Nursery
This half term is all about, 'Amazing Animals'. The children have been enjoying listening to different stories about animals, and learning a new song called 'The Animal Boogie' which I am, sure many of them have been singing to you at home. We have been talking about our favourite animals in class and even created a wonderful wall hanging which is covered with the children's individual paintings: it looks fantastic! In maths, we sorted and counted the different zoo animals that we had in our tray and were able to compare whether there were more or fewer; we only had 1 crocodile and 1 gorilla, but we had 8 rhinos! The children had great fun helping to junk model an elephant and demonstrated good teamwork when it was time to paint it. The elephant has been taking the children on lots of adventures both inside and outdoors and it has fired up their imaginations when they are able to tell me where they are going and what adventures they are going to have, which is wonderful and absolutely brilliant for developing their communication and language skills! We have been very lucky to have stick insects and leaf insects in our class too, and the children were fascinated when we had our 'stick insect talk' earlier in the term. Some of them were brave enough to hold one! Our insects are great at 'camouflaging' themselves too, which has certainly added to our growing vocabulary. We have also started writing shopping lists using some of the letters sounds that we know, because when the tiger came to tea, he ate everything that was in the fridge! It has been very busy in our class!
The children have fully embraced this term's topic," Once upon a time". They have had great fun joining in with the repeated refrains of the stories that we have shared and have even used it in their own role-play games; building houses for the three little pigs using different construction materials both indoors and outside, we have quite a few little performers! We have been comparing different versions of the ‘The 3 Little Pigs’ story and identifying similarities between other stories that we have read such as ‘The Gingerbread man’ and ‘The Big pancake’. The children enjoyed voting for their favourite ending in the story of the little pigs. They will all tell you that, "Mrs Lowe likes the naughty version!". We have been enjoying learning how to draw pigs, using a 'step-by-step' method, which is something that the children love to do, and it really does help to promote those great listening skills, and they apply what they learn to their own drawings. You really can begin to see the difference in the children's drawing abilities as they begin to add more detail! We have been clapping along and using instruments to accompany songs and music further developing our phonological awareness by identifying syllables in words and more and more children are attempting to use some recognisable letter shapes to represent their own 'writing' We have been using language, 'more' and 'fewer' when comparing amounts which is really useful when we count up the team points that the children earn each week. It has been a great start to the new year and we're having lots of fun!
We have had an extremely busy half term in the Nursery. We have been very creative whilst learning all about different shapes and the children have even made their own circles and triangles which they will be bringing home at the end of the term for you to enjoy. I wonder whether you will be able to spot the squares too; some of the children were able to! The children have loved the North Pole Post Office that we have set up in class, and it is great to see many of them wanting to write some of the letters in their names to add to Santa’s Book. We have been encouraging and reminding them to label all the pictures and drawings with their names as it really does help when we give things out at the end of the session, so it has been fantastic to see more and more children attempting to do this! The children’s Nativity performance was a huge success, and I am incredibly proud of all your children. As I am sure you will agree, singing is fantastic for developing our communication and language skills (lots of fun too) and they did an amazing job of learning all those songs and actions, well done! We have continued to make use of the outdoor area (despite the ever-changing weather), and it is wonderful to see how the children are becoming more confident when using the bikes and scooters to travel around the library bus. We have loved seeing how they are able to show teamwork when they build their own obstacle courses, which are becoming more and more adventurous. It really is great for developing balance and core strength. We continue to practise listening for and recognising letters and the sounds they make, and I am sure that many of your children are showing you this at home too; they certainly like to ‘show off’ their growing knowledge in class and love it when they ‘win’ the letters from Mrs Lowe. Although I do tell them that I think Mrs McPherson and Mr Monkey must be cheating and telling the children the sound which is a great source of delight and amusement to the children when they tell me it isn’t the case. We really do have lots of fun learning in our class and it has been a great Autumn Term. I am excited to about next term’s topics and can hardly wait to continue the children’s learning journey when we return to school in the New Year. Children learn best when they are having fun, and we certainly know how to have fun in the Nursery! I can hardly wait to see what the New Year will bring! Mrs Lowe
We have had a very busy start to the half term learning about different people who help us. The children had great fun painting and playing in the fire engine we made, pretending to be fire fighters. We do love role play in the Nursery! There has been lots of arts and crafts taking place whilst we have been learning about different shapes and how to make them; you will have a nice surprise in a few weeks time when the children bring home the shapes that they've made. As you know, we have already started to learn the songs that we will be performing in our Nursery Production on the 12th December, so please remember to save the date! We are certain that you will enjoy it!
We welcomed new children this term and we are pleased with how everyone is settling into the Nursery .
The children have been getting used to the routines of the class and have been enjoying learning all our daily songs. Some of our older Nursery children have really impressed us with how they have returned to school too, setting an example of our behaviour expectations.
We have been enjoying this term's topic, 'All About Me' and learning about differences in looks and characters.
We loved the story of 'Elmer' and we think it's great to celebrate our differences, just like him!
We continue to practise and learn our sounds in Nursery, and it is fantastic to see more and more children to attempt their own 'writing' and give meaning to the marks they make.
Some of us are well on the way to being able to write our own names too, to label the pictures and drawings that we make1
Well, done everyone, what a fantastic start to the new academic year!
