Nursery Focus W/C 6.3.17

This week in Nursery, we are starting our new topic 'The Gingerbread Man'.
The children will be listening to the story throughout the week and have the opportunity to re-enact the story in their play.
They children will be designing their own gingerbread man and will have the opportunity to make their own gingerbread man this week in the cookery room upstairs. The Leopards will make a gingerbread man on Wednesday, the Tigers will make them on Thursday and the Lions will make them on Friday.
We will be doing a lot more positional language with the children this week and counting out the right amount of buttons onto the gingerbread man from a large group.

**Next week we are hoping to take a trip to the local bakers and will be asking for parents helpers. More information to follow this week in regards to that.** 

Nursery Focus W/C 27.02.17

This week in Nursery, we are continuing our topic 'Goldilocks & the Three Bears'. 

The children had the opportunity to re-enact the story in group time last week which was videoed so the children will have the chance to watch their performances throughout the week. 

We will be focusing on size this week and sorting objects according to big, medium & small. We will also be packing for Daddy Bears and Baby Bears holiday, so the children must sort what is needed correctly.
The children will also have the chance to celebrate Pancake Day! We will be reading Mr Wolf's Pancakes and the children will be using the cookery room on the 1st floor of our new school to cook pancakes in key groups! They will have a variety of toppings to choose from to go on their pancakes!

Reception focus 27.217

This week in Reception we will be continuing our theme of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children will be writing about their troll using descriptive vobaulary and creating their own role play based on the story.

Alongside this theme, we will be celebrating Shrove Tuesday. The children will work in groups to mix and make pancakes and then enjoy them with a range of toppings. During this activity, the children will discuss healthy and unhealthy options and sort foods according to these types. 

In phonics we will be learning the digraphs 'oa' and the short sound 'oo'. 

In Maths we will be thinking about size and ordering items by size and using the correct vocabulary.

 

Nursery Focus W/C 20.02.17

This week in Nursery, we are starting our new topic 'Goldilocks & the Three Bears'. 

The children will be listening to the story throughout the week and have the opportunity to re-enact the story in their own play and during group time. 

The children will be learning a little bit about bears and be painting their own pictures of bears and Goldilocks herself. 

We will be counting bears with the children re-enforcing numbers 1-10, counting 1:1 and comparing size of bears. 

The children will get the chance to taste porridge this week as well during snack time, as well as explore porridge when it is dry and when it is wet in our messy play area outside - prepare for some mess!

Reception focus 20.2.17

Over the next two weeks we will be focussing on the traditional tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children will be learning the characters, and the sequence of the story as well as focussing on the troll. We will be looking at different trolls and the children will have a go at designing their own troll on paper before copying their design using the iPad. 

In phonics we will be concentrating on reading, writing and spelling tricky words.

In Maths we will be continuing to learn and work with numerals to 20 and adding amounts together in practical and written contexts. 

 

Reception focus 6.2.17

This week in Reception we are continuing our theme of The Three Little Pigs.

We will be acting out the story using masks, and creating artwork using a range of techniques.

We will also be concentrating on the importance of kindness, and will be reinforcing how to be kind to others. We will be rewarding kindness with a certificate each day to a child in each class who has displayed kindness to their peers.

In phonics, we will be teaching the digraphs ai, ee and the trigraph igh. 

In Maths we will be focussing on the concept of addition and subtraction and writing number sentences. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 06.02.17

This week in Nursery, we are continuing our "All About Me" topic. The children will be making their own mirrors, painting self portraits, and exploring their senses further. The children will have the opportunity to experience different tastes, different smells and different textures.
We will also be talking a lot about family this week so would appreciate it if you could bring in your child's Special Fact and a family photo for them to discuss in group time on Wednesday.
We will also be using the I-pads with the children to take photo's of their friends and then make puzzles from the photos - hopefully this is something the children will really enjoy!!!