Nursery
Hello and welcome to the Spring Term in Nursery!
This half term our topic is all about journeys and we have lots of exciting things planned. We will kick our topic off by learning the story We're Going on a Bear Hunt, during this topic we will go on an actual bear hunt, learn information about different types of bears and we will be making our own bear masks and binoculars to use within our play.
We will then move onto the story The Tiger Who Came To Tea, where we will learn about tigers, tea parties and we will finish our story will a lovely tea party for Enrichment time.
Our last story to focus on this half term is Little Red Riding Hood, we will learn the importance of not speaking to strangers and we will learn to describe features of animals e.g. the wolf's sharp pointy teeth.
Here are a couple of things to help you to prepare your child for their school day:
* Your child will start school through a staggered start system, we will aim to get them in school full time as soon as possible.
* A full school starts promptly at 8.50am and ends at 3.20 pm. Our classroom opens 5 minutes early (8.45am) to allow your children to come inside and get ready for their morning register, any children arriving after this time must go to the office to receive a late mark.
* Reading books will start to be sent home during week 3 of Nursery. Reading books are changed once a week at the start or Nursery and twice a week as your child's language, memory and concentration skills continue to develop.
* Please make sure you return your child's Tapestry permission letter so that you can see what they are doing in school and can participate in online homework tasks.
* Keep in touch, if you need any extra support of if you have any questions about anything we are here to support you.
* Please check that your child has a warm, waterproof coat and their book bag with them every day.
Educational Websites to use at home:
Reading websites -
* The website www.lovemybooks.co.uk has fantastic reading activities linked to popular books which are suitable for 3-5 year olds. The website is free to access and has art and craft activities and audio stories for your child to listen to.
* The website Oxford Owl has a free eBook library for you to access at home. You will need to make an account to access this library, but it is free to do so. There are over 1000 children's books in the eBook library for you to look at. Follow this link to view this online eBook library now. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
* www.phonicsplay.co.uk gives parents access to online reading games. There are lots of free resources on here that can help your child to develop their early listening and attention skills.
* The web link https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/ will take you to an official Read Write Inc website which provides videos of how parents can support RWI learning and advises them on how to say the pure sounds correctly to support early reading.
Maths websites -
* The website Top Marks has free online games suitable for Early Years children. The games will help with number recognition, counting practise and also simple addition and subtraction problem solving https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting
Kind regards,
Mrs Starkie