Mrs Lowe
Welcome to Nursery
2023-2024
Nursery have had yet another fantastic term. We have enjoyed lots of seaside themed stories and have been creative in class making our snails and learning to draw and paint ladybirds. We've continued to practice recognising letters and the sounds that they make and some of us are beginning to use them in our own writing which is brilliant to see! We have had lots of fun learning new Makaton signs each week and we are getting better at remembering to use them in class. Some of the children have been enjoying weekly visits to the Reception classes as part of their transition before they move to Reception in September; although we will miss them, they are now ready for their next learning adventures, and we wish them lots of luck! We've also been getting ready to welcome new friends that will be starting with us in September, some children came to visit us in the Nursery and we were so impressed with how everyone made them feel welcome! It's been a wonderful year from start to finish. Have a fantastic Summer and we're looking forward to greeting new challenges in September!
The children in Nursery have been having a great time learning about 'Growing and Changing' which is this term's topic. We have been listening to the story of the 'Hungry Caterpillar' and learning all about the lifecycle of a butterfly; we even learnt a caterpillar song with actions and used instruments to accompany it. In class, we have been lucky to have tadpoles which we are going to observe as they slowly change into frogs; we will look forward to releasing them into the school's pond. We also have mealworms which we are waiting to change into beetles. It's all very exciting! We have been planting and growing cress seeds in class and have now got some lovely hanging pots in our outdoor area which should look very colourful when the bulbs and seeds start to grow.
The children in Nursery have been having a great time learning about 'Growing and Changing' which is this term's topic. We have been listening to the story of the 'Hungry Caterpillar' and learning all about the lifecycle of a butterfly; we even learnt a caterpillar song with actions and used instruments to accompany it. In class, we have been lucky to have tadpoles which we are going to observe as they slowly change into frogs; we will look forward to releasing them into the school's pond. We also have mealworms which we are waiting to change into beetles. It's all very exciting! We have been planting and growing cress seeds in class and have now got some lovely hanging pots in our outdoor area which should look very colourful when the bulbs and seeds start to grow.
It was amazing to see all of the children dressed up to celebrate World Book Day.
We have welcomed new starters this term and it is great to see how they are settling in with the support and encouragement from all of our children in class; what great friends and role models you all are! This term we have been enjoying our new topic, “Once upon a time...” and the children have been joining in with the repeated refrains of the stories that we have shared. We have been comparing different versions of the ‘The 3 Little Pigs’ story and identifying similarities between other stories that we have read such as ‘The Gingerbread man’ and ‘The Big pancake’. We have been clapping along and using instruments to accompany songs and music further developing our phonological awareness by identifying syllables in words. We made houses from different materials and continued to practise our counting skills and develop our number recognition.
December - It has been a very exciting and busy, yet wonderful half term in our Nursery. There have been so many opportunities for developing our creative and fine motor skills with all the amazing things that we have made to take home and share. It has been fantastic to see the children all trying hard to remember to try and label their pictures, drawings and creations with some of the letters in their names. It really does help when we give things out at the end of the day and it is lovely to see more and more children attempting to do this; well done! We have continued to add to our growing repertoire of songs and rhymes that we have learnt which is fantastic for developing our Communication and language skills; this was most recently evident in the Nursery’s Christmas Production. I am sure that you will agree that the children did amazingly well! We have continued to enjoy making use of the outdoor area (despite the ever-changing weather) and have even had children learn to ride the 2-wheeled bike, which shows just how determined and resilient we can be in the Nursery! After such a fantastic start to the academic year, I can hardly wait to see what the New Year will bring! Mrs Lowe
We have had a very busy few weeks in Nursery! The children have started learning songs for their nativity which they will be performing on the 15th December so don't forget to save the date! It has been a mammoth challenge and they really have impressed us with their singing; they have had to learn eight new songs which is no mean feat when you are only 3 or 4 years old. We have had great fun learning about and recognising different shapes. We learn best when we are playing and having fun so as you can see we got involved in making our own shapes which you can look forward to receiving in a few weeks time as we turn them into something special for you to keep. We continue to learn and practise new sounds and new words at every opportunity and make links with our learning; even making our t t t t triangles, t t t t transparent. some of the children even noticed squares on our transparent triangles.
The children in Nursery have been learning about 'People that help us' and what to do in an emergency; we even learnt a rhyme to remember the numbers to call, "In an emergency what shall we do? Dial 999 or 112". We have had lots of fun in the role play area both indoors and outdoors, cooking delicious autumnal treats, looking for sharks on our new pirate ship that was kindly donated and pretending to be doctors. We made a start on our class montage which is part of an ongoing whole school project, it really shows what we get up to in Nursery! We have been learning lots of new songs and have been adding to our growing list of letters that we now recognise. As you can see by the pictures, we have been having a great and very creative time!
We have had a great start to the year welcoming our new children that have started Nursery. They have all settled well and have been busy investigating their new provision (indoors and outdoors). We have been learning our new school routines and enjoying lots of songs too! The children have been starting to make new friends and they love sharing the end of the session with 'Mr Monkey' . I am sure that they have told you all about him! We are very excited for all the new things we will be doing and learning about in the year ahead! Mrs Lowe
