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Nursery Weekly Blog WB 19/9/2022
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 4:29pm
This week we have welcomed our final group of new friends into Nursery - they have all made a fabulous start! All the children have done some great learning in all areas both inside and out!
Inside some children have made some fantastic models in our block area and others have done some great portraits of the Nursery staff.
Outside children have been practising balancing, jumping and swinging on the monkey bars. Lots of the children are very excited to watch the tomatoes, cucumbers and cougettes grow in the planters.
Next week we will be starting our new topic of All About Me with our first book being called My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh!
Nursery Weekly Blog WB 12/9/2022
Date: 16th Sep 2022 @ 12:15pm
This week in Nursery we have welcomed lots of new friends1 They have all settled in nicely and have enjoyed exploring the inside and outside space. All week all the children have done lots of great learning - including handprints and portraits for displays in school.
Next week we look forward to our final group of friends joining us on Tuesday.
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 5:10pm
The children who have started Nursery this week in the morning and afternoon have made a fantastic start with both their behaviour and learning. They have all settled really well and made lots of new friends - enjoying exploring inside and outside !
We look forward to welcoming lots of new faces next week!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 8:26am
This week in Nursery we have been learning about Trains and Trams. The children joined in with Train role play and made their own train using chairs. We had children playing the passengers, someone playing the ticket man and another girl playing the snack lady.
In the creative area the children have been busy junk modelling trains and trams. Working really hard using one handed tools.
In the Maths area we focused on representing numbers.
What we've been learning about..
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 4:25pm
This week in Nursery we read the story 'Biscuit Bear". We had a teddy bear picnic and shared our food. In the creative area we painted the bear, made a puppet and even decorated the bear.
On the playdough table we made biscuit bear using eyes and buttons.
We focused on melting also by melting chocolate and decorating biscuits, yummy!
What we've been upto on our final week in Nursery.
Date: 15th Dec 2021 @ 4:27pm
We've had a super, festive week in Nursery. Our story of the week was the Christmas Story. On Tuesday we had a lovely party, where the children played musical statues, pass the parcel and musical bumps. On Wednesday the children perfomed the Nativity with reception, which they were all fanastic at. To finish the week off we had a very special visit from Father Christmas who left the children a lovely present.
This week we have been learning about in Nursery 18/10/21
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 4:17pm
This week was curriculum week in School, in Nursery we focused on how we can be a Greenhill Citizen.
On Monday we talked about our classroom rules and how important it is to follow them.
On Tuesday we talked about about how helpful shop keepers are with in the community. The children thought of so many lovely thank you comments they could next say when they're shopping about with their parents.
On Wednesday looked at pictures from the story 'We are Free'. We had a group discussion about respecting the differences in School.
In the writing are we drew self portraits using a mirror, focusing on our features. We also decorated Greenhill badges using different coloured patterns.
What we've been learning about in Nursery 11/10/21
Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 12:01pm
This week we've been learning about a story called 'The wolf who wouldnt sleep'. We had group discussions about how important it is to go to sleep early and follow a healthy routine. We talked about our Dentist experiences and what drinks and foods are good for us. All about keeping a balanced diet.
In the Maths area we focused on counting and recognising shapes. We also looked at making patterns with different colours using lego. All the children did super with finishing the pattern.
In the Writing area we drew patterns using different colours and shapes. In the creative area we painted self potraits to fill up our lovely Family tree display in Nursery.
We had fun outdoors as the morning children found a furry catterpillar looking for food.
What we've been learning about in Nursery..08/10/21
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 4:13pm
This week in Nursery we read a story called 'Stickman'. Selected children went on a nature walk to look for children sticks and Autumn coloured leaves, we then used those sticks to make our own stick man, using glue and tape.
In the creative area the children used natural materials to print and observed the different patterns we can make.
For our special Read Achieve Day on Thursday we created a class story box based on the story Stickman. Some children were busy drawing the characters on paper whilst some children decorated the box by painting and sticking to match the environment.
In the writing area we focused on drawing our family members for our lovely Family tree display!
