Category Archives: Meithrin – Mrs Jones

Language, Literacy & Communication

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “y”.

We read “Yum,Yum, Yummy” and talked about the yummy things we like to eat.

We practiced writing y on the scrimbling table and in lentils.

Mathematical Development

We played a teddy bear game, seeing how many teddies we could grab in our hands. We counted them and used the number line to have a go at writing the numbers.

We worked together as a class to order the number cards and figure out what number comes next

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.

We also had a colour hunt in the classroom and collected all things that were yellow – the children were very good colour hunters and we had a yellow mountain of things they had collected.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We played some circle games to practice waiting our turn – we passed a handshake and a high five around our class circle.

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 talked about the yummy food that we had drawn on our plate and had a go at saying “Dwi’n hoffi…” (I like…).

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.

Language, Literacy & Communication

We have read some fab books this week and children are getting much better at listening and responding. We read “Fox’s Socks” by Julia Donaldson and we loved the story called “Someone Bigger” about a kite being blown away in the wind.

Children are becoming more confident to talk during check- in.

Mathematical Development

We explored the Numicon by building towers with the shapes and pegs.

We have been singing lots of number rhymes and counting numbers over 20 at registration time.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have been exploring the sand tray, making sandcastles and pretending to make ice-creams.

We cooked chocolate chip cookies as a treat which were very tasty.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about keeping our teeth nice and healthy as we had the Designed to Smile team come into school to give those children who had consent their magic sparkles (fluoride coating).

Creative Development

We made black and white paintings this week as well as practising our cutting and sticking making collage pictures.

Physical Development

We having been moving and grooving to Sticky Kids songs this week. Our favourites have been the Wiggle and Jiggle song and Lets go Driving song.

Welsh Language Development

We are trying to become more confident saying Prynhawn Da (Good afternoon) when we come in in the afternoon.

We are also getting better at sing or goodbye songs in Welsh…Da iawn!

Anything else!

Don’t forget, bring your child’s WOW vouchers into school so we can see what they have been up to at home and celebrate in class.

Language, Literacy & Communication

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us the letter sound “x”.

We read “Fox’s Socks” by Julia Donaldson, where fox finally found his socks in the toybox and the jack in the box.  We were good at listening for the “x” sounds and the end of the words.

We practiced writing w by playing noughts and crosses – have a go at home.

We practised our writing this week writing an invitation to our class assembly.

Mathematical Development

We practised recognising the Numicon shapes this week and our challenge was to fit the Numicon shapes into an X shape.

We also explored the Numicon by building towers with the shapes and pegs.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We looked at real x-ray pictures and tried to guess what parts of the body they were from.

We cooked “x marks the spot” biscuits as a treat using chocolate chip cookies to make an x shape on them.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about keeping our teeth nice and healthy as we had the Designed to Smile team come into school to give those children who had consent their magic sparkles (fluoride coating).

Creative Development

We made x-ray painting by painting with white paint on black paper. We also made x-ray pictures of our hands using talc and cotton buds.

We listened to and tried singing along to the skeleton song.

Physical Development

We having been moving and grooving to Sticky Kids songs this week. Our favourites have been the Wiggle and Jiggle song and Lets go Driving song.

Welsh Language Development

Lots of children are getting very good at trying to tell me the weather in welsh…da iawn!

Anything else!

Don’t forget, bring your child’s WOW vouchers into school so we can see what they have been up to at home so we can celebrate in class.

Class assembly on Thursday 15^th, 9.30 in the Junior hall – We look forward to seeing you there.

Language, Literacy & Communication

Our favourite story this week has been “The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water” – the children loved the surprise at the end when the crocodile turned out to be a dragon!!

Mathematical Development

We made worms out of playdough and then talked about longest and shortest, longer and shorter.

We counted as a whole class to songs like “Five little ducks” and “Ten green bottles”

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We are getting our nursery garden ready for Swansea in Bloom by doing some weeding. While doing this we found plenty of wiggly worms in the soil.

We cooked watercress soup and talked about all the healthy vegetables that were used to make it. Some children thought it was very yummy!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We looked at the World Wildlife  Fund website and talked about how the money raised from the financial fortnight can be sent to help an animal who needs it. The children voted and we will be sponsoring an elephant.

