Category Archives: Meithrin – Mrs Jones

Language, Literacy & Communication

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “o” this week…oranges and octopuses. We listened to the story “Jolly Olly Octopus” and then talked about our favourite part of the story.

We practiced writing “o” on a giant o shape…some of us drew picture of things beginning with “o”.

Mathematical Development

We have made fab octopuses that have helped us with pattern and counting…8 tentacles in a repeating pattern and then counting the right number of stickers onto each tentacle.

We have been playing a whole class game of snap to help with number recognition and the children had a go at writing the numbers on the board.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We have been exploring oranges with our senses this week. Looking at the colour of them, feeling the skin, squeezing the juice out and then tasting the freshly made orange juice! Only two or three children didn’t like it and all the others loved how the fresh orange juice tasted. What a healthy treat!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

After reading “Jolly Olly Octopus” we were asked the question “What makes you smile?” The children had some lovely answers but my favourite answer was “Coming to school!”

We used oranges to make some great printed pictures. We printed with half an orange and rolled a whole orange across the paper to create different effects.

This week’s Move it Monday was parachute games. We practiced lifting the parachute up and down while singing “The Grand Old Duke of York” and we bounced a teddy up and down while singing “Round and Round the Garden like a Teddy Bear”.

Welsh Language Development

We have been practising welsh words for fruit at snack time. We have been asking for banana, grapes, apple and orange in Welsh – “Gai banana/grawnwin/afal/oren.”

A welsh counting song has been helping us remember welsh fruit names; “Un, dau, tri afal, pedwar, pimp, chwech afal, saith, wyth, naw afal, deg afal coch.” Have a go at singing it at home.

Anything else!

Family storytelling happens on Wednesday mornings in the infant hall. A fun session for any members of the family, where you can make games linked to popular story books in order to help your child with their learning. Session starts at 9.15 am and lasts for 2 hours.

Let me know if you would like to come along.

Language, Literacy & Communication

We have been singing Nursery Rhymes this week and have been learning new ones.

Children have been exploring the scrimbling table where they have been trying to male lots of different marks with the chalks. I have seen curly lines, straight lines and zig zag lines!

We have also been playing shop in our class newsagents with lots of talk between the shopkeeper and the customer.

Mathematical Development

Children have been playing a number fishing game. When they caught a number with the magnet, they had to match it to the correct Numicon shape.

We have also been making patterns with the Numicon shapes.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We were explorers when we went on our welly walk. We went under and over the bridge, we spotted leaves on the ground but none in the trees. We spotted some birds flying in the sky and we also heard the noisy traffic.

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

The new children are settling in really well and are confident to explore the classroom.

We are learning the routine well with the help of our friends who have been in the afternoon nursery for longer.

We have been getting messy with the glue and making beautiful pictures with the coloured paper.

We have also been squeezing, squashing, rolling and patting the playdough to make different shapes.

Our first week of Move it Mondays went really well. We moved our bodies to this week’s Write Dance, “Sandy Hill” and we played the beans game – jumping beans (jumping), jelly beans (wobble like a jelly), runner beans (jog on the spot) and baked beans (curl up into a small round shape) – have a go at home…I’m sure the children will show you how!

Welsh Language Development

Children have been trying their best to use their welsh words when they check-in with Rhodri in the morning – Hapus (happy), wedi blino (tired) and trist (sad).

Bendegedig!!

Anything else!

Next week we will start sending Kipper our class dog home for one night. If your child brings Kipper home, please let your child watch you write in the diary and then give your children a turn at doing their own writing in the diary, even if they are just making marks that we can’t read, it means something to your child and is an important part of building confidence as early writers.

Don’t forget…jogging bottoms and trainers for Move it Monday and wellies for Welly Wednesday.

Language, Literacy & Communication

Ben and Betty have been teaching us the sound “n” this week…nests, numbers, newspapers and nursery rhymes We listened to and sang along to lots of different nursery rhymes and we voted to see which was our class favourite. The children counted the votes and the results…it was a draw between Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty!

Children have been chatting and reading in a newsagent role play which they have enjoyed so much we will keep it out for next week.

Mathematical Development

Children have been playing a number fishing game. When they caught a number with the magnet, they had to match it to the correct Numicon shape.

We have also been making patterns with the Numicon shapes.

I hope you have had fun doing the number hunt home challenge. The children are looking forward to sharing all the different numbers they spotted.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

We had a visit this week from Tweety bird. He had written a letter to nursery telling us that the wind and rain had blown his nest apart and would nursery help him build a new one. Of course, Nursery accepted the challenge, put on their wellies and went exploring outdoors to collect everything we needed to make a new nest. We collected leaves, twigs and small stones and made some lovely nests for Tweety!

Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity

This week was the first Friendly Friday. We picked two names out of the tin to be our Superstars for the session and the rest of the class had an opportunity to say something nice to the Superstars before they went home. The compliments were recorded onto the Superstars certificate which they brought home with them.

We have had fun making newspaper collage on the letter “n”. The children developed their fine motor skills by tearing the newspaper into little pieces then stuck it onto the letter shape creating a fantastic black and white design.

We have also been singing our favourite Nursery Rhymes and learning new ones.

Our first week of Move it Mondays went really well. We moved our bodies to this week’s Write Dance, “Sandy Hill” and we played the beans game – jumping beans (jumping), jelly beans (wobble like a jelly), runner beans (jog on the spot) and baked beans (curl up into a small round shape) – have a go at home…I’m sure the children will show you how!

Welsh Language Development

Children have been trying their best to use their welsh words when they check-in with Rhodri in the morning – Hapus (happy), wedi blino (tired) and trist (sad).

We have also been learning how to ask for our snack in Welsh – “Ga I banana/afal/oren”. Some children have even been confident enough to say “os gwelech yn dda” as well! Bendegedig!!

Anything else!

Kipper is coming home to visit children again this term. If your child brings Kipper home, please let your child watch you write in the diary and then give your children a turn at doing their own writing in the diary, even if they are just making marks that we can’t read, it means something to your child and is an important part of building confidence as early writers.

Don’t forget…jogging bottoms and trainers for Move it Monday and wellies for Welly Wednesday.