AM Nursery 28/03/2014

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.