First of all, apologies for the lack of a post last week! I don't have any excuse... I just forgot to do it!! Sorry! We were reading Little Lumpty and our nursery rhyme was Humpty Dumpty!
Anyway, this week we are having a slightly different week in Nursery. We are finding out about Chinese New Year. We will be reading the story of The Great Race. We will also be watching part of an episode of "Let's Celebrate" from CBeebies, showing a little girl getting ready for and celebrating Chinese New Year.
We will be making dragon masks, taking part in a Chinese Dragon Dance, making lai-see envelopes and trying Chinese food in our Chinese banquet on Wednesday. We will find out about lots of Chinese New Year traditions too. In the outdoor area we will be pretending to be fireworks and making our own Chinese Dragon from construction materials.
Clare from Debutots will be in on Tuesday morning to tell us another story.
Ways to help at home this week
Watch the episode of "Let's Celebrate" about Chinese New Year on the CBeebies website and talk about all the things Abbie does to get ready for Chinese New Year.
What's coming up next week?
Debutots on Tuesday morning at 10.30am
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Little Bo Peep
Our nursery rhymes this week have a sheep theme about them!! They are "Little Bo Peep", "Mary had a Little Lamb" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep". We are reading a Farmyard Tales story called "The Naughty Sheep" by Stephen Cartwright and Heather Amery.
We will be finding out about wool and its uses, helping Little Bo Peep find her lost sheep, using shaving foam to make "wool" for the sheep and choosing how we want to decorate our own paper sheep.
In Magic Maths we will be doing lots of counting this week and in Squiggle we will be moving on to a new squiggle - circles.
Ways to help at home this week
Make up lots of rhyming strings, e.g. cat, sat, pat, fat, hat, etc. They don't even need to be real words, as long as they rhyme! Please be aware that this is quite tricky for young children so it may take a lot of practise for your child to hear the rhyme. Don't worry if they can't get it straight away!
Wish Tree
Can you provide any of the following items for Nursery?
Cheap shaving foam, baby wipes, boxes of tissues, paper plates, cheap mashed potato and soap flakes.
What's coming up next week?
Tuesday, 21st January at 10.30am
Debutots
If your child would like to join us for this session but does not normally attend on Tuesday mornings, please speak to a member of staff.
We will be finding out about wool and its uses, helping Little Bo Peep find her lost sheep, using shaving foam to make "wool" for the sheep and choosing how we want to decorate our own paper sheep.
In Magic Maths we will be doing lots of counting this week and in Squiggle we will be moving on to a new squiggle - circles.
Ways to help at home this week
Make up lots of rhyming strings, e.g. cat, sat, pat, fat, hat, etc. They don't even need to be real words, as long as they rhyme! Please be aware that this is quite tricky for young children so it may take a lot of practise for your child to hear the rhyme. Don't worry if they can't get it straight away!
Wish Tree
Can you provide any of the following items for Nursery?
Cheap shaving foam, baby wipes, boxes of tissues, paper plates, cheap mashed potato and soap flakes.
What's coming up next week?
Tuesday, 21st January at 10.30am
Debutots
If your child would like to join us for this session but does not normally attend on Tuesday mornings, please speak to a member of staff.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Nursery Rhymes: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Welcome back! We hope you had a good Christmas & New Year!
This half term our theme is Nursery Rhymes. Each week we will look at one or two nursery rhymes and a story linked to them. This week we are looking at Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Our story is by Oliver Jeffers and is called "How to Catch a Star".
We will be finding out about nocturnal animals, making sparkly stars, looking at reflections/shiny materials/light & dark and singing the nursery rhyme of course!
Ways to help at home this week
Go outside when it is dark and look at the stars, the moon, aeroplane lights, etc. What shapes can you see in the sky?
What's coming up next week?
Tuesday, 10.30am
Debutots - if your child does not normally attend on Tuesday mornings, but would like to join us for the session, please speak to a member of staff.
