This week our older children who are staying at Collierley next year are going to spend some time in their new classroom. The rest of us will be reading "Tiddler - the story telling fish" by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. We will be going to Diving School and learning about the equipment we would need to go diving in the deep blue sea.
We will be using the computer to find out about some of the creatures in the story. We will also be playing with the magnetic fishing games and will have lots of maths equipment out to use and explore. Everyone will make up a story like Tiddler during Talk Time. We will be making a great big under the sea picture and mixing different shades of blue paint to create the sea scene.
Ways to help at home this week
Make up a story together. Use story language, e.g. "once upon a time", "happily ever after", etc. Make it as imaginative as possible. You could even write it down and make it into a book!
What's coming up next week?
Wednesday, 10th July - Nursery trip to Gibside
Please return the consent slip and money as soon as possible. Children will need a packed lunch in a backpack, a waterproof coat and footwear suitable for walking. They can bring up to £5.00 but it must be in a named purse or money bag and handed to a member of staff on arrival at Nursery on Wednesday morning. Please make sure your child arrives at Nursery at 8.45am. We will be back at approximately 3.00pm and children should be collected from the Nursery door at 3.15pm. If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff.
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Commotion in the Ocean
This week in Nursery we are reading the book "Commotion in the Ocean". This book is a collection of rhymes and poems by Giles Andreae and is illustrated by David Wojtowycz. We will be going to Sea School and moving like all of the creatures in the book! We will go outdoors and blow lots of bubbles too!
We are going to make jiggling jellyfish from paper plates and crepe paper. We will be finding out lots of facts about under the sea creatures. The book is called "Commotion in the Ocean" so we are going to create a messy commotion of our own and have lots of messy things to play with linked with our under the sea theme. We will also be investigating shape and size in our outdoor area... is the Nursery yard big enough to hold a whale?
Ways to help at home this week
Use the internet or visit the library to find out about sea creatures. Which one is the biggest? Which is the smallest?
What's coming up next week?
Transition Week for the children who are moving into Reception at Collierley next year.
School Start Meeting on Tuesday at 2.30pm for children and parents of children who are moving into Reception at Collierley next year.
Parent Meetings
Please sign up for an appointment with your child's key person. The appointment list is in the Nursery porch.
Summer Fair & Nursery Open Day - Saturday, 6th July at 11.00am-1.00pm
Come along and join in the fun of the Summer Fair, whatever the weather!
Nursery will be open during this time for prospective parents to come and chat to staff and view the facilities. If you know any parents who might be interested, please invite them along!
We are going to make jiggling jellyfish from paper plates and crepe paper. We will be finding out lots of facts about under the sea creatures. The book is called "Commotion in the Ocean" so we are going to create a messy commotion of our own and have lots of messy things to play with linked with our under the sea theme. We will also be investigating shape and size in our outdoor area... is the Nursery yard big enough to hold a whale?
Ways to help at home this week
Use the internet or visit the library to find out about sea creatures. Which one is the biggest? Which is the smallest?
What's coming up next week?
Transition Week for the children who are moving into Reception at Collierley next year.
School Start Meeting on Tuesday at 2.30pm for children and parents of children who are moving into Reception at Collierley next year.
Parent Meetings
Please sign up for an appointment with your child's key person. The appointment list is in the Nursery porch.
Summer Fair & Nursery Open Day - Saturday, 6th July at 11.00am-1.00pm
Come along and join in the fun of the Summer Fair, whatever the weather!
Nursery will be open during this time for prospective parents to come and chat to staff and view the facilities. If you know any parents who might be interested, please invite them along!
Parent Meetings and Gibside Trip
Parent Meetings will take place during the week beginning Monday, 1st July. Please sign up for an appointment with your child's key person on the appointment sheet in the Nursery porch.
If the dates and times available are not suitable due to work commitments, etc., then please speak to a member of staff and we will try to arrange a mutually convenient time, but we would ask that you try to use the allocated times if at all possible. Thank you!
