Author Archives: Mrs Amirat

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “s”. We read the story “The snail and the Whale”.

We talked about whether we wold rather be the snail or the whale and give a reason for our answer.

We made s shapes out of stones outside.
Our Write Dance had up and across movements as we pretended to climb a staircase.

We practised recognising numbers by completing a snail dot to dot. We talked about what number came next ad looked on or kite number line for help.

We have started gardening outside in preparation for Swansea in Bloom. As well as talking about why we needed to pull up the weeds and talking about why we can’t pick the pretty daffodils that has sprung up in the garden, we also found some little snails, just like the ones that hitched a ride with the whale!

We talked about people who are special to us and why they are special. Children used the computer to draw their favourite people.

We drew around our hands to make lovely stretchy message cads for our special people.

We listened to instructions on the Busy Feet CD, as well as making creative movements with Write Dance.

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We have been listening to longer sentence patterns being used in the classroom during routines, such as “Mae h’in amser…” (it is time to….) and  “Beth wyt ti’n eisiau?” (What would you like to eat?)

All you Mums and Nanas out there…have a look in Saturday’s Evening Post as you may find a surprise message from your littlest fans!

Have a good weekend.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “r”. We read the story “Little Red Riding Hood”.

We looked at pictures of different characters had had to decide if they were from the story of Red Riding Hood or not.
Our Write Dance had us making curved shapes for rainbows.

We had a visit from Robbie the shape eating robot and his friends. He sent us a message with the challenge of finding different shapes outside. The children had to make sure they fed the shapes to right hungry robot. We remembered what each shape was called too!

We talked about the Fairtrade logo, what it looks like and what it means. The children then had to make a food basket for Red Riding Hood’s grandma but only choosing the foods that were Fairtrade. Help your child look out for the Fairtrade logo next time you are out shopping.

We talked about whether Little Red Riding Hood should have talked to the big bad wolf.

We also cooked healthy rainbow cous cous salad.

We painted beautiful rainbows and sang the rainbow song.

We also used rectangles to make robot pictures.

We counted down from ten to zero and zoomed around like rockets in the hall. Then we played ring a ring a roses.

We had some fun doing robot moves to a funny robot song.

While painting our pretty rainbows we tried to say the welsh colours.
We also talked about what the shapes are called in Welsh when collecting the shapes for the robots.

We had a lovely time celebrating World Book Day by reading a very cute story called “Little Blue and Little Yellow” and it was great to see the children in their costumes.

Have a good weekend.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “p”. We read the story “The Three Little Pigs”.

Betty didn’t know the story so the children tried to recall different parts of the story for each character. We had some really good story telling words.
Our Write Dance had us practising circles, dots and curved lines.

We explored ways of making 10 with two Numicon shapes to fit inside the three pigs’ house.

We made patterns copying the Numicon pattern cards.

We explored different materials to make large houses outside for the pigs. We collected dry grass, big and small sticks, and rocks to make the three houses.

We asked the children “Who did you like playing with today?” and encouraged children to tell others what and who they played with.

We painted pink pigs and made some beautiful pasta heart bracelets and necklaces for valentine’s day.

We used special paper to design a new house for the pigs. When our drawing was done we chose what construction set we needed to build it.

We used the balls in the hall to practise different ways of passing to each other. We rolled, threw and caught the ball.

We moved our bodies to Write Dance “Pat-A-Cake”.

We played a parachute game where we had to listen to our names and then swap places with a friend.

We have been practising the Welsh animal song in preparation for the Eisteddfod.

We read “Picnic” and learnt some new words such as brechdannau – sandwiches and sudd oren – orange juice.
We have continued using Rhodri “Mae h’in amser….” signs to tell us when there is a change in routine.

Have a great half term.

We look forward to hearing what you have all been up to when we see you back at school on Monday 23^rd February.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “o”. We read the story “Jolly Olly Octopus”.

We talked about what made Jolly Olly laugh and smile. The children had to then tell me something that made them laugh or smile.

We made our own counting octopus, making sure it had 8 tentacles.
Each tentacle had a number and we had to count the correct number of stickers for each tentacle. The octopus is also great to practice counting at home.

We explored oranges in a variety of ways.
We made freshly squeezed orange juice and the children had to explain how they made it and express whether they liked it or not.
We also took oranges outside and made ramps to roll them down. We added tubes to the bottom of the ramp to see if the orange would roll through it. Lots of fun!

