Nursery Focus W/C 5/07

This week in Nursery, we are learning about the Jungle and will be starting our transition topic Elmer.

We will be reading 'Walking Through the Jungle' and will be using instruments to make our own piece of music to go with the rhythm of the story.

In art, we will be painting jungle animals and will be exploring colour and patterns on our own Elmer the elephant.

In addition, we will be continuing with our Letters and Sounds. This week we will be introducing the letter N.

Reception focus 4.7.16

This week in Reception we are continuing our theme of Pirates with the inclusion of Under the Sea and the seaside. We will be reading favourite stories including Sharing a shell, The Rainbow Fish and Tiddler. 

We will be writing lists about what we might take to the beach, orally sequencing the story of Sharing a Shell and writing our own stories.

In maths, we are looking at time and the place value of numbers, finding them on a hundred square and placing them in sequence.

In phonics, we are applying all of our phonic knowledge and writing our own sentences. 

This will be the last week of reading and Guided Reading and we will be taking in the children's reading books next week. 

 

 

Reception focus 27.6.16

Over the next two weeks we will be focussing on Pirates. The children will be making pirate accessories including eye patches and telescopes, be designing their own treasure maps and drawing their own pirate with an imaginary name.

We will be reading pirate themed stories and encouraging the children to make up their one treasure hunts with clues.

In phonics, we are revising the trigraphs taught in Phase 4 and applying them in our writing.

In maths, we are learning to count in 5s, and we are learning about capacity and the vocabulary involved with this concept. The children will also be looking at a hundred square and reading and writing some bigger numbers. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 27/06

This week in Nursery, we will be exploring holidays and the seaside. The children will be discussing the different types of holidays and will be able to share their own holiday experiences. In addition, we will be talking about the different types of transport needed to get to our holiday destinations.

In the writing area, the children will be making passports and postcards.

In art, the children will be making seaside pictures using sand and shells.

This week our role play area will be a travel agents.

In addition, we will be continuing with our phonics sessions. This week we will be introducing the letter P.

Reception focus 20/06/16

In Reception this week, we are focussing on the Queen's birthday. We will be making bunting, learning about the Royal Family and making cards and invitations for a royal tea party which will take place on Friday. 

 

We will be taking part in our Sports Day on Tuesday (weather permitting).

 

In phonics we will be recapping all digraphs taught and placing these into words and sentences.

 

In maths we are focussing in addition and subtraction using apparatus and different methods.

 

Nursery Focus W/C 20/06

This week in Nursery, we starting our under the sea theme. We will be reading 'The Rainbow Fish'  and many other under the sea stories. We will be discussing what animals live under the sea and what we things we would find in the ocean. The children will be making their own coral using play dough and pasta.


In art, the children will be making their own Rainbow fish and will be exploring the different patterns.


The children will also enjoy role playing in our aquarium.

Nursery Focus W/C 13/06

This week in Nursery, we are continuing with our space theme. We will be reading 'Aliens Love Underpants' by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. The children will be painting their own aliens and will be discussing the different types of patterns on the underpants. They will then be designing their own underpants using different patterns.


In addition, we will be cooking rock cakes. The children will be following their own recipes.