We are hoping to go to Gibside on Wednesday, 10th July. This will be for all Nursery children and will be for the full day. You should receive a letter about this visit on Wednesday this week.
If the dates and times available are not suitable due to work commitments, etc., then please speak to a member of staff and we will try to arrange a mutually convenient time, but we would ask that you try to use the allocated times if at all possible. Thank you!
We are hoping to go to Gibside on Wednesday, 10th July. This will be for all Nursery children and will be for the full day. You should receive a letter about this visit on Wednesday this week.
In the Nursery...
You may have noticed some changes in the Nursery lately.
First, there was the appearance of the beach...
And then there was the circus tent...
We have really enjoyed pretending to be at the circus this week! We've been walking around on stilts, trying to juggle and wearing the clown wigs! It has been great fun!
First, there was the appearance of the beach...
And then there was the circus tent...
We have really enjoyed pretending to be at the circus this week! We've been walking around on stilts, trying to juggle and wearing the clown wigs! It has been great fun!
Monday, 17 June 2013
The Singing Mermaid
This week we are reading the story "The Singing Mermaid" by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. We will be listening for the rhyming words in the story. The mermaid goes to the circus so we will be practising circus skills in the outdoor area. It is also the Big Toddle this week, so we are talking about what we did and what we saw in our Talk Time afterwards.
On Monday a bottle appeared in our classroom beach with a message inside. They are appearing all over the Nursery this week too! We will be writing replies to the messages. We are going to use our plastic bottles to make a memory bottle to take home at the end of the year. We will be singing like the mermaid in the story and creating a brand new tail for her using our collaging skills!
Ways to help at home this week
Sing songs and nursery rhymes together. What is your favourite song? Sing along to songs on the radio or TV. If you are stuck for ideas the CBeebies website has a song section.
What's coming up next week?
Wednesday, 26th June is Sports Day for Reception to Year 6. Nursery do not take part in Sports Day but if you would like to take your child to watch the older children you are very welcome to do so. Please speak to a member of staff for more details. Please note: Sports Day is dependent on the weather!
Big Toddle
Can you please collect Big Toddle sponsor money and bring it to Nursery along with the sponsor form by Wednesday, 3rd July? Thank you!
On Monday a bottle appeared in our classroom beach with a message inside. They are appearing all over the Nursery this week too! We will be writing replies to the messages. We are going to use our plastic bottles to make a memory bottle to take home at the end of the year. We will be singing like the mermaid in the story and creating a brand new tail for her using our collaging skills!
Ways to help at home this week
Sing songs and nursery rhymes together. What is your favourite song? Sing along to songs on the radio or TV. If you are stuck for ideas the CBeebies website has a song section.
What's coming up next week?
Wednesday, 26th June is Sports Day for Reception to Year 6. Nursery do not take part in Sports Day but if you would like to take your child to watch the older children you are very welcome to do so. Please speak to a member of staff for more details. Please note: Sports Day is dependent on the weather!
Big Toddle
Can you please collect Big Toddle sponsor money and bring it to Nursery along with the sponsor form by Wednesday, 3rd July? Thank you!
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Winnie at the Seaside
This week we are reading "Winnie at the Seaside". We will be talking about what we could do at the beach. In the outdoor area we will be pretending the wooden planks are surf boards. We will be going to surf school and finding ways of balancing.
We will be having a sandcastle competition in the classroom. We will look at different sandcastles on the computer first to give us some ideas. In the story Winnie the Witch left her broomstick in the sea. She used her magic wand to bring it back, but it caused all sorts of problems so we are going to build a boat for her instead. We will be testing different materials to see which ones float and which ones last the longest in the water. We are going to taste different flavours of ice cream and see which is the most popular.
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about times you have been to the seaside and what you did when you were there.
Look for shapes around the house, out in the street, etc. Point out road signs for example and talk about their shape.
What's coming up next week?