This half term our theme is Nursery Rhymes. Each week we will look at one or two nursery rhymes and a story linked to them. This week we are looking at Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Our story is by Oliver Jeffers and is called "How to Catch a Star".
We will be finding out about nocturnal animals, making sparkly stars, looking at reflections/shiny materials/light & dark and singing the nursery rhyme of course!
Ways to help at home this week
Go outside when it is dark and look at the stars, the moon, aeroplane lights, etc. What shapes can you see in the sky?
What's coming up next week?
Tuesday, 10.30am
Debutots - if your child does not normally attend on Tuesday mornings, but would like to join us for the session, please speak to a member of staff.
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Sunday, 15 December 2013
The Night Before Christmas
This week we are reading The Night Before Christmas. We will look at some of the more unusual words in the poem. We will also think about the things we do before Christmas.
It will be a fairly relaxed week in Nursery, finishing off anything that needs to be done before the holidays. We have our Christmas Party on Wednesday morning (8.45-11.45am), including a special visitor if we are very good!
What's coming up next week?
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!!
Nursery reopens on TUESDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 2014. We would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and to say thank you for your support this year. Have a lovely holiday time with your children and we will see you in 2014!
It will be a fairly relaxed week in Nursery, finishing off anything that needs to be done before the holidays. We have our Christmas Party on Wednesday morning (8.45-11.45am), including a special visitor if we are very good!
What's coming up next week?
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!!
Nursery reopens on TUESDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 2014. We would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and to say thank you for your support this year. Have a lovely holiday time with your children and we will see you in 2014!
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Aliens Love Panta Claus & Christmas Arrangements
In Nursery this week we are going to read "Aliens Love Panta Claus" by Clare Freedman and Ben Cort. The story is about the aliens who go to help Santa. They do all sorts of things with the pants, such as hanging them up instead of a stocking, dressing up the elves in frilly pants and exchanging Santa's sack for a pair of bloomers!
This week we will be making our calendars to take home next week. We will be thinking about Christmas traditions and how to prepare for Christmas. We will talk about things we would do on Christmas Eve, for example, putting out mince pies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. As our story is about aliens in underpants, we will be making our own special pants. We will have lots of collage materials to decorate our own pants shapes. We also have our Christmas Play on Wednesday morning.
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about the traditions you and your family have at Christmas time. What do you do on Christmas Eve? Christmas Day? Boxing Day?
What's coming up next week?
Monday, 16th December
Christmas Lunch - 11.30am-12.45pm (approx.)
If your child would like to stay for a Christmas lunch but you have not yet filled in the form, please speak to a member of staff.
Wednesday, 18th December
Christmas Party for ALL Nursery children - 8.45-11.45am
You are welcome to join us from 11.15am in the hall for our special visitor.
Nursery is CLOSED for the afternoon session.
Friday, 20th December
Celebration Assembly - 1.30pm in the hall
All welcome
Last day of term
This week we will be making our calendars to take home next week. We will be thinking about Christmas traditions and how to prepare for Christmas. We will talk about things we would do on Christmas Eve, for example, putting out mince pies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. As our story is about aliens in underpants, we will be making our own special pants. We will have lots of collage materials to decorate our own pants shapes. We also have our Christmas Play on Wednesday morning.
Ways to help at home this week
Talk about the traditions you and your family have at Christmas time. What do you do on Christmas Eve? Christmas Day? Boxing Day?
What's coming up next week?
Monday, 16th December
Christmas Lunch - 11.30am-12.45pm (approx.)
If your child would like to stay for a Christmas lunch but you have not yet filled in the form, please speak to a member of staff.
Wednesday, 18th December
Christmas Party for ALL Nursery children - 8.45-11.45am
You are welcome to join us from 11.15am in the hall for our special visitor.
Nursery is CLOSED for the afternoon session.
Friday, 20th December
Celebration Assembly - 1.30pm in the hall
All welcome
Last day of term
Sunday, 1 December 2013
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