music, looked at traditional objects used in a household throughout Diwali and made Rangoli patterns. 

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc his week. The children have all been assessed and are now working in groups based on this. In Literacy, The children have worked hard to write the initial sounds that they can hear in words. We talked about what sounds fireworks make such as pop, bang and zip. The children worked hard to write sounds they could hear in each word. Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on Set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

In Maths this week the children learned to compare 2 sets of objects and say which is ‘more than’ or ‘fewer than’. ‘More than’ means a larger amount of objects or a bigger number, while ‘less than’ means a smaller amount or a lower number. We showed this through making two different groups and showing different numbers on our fingers.

Next week, in Topic, we will be learning about Remembrance Day. We will be talking about why we remember those who fought in the wars and learning a little about the history of this important day. We will also be getting creative by making our own handprint poppy wreaths.

In Maths, we will be focusing on counting objects, actions and sounds, making sure we count each one only once. You can support your child at home by finding opportunities to practise counting together. For example, count toys as you put them away, steps as you walk upstairs, claps, jumps or taps. Encourage your child to touch or move each object as they count, helping them to understand that each item should only be counted once.

As always, please continue to practise forming numbers and letters correctly, as well as writing their own names independently. Little and often is best, and practising through everyday activities can make learning fun!

Thank you for your continued support!

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!