Wednesday, 19th June is the Barnardo's Big Toddle. This will take place during normal nursery sessions, within the school grounds. We would like to ask the children to dress up as a fairy tale or nursery rhyme character for the toddle this year. Please remember that we are doing our walk outside (hopefully on the school field, weather permitting) and they will need to have sensible shoes on their feet.
Can you please bring sponsor money into Nursery by Wednesday, 3rd July?
If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff in Nursery. Thank you!
We will be having a sandcastle competition in the classroom. We will look at different sandcastles on the computer first to give us some ideas. In the story Winnie the Witch left her broomstick in the sea. She used her magic wand to bring it back, but it caused all sorts of problems so we are going to build a boat for her instead. We will be testing different materials to see which ones float and which ones last the longest in the water. We are going to taste different flavours of ice cream and see which is the most popular.
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about times you have been to the seaside and what you did when you were there.
Look for shapes around the house, out in the street, etc. Point out road signs for example and talk about their shape.
What's coming up next week?
Wednesday, 19th June is the Barnardo's Big Toddle. This will take place during normal nursery sessions, within the school grounds. We would like to ask the children to dress up as a fairy tale or nursery rhyme character for the toddle this year. Please remember that we are doing our walk outside (hopefully on the school field, weather permitting) and they will need to have sensible shoes on their feet.
Can you please bring sponsor money into Nursery by Wednesday, 3rd July?
If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff in Nursery. Thank you!
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Barnardo's Big Toddle
We are planning to hold our Big Toddle on Wednesday, 19th June during normal Nursery sessions.
The theme for this year's toddle is Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales. We would like to invite the children to dress up as a Fairy Tale or Nursery Rhyme character for the day.
You will receive a sponsor form on Wednesday and we hope you will help us to support this charity. We would like to raise as much money as possible for this very worthy cause.
If you have any questions about this event, please speak to a member of staff.
The theme for this year's toddle is Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales. We would like to invite the children to dress up as a Fairy Tale or Nursery Rhyme character for the day.
You will receive a sponsor form on Wednesday and we hope you will help us to support this charity. We would like to raise as much money as possible for this very worthy cause.
If you have any questions about this event, please speak to a member of staff.
Wish Tree
Items on the wish tree this half term are:
- baby wipes
- tissues
- cornflour
- (cheap) shaving foam
- (cheap) mashed potato
- jelly
Mr Men & Little Miss Stories
This week we are reading three Mr. Men and Little Miss stories. We will look at Mr. Silly, Mr. Daydream and Little Miss Giggles. We will be looking at what makes us special and looking inside a very important box to see what's inside. Mr. Daydream took a little boy called Jack on an exciting adventure to all sorts of places around the world! We will be thinking and talking about where we would like to go on an adventure.
We will be drawing pictures of ourselves and using the iPads to record ourselves making animals noises to use in a sound lotto game. In Magic Maths we will be making shapes with the play dough. We will also be Squiggling!
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about what makes you feel happy, sad, scared, angry, upset, excited, surprised, etc.
Listen to the sounds around. What can you hear?
Talk about the weather. What's it like outside today?
What's coming up next week?
It's a "normal" week in Nursery! We are starting our new topic about the seaside next week. Watch out for some changes in the Nursery... If you have any photographs of your child enjoying the beach they would be a great addition to our seaside topic display! They can be photocopied and returned immediately.
We will be drawing pictures of ourselves and using the iPads to record ourselves making animals noises to use in a sound lotto game. In Magic Maths we will be making shapes with the play dough. We will also be Squiggling!
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about what makes you feel happy, sad, scared, angry, upset, excited, surprised, etc.
Listen to the sounds around. What can you hear?
Talk about the weather. What's it like outside today?
What's coming up next week?
It's a "normal" week in Nursery! We are starting our new topic about the seaside next week. Watch out for some changes in the Nursery... If you have any photographs of your child enjoying the beach they would be a great addition to our seaside topic display! They can be photocopied and returned immediately.
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