Our Learning this Week
Nursery (AM) 17th January 2014
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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.
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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!
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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. |
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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. |
Physical Development
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!
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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!!
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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.
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