Creative Development

We drew pictures of ourselves and talked about the different parts of our body we would need to draw – our head, body, arms, hands, legs, feet.

Physical Development

We have been practising some movement songs this week such as “If you’re happy and you know it”, “The animal boogie” and “The wheels on the bus”.

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt has been teaching us weather words nad we have played the dress Tedi Twt for the right weather game in our Cwtch Cymreig.

Mae hi’n bwrw glaw – It is raining

Mae hi’n heulog – It is sunny

Mae hi’n oer – It is cold

Mae hi’n wyntog – It is windy

Anything else!

We will be starting our Wow vouchers next week – see the letter that children brought home today. Write down on the Wow voucher if your child achieves something, has celebrated something, or has helped out at home.

Don’t forget, Bank Holiday on Monday, so see you all on Tuesday 6^th May.

Language, Literacy & Communication

This week Ben and Betty have been teaching us he letter sound “w”.

We read “Superworm” and then decided what our own superworm would do. We made our own books with our ideas.

We practiced writing w on a piece of paper and rolled it into a “w”  wand – see what the wands can spot at home beginning with “w”

Mathematical Development

We have been looking putting numbers in the correct order. We found the wellies and put them onto the counting stick in order from 0 to 10.

We made worms out of playdough and then measured them against a measuring tape, counting how long our worms were. We talked about longest and shortest, longer and shorter.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We are getting our nursery garden ready for Swansea in Bloom by doing some weeding. While doing this we found plenty of wiggly worms in the soil.

We cooked watercress soup and talked about all the healthy vegetables that were used to make it. Some children thought it was very yummy!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about different types of washing and discussed why we need to wash things.

We looked at the World Wildlife  Fund website and talked about how the money raised from the financial fortnight can be sent to help an animal who needs it. The children voted and we will be sponsoring an elephant.

Creative Development

We looked closely at the colours on a watermelon. We then painted an observational picture of the watermelon, with some very artistic results.

We made wheel prints by dipping cars in the paint and rolled them across the paper.

We learnt the song “There’s a worm at the bottom of the garden”

Physical Development

We did movement to the Write Dance song “The Water Schute”

We also played a game with the parachute “Where is…?” – the children crawled to hide under the parachute while we sang a song to find them.

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt has been teaching us weather words nad we have played the dress Tedi Twt for the right weather game in our Cwtch Cymreig.

Mae hi’n bwrw glaw – It is raining

Mae hi’n heulog – It is sunny

Mae hi’n oer – It is cold

Mae hi’n wyntog – It is windy

Anything else!

We will be starting our Wow vouchers next week – see the letter that children brought home today. Write down on the Wow voucher if your child achieves something, has celebrated something, or has helped out at home.

Don’t forget, Bank Holiday on Monday, so see you all on Tuesday 6^th May.

Language, Literacy & Communication

We had lots of hen and spring animal stories this week to link with our Easter enterprise craft.

The children talked in groups to consider “What should we call the egg cup? What could we put inside it? Who could we give it to?”

We had some fabulous ideas and the children voted for the product to be called “Happy Hen egg cups”

Mathematical Development

We have been looking at coins this week for financial fortnight. We had a coin treasure hunt and then placed them on the correct picture to match them, we have made patterns in playdough by pushing the coins into it and we have sung “Five currant buns in a baker shop”

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

I asked the children “What is Easter?” and unsurprisingly, most children talked about how the Easter Bunny leaves us lots of chocolate eggs. WE then looked at a book which showed us how a family celebrated Easter by going to church and having special family meals.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

 Linking with financial fortnight, the question on our thinking wall this week was “Having no money is good/bad because….”

Creative Development

We made Happy Hen egg cup gifts for financial fortnight – thank you for bringing in your old egg boxes to enable the children to create these cute little gifts – You can buy them on Tuesday as part of our Easter enterprise fair.

Physical Development

We continued to practice our throwing and catching skills in a large circle and the children are improving greatly.

We have also done lots of dancing in the classroom to Sticky Kids songs.