What we've been learning about in Nursery (27/09/21)
Date: 1st Oct 2021 @ 4:25pm
This week in Nursery we have been learning about a story called 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We had our own bear hunt outdoors as we looked for the hidden bears and chanted the story. In the writing area we drew our favourite part of the story using feltips. In the Maths area we tried to finish the pattern, by looking for the missing bear.
In the small world area we acted out the story pretending to be the family, going through the different environments singing the rhyme out loud!
What we've been learning about in Nursery 20/09/21
Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 4:30pm
This week we started our new topic which is 'I Wonder All about Me'. We read a story called 'My Mum and My Dad Make me Laugh. We looked at different patterns and talked about them being the same and different. We also looked at animal prints and tried to draw them, using the matching colours.
In the creative area we painted spots and stripes just like from the story. In the investigating area we made different patterns using natural materials.
Since our new topic is all about family, as a class we looked at family potraits our friends and talked about who we live with.
PSHE Parent Newsletter Autumn I
Date: 20th Sep 2021 @ 12:17pm
This week we've been learning about this week...Farm animals
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 4:32pm
This week we've been learning about Farm animals! We read a story called 'The little red hen' which was about lazy farm animals who would not help the hen make bread. We looked at videos about how bread is made and how the farmer collects the wheat.
In the painting area we painted pictures of hen using the correct colours. We also used cotton woll to paint picture of sheep.
In family group activities we looked at the jobs the farmer has to do and where the different foods come from!
We drew pictures of the farm animals and began to sound out how to write them.
What we've been learning about this week...Mini Beasts! (14/06/21
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 4:14pm
This week we started our new topic, which was Living Things. We focused on Mini Beasts and read the story 'The Hungry Caterpillar'. In the writing area we drawed the hungry caterpillar and thought about all of the different foods he ate. In the painting area we painted him using the correct colours. We worked together in pairs to sequence the order of the story.
For maths we look at ladybirds and how their spots are always symmetrical. We used them to play a number game, matching the right side of the numbered spots. We also looked at simple addition and tried adding the fruits together by writing the numeral down.
Super week nursery!!
Curriculum in Nursery 07/06/21
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 4:11pm
Welcome back parents & children!
This week was curriculum week... out of space!
We read the story 'Whatever next' about a bear who shoots of to space. In the writing area drew our own creations of spaceships, attempting to write captions using the phonics mat.
We focused on technology in maths as we played a number game on the computer. We used the computer mouse to give hungry teddy his cakes.
We had so much fun with the beebots as we had to move him all round using directions, making sure he does not touch any of the planets. We worked together as a team!
On the creative table we did some foil printing with glitter making a picture of a moon.
Can I remind parents to do seesaw learning with their children.
What we've been learning about this week..space 24/05/2021
Date: 28th May 2021 @ 3:57pm
This week we've been learning about transport that takes us to space. We read the story 'Zoom Rocket Zoom'.
In the maths area we looked at 2D shapes, circles, square, rectangle and triangles. We used to shapes to make rockets. We also looked at numbered stars and tried to match the quantity with moon rocks.
In creative area we used shapes again to make rockets, we used tin foil to make mini rockets using junk modelling. We used recycled bottle lids and paint to make pictures of planets.
We sang our '5 little men in flying saucer' and wooshed our children away.
To end our lovely week we finally let our butterfly free outside, we all lined up and went to our nature garden.
I hope everyone has a safe, happy holiday. See you all on the the 7th June! :)
Date: 23rd May 2021 @ 4:21pm
What we've been learning learning about this week..17/05/21
Date: 21st May 2021 @ 4:33pm
This week we've been learning all about Air travel. We shared a story about a helicopter and an airplane.
In the creative area we made hot air balloons using paper plates, paint and straw. Following our air travel topic, in the writing areas we made our own passports, thinking of the initial sounds we needed to write.
Its been an exciting week for receptions eggs as they hatched! We all had a gentle stroke of the chicks and talked about what things they needed to survive in their small box.
