Spring 1 half term learning

Our topic this past half term was ‘Marvellous Making’ and the children enjoyed making all sorts of things! Making music and tapping out rhythms along to our key text ‘Tanka Tanka Skunk’ was great fun. We made binoculars from junk, we made gingerbread men, made Chinese crafts, made bird food for the Big Garden Birdwatch and made towers from construction. We learnt how to paint and have all the children’s wonderful pictures hanging in our Nursery gallery. Thank you to the parents who came in to help us celebrate Chinese New Year. It is great to have so many parents sharing their culture with us. We all enjoyed the Chinese workshop with Earthsong, playing the drums and watching the dancing lion! Our big focus in maths has been counting. Thank you for coming to the Phonics and early writing parent workshop in January. If you could not come please take a moment to look at the slides on the website. We have been learning the phonemes s,a,t,p,i,n,m,d,g and o and using the Little Wandle Rhymes to learn phonemic skills such as alliteration, rhyming, syllables and recognising sounds around us. Please remember you can practise the rhymes at home on this link. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabNurseryRhymes-Videos

This term we also completed an obstacle course, have been observing the weather every day and watching the bulbs we planted start to come through as Spring arrives. Science Day and the Parent Reading sessions were huge successes and it was great that you could join us for all the activities. Finally, thank you for joining us for the Parent Consultations, it was good to talk to you all about how much progress your child has made so far.

Overview of next half term

Our topic is ‘Eggtastic’’. The table above gives you an overview of the learning and activities we will be focussing on in the 3 year old Nursery. The 2yos will focus on a simplified version of this plan.  Term begins on Tuesday 20th February with an action packed ‘Book Week’. Please remember to send your child in wearing pyjamas on the Tuesday and dressing up as a book character on the Friday. The highlight this half term will definitely be on when 10 eggs arrive in an incubator and hatch into chicks in our Nursery. One of our key texts is  ‘Chicken’s Aren’t the Only Ones’, our first information text where we learn about all the different animals that lay eggs. Our other text is ‘Handa’s Hen’ which is set in Africa and helps us learn about the map of the world, different animalsE

and counting. In maths we are focussing on counting, comparing quantities, shapes and subitising. In Phonics we will introduce the next set of phonemes (c,k,ck, e, u, r & h), In Science we are investigating ice, wind and the signs of Spring.  In art and DT we will be making Mothers’s Day cards, Easter art and cards, musical instruments and improving our painting skills.

Rhyme Time Challenge

Our Rhyme Time Challenge concerts are on Friday 15th March. Thank you for helping us practise the songs at home.

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