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt wanted us to match baby animals with their mothers. We sang the song below and had lots of fun making the animal noises!!

“Buwch (cow) ydw i, buwch ydw i, moo, moo, moo, moo, buwch ydw i”

“Dafad (sheep) ydw i, dafad ydw i, baa, baa, baa, baa, dafad ydw i”

“Iar (hen) ydw i, iar ydw i, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, iar ydw i”

Anything else!

We hope you enjoyed the Easter bonnet parade – it is always a fun event and a chance for parents to show off their creativity!!
This weekend, use the Fairtrade logo, which the children have brought home, to be Fairtrade spotters. The children can take it with them when you go shopping this weekend and find the logo on items in the shop. Look in the baking aisle, tea and coffee aisle and the chocolate aisle. Let us know how you get on as we will be doing more Fairtrade activities on class next week!

Language, Literacy & Communication

We read the book called “Oliver’s Vegetabes”, a story about a boy who played a game with his Grandpa to see if he would try new vegetables. Children were keen to tell me what vegetables they did and didn’t like.

Children had a go at writing their names for their mother’s day pictures.

Mathematical Development

We tasted carrots, cucumber, peppers and beetroot. Each child decided their favourite vegetable and put the picture into a pictogram.

This helped us count which was the most popular vegetable.  The children answered questions like “Which has the most? Which has the least? Do any have the same amount?”

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We explored and pretended to cook with the vegetables from the story “Oliver’s Vegetables”. We talked about where the vegetables grew and whether we had tried them before.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about foods that are healthy for us and foods that we should only have as a treat.

We used the computer to create a healthy plate of food.

We made healthy Houmous and vegetable wraps….Yummy!!

Creative Development

We made a “V” vase and drew dotty flowers in it. This made a pretty picture to give to someone special on Mother’s Day. We hope you like it!!

Physical Development

We revisited one of our favourite Write Dance songs – Kringeli Krangeli – the children are very confident at exploring the movements they can make with their bodies when doing it.

We also played a large circle game with a ball, practising rolling and receiving, and throwing and receiving.

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt likes his vegetables because he knows they keep him healthy, so he asked the children to sort the pictures but only put the vegetables on the picnic basket. The children listened to the welsh word for each vegetable and had a go at saying the word themselves – moron (carrot), pys (peas), brocolis (broccoli), pupur (pepper), yd (sweetcorn), tomato.

Anything else!

We have a busy final two weeks of the term, including an Easter bonnet parade, Fair Trade fortnight, financial fortnight and an Easter fair!!
This weekend, encourage your child to think about what fruit and vegetables they are eating – draw pictures and write down the fruit and vegetables they eat and bring it into school to share with the rest of the class.

Language, Literacy & Communication

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

We read the book called “Oliver’s Vegetabes”, a story about a boy who played a game with his Grandpa to see if he would try new vegetables. Children were keen to tell me what vegetables they did and didn’t like.
We played a game following a trail of v’s to get the vacuum cleaner to hoover the rug.

Children had a go at writing their names for their mother’s day pictures.

Mathematical Development

We tasted carrots, cucumber, peppers and beetroot. Each child decided their favourite vegetable and put the picture into a pictogram.

This helped us count which was the most popular vegetable.  The children answered questions like “Which has the most? Which has the least? Do any have the same amount?”

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We explored and pretended to cook with the vegetables from the story “Oliver’s Vegetables”. We talked about where the vegetables grew and whether we had tried them before.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We talked about foods that are healthy for us and foods that we should only have as a treat.

We used the computer to create a healthy plate of food.

We made healthy Houmous and vegetable wraps….Yummy!!

Creative Development

We made a “V” vase and drew dotty flowers in it. This made a pretty picture to give to someone special on Mother’s Day. We hope you like it!!

We listened to some violin music and then looked at a real violin. We had a go at plucking the strings and using the bow to make noise.

Physical Development

We revisited one of our favourite Write Dance songs – Kringeli Krangeli – the children are very confident at exploring the movements they can make with their bodies when doing it.

We also played a large circle game with a ball, practising rolling and receiving, and throwing and receiving.

