Category Archives: Meithrin – Mrs Jones

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “e” this week.

We read the story of “Elmer” the elephant and talked about our favourite part of the story.

We also used cuddly elephants and also masks to try and retell the story in our own way.

We had to match two halves of an egg shape by finding pairs of Numicon shapes. We were trying to recognise the Numicon shapes by looking at the colour and size of each one.
We practised recognising which number different Numicon shapes represented by playing a circle game.

On Welly Wednesday we collected autumn items to put into our new cauldrons. The children wrote a list of what we found before stirring it all up and singing Autumn songs.

This week’s cooking was making a healthy egg salad.

We have been practising waiting and taking turns when playing a pass the tambourine game. This will help us be more patient when we are waiting for or turn when we are playing.

We used lots of different coloured squares to make our own patterned Elmer’s. They were very pretty and colourful.

We also printed with cubes on a large outline of Elmer.

On Move-It Monday we practised listening to welsh commands as a warm up – sefyll (Stand) and Eisteddwch (Sit down). We then did Write Dance in the hall to Kringeli Krangeli, making lots of curly movements with our hands.

Due to the stormy weather this week, we learned a new phrase for our Welsh board, “Mae hi’n stomus”

Some of us are remembering to ask for our fruit in Welsh too, saying “Ga i…” Bendigedig!!

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Have a great weekend

We practiced making big wavy blue lines on large pieces of paper to let the 5 little ducks swim along when we sang Five Little Ducks.  We attempted to draw some letter d’s on the scrimbling table – Diawn pawb!

This week’s cooking was making dotty dinosaur biscuits.

We also made daffodils for our Cwtch Cwmreag after talking about how they are the special flower for Wales.

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Have a great weekend

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “c” this week.

We have read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and loved it when he turned into a beautiful butterfly.
We looked at pictures from the story and talked about then and tried to put them in the right order.

We looked at patterns and tried to make a repeating pattern using carrot and cucumber to make the caterpillar’s body.

We are getting very good at counting how many children are in class each day – Diawn!

On Welly Wednesday we went outside to collect different types of leaves. We found green leaves, yellow leaves and orange leaves.  Some leaves were smooth and some were crunchy.

We brought them back to the classroom to use for an art activity.

Children are becoming more confident to talk about their feelings during check in time with Rhodri. A few are even feeling confident enough to tell us reasons for their feelings.

We used the leaves we collected from our Welly Walk to make an Autumn crown. We stuck leaves onto a cardboard band and decorated them with differ colours.

We wore our Autumn crowns while we sang this song:

“All the leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down   (Imitate leaves falling down)
All the leaves are falling down, it is autumn.

Take the rake and rake them up, rake them up, rake them up  (Imitate raking leaves)
Take the rake and rake them up, it is autumn.

Make a pile and jump right in, jump right in, jump right in,  (Children jump forward)
Make a pile and jump right in, it is autumn.”

On Move it Monday we did some counting different movements to warm up and then we did some physical literacy using the Hungry Caterpillar book. We listened to the story and decided what shapes we needed to make our bodies to act out the story. It was lots of fun and the children loved pretending to look for food.

We are continuing to practise saying “Bore Da” (good morning) and “Prynhawn Da” (good afternoon) when the register is being taken. We have also been learning to say “Ga i…” (Can I have…) during snack time.

Why not have a go at playing the cute caterpillar counting song on the attached sheet the weekend – have fun!

Don’t forget to return your data sheets and home-school agreement as soon as possible, Thanks

Have a great weekend

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “b” this week.

It was Tedi Twt’s birthday this week so on Monday the children talked about birthdays and planned what they wanted to do for Tedi Twt’s birthday.

We have lots of places to practice our writing and the children have been having a go at writing “b” on the scrimbling table and the white board in the writing area.

We used the bears in the maths area this week. We matched the different sized bears to the pattern cards and we sorted the bears into different colours and different sizes.

On Welly Wednesday we went on a bug hunt. We explored under plants and rocks and caught some bugs in a special catcher to put in our bug boxes. We found a caterpillar, a very big spider, a beetle, slugs and a bee. We were very kind and put them back in the garden after we had all looked at the bugs.

We looked at our baby photos and talked about what babies need and how we are different now. We had fun guessing which of our friends was in the baby photo.
We also talked about how we celebrate birthdays. Children talked about their own experiences and this helped them plan Tedi Twt’s birthday.

We made symmetrical butterflies using paint and folding the butterflies in half to make the pattern. These beautiful butterflies with be decorating our reading garden.

When we came back from our bug hunt we used the play dough to make our own bugs.

On Move it Monday we played a bean game. We had to listen to the instructions and do the action – Jumping bean, jelly bean, baked bean and runner bean – Ask your child to show you the game.
We also played Tedi Twt’s favourite game and bounced him on the parachute.

