Nursery Learning- 10.02.23

 Nursery learning 

Guess how much I love you? 

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.

Super snacks

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.

Reception Learning Week 5

 

                                             

        RECEPTION LEARNING - SUMMER 2 WEEK 5

Key dates and information

Monday 11th July- Southend Sea Life Centre Trip

Thursday 14th July- Go Bonkers!

Thursday 21st July- Last Day of Summer Term!

Maths

This week in math, we have been consolidating our knowledge of ordering numbers to 20. We have been using the correct maths vocabulary and practicing from different points. We ordered numbers from lowest to highest and highest to lowest. We also compared numbers and noticed which amount of objects had more or less. 

Our activity was to put numbers into order from 1-20. We did an amazing job!

Joshua- "12 comes next"

Aisosa- "1,2,3,4,5 then 6,7,8,9,10

Harry- “ 19 goes before 20” 

Mavis “1 is the smallest and 20 is the biggest number” 

Literacy   

This week we started reading Lost and Found. Lost and Found is a simple tale about a boy and a penguin and their growing friendship. One day the penguin just turns up at the boys house and the boy presumes he is lost so takes him to the lost and found office. Once they reach the office he discovers no one is missing a penguin. He asks some birds if they are missing and get no response. The boy finds out the Penguin is from the South Pole and so they venture there. The boy leaves the penguin then comes to the realisation the Penguin wasn't lost he was lonely. He quickly turns back to get his friend!

Watch the Story here: Lost and Found

Dija- “They can take a phone with them” 

Noah- “The boy can take a hat to stay warm” 

Sports Afternoon

This week we participated in our Sports Afternoon. We have been practicing for this and finally got to show off our skills! We did quoits on our heads, egg and spoon races, bean bag throwing, obstacles, hurdles and javelin throws. We all showed great reciprocity when cheering our team mates on and awesome resilience in the face of challenge. We had an absolute blast!

Chirag- "Look I can hold the egg"

Bentley- "I ran so fast and then jumped"

Tommy- "My daddy won the race"

Isabelle “I’m so good at balancing” 

Millen “we’re going to be the fastest” 

Nursery: 4th-8th October 2021

 Learning Theme: All about me

 

 

This blog shows some highlights from this week including:

• All about me

• Indoor learning

• Outdoor learning 

• Fun with friends

• Key Information

• Important reminders

• French fridays

• Nursery rhyme of the week

• Home learning challenge

 

Home learning challenge

This week's home learning challenge is to support independence by practicing putting on your own socks and shoes each day. Parents are welcome to upload pictures of children achieving this skill on Evidence me. 

Good luck!

 

 

Reminder:

Can Parents please bring in a CUP, Wellington boots and a drawstring bag with spare clothes ASAP.

Please LABEL  all your children's belongings, including both shoes. Please ensure your child knows what their cup and wellies look like.

Children do not need to bring in water bottles as we encourage all children to drink using the cups throughout the session. Children do not need to bring bags into nursery, only clothes for their spare clothes bag when required.

Thank you

Important notice:

 

As the weather changes we ask for children to come to nursery wearing appropriate clothing for the weather. Please LABEL  all your children's belongings

Thank you

Outdoor learning

 

The children have had lots of fun learning in the garden. We have been learning to take turns, develop our big movements (gross motor skills) and most importantly how to safely take risks, for example balancing and jumping from log to log. The children have also been learning how to put their own shoes and coats on, as well as overalls and wellies for outdoor play.

 

 

Indoor learning

The children have shown lots of interest, motivation and determination at the finger gym activity:threading. The children have engaged with all the activities and have their favourites.

 

Time to investigate	Yum yum!
Making a playdough person	We love threading!

 

All about me

 

Our topic from this week until half term will be ‘All About Me’. the children have been talking about their families, their likes and dislikes and getting to know all about their teachers. We have been concentrating on our emotions this week. Naming emotions including Sad, happy, tired and hungry. The children have been learning to say I AM statements. For example ‘ I AM… happy or I AM sad etc, as they learn to express their emotions and learn their voice is important.

 

We love listening to stories

 

Fun with friends 

The children have been making bonds this week with both friends and teachers. We have begun to see some special friendships form already. 

 

We have made lots of friends this week

 

French Fridays

Every friday the children will participate in a whole class circle time to learn a nursery rhyme in french. The children will also learn basic french words including hello and goodbye. Below is one of the songs the children will learn during french friday circle time.

French fridays song- Pomme de reinette

Nursery rhyme of the week

Our nursery rhyme of the week is twinkle twinkle little star:

Key Information

Session times:

AM: 8.30am to 11.30am

PM: 12.15pm to 3.15pm

30 hours: 8.30am to 3.15pm (lunch 11.30-12.15pm)

 

We understand many of our pupils have siblings and advise parents to drop nursery children first in the morning and collect last at the end of the day. The nursery doors will open at 8.30am until 8.40am. If your child arrives after 8.45am you will be required to enter through the main school office. We understand many families have siblings so please do not stress about pm collection, we know parents will be collecting from another class.

Important dates: 25th October: Havering Half Term (Nursery closed) 2nd November: Nursery reopens Christmas Holidays (Nursery closed):  20th Dec (Back 4th Jan 22)   INSET Days; Nursery closed to children: 1st November 2021 4th January 2022 21st February 2022 6th May 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

The Nursery Team

Funny Bones in Nursery

This week our story has been Funny Bones. We have been talking about our body this half term and have now spoke about the bones that hold our body together. The children were very excited to receive a letter from Dr Bones for some help. He wrote to the children  as the skeletons had bumped into each other and had fallen apart in a heap. They did a fantastic job of showing what the skeleton should look like in one piece!

Amari " That hold I made is the gap for his nose!"
Adam " Look big skeleton! Bones! Lots of bones!"

Nursery: Rising to the top!

With the introduction of the kitcamp to the Nursery provision this year the children have been showcasing their creativity by building dens, forts and obstacle courses using the lightweight yet strong panels. The kitcamp consists of interlocking panels which the children can use to construct their designs and explore independently.  

It has been a real pleasure to watch the delight on the children’s faces when they first climb to the top of the kitcamp, a real sense of achievement! 

We plan to use our new kitcamp resource to support our storytelling skills. The focus story in Nursery is ‘We’re Going On a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. You may find your children travelling over and under resources hunting for bears next week. There will be activities planned to support the children’s learning and understanding of the story and to develop their communication and language skills. 

"I did it myself!"Victoria

"Bend your legs and jump."Chloe 

Healthy Eating in Reception

Healthy Eating week in Reception was great fun for all of the children.  Of course we want our children to enjoy a varied range of healthy foods.  The children got an opportunity to try a range of different fruits and vegetables each day. During these food tasting sessions the children were encouraged to talk about their likes and dislikes and describe the food using all of their senses. Most of the children made an effort to at least test the foods and were proud of themselves for being adventurous.

"These are crunchy" Millie

"Are you proud of me for trying this?" Frankie

At the end of each day the children took part in some kind of alternative exercise or relaxation techniques such as yoga or meditation.  These activities were enjoyable and the children asked to do more of them!