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt likes his vegetables because he knows they keep him healthy, so he asked the children to sort the pictures but only put the vegetables on the picnic basket. The children listened to the welsh word for each vegetable and had a go at saying the word themselves – moron (carrot), pys (peas), brocolis (broccoli), pupur (pepper), yd (sweetcorn), tomato.

Anything else!

We have a busy final two weeks of the term, including an Easter bonnet parade, Fair Trade fortnight, financial fortnight and an Easter fair!!
This weekend, encourage your child to think about what fruit and vegetables they are eating – draw pictures and write down the fruit and vegetables they eat and bring it into school to share with the rest of the class.

Language, Literacy & Communication

The children have been playing with the magnetic letters and our new red notebooks in the writing area. We have also been posting our pictures and writing in our postbox in the writing area.

Our home corner has been popular this week and we have seen some great dressing and pretending going on.

Mathematical Development

 We have been counting teddies this week. We placed a teddy on each number on the number line and then counted to ten with an adult.

We also used the teddies to make pairs of teddies looking at their size and colour.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have talked more about the weather this week and how it is changing…less rain and we have actually seen a little bit of sunshine!

We made yummy chocolate chip cakes as a treat this week…very tasty!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We have been trying to remember how to be a good friend while we are playing. We are trying to remember to use our kind hands and kind words.

We enjoyed making collage pictures this week, using stickers, bottle tops, lolly sticks and feathers – we hope you liked your child’s creation!

We also did some blow painting with runny paint and straws…this was fun!!

We played parachute games this week which helped with our listening skills and gross motor skills.

We also had a fantastic time moving for a good cause doing Zumba for Sport Relief.

We also played an upside-down umbrella game where we had to throw balls into an upside down umbrella and then count them…what good aims the children have!!

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt set us our first challenge this week. He left some coloured umbrellas in his bag and we needed to match the coloured raindrops to the coloured umbrellas. We all had a go at saying the colours in Welsh – coch (red), glas (blue), melyn (yellow), pinc(pink), gwyn (white), gwyrdd (green). Have a go at practising the welsh colours at home. What is your favourite colour?

Anything else!

Thank you to all of you who met with me this week to discuss your child’s learning in nursery. If you haven’t seen me I will be making time after the sessions to see parents next week.

As always, we have an open door policy, so always let me know if you have any questions or queries.

Language, Literacy & Communication

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

We read a poem called “April Showers” which was all about putting up umbrellas in the rain and the rain helping plants to grow!
We also loved listening to “Aliens Love Underpants” and “Pirates Love Underpants”

We followed instructions to practice our mark making by drawing patterns on underpants.

Mathematical Development

We talked about pattern and colour by matching pairs of underpants. We matched spotty underpants and stripy underpants.

We also looked at positional language when Tedi Twt needed rescuing from under the parachute. We took it in turns to crawl under the parachute to get him. Tedi Twt then had a great time being thrown up in the air on the parachute…it made us giggle too!

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We looked at books and photos about Spring. The children had some good ideas about what happens in Spring.

We also had a treat for cooking and made chocolate chip cakes.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

We looked at pictures of children in Africa who will benefit from our donations to Sport Relief. Thanks to those who made a donation.

Creative Development

We used straws to blow runny blue paint over the paper umbrella to make it look like rain.

Physical Development

We played parachute games this week which helped with our listening skills and gross motor skills.

We also had a fantastic time moving for a good cause doing Zumba for Sport Relief.

We also played an upside-down umbrella game where we had to throw balls into an upside down umbrella and then count them…what good aims the children have!!

Welsh Language Development

Tedi Twt set us our first challenge this week. He left some coloured umbrellas in his bag and we needed to match the coloured raindrops to the coloured umbrellas. We all had a go at saying the colours in Welsh – coch (red), glas (blue), melyn (yellow), pinc(pink), gwyn (white), gwyrdd (green). Have a go at practising the welsh colours at home. What is your favourite colour?

Anything else!

Thank you to all of you who met with me this week to discuss your child’s learning in nursery. If you haven’t seen me I will be making time after the sessions to see parents next week.

As always, we have an open door policy, so always let me know if you have any questions or queries.