Reception focus 22.5.17

This week in Reception we are concluding our topic on growth. The children are keeping a bean diary and caring for their growing broad bean plant. They will also be continuing to plant the tubs in the garden with seeds and beans to observe and look after.

In phonics the children are learning to spell and read tricky words and put these correctly into sentences.

In Maths, we will be looking at number formation to 20 ensuring children are forming all of the numerals correctly and also focussing on weight and using balances. We will be using the language heavy, light and heaviest and lightest. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 15.05.17

We are starting a new topic in Nursery this week... Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

The children will have the opportunity to hear all the different Hairy Maclary stories at carpet time and group time throughout the week. They will become more familiar with the characters and the rhyming pattern that flows in the stories... Hercules Morse as big as a horse, Bitzer Maloney all skinny and boney etc.

We will be creating our own versions of the dog characters this week using a variety of media - paint, colouring pencil, collage and TUX paint on the computer/iPads.

We will also be learning about what a vet surgery is and have the chance to reenact a vet scenario in our new vet surgery role play area. We will even be hosting our very own dog show in the garden later on in the week going over positional language with the children again. We hope the children are ready for a busy week!

Reception focus 15.5.17

This week in Reception we are continuing our theme of growing as the children begin to take care of their magic bean. The children are being encouraged to look after their bean and water it when needed. 

In literacy, we are continuing our story The Bog Baby and will be story writing.

In Maths we are using number lines to help us add and subtract two numbers to find a total.

In phonics we are focussing on the digraphs ow and er as well as spelling tricky words. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 8.05.17

Nursery have an exciting start to their week with an educational visit to Marsh Farm in South Woodham Ferrers!! We hope the children are as excited as we are and that they remember the rules about the trip that we went through last week :)

Following on from our farm visit, the children will continue on this theme for our final week and we will be linking more to The Three Little Pigs. The children will have the opportunity to create their own pig pictures using different media, such as using Purple Mash or TUX paint on the computer/iPads, using mud in their paintings and creating their own "blow" pictures this week.

We will be reading different versions of The Three Little Pigs and the children will have the chance to act out the story during group time. The children will also be thinking about what kind of house they would like to live in during circle time and organise clothes equally amongst the Three Little Pigs this week.

The children are really enjoyed completing the number hunts outside, so this will continue as well where the pigs and the big bad wolf will be hiding on numbers 1-12. 

Reception focus 8.5.17

This week in Reception we will be continuing our growing theme by looking at the story of Jasper's Beanstalk. We will planting our own beans and discussing what beans and seeds need to grow. The children will take part in planting activities in the garden and using tools to care for things that already grow. 

The children will be thinking creatively about what might be at the top of their beanstalk and writing the beginnings of a story. 

In Maths, the children will be continuing to use non standard units to measure a range of objects, and in the garden will use runner beans as a unit of measurement. 

In phonics we are recapping the digraphs oa and oo.

In Maths we will concentrating on addition in a range of practical and formal contexts. 

In our literacy sessions we are still reading and enjoying the magic of The Bog Baby and will be thinking of a story about their own Bog Baby. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 02.05.17

This week in Nursery the children will be learning all about farm animals in preparation for our trip  to Marsh Farm next Monday 8th May. They will learn about baby farm animals and have the chance to match the baby and mummy animal correctly this week. The children will also discuss trip safety within their group time.

We will be reading the stories "Mr Gumpy's Outing" by John Burningham, different versions of "The Three Little Pigs" and "Pig in the Pond" by Martin Waddell.

We will have a number hunt outside for the children to complete as Little Bo Peep will have lost all her sheep numbered 1-12 (the children must then find them).

Nursery Focus W/C 24.04.17

This week in Nursery the children will be learning all about the season of Spring. They will have the opportunity to go on a Spring walk, searching for signs of Spring and taking photos of these signs using the iPads. The children had the opportunity to see and handle baby chicks in our Nursery last week, and learnt about them. They were very engaged with the chicks and loved having them around.

We will be reading the stories "Handa's Hen" by Eileen Browne and "Six Little Chicks" by Jez Alborough. Both books lead nicely into our counting focus where we will be introducing the Numicon to the children and focusing on counting objects 1:1. Numicon builds an understanding of maths through a multi-sensory approach.