Welcome back everyone, we hope that you had a very enjoyable holiday. We are now at the start of the Summer term. Where has the year gone?! We can celebrate some fantastic achievements in our learning so far and will be working very hard to achieve our targets.
Last week we were celebrating St George's Day. Thank you all for your party donations. With Miss Bond the children learnt about all things English. This week we will be continuing our learning on life cycles by looking at the life cycles of plants. In maths our focus will be on counting in 5s.
We look forward to seeing you all at 'Stay and Play'.
Sunday 27 April 2014
Sunday 30 March 2014
Coming up this week in Reception 2...
We are continuing our learning on life cycles this week. Our tadpoles are growing quickly! The children are really enjoying watching and talking about them. We have learnt all about the life cycle of a frog and we have been writing 'Frog Diaries'.
Last week all the children worked with an artist to produce artwork based on the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. It looks amazing and is being displayed in the Yellow Room by the coat pegs. This week we will be learning more about the life cycle of a butterfly and we will be making our own zigzag books retelling the Hungry Caterpillar story.
In maths we are learning to double and halve. The children are learning that doubling means adding a number to itself, e.g. double 4 is the same as 4 + 4 = and they are using fingers, objects and pictorial representations of this. They will also learn that halving a number is the same as sharing into two equal groups and they will be doing lots of practical activities to support this.
I'm looking forward to another great week. See you all tomorrow.
Sunday 23 March 2014
Update
Hello, here is an update on what we have been learning over the last couple of weeks.
The children showed a big interest in our space topic and they learnt lots about planets, astronauts and space stations.
Last week we began a new topic - Life Cycles. Mrs Lamb brought in some frog spawn from her garden pond and we have loved watching the tadpoles hatch out. I can't wait to see how they have grown over the weekend! The children are very enthusiastic about this topic too and have learnt lots about the life cycle of a frog. each child is writing a 'Frog Diary' which will continue over the next few weeks. So far we have completed the front cover, started the contents page and written a sentence about frog spawn. Amazing!
Next week we will have an artist working with us. The children will be working together to create a piece of art based on the life cycle of a butterfly. We have read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle in preparation.
In phonics, most children have completed Letters and Sounds Phase 3. They have now learnt 42 phonemes and can represent each by a grapheme. Some children have made more progress and are learning alternative graphemes for reading, e.g. ay, ou, ie, ea, etc. Some children are just beginning Phase 3 and are learning the vowel digraphs (two or three letters that make one sounds, e.g. ai, ee, igh, oa, oo).
In maths recently we have been learning how to subtract. The children have read subtraction number sentences and created their own. They have calculated the answer using objects - taking some away and counting how many are left - and using number tracks to count back to find the answer. This week we will be learning how to estimate and we will also be revising counting accurately - one number for one object!
The children showed a big interest in our space topic and they learnt lots about planets, astronauts and space stations.
Last week we began a new topic - Life Cycles. Mrs Lamb brought in some frog spawn from her garden pond and we have loved watching the tadpoles hatch out. I can't wait to see how they have grown over the weekend! The children are very enthusiastic about this topic too and have learnt lots about the life cycle of a frog. each child is writing a 'Frog Diary' which will continue over the next few weeks. So far we have completed the front cover, started the contents page and written a sentence about frog spawn. Amazing!
Next week we will have an artist working with us. The children will be working together to create a piece of art based on the life cycle of a butterfly. We have read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle in preparation.
In phonics, most children have completed Letters and Sounds Phase 3. They have now learnt 42 phonemes and can represent each by a grapheme. Some children have made more progress and are learning alternative graphemes for reading, e.g. ay, ou, ie, ea, etc. Some children are just beginning Phase 3 and are learning the vowel digraphs (two or three letters that make one sounds, e.g. ai, ee, igh, oa, oo).
In maths recently we have been learning how to subtract. The children have read subtraction number sentences and created their own. They have calculated the answer using objects - taking some away and counting how many are left - and using number tracks to count back to find the answer. This week we will be learning how to estimate and we will also be revising counting accurately - one number for one object!
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely holiday. If you got up to anything exciting during the break, please send us a postcard via Orbit.
Our maths focus since we have been back has been addition. the children have been learning to find one more, then two more than a given number and have moved on to simple addition using objects. All the children are able to find the total by combining two groups of objects and counting them all. We are working towards using the strategies of putting the largest number first and counting on from the first number.
This week is World Book Week and we are focusing on the story of Elmer. On Monday the children had a session in the hall with 'Imagine Action' where they developed their ball skills through the story. They loved this and were very good at it!
We have also begun a topic on space which I am sure you have heard all about!
Our maths focus since we have been back has been addition. the children have been learning to find one more, then two more than a given number and have moved on to simple addition using objects. All the children are able to find the total by combining two groups of objects and counting them all. We are working towards using the strategies of putting the largest number first and counting on from the first number.
