Teaching Staff

Ducklings

 

Friday 15th November 2019

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WEEK:

It has been lovely to see you again at the parent teacher meetings this week and to be able to discuss how well your children have settled in their first half term in Nursery. We are so impressed with well they have adjusted to being dropped at the classroom door, and how well they are doing managing their own coats and bags 
The Nursery would like to invite you to a Play Chat and Read session on FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER.
The morning nursery session will run from 8.45 drop off to 9.45 when Robert Waiting will speak to parents about the recent Ofsted inspection report.

The afternoon nursery session will run from 12.30 drop off to 1.30 when Robert Waiting will speak to any afternoon parents who wish to discuss the Ofsted report. 
The Stay Chat and Read sessions will have a focus on language and reading with the opportunity to chat to your child while they play and to choose a nursery book to share together. 
There will be a sign up sheet on the nursery window so we can have an idea of the numbers of parents attending the sessions. We hope you can come!

    

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WEEK:

This week we have been continuing to exploring the autumn treasures that you all collected in your brown paper bags. We painted the leaves to make patterns and used them outside for a dinosaur land!

We are continuing to looking at traditional tales in story time. The children have enjoyed listening to and joining in with Goldilocks and the 3 bears. We even had a Daddy Bear, a Mummy Bear and a Baby Bear on their different sized chairs in our book corner!

Next week we will start reading The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. Home Learning Tip- Talk about things being small, big and bigger. We are using words like’ medium sized’ too

It is NATIONAL NURSERY RHYME WEEK next week and we are celebrating by focussing on sharing and reciting nursery rhymes. If children know 8 nursery rhymes by heart the age of 5 they are more likely to be more fluent readers as they progress through the school. We are learning Baa Baa Black Sheep (the children have a copy to bring home) Horsey Horsey and Miss Polly had a Dolly

Horsey Horsey

Horsey Horsey, don’t you stop

Just let your feet go clippity clop

Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round

Giddy Up! We’re homeward bound.

Miss Polly Had a Dolly

Miss Polly Had a dolly who was sick sick sick

So she called for the doctor to come quick quick quick

The doctor came with his bag and his hat

And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat

He looked at the dolly and he shook his head

And he said ‘Miss Polly put her straight to bed’

He wrote on a paper for a pill pill pill

I’ll be back in the morning with my bill bill bill

Maths: We are learning all about the number 3 this week. We look at different things in 3’s and linked the number to our story time.

Home learning tip- Notice the tings in your environment that show 3- House numbers, plates on the table, bus numbers etc

Our new role play area with the kitchen and table is attracting lots of interest. We would love to have ‘real’ items to go in the curiosity area. This could be

An old and unusual item such as scales, a lantern, a fossil? If you have anything unusual that would promote curiosity and conversation for the children, please let us know.

Continuous Provision- what your children do at nursery each day!

In the nursery the children have access to the same play and learning experiences every day, with slight adaptations based on their interests and next steps.

Each day the children can, if they choose:

Cut with scissors

Paint

Draw with pencils, chalk, crayons or felt pens

Stick with solid glue, runny glue or tape

Do junk modelling

Practise their fine motor skills in our funky fingers area

Count and see numbers

Use a till and calculators

Explore maths shapes

Play with ‘loose parts’- such as wooden beads, lollisticks, cotton reels, pipe cleaners, glass beads etc to make pictures and patterns or use them in pretend play

Play with and shape playdough

Build with Duplo and Lego

Build with Mobilo and wooden blocks

Dress up

Play in the role play house inside or out

Read books and have stories read to them

Play musical instruments

Play with sand

Play with mud

Play with water

Build using large scale construction such as blocks and crates

Roll and play with hula hoops

Explore the bug area

Climb and slide

See saw with a friend

Throw balls and score goals

Enjoy milk, water and fruit with their friends

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NURSERY DROP OFF: Thank you so much for dropping your children off at the nursery door. It is making a big difference to the children’s experience at the start of each session.

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Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!

The Nursery Team

Gate times for drop off are:

8.45-9.00 for mornings

12.30-12.40 for afternoons.

We do have to lock the gates after those times for the safety and security of the children in the nursery.

 

Other points:

• We welcome any donations of boxes, toilet roll tubes etc for junk modelling however PLEASE ENSURE THE BOXES ARE NOT FROM NUT PRODUCTS AS WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL, and we have a child with a nut allergy in the nursery.

 

 

Below is a copy of the letter formation style the school has adopted.

 

 

The Nursery Team.