We are continuing to practise saying “Bore Da” (good morning) and “Prynhawn Da” (good afternoon) when the register is being taken. We have also been learning to say “Ga i…” (Can I have…) during snack time. This week we sand Penblwydd Hapus to Tedi Twt because he was celebrating his 4^th birthday!

We will be learning the letter sound “c” next week so if you and your child find anything at home that starts with a “c” sound they can bring it in to show their friends.

Don’t forget to return your data sheets and home-school agreement as soon as possible, Thanks

Have a great weekend

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “a” this week.

We went on an “a” hunt outside and found pictures of acrobats, antelopes, alligators, and avocados.

We found the ants hiding in the sand and only kept the ants which had an “a” or an “A” on it.

We pretended we were astronauts getting ready to take off in a rocket…we counted down from 10 until we were ready to blast off!!!
We picked different shapes out of a box and tried to put them on the correct plate. Some of us knew the names of the shapes as well.

We talked about where different animals lived and sorted the play animals into the correct habitats. We enjoyed making the animal noises as we were doing this.

We didn’t do edible cooking this week but the children helped to make play dough for the classroom.

We have been talking about helping each other in the classroom, especially at tidy up time. We have also been discussing other things that make a happy nursery, such as sharing and being kind.

We printed with apples on big “a” shapes. We talked about different coloured apples and decided to use red and green paint.

We used sticks outside to make shapes and pictures. We made arrows, lines, houses, triangles and squares.

On Move it Monday we listened to songs in the hall that helped us move around like different animals. We skipped like lambs, galloped like horses, waddled like penguins and flapped like eagles.
We practised rolling the play dough with our hands by making 6 legs for the ant picture.

We are practising saying “Bore Da” (good morning) and “Prynhawn Da” (good afternoon) when the register is being taken. We have also been learning to say “Ga i…” (Can I have…) during snack time.

In preparation for learning the letter sound “b” next week, please can your child bring in a baby photo of themselves?

Don’t forget to return your data sheets and home-school agreement as soon as possible, Thanks

Have a great weekend

Language, Literacy & Communication

We have been making marks and patterns on the scrimbling table.

We have been singing lots of rhymes…our favourite being Hickory, Dickory Dock. Sing it at home.

Mathematical Development

We have been feeding teddy with lots of yummy cakes on the computer this week. We have been recognising numbers and counting accurately to make teddy say “Yummy!”

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have enjoyed exploring and investigating the playdough this week. Some of the children have been making cupcakes and using lollipop sticks and feathers to decorate them.  Great creativity!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We have focused on good tidying up and being helpful this week, which most children have responded well to. Dai Iawn!

Creative Development

We have been exploring paint on the easel, making splodges, shapes and trying to cover the whole page with paint!

Physical Development

We danced to Busy Feet songs about the body and different ways it can move.
We took part in Dress Up and Dance Zumba which was lots of fun and great exercise.

Welsh Language Development

We have been using our Welsh board to practice the weather. Thankfully it has only been Mae hi’n heulog (sunny) all week.

We have also been reminding the children to say diolch (thank you) at snack times. Try saying diolch with  your child at home

Anything else!

Please remember to put suncream on your child before coming into nursery during the hot weather. You can also send them in with a sun hat for added protection.

Don’t forget to let me know if you are coming in the school trip to Pembrey on Tuesday 15^th July – £5 per adult, free for children.

Language, Literacy & Communication

We have played a phonics game on the interactive whiteboard where we had to find what picture started with the chosen sound – the children were very good at remembering their sounds.

We have also been talking about moving up to “big school”. Children had to tell me what their favourite part of Nursery was and what they will try hard at in Reception.

We also practised writing our names to put into our annual report.

Mathematical Development

We have been feeding teddy with lots of yummy cakes on the computer this week. We have been recognising numbers and counting accurately to make teddy say “Yummy!”
Some of us have also tried working out one more. We counted to a number and stopped and had to figure out what number was one more – have a practice at home.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have enjoyed exploring and investigating the playdough this week. Some of the children have been making cupcakes  and using lollipop sticks and feathers to decorate them.  Great creativity!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

The discussion about moving up to “big school” has given the children opportunity to talk about the change. With only 4 weeks left of the term, we will be starting to discuss more about moving into Reception to ease the transition for your child.

We enjoyed making our healthy flapjacks – no butter or syrup just oats, fruit juice and fruit…a yummy healthy choice!

Creative Development

We have been drawing pictures of ourselves to go on our reports. We had to remember to draw a head, body, arms and legs to make it look like us.

Physical Development

Rugby Tots were here for Move-it Monday and we practised throwing and catching the rugby ball.

We took part in Dress Up and Dance Zumba which was lots of fun and great exercise.

Welsh Language Development

We have been using our Welsh board to practice saying what we will be eating at snack time…Dwi’n bwyta….”

Encourage your child to practise at home during meal times.

Anything else!

