Out and About

The children have settled back well after Easter and we have been excited about getting some new friends join us in the afternoon.

It was lovely to see so many great entries for the Easter Challenge Cress Heads. Well done George in Morning Nursery and Teddy in Afternoon Nursery, our Nursery winners.

The children had a great day for the Fun Run Sporty day. They enjoyed having a go on the obstacle course which had been set up on the playground for them. The morning children had a go at a running race on the field too. The afternoon children ran around the playground in laps as the Juniors were on the field, and they loved it.

All children have had some time on the activity playground this week and have shown confidence in climbing and balancing on it.

In Phonics we had a go at listening to sounds in the outside area. It was lovely to be in the sunshine and we identified lots of different sounds we could hear.

We practised the rhyme Hickety Pickety My Red Hen every day and the children got really good at singing it and getting the rhythm.

Treetops shared a book about growing a sunflower and as a result have planted their own seeds to see if they can get them to grow. We’ll be watching them on our Discovery table.

Next week we will be reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.’

Our sound of the week is ‘f’.

Our Nusery Trip is on Wednesday 17^th May. We will be needing lots of helpers, so if you are able to help please let us know by signing up on the sheet outside Nursery or sending us an email.

Kaleidoscope of People

This week in Nursery we have been looking at the similarities and differences between ourselves and others. We sorted pictures of children looking at their eye, skin and hair colour and talked about where we would put ourselves. Sammy told us that his brother's hair is different to his and his parent's hair. This linked in well with our song this week, 'What colour are your eyes?'

 

We made Mother's Day card this week by sticking cake cases to make a flower shape. We hope you liked them.

 

In  Maths we looked at different coins and their shapes. We tried to 'buy' toys by matching the number of pennies with the numbers on the labels.

 

In phonics next week we will be looking at all the sounds we have learnt so far ' s a t p i n m g o d c k ck u r h'

 

Our theme of the week is Easter and we will be singing lots of Easter rhymes.

 

Please remember term finishes at 1.30 on Friday.

 

Colours Around Us

This week we have been learning about Colours Around Us.

In P.E. we made up a Rainbow dance, pretending to be the sun, then the rain and used coloured scarves to create the Rainbow. We will be continuing this next week.

We had lots of fun making our 'Rainbow Pizzas.' We had to chop up the different coloured peppers, red onion and tomatoes very carefully, holding our knives safely. We spread tomato puree onto the wraps, decorated it with the vegetables in a rainbow pattern and sprinkled cheese on the top. Miles predicted that the pizza would go 'crispy' in the oven and the 'cheese will melt.' We hope they enjoyed eating them.

We explored some remote control toys this week and worked out how to make them move and how to get them to make a noise.

We have been reading poems this week about colours and made up our own.

Pink is in the rainbow and in pink pigs, (Sienna)
Red can be a Power Ranger and yummy strawberries, (Benji)
Green is beans, trees and jumping frogs, (Joy)
Yellow is Sammy's cup and my Mummy's hair, (Nia)
Blue can be a shark with sharp fins in the blue sea, (Daisy)
Purple is sweet grapes, yucky plums and Tinkie Winkie,
Orange is the colours of the world in juicy oranges and the hot sun. (Toby)

Red is a beetroot and my school jumper, (Matthew)
Red is China's favourite, (Maddison)
Blue is cold ice and a cloudy sky, (Theo)
Yellow is bananas, sunshine and a baby giraffe, (Harry and Maddison)
Green is the world and spiky grass, (Jasmine)
Gold is treasure and a lion's fur, (Henry)
Purple is an onion and good blackberries. (Miles) Lavender too, (Matthew)
Pink is piglets and the Nursery cameras. (Maddison)

Next week our sound of the week is 'h'.

Animal Patterns

We have had a lovely week learning all about different animals and their patterns.

The children had a go at predicting which animals would be inside the boxes from the patterns on the front. Quite a lot of the children were unsure what wild animals would feel like. They talked about whether a tortoise shell would be hard or soft and how a snake's skin would feel. They are beginning to get the idea of camouflage.

The chn have enjoyed the chameleon themed stories this week and have had a go at predicting what they think might happen at the end of the stories. We had fun trying to make our own mixed up animals, like in the Mixed Up Chameleon story.

 We listened to  'Elephant' by Saint Saens and there were some really good ideas about which animal it could be about. Some suggestions were; a whale, because it sounds quite big and scary, a tiger roaring and an octopus in deep water.  The chn had a go at making their own music about animals and thought carefully about which instrument to choose.