We had a go at giving praise to our friends for the work they showed the class. We clapped, gave thumbs up and used comments to let children know that we were proud of what they had done.

We printed with oranges using orange paint.
When this was dry we explored using different tools – crayon, pens, and pastels – to make “o” shapes to decorate the printing. We made some lovely works of art.

We moved in different ways across an obstacle course in the hall. We climbed on, jumped off, balanced, slid, and climbed through.
We had a game of Simon Says, and we used our bodies to make circle shapes with Penpals.

We have been practising the Welsh animal song in preparation for the Eisteddfod.
We have also been using Rhodri “Mae h’in amser….” signs to tell us when there is a change in routine.

Have a good weekend.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “n”. We read the story “Spike’s Best Nest”.

We had a visit from a bird called Tweety who left us a letter to say his nest had blown away in the wind. The children wrote letters back to Tweety to say how they were going to help him.
We did the “Merry Go Round” dance in Write Dance and had to make circular movements with our bodies. .

We explored the Numicon shapes in lots of creative ways this week. We pressed the Numicon into playdough and we printed with the Numicon shapes.

We also went number fishing and tried hard to recognise which number was on the fish. We sang “1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive”

We watched a video of a robin building a nest. We talked about what he had used to build a nest. We then used twigs, leaves and grass to make a new nest for Tweety. He even sent us a video message saying thank you and telling us how much he liked the nests we had made for him. Hopefully Tweety will visit us again soon.

We talked about how Spike was feeling in the story “Spike’s Best Nest”. He was grumpy, tired, sad and then happy, which gave us lots to talk about.

We drew a nest and some children even included eggs.

We made a newspaper collage of a letter “n”.

We did the “Straight, Bent, Cross, Happy” dance in Write Dance and had to make contrasting movements with our bodies to match the music.

As well as our daily Welsh board, we have been practicing our Welsh numbers with lots of number rhymes. Encourage your child to count in Welsh at home.

Don’t forget, school inset day on Friday 30^th January.

See you on Monday.

Have a good weekend.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “m”. We read the story “Monkey Puzzle” and looked in the book to try and find all the ”m”’s
We did the “Merry Go Round” dance in Write Dance and had to make circular movements with our bodies. .

We played with money this week. We put our hand in the lucky dip and whatever coin we got, we put it into the correct purse by matching.

We have been singing along and dancing to 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and % Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree.

We had some lost animal babies who needed us to find their mummy. It was a bit tricky because the baby animal names are different to the mummy animal names and they don’t always look the same.

We read Little Miss Muffett and then talked about why she was scared of the spider. The children talked about whether they would be scared or not.

We went outside and mixed mud paint. We then used large pieces of paper to make lots of muddy marks…lots of messy fun!

We made milk bottle maracas and used them to play fast music and slow music.

We had to change our body movements in time to the tambourine – fast movements for a fast tambourine and slow movements for a slow tambourine.

As well as our daily Welsh board, we have been practicing saying Diolch – Thankyou  – at every opportunity because the children seem to be forgetting! Encourage tham at home to say Diolch.

We will be doing “n” next week so have a number hunt at home or out and about.

Have a good weekend.

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “l”. We read the story “What the Ladybird Heard” and used small world figures and Puppet Pals on the iPad to retell the story. The children also thought about ways to stop the robbers stealing the cow.
We had a go at making different lines and writing the letter l in trays of lentils.

We played a ladybird matching game on the interactive whiteboard where we had to count the spots on the ladybird and match it to the number on the leaf.

We also explored how a mirror can make half a ladybird into a whole ladybird.

When it was dry enough to play outside the children had fun exploring the big puddles in our nursery play area. Some children decided to float boats in the puddle and then other children collected other toys to try and float in the puddle. Some floated and other just sunk to the ground…good investigating!

We talked about things we like and don’t like. Children were encouraged to express what things they liked playing in school and what things they don’t like playing in school.

We used the paint easel to paint ladybirds for our Reading Garden in class. We looked at photos of ladybirds before we did this to find out what shape and colour they are.

We used apparatus in the hall to create different lines to move along. We had different level benches, skipping ropes and balance blocks. The children had to think of different ways to move along each of them

With all the awful weather this week, we were able to add two new weather words to our daily welsh board: bwrw eira –snowing and cenllysg – hail

I have attached a nursery timetable as a reminder of our weekly activities. If you have any questions, please ask a member of nursery staff.

Have a good weekend.