Welcome to Nursery!

Your teachers this year are Miss Frankland and Miss Dawson

 

     We hope everybody is safe and well and we cannot wait to welcome all of our nursery children back into class on Monday 8th March! 

 

 

Message for parents/carers

 

Parents as Partners

 

One week each term your child will bring home a 'In The Moment Planning'  sheet which provides us with a wonderful opportunity to hear from you as parents/carers and share in the achievements and interests of your child outside of school. So far the children have loved talking about the photos and home learning you have shared with us and enables us to create a home from home environment which tailors individual learning experiences to further ensure your child has the best experience at school! 

 

Reading Books

 

Reading books are changed once weekly. These will be given out each THURSDAY and need to be returned the following MONDAY. You can read it together, talk about the pictures and what is happening or what might happen next. As they become familiar with the story, you can ask them what they remember about the story and also encourage them to talk about ad sequence the story - the beginning, middle and end etc.

 

Our main topic for the next half term will be Space and Growing

 

As part of this topic we will be focusing on the following key texts...

 

 

 

 

Other texts we will be sharing are...

             

 

Literacy

In Literacy, we will continue to enjoy sharing stories together and to begin to recall what happened throughout, join in with key repeated phrases and to be able to talk these things and what we enjoyed (or did not particularly like!) about a story and why. We will explore further how stories are structured and create our own stories by choosing our own character, setting, problem and solution! Children will now be encouraged to write their own name as they come into class using their individual template or a letter mat to write them independently. We enjoy mark making in a variety of contexts on a large and smaller scale and celebrate all our creations individually as we begin to give meaning to these drawings and paintings!

 

Maths

In Maths, we will be looking to consolidate and build upon all of the hard work the children completed whilst at home covering different concepts such as number recognition and one to one counting. The nursery children will be exposed to math concepts provided within provision such as capacity, measure and shape where they will e able to explore and learn with hands on tailored experiences!

 

Take a look at the the learning we have enjoyed so far...

 

Personal, Social and Emotional....Settling in, becoming confident and making friends

 

 

We have played lots of games in small groups as we made new friends and learn how to share and take turns! 

 

 

We were so excited to eat our lunch in the hall for the first time!

 

  

 

We had great fun exploring our outdoor learning area where we learn how to skillfully move in a variety of ways and how manage risks for ourselves! We have also been developing our independence by putting on our own coats and will soon be learning to tackle to zippers/buttons!

 

Literacy

 

      

 

Maths

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                .Help at Home

 

Please find below lots of useful websites and links to great resources that can be used to support your child's learning at home!

 

Government support for home learning for children aged 0-5 years.

 

 

 

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

 

 

 

 

Here is a list of websites/ apps and youtube videos that we love and will help with our learning at home!

 

 

Phonics websites

 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

 

https://monsterphonics.com/games/

 

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

 

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html

 

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

 

Phonics apps

 

Jolly Phonics Lessons

 

Meet the alphablocks

 

Read with phonics games

 

First words sampler

 

Teach your monster to read

 

Phonics YouTube Videos 

 

ABC song

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKr44iBFT0

 

Tricky words songs phase 2

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0&list=PLLhLRwvEimbCmlsD-JXwS2PqC0LvvIVTu

 

 

Letter names and sound song

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neItURLvyIQ

 

Alphablocks

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg

 

Jack Hartman

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann

 

Geraldine the Giraffe

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/breakthruchris

 

Maths websites

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=1

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/numeracy

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks

 

Maths Apps

 

Kids counting

 

Maths Tree

 

Bugs and Numbers

 

Busy things

 

Maths ages 3-5

 

Maths YouTube videos

 

Jack Hartman

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann

 

 

2D shape song

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeqUejf3D0

 

 

Numberjacks

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWKuiktSh-V3E4ysPU0VC3Q

 

Numberblocks

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlwvN0w4qFSP1FllALB92w

 

 

El Nombre for number formation

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6RGn7x4ks

 

 

 

Meet Bobby Bear

 

 

Bobby Bear is our new UNICEF nursery Mascot! Bobby will be used during some of our group activities to discuss feelings, news times and other activities. Every Friday a child will get the chance to take Bobby home. The bear will come with a story book, a tooth brush and his bear book for you to fill in with your child. The idea of taking Bobby home is for your child to take the bear along with on things they like to do at the weekend, and then be able to share an aspect of their life with their friends by looking at their time with Bobby. The bear book could include some photos and/or comments about what they have done at the weekend, so that we can share this experience with them the following Monday.

 

Our celebration wall has been a great success! The children have loved sharing and celebrating their achievements at home with the class and all of their friends! Thank you for your continued support!

 

BookStart

 

Bookstart is a nationald programme designed to support parents reading with their children. Research shows that children who recieve bookstart packs are far more likely to regard reading as one of their favourite activities!

 

The packs are filled with free books and useful guidance materials which are available for different ages and stages of development!

 

For more information about Bookstart and the different packs available please visit the Bookstart website or alternatively click on the following link - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/supporting-you/families/our-programmes/bookstart/

 

You can also find usefull tips and activity ideas to help with your childs development on the 'Learn With Me' page by following this link  - https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/family-information-service/education-and-learning-advice-for-families/early-learning 

 

 Number and Shape  

 

You can practice counting with your child - anything can be counted! Stairs, cars, items of shopping etc! 

 

Encourage them to look out for shapes in their environment - road signs, windows, plates etc!

 

Talk to your child about the size of different things - encourage them to use words like tall, short, taller, shorter, big and small etc!

 

 Writing

 

 Your child is working hard at school to develop the muscles in their hands to enable them to learn to write - activities include using and manipulating playdough, learning to use scissors with one hand, using pencils, felt tips and other mark making materials.

 

You can support your child by encouraging these sorts of activities at home!

 

 Also by encouraging the children to talk about the marks they have made - even if it looks like nothing more than a squiggle - There may be a story behind these marks!

 

Look out for and encourage your child to recognise signs and print in the environment - they are learning that writing serves a purpose and carries meaning! (This could be anything! - shopping lists, food labels, road signs, etc

 

The EYFS Curriculum

 

Our curriculum is unique. The 'Early Years Foundation Stage' curriculum enables children to develop the skills needed to become happy, successful and life-long learners.

 

The children access the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum through a mixture of adult directed and child initiated activities which are available both inside and outside the classroom so please ensure that child is equipped for the weather each day!

 

We plan for and adapt our teaching to meet the changing needs and interests of the children that we observe daily and welcome you to let us know if there is something at home that your child has expressed a particular interest in!

 

Please feel free to approach us with any ideas, expertise and/or resources you would like to share!   

 

Useful Websites to support your child's Learning

Here are some links to some of the favourite learning songs the children love on youtube!