Please remember to put suncream on your child before coming into nursery during the hot weather. You can also send them in with a sun hat for added protection.

Don’t forget to let me know if you are coming in the school trip to Pembrey on Tuesday 15^th July – £5 per adult, free for children.

Language, Literacy & Communication

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “z” this week.

We read “Dear Zoo” and had lots of fun making the animal noises.

We made zig-zag books about zoo animals.

Mathematical Development

We have talked about pattern when looking at Zebras.

We have been practising counting to 10 with our Rugby Tots moves.

We have been singing lots of number rhymes where we take away one – five little ducks, five speckled frogs, – so that the children learn the idea of one less.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Swansea in Bloom is fast approaching so the children have continued to care for the flowers y watering them. We have also planted more flowers in buckets, wellies and milk bottles. I hope you like how the garden is looking!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about keeping safe near roads to fit in with our Walking Bus event. Children played road safety games on the computer and we had a zebra crossing outside with the bikes.
We also discussed the question “Should animals be kept in a zoo?” with lots of interesting answers.

Creative Development

We made a zebra z and practised our cutting  skills to cut the black paper. We then talked about the zebra’s pattern and made that on the z shape – They looked great.

We have also drawn stripy patterns on the zebras on Penpals on the interactive whiteboard.

We learnt the song “Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow”.

Physical Development

Rugby Tots were here for Move-it Monday and we practised throwing and kicking the rugby ball.

We took part in The Walking Bus around the school grounds. I was very proud of how sensible the children were. Thanks for your kind donations for a good cause.

Welsh Language Development

We have done some big counting in Welsh this week, counting all the children in class.
Also I am very proud at how good some of the children are getting in understanding my Welsh questions for the Welsh board every morning – Well done!

Anything else!

Please remember to put suncream on your child before coming into nursery during the hot weather. You can also send them in with a sun hat for added protection.

Don’t forget to let me know if you are coming in the school trip to Pembrey – £5 per adult, free for children.

Language, Literacy & Communication

We had a focus on food this week for Healthy Eating Week, so we learned the rhyme, Old Mother Hubbard.

The children were given the challenge to think of food that could go into the empty cupboard….but only healthy food.

Mathematical Development

We made repeating patterns with pictures of our favourite fruits.

We practised our counting along a number line, adding pictures of fruit as we counted.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We made a very healthy egg salad for our cooking this week. Children made decisions about what types of vegetables they wanted in their salad and then topped it with some egg. An easy way to try new healthy foods.

We noticed that all the plants we had planted outside were a little bit dry so we all worked together to water them to help them grow.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We discussed what benefits different kinds of healthy foods gave us – protein in meat,fish and eggs to make our muscles grow, fruit and vegetables to give us vitamins, carbohydrates in bread, pasta and rice to give us energy and dairy products to make our bones and teeth strong.

The children were good at remembering that foods like crisps, sweets, and cakes are only small treats.

Creative Development

We coloured in the different food groups on a special colouring sheet which was laminated to make a placemat to use when eating our healthy food at home.

We looked at pictures of different fruits and clapped out the patterns,
e.g: ap-ple = clap-clap
ban-na-na = clap-clap-clap, etc.

Physical Development

We practised our scissor skills when choosing healthy foods to cut and stick into Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.

Rugby Tots were here for Move-it Monday and will continue for the next 6 weeks.

As part of Healthy Eating Week we used a trial of Fab 5 Fitness – five minute exercise videos, where we pretended to be footballers, cowboys and cowgirls, and hula dancing.

Welsh Language Development

We continued to practice the Welsh “Dwi’n hoffi…” to say “I like…” when talking about their favourite healthy foods.

Anything else!

Please remember to send your child into school in comfortable clothes and trainers for Move-it Mondays, as we will be very active in the hall.

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Language, Literacy & Communication

We read a book called “Yum,Yum, Yummy”, the children loved it when the Mummy Bear chased away the naughty Guzzley Bear!

Mathematical Development

We played a teddy bear game, seeing how many teddies we could grab in our hands and then we practised counting them.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have enjoyed helping with the gardening in nursery – we have planted peas and onions, helped to paint the boxes and found some very interesting bugs while we were doing it.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We have been reminding each other of how we use kind hands in the classroom and talking about how someone feels if they get hurt.

Creative Development

Children thought about their favourite food and drew it on their plates. They had to think about using the correct colours for what they were drawing.

Physical Development

We have enjoyed the sunshine and done lots of physical activity outside – jumping around chasing bubbles, pedalling the bikes and rolling the hoops.

Welsh Language Development

We are trying to be more confident to say “hapus” or “trist” when we check in with Rhodri – Bendigedig!

Anything else!

We have had some lovely WOW vouchers brought into class and the children have been so proud when we have celebrated their achievements.

If you visit a beach over the half term, please can your child collect some shells and bring them into school to add to some outdoor art – Thank you.