This week is World Book Week and we are focusing on the story of Elmer. On Monday the children had a session in the hall with 'Imagine Action' where they developed their ball skills through the story. They loved this and were very good at it!
We have also begun a topic on space which I am sure you have heard all about!
Sunday 9 February 2014
Nursery Learning week beginning 10th February.......
Another exciting week ahead in early years......
In Maths this we are counting and ordering numbers to 20 and beyond! The children will be ordering a number track and playing games where numbers are taken away and they have to work out which number is missing. They will also be continuing to match quanities to numbers showing off their accurate counting skills. We will also be 'digit dancing' and concentrating on numbers 1,4,7. If you want to know more about digit dancing check out this youtube clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh7whodf3RA
In phonics this week we are continuing with our work around rhythm and ryhme and will be reading 'Room on the Broom'. We will also be learning new letters c and k as well as recapping s-a-t-p-i-n-g-o. To help us learn our new letters we will playing the castanets spanish style - dancing to spanish music and chanting our new sound c-c-c-c-c-c-c-!
Don't forget to send us a postcard on Orbit....
See you all tomorrow
The Nursery Team
Saturday 8 February 2014
w.c. 10th February
Hello!
This week we are continuing our theme of witches and magic and we will be writing our own potions and spells!
In maths we are adding two groups together. we will be using lots of language related to addition, e.g. add, and, plus, more, how many, altogether, combine, total. When doing adding activities at home with your children, please encourage them to put the largest number first and count on the smaller number. Also all the children want to be chainers (not stringers)! This is where, for example when adding a group of 5 objects & a group of 3 objects, they recognise that they can count on from the first group without having to count all of the objects. I hope that makes sense! If it doesn't, please ask!
In phonics some children are continuing to revise all the phase 3 digraphs, some children will learn two more vowel digraphs, oa and oo, and some children will be revising the consonant digraphs th, ch, sh, ng. All children will continue to read and write captions and some will be writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. When you do any writing activities at home with your children, please would you encourage the correct letter formation we worked so hard on at the start of the year. Many thanks for your hard work and support.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
This week we are continuing our theme of witches and magic and we will be writing our own potions and spells!
In maths we are adding two groups together. we will be using lots of language related to addition, e.g. add, and, plus, more, how many, altogether, combine, total. When doing adding activities at home with your children, please encourage them to put the largest number first and count on the smaller number. Also all the children want to be chainers (not stringers)! This is where, for example when adding a group of 5 objects & a group of 3 objects, they recognise that they can count on from the first group without having to count all of the objects. I hope that makes sense! If it doesn't, please ask!
In phonics some children are continuing to revise all the phase 3 digraphs, some children will learn two more vowel digraphs, oa and oo, and some children will be revising the consonant digraphs th, ch, sh, ng. All children will continue to read and write captions and some will be writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. When you do any writing activities at home with your children, please would you encourage the correct letter formation we worked so hard on at the start of the year. Many thanks for your hard work and support.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Sunday 2 February 2014
Reception w.c. 3rd February 2014
In this week's phonics learning some children will be consolidating reading and writing words using letters from set 1. Some children will begin learning vowel digraphs from Letters and Sounds Phase 3 and some children will be consolidating all the Phase 3 vowel digraphs. The children are getting really good at writing the Phase 2 captions that we do in the mornings. They are making amazing progress. We are now doing focused writing activities in our colour groups to support this. Some children are writing Phase 2 captions, some children are beginning to write sentences and some children are making up their own sentences to tell a story.
In maths we are making 10. We are using 10 frames and Numicon to explore finding pairs of numbers that make 10, e.g. 2 and 8, 3 and 7, etc. We are also singing lots of songs to support this. The aim is for the children to have rapid recall of these number bonds, but at the moment we are using practical, physical resources so that they understand what these pairs of numbers mean. We are also beginning to record what we find through pictures and number sentences.
In music, we are exploring rhythmic patterns using percussion instruments and body sounds. In topic we are finding out all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated and in philosophy we are exploring friendship and sharing, discussing whether we should share everything with our friends.
It's going to be another busy week!
In maths we are making 10. We are using 10 frames and Numicon to explore finding pairs of numbers that make 10, e.g. 2 and 8, 3 and 7, etc. We are also singing lots of songs to support this. The aim is for the children to have rapid recall of these number bonds, but at the moment we are using practical, physical resources so that they understand what these pairs of numbers mean. We are also beginning to record what we find through pictures and number sentences.
In music, we are exploring rhythmic patterns using percussion instruments and body sounds. In topic we are finding out all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated and in philosophy we are exploring friendship and sharing, discussing whether we should share everything with our friends.
It's going to be another busy week!
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