Our topic is… Me and My Family
At the beginning of the week, we talked about what we celebrate with our families and then we found out some families would be celebrating Diwali, the festival of light.
Then later in the week, we did lots of activities to strengthen the muscles in our fingers. This will help your child when they begin writing.
We use the phonics scheme, Read, Write, Inc in school and during phonics this week, we have been learning the beginning sound of our names and making up funny names with alliteration, we liked Thirsty Theo, Crispy Cruze and Magic Maddie! Playing games at home like, I Spy, playing games with alliteration, learning tongue twisters or sharing books with alliteration in, will really help this skill.
We also follow White Rose Maths and this week we have been learning and singing number songs. Sing along with these at home… Counting Songs – BBC Teach
We have had such a busy half term, time flies when you’re having fun!
School Values Awards
Well done to the children we have chosen for our school values awards. They are INSPIRE, ENJOY and ACHIEVE. It was hard to choose as we are proud of all the children so far this half term. And well done to this half terms Reading Stars. Please keep sharing books at home, it is essential for your child’s language and literacy development.
Nursery Pupil of the Week
This week, we would like to give our Pupil of the Week certificate to Teddy for trying so hard to follow instructions! Well done!
News from Nursery:
Dates for your diary…
PE Days: Please note, PE days have changed after half term. Our school PE uniform is a white school/plain t-shirt, black shorts or joggers (no branding), school jumper, trainers. Please tie hair back and remove earrings on PE days.
Afternoon nursery PE kit: Wednesday
Morning nursery PE kit: Thursday
Come and Read has been a lovely opportunity for our children and parents/carers to share some wonderful stories. We will continue this every Friday after half term!
Speech and Language: The nursery team are focussing on supporting our children with speech and language development. Please see our ‘Parent Support’ page for more information or the notice board in the corridor for some top tips off the Speech and Language team. If you have any concerns about your child’s speech and language, contact your GP, health visitor or let us know and we can signpost you to support.
Toothbrushing: The children brush their teeth everyday in nursery. If you need any support with this have a look at the ‘Parent Support’ page.
We hope you have a lovely time over the half term! Mrs Huggins, Mrs Bell and Mrs Lach 🙂