At Woodlands we collected leaves and other natural materials to make snake patterns along the ground. We thought hard about which objects could be used for the different parts. We also had a go at making spider web patterns between the trees using wool. We enjoyed winding the wool around the branches and joining it to other branches to make different patterns.

We have had a lovely time playing outside in the milder weather. The chn have made some great dens and have got out of breath running up and down the hill and climbing up the climbing wall. The Vet role play has proved very popular too with lots of people bringing their sick animals to be treated.

Next week our sound of the week is 'r'.

Our song of the week is 'I can sing a Rainbow'.

The Gingerbread Man

The children have had a lovely Book Week, telling us all about their favourite book characters and painting them for their character hats on World Book Day. Thank you for sharing with us your favourite stories too.

Our book this week has been the Gingerbread Man and we have been reading it every day. In P.E. we pretended to be the Gingerbread Man and ran as fast as we could whilst avoiding other people and the obstacles in the hall.

In Maths we have been using out problem solving skills and had to think of ways to share the buttons between the Gingerbread Men so that they all had the same number. Some of us were very sure the Gingerbread Men should only have 3 buttons each. We had to do very careful counting. We worked very well with the other children in our group, discussing our ideas and helping each other.

On Thursday we wrote our own endings to the Gingerbread Man. We thought you might like to read them.

PM Nursery

When the Gingerbread Man met the fox he said “I don’t want your help.” He ran as fast as he could over the bridge. The fox was still chasing him so he climbed up a tree where he met a bird. The Gingerbread Man sat on the bird and the bird flew away for safety.

 AM Swirls.

The Fox met the Gingerbread Man at the river. The Gingerbread Man was feeling very hungry after so much running. He started to lick his lips. He ran to the fox and said, “I’ve got a sister you might like to eat. She lives in a cave over here.” The fox looked in the cave. When his back was turned the Gingerbread Man gobbled him up. 

 AM Zig-Zags. 

The Gingerbread Man got to the river. He might fall in. Gingerbread Man thinks, “Should he jump?” No. He might fall in the river. He could fly on a bird or an aeroplane or an owl or a rocket or a helicopter with a harness or a hot air balloon. He could cross the other way. The Gingerbread Man decided to go along the path and nobody caught him. 

 

The chn really enjoyed their Gingerbread Men for snack and everybody was prepared to try them! We looked at a piece of real ginger and smelt it.

Afternoon Nursery wore their hats to celebration assembly and could tell Mrs McLellan and the whole school what the Gingerbread Man says in the story.  Morning Nursery had fun in the rain outside wearing their wellies and wet suits. They danced to 'Raindrops keep falling on my head.' 

 

Next week we will be learning about 'Animal Patterns.'

 

Our Sound of the Week is u.

 

There will be no P.E. on Monday as we will be going to Woodlands on Wednesday.

William Morris

This week the children have been learning about our whole school artist, William Morris. We looked at some of his prints and the children described what they could see. There were a lot of flowers and leaves.

We looked at the 'Larkspur' print and the children used potatoes, cotton buds and leaves to print their own pictures based on this pattern. The children showed great concentration.

The children have also been showing us how well they are doing in their Maths. They are getting much better at describing shapes now and we have even started to look at some 3D shapes. The children have talked about a cylinder and cone. 

This week we continued to look at stories set under the sea as we had been reading the Rainbow Fish. They really enjoyed the story of Barry the Fish with Fingers. 

The school role play has been very popular. The children have been pretending to be the different teachers in Nursery which had been very interesting. They've been following the timetable and doing snack, phonics and story time.

Next week is Book Week and we will be focusing on the story 'The Gingerbread Man'. The children can bring in their favourite stories to share. 

Our sound of the week is 'e'.

Chinese New Year

This week the children have enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year and know that red is a lucky colour. They explored Chinese objects and talked about when they have celebrated a special occasion.

In Maths we have been carefully counting the animals and arranging them in different ways.
We had some great conversation about numbers on NSPCC Number Day. We think Henry wore the most numbers in the school with his pi t-shirt! We talked about  big numbers and what they would ask for if they could have any amount of money- lots of children thought £10 was a lot of money. Grace thought we could just ask for £1 and give the other money to children that need it.

We read the story of the Great Race and Mrs Wilson came and talked to us about living in China. She taught us how to count to 5 in Chinese.

In P.E. we watched a clip of a dragon dance and worked together to create our own dancing dragon. The children did very well moving up and down and shaking their heads to the music.

Next week we will be reading the story 'Rainbow Fish.'

Our rhyme of the week is Pat a Cake.

Our sound of the week is 'c'.