Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall...

The children helped Mrs light to create this wonderful Humpty Dumpty display. They all got the opportunity to make Humpty Dumpty puppets. This helped them to develop their fine motor skills and understand that tools are used for a purpose.

Superheroes!

Learning Power Heroes at the ready! Armed with the 4Rs-Reciprocity, Resourcefulness, Reflectiveness and Resilience, the Reception children are ready to accept any mission. Our 'Superhero Workshop' opened today and the children were very busy making their masks and capes. At the writing table, the children were writing about why they are good learners. Great work Reception!

Young Mathematicians

Both Andreea and Laicey correctly matched numeral and quantity.

They both knew how many objects were in a set.

Nursery Weekly Newsletter

Term: Spring 1 Date 20.01.14

The children enjoyed their snack last week and have asked to make chocolate rice crispy cakes this week.
This week we will be singing ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ and ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’. Our book of the week is, ‘The Three Little Pigs’.


Personal, Social and Emotional
Interested in others play and starting to join in.
Shows understanding and cooperates with some boundaries and routines.
Washing and drying hands. 

Communication and Language
Joining in with the Nursery Rhymes.
Responds to simple instructions.
Can retell a simple past even in the correct order. 

Physical Development:
Understands that equipment and tools need to be used safely.
Play dough manipulation to music.
Threading laces through templates. 

Mathematics
Notices simple patterns and shapes in pictures.
Recap on all of the number songs.
Anticipate specific time based events, such as snack time or home time. 

Understanding of the World
Notices detailed features
Seeks to acquire basic skills in turning on and off operating some ICT equipment.
Notices detailed features of objects in their environment. 

Expressive Arts and Design
Making Humpty Dumpty puppets.
Role playing the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
Beginning to make believe by pretending.

Literacy
Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.
Practise copying name.
Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers no longer whole hand grasp. 

Messages.
Don’t forget our ‘The Love of Reading’ Stay and Play that will take place on Friday 24th January. The children should attend their usual session. The morning parents are invited to stay from 9.00 – 9.45 and the afternoon parents can attend the 2.30 – 3.15. 

Also we would like to advise you that there will be a ‘Whole School Challenge Afternoon’ taking place on Thursday 30th January. This is an afternoon event, therefore as always the morning children are welcome to attend the afternoon session, if you would like to be involved. The afternoon session is from 12.30 – 3.30. The actual challenge talk starts at 1.30. So the afternoon children can be dropped off just before 1.30 or alternatively you can drop your child off at the usual time of 12.30 and return at 1.30 for the talk.

Thank you to all of you, who have donated £1 for the children’s snack, we appreciate your cooperation. Furthermore we would love to see you at our ‘Parent in Partnership Events’.

Kind Regards

 
The Nursery Team

  

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such fun

And the dish ran away with the spoon!

 
Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Reception Weekly Newsletter

Term: Spring 1 Date 20.01.14


We will be continuing our topic ‘Superheroes’ as the children are really enjoying it and are full of ideas. This week our focus book is ‘Superhero School’.
Your child will be taking part in the following activities within the seven areas of development (although the skills remain the same, the activities may differ):

Personal, Social and  Emotional Development
During Circle time we will be recapping our 4rs: Reciprocity, Resilience, Resourcefulness and Reflectiveness and what this means to our children. 

Communication and Language 
We will be ‘hot seating' the children pretending to be superheroes. Our aim is to encourage the children to ask 'why' and 'how' questions to find out something new.
Also in small groups throughout the week, children will be playing games to reinforce their understanding of asking and answering questions.
All the children have a set reading day. Please make sure their book is in school at least for their reading day (we will send a home a reminder). We praise the children who regularly read at home to an adult and have a reward system in place. Many children have already received their bronze award.

Physical
Making a Superheroes obstacle course.
The children will be continuing to go out in small groups with Mr Clark. All children will need a PE kit in school.

Literacy
Writing our names encouraging correct pencil grip.
We will be continuing our daily Read, Write Inc. sessions.
Writing in speech bubbles about our strengths. We will be encouraging children to use their phonic knowledge to spell simple word unaided. 

Maths
In whole maths sessions we will be focussing on measuring e.g. taller/shorter, big/little and heaviest/lightest.
Forming numbers accurately from 0 to 20.
Working on one more than and one less than a given number.

Understanding of the World
Explore Tommy Zoom saves the World programme. 
Looking at a range of Superhero video clip

Expressive Arts and Design 
Creating our own Superhero characters in the Superhero workshop
Enjoying our daily dance warm up to the ‘5 a day’ fitness programme.
Taking part in a music scheme – Music express – linking music with stories.
making a bat cave outside as requested by the children.

Messages:
Please follow Broadford on facebook (remember to press the ‘like’ button) and twitter. We update the Early Years blog regularly with photos and information.
 
Children may bring in something related to Superheroes for ‘Show and Tell’ on Friday afternoon.

Our next Stay and Play session is on Friday 24th January. This will be about ‘The love of Reading’ and what the library has to offer. There will be two sessions. The first is at 9.00 - 9.45 and then repeated at 2.30 - 3.15.

Homework:

Please continue to read daily with your child and sign their reading record. When your child brings home their words, please practise them as this supports their learning in school.


Thank you for your continued support.

100% Attendance for Aspen

Well done Aspen class for coming to school everyday. You are all super learning power heroes. Keep it up!! To celebrate we all enjoyed a cupcake party...scrumptious!

Maisy Ballerina

We love to hear news from home. It was fantastic to see Maisy's ballet costume and her pirouette was just as good as Angelina Ballerina's.  Thank you for bringing it in to show us Maisy.