In the maths area we had fun with shapes as we played shapes domino!
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 7:40pm
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THIS ACTIVITY IS SET ON SEESAW
This week we are learning all about Air travel. Can you think of any of the types of transport we may see flying in the sky?
The activity is to ask your child simple questions about learning of the week. This helps the children really focus on boosting their communication and language by feeding back their learning from school.
Questions below: Can parents either record their child's answer or type up answers on SEESAW The answers to the questions will be in the brackets below.
1. What have we been learning about this week? (Air travel: plane, helicopter and hot air balloon)
2. Before you go on a plane what important thing do need? (Passport)
3. Why do you think we need a passport?
4.Who drives a plane? (Pilot)
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Can parents give a big push with name writing at home. If your child can write their first name please focus on their surname.
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Date: 20th May 2021 @ 7:39pm
Home Learning- Nursery - WB: 17.05.2021
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THIS ACTIVITY IS SET ON SEESAW
This week we are learning all about Air travel. Can you think of any of the types of transport we may see flying in the sky?
The activity is to ask your child simple questions about learning of the week. This helps the children really focus on boosting their communication and language by feeding back their learning from school.
Questions below: Can parents either record their child's answer or type up answers on SEESAW The answers to the questions will be in the brackets below.
1. What have we been learning about this week? (Air travel: plane, helicopter and hot air balloon)
2. Before you go on a plane what important thing do need? (Passport)
3. Why do you think we need a passport?
4.Who drives a plane? (Pilot)
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Writing – Name writing |
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Name writing
Can parents give a big push with name writing at home. If your child can write their first name please focus on their surname.
Can these be practiced on paper, then parents to upload pictures of these. |
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Home learning to be completed at any time throughout the week. All activities are set on seesaw, once they are completed we would like you to send it back to us on seesaw. If you have any questions you can send us a message through the inbox. Thanks, Miss Pervez.
What we've been learning about..10/05/21
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 11:29am
This week we've been learning all about transport on the water.
We found a mysterious pirate in our classroom who needed our help as he was lost. We had to work together and make him a list of all of the emergency items he will need to survive on his ship.We even took part in pirate role play and followed a map to find treasure! We also made our own maps and have started to label them with initial sounds.
On friday we had a Eid party, we played musical statues, watched a movie and had some delicious snacks.
Thankyou to the parents who brought the snacks in, we wish you all an Eid mubarak :)
This week we've been learning...
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 4:18pm
This week we started our new topic, which is transport. We focused on road travel. We read a book called 'Naughty Bus'. In the writing area we used shapes and glue to make a car. We also designed our own car by drawing on wheels and passengers. In the small world area we had fun with small cars and trains, helping them paint.
In R.E we have been learning about Islam. We looked at a prayer mat and shared our own experiences of going to the Mosque.
On Friday we had digital lift of day were we focused on technology. We made chocolate crispies using the microwave. We took pictures of our friends using the ipad.
What we've been learning about..01/04/21
Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 3:59pm
This week we've been learning about what we want to be when we're older. We did circle time to discuss what occupations we would like to do when we're older.
We took advantage of the lovely weather outside and did an easter egg number hunt. When we found a number we had to write it down.
In the creative area we made easter eggs with lovely patterns and ribbon. We also made Easter cards for our family using a potato with patterns.
A lovely end to a term. Have a safe and relaxing holiday, see you all on the 19th April.
What we've been learning about..22.03.21
Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 4:01pm
This week we've been learning all about police officers, We read a story called 'I'm afraid you're teddy in trouble'.
In maths we looked at fingerprints and compared amounts. In the creative area we looked at shapes and made a police car looking after them.
In the lego we played with a police station and police cars.
What we've been learning about...15/03/21
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 4:29pm
This week we have been learning about Fire Fighters. We made a big fire engine by working together as a team. We read a story called 'A cat in the tree'. In maths we played a number game. We had to use plastic tweezers to pull out numbers from the fire (tissue paper). In Phonics we re-cap the letter S. We also looked at voice sounds and practiced them.
