Nursery Weekly Review
Autumn 2: Week 1 - 15th November 2024
Weekly Review
We started our week thinking about Remembrance day. We spent time looking at poppies and why we wear them. The children attended the whole school service and stood proudly with the wreath they had made. In the Nursery we spent time making our own poppies using playdough and cake cases.
This week we have started our theme for the half term ‘Where do Animals live?’ with our first book ‘Mad about Minibeasts.’ The children have enjoyed the rhymes about the different minibeasts, used one handed tools to paint minibeasts and used different materials to make minibeast sensory bottles.
Prime Areas
The children have enjoyed moving like minibeasts with Miss Sara and were very good at jumping like a grasshopper and fluttering like a butterfly. They have used the tweezers to rescue the minibeasts from the web, the children have found using the tweezers very tricky but have all been very Dorothy determined to save them.
Phonics
This week we have started listening to sounds and have focused on the ‘s’ sound. We enjoyed finding objects in the box that begin with s and played ‘Bertha the Bus.’ We have started to learn how to blend the sounds together in words, this is quite tricky but we are going to keep trying.
Maths
In Maths this week we have looked at number 1. We have enjoyed watching number blocks and learning all about how we can spot 1 in our environment.
Key Dates and Information
The Nursery children have now finished Forest school with Mr Kheir but will have another opportunity later in the year. Although we will no longer be having a set session we will still visit the wild area to do some of our learning so please could we ask that each child has a pair of wellington boots in school and a waterproof coat.
- EYFS Christmas show - Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th December (More details to follow)
- End of Term - Friday 20th December - Finish at 1pm
Activity at home
This week we have been learning all about Minibeasts. Can you draw a picture of your favourite minibeast and share with your grown ups why it is your favourite. Please send in any drawings that your child completes at home.
Nursery Donations
In the Nursery we like to have lots of fun and sometimes we need extra equipment to make things for the children. We are going to be putting up a donation list of different things we will need (ingredients for playdough, art supplies, small items related to our weekly theme) if you are able to then please sign up for what you would like to donate.
We also like to make things out of recycled materials so please donate any
- Cardboard boxes
- Bottle tops
- Egg cartons
- Toilet/kitchen roll tubes
We thank you for your continued support.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Williams, Miss Saccomani, Bea and Mafthua
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Little Wandle Foundations
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday , all the children will have a 15 minute carpet session in small groups. Over the year, this will cover nursery rhymes, name recognition, initial sounds, blending, rhyming and alliteration.
Have a look on the web site for more information.
