Ducklings

Friday 24th January 2020

Thank you so much for all the lovely photographs of your children you have sent in. It is so lovely to be able to sit with the children and chat about their home life and the fun things they have done. If you haven’t managed to yet, you still can. Please send them to sstory1@axi.rbkscvh.org

Many thanks to the parents who were able to attend the Nursery home learning workshops on Friday of last week. The power point note are available on the school website, under the Nursery ‘Year Groups’ tab. If you have aby questions about supporting your child at home, please ask any member of nursery staff.

Appropriate outdoor clothes

We go outside even if it’s raining and we are noticing lots of children are coming into nursery wearing furry coats/ jackets, canvas or party shoes or thin coats that aren’t showerproof. The children get very wet (and sad) so please could you send your child in wet weather clothes and shoes. Thank you so much J)

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WEEK:

Literacy:

We have been continuiung to share the books the Focus children have brought into nursery. We have been playing a ‘Silly Soup’ game where the children have to gues what is going into the silly soup based on its start sound.

 

Silly Soup

I’m making lots of silly soup

I’m making soup that’s sillly

I’m going to cook it in the fridge

To keep it nice and chilly!

 

We have been encouraging the children to find their own written name from a selection in the writing area.

 

Home learning activities:

Emphasise the initial sounds in familiar words and look out for them in the environment, eg shop names, toys, films etc

 

Maths:

We have been learning all about 8 and how to try and write the digit. We counted 8 pencils, 8 playing cards and 8 pairs of pants!

Home learning activities:

Spot the number 8 wherever you can. Practise splitting 8 objects up in different ways, then check it is still 8 by counting the total.

 

Understanding the world:

 

Our cat grass and cress are growing and the children are enjoying watching the changes each day. We played buses outside with the big crates and made tickets for the journey.

Home Learning Tip:  Look out for signs of new growth while you are out, or in your garden. Plant some quick growing seeds like cress or cat grass.

Physical Development :

We enjoyed write dance again this week. We have investigated rolling a tyre in the nursery garden and have been using our bat and ball skills. In indoor PE we used small equipment such as balance beams, stepping stones, spots and a tunnel to practice balance, stepping down and standing on one leg!

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Dates for your Diary-
Friday 31st January - Nursery am cake sale

Friday 7th Feb - Nursery pm cake sale

The money raised from these cake sales go directly to the class teacher to buy resources for your children to use in nursery. Please let your class rep know if you can help by baking/buying cakes and to help sell. No nuts please as we have several children in school with severe nut allergies.

Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!

The Nursery Team

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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, lolly sticks, 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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Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!

The Nursery Team

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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.

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.

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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.