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Welcome back to our class blog
During the past four weeks the children have been taking part in the Monster Maths Month. The children have been developing their number recognition, counting skills and knowledge of shapes, space and measures. Below are example of the children's achievements, the children have made fantastic progress in Mathematical development.
Suzanne creating repeating patterns and Sian making a pyramid.
On a shape hunt Luke found a circle and Codey found a diamond.
In the ALPS the children worked in pairs and found numbers on Monsters and matched them to the numbers on their monster sheets.
Have a fantastic half term
"Fee-fi-fo-fum"
Can you guess which tradition tale we have learnt this week..?
This week we concentrated on the ending of the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk, some children used their imagination wands and completely changed the ending of the story. Lewis said "The Giant will go on an aeroplane and go to the Giant land with all the other Giants". Harrison said "The children will have a magic flying carpet that will save him from falling off the beanstalk". Fantastic ideas.
We used our construction materials and equipment to build the Giants castle both indoors and outdoors.
Next week we will be reading the traditional tale Hansel and Gretel.
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'I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down'
Can you guess what traditional tale we have been learning about this week?
Yes you guessed it, the Three Little Pigs.
We made masks to re-tell the story, we are getting super at cutting.
Thank you to all the parents who attend parents evening this week, what fantastic progress the children are making.
See you next week
"Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man."
Welcome back to our blog, we have had a fantastic week in nursery learning all about the traditional tale of the 'Gingerbread Man'.
On Thursday we made Gingerbread men and a house for the Gingerbread men to live in.
3: The children found a picture of a cat and a dog shouting "Stop"!!!
4: On the gate of the deep dark forest (ALPS) was a picture of the Gingerbread Man looking very worried and frightened to go through the forest.
5: On the flag post was a picture of a wolf helping the Gingerbread Man through the forest, jumping on his back. His little legs were very tired after all the running.
6: uh oh, next to the campfire was a plate of crumbs and a picture of the Big Bad Wolf.
Can you guess who ate the Gingerbread Man?
The children have also been working very hard independently.
This week has been all about yummy scummy pancakes
We started on Monday by reading Mr Wolf's Pancakes, we specifically looked at predicting the ending of the story. Evan was spot on and predicted Mr Wolf would eat all the characters from the story. Chloe said " Mr Wolf must feel sick after eating everyone".
The second treat was making and eating pancakes. We learned a new rhyme:
Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake
Pop it in a pan.
Fry the pancake,
Toss the pancake,
Catch it if you can.
We put eggs, flour and milk in a bowl and used a whisk to mix all the ingredients together. Mrs Littler then fried the pancakes in the pan and yes she tossed the pancakes and even caught the pancakes.
The children decided they wanted Nutella on their pancakes, great choice.
See you next week
Lots of Love all the nursery team
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This week we have been reading the traditional tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
On Monday and Thursday we went onto the ALPS and read the story in our wooden hut. On our clipboards were lots of pictures from the story, we went into the woods to find the matching pictures. When we found the matching pictures the children talked in complex sentences to describe how the picture related to the story. Chloe " That's baby bears bowl it's the smallest".
Next week we will be reading Mr Wolfs pancakes and maybe even making pancakes.
Chatterbox Challenge
Welcome back to our nursery blog, this week we have started the 'I Can' Chatterbox Challenge. Over the next three weeks we will be using our chatterbox voices and learning to sing 6 rhymes and carrying out activities along side these rhymes that involve lots of talking.
This week we have focused on the song 'If your happy and you know it'.
We made hand and footprints with paint, we used our chatterbox voices to describe how the paint felt on our hands and feet.
Kung Hei Fat Choi
This week we have had a wonderful week celebrating Chinese New Year, this year is the year of the horse.
We have had lots of yummy food, on Monday and Tuesday we tasted Chinese noodles and prawn crackers. We tried very hard to use chopsticks, we did a fantastic job.
Next week we will be continuing with our jungle adventures by exploring the ALPS to see what jungle animals we can find.
Happy New Year
Welcome back, we hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas.
This week the adults have been working with the children on basic skills that we would like the children to achieve before they start reception.
We have been counting objects to ten, recognising numbers and ordering numbers to 10. Evan and Chloe did a fantastic job
All the children worked extremely hard this week. Well done!
Next week we will be Walking Through the Jungle and describing what we can see!
Merry Christmas Everyone
The last week of term was filled with fun and presents.
On Tuesday we went on our Christmas trip to Farmer Ted's, we were lucky enough to meet Father Christmas and his elves.
Firstly we met the Reindeers, they were getting plenty of rest before they set off on their big Christmas adventure.
Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year
Lots of Love Nursery Team
'Hammer Hammer Hammer, Saw Saw Saw'
Over the past two weeks the children have been practicing and performing the traditional nativity story. Thank you to all the parents for providing wonderful costumes and coming to watch the children perform.
Next week we will be busy making our reindeer food and Christmas decorations, as well as making our party hats for Thursday morning.
Wednesday is the trip to Farmer Ted's, all children must be in school for 8.30am with a pack lunch in a plastic bag clearly labelled. We are very excited to see Farther Christmas.
'A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood'
This week in nursery we have been reading the story of the 'Gruffalo'. On Monday we went for a frosty adventure on the ALPS to find all the characters in the story.
On a very frosty morning we followed the gruffalo's footprints into the
deep dark wood.
Jamie found the fox in his underground house, while Jessica found the owl in his treetop house. Alfie found the snake in his log pile house and Holly found the Gruffalo looking for the big bad mouse.
In PE this week we have been developing 3 very important skills in moving and handling. Standing and balancing on one foot, catching a large ball and finally negotiating space by changing direction and speed in a large space.
This week in nursery we have been celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights 'Diwali'. We made Diva Lamps using salt dough, we painted them with bright colours and lots of glitter.
Below is a video of the children singing a Diwali song and lighting the Diva Lamps.
Click here to see the children singing a song about Diwali.
Have you seen our new displays? We have made Rangoli Patterns using sand, glitter and paint. We used the computer program paint to make Rangoli Patterns.
Next week we are going to continue to Celebrate Diwali looking at the Diwali story about Rama and Sita.
Week Beginning 11/11/13 Keyworker Meetings are taking place, please ensure you have booked an appointment.
Tuesday 12th Am: Mrs Littler
Tuesday 12th Pm: Lauren
Wednesday 13th All day: Miss Oddie
Thursday 14th Am: Mrs Saunders
Thursday 14th Pm: Mrs Grundy
See you next week
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Welcome Back
This week we have been using our imaginations to build rockets to travel to the moon, just like baby bear in the story 'Whatever Next'. Look at our fantastic creations.
Please Note: Tuesday the 5th of November is our trip to Bispham Woods, please ensure the children are dressed appropriately for the weather. All packed lunches must be in a plastic bag clearly labelled with your child's name on.
Have a wonderful half term, see you all on the 4th of November.
Our Trip to Alien Land
On Monday we put our wellies and waterproof coats on and went on a trip to Alien Land.
We went in a magic rocket and used our imagination wands to imagine what we would see in Alien Land. Harrison said "We will see lots of Aliens with funny ears and lots of Eyes.
Outside and inside of the rocket.
We counted down, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, blast off!
We collected our Alien passports and our patterned pants and set off to find Alien Land.
When we got inside we could see lots of Aliens and flying saucers and spaceships.
Eventually we found the Aliens hanging in the trees, the children identified all the patterns on the Alien's underpants and matched them all.
After our hard work investigating Alien Land we enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows. Yummy
What an exciting adventure we had.
We are not quite sure what adventures we will have next week, but we are sure you will be excited to find out.
The Aliens have Landed
This week we have been reading the book 'Aliens Love Underpants'. We looked at all the different patterns, from spots to stripes.
We heard that the Aliens had invaded the ALPS and left all their underpants around. We decided to investigate, we got our binoculars and magnifying glasses and set of for an adventure.
We soon found what we was looking for, spotty pants, stripy pants and even flowery pants.
When we got back to class the children began thinking what we could do next. Codey said "We should give the Aliens their underpants back" Chloe said it would be a good idea if we went to Alien Land and Evan had a fabulous idea of going to Alien Land in a rocket. Summer blew Miss Oddie's socks off when she said "If we go to Alien Land we will need a passport". So we have all made Alien Passports and next week we shall be going in our magic rocket to Alien Land to give the Aliens their underpants back.
We can't wait to continue our adventures next week.
See you soon
Welcome Back
Week Ending 4th of October
This week we have celebrated a very special 4th birthday. Happy Birthday Suzanne
On Thursday the Final of 'Westfield Speaks' took place. Our pre-school finalist were: Nicole, Nicola, Conner, Evan and Chloe. Mrs France and Mrs Penman couldn't believe how fantastically well the children spoke. We will find out on Wednesday who won overall in pre-school. Exciting!
Polite Reminder:
Please can you ensure you have brought your child's NHS number into school as this is now a legal requirement. Thank you
Another fantastic week in Nursery
This week we have been exploring the ALPS and went on a 'Magic Train Journey'. The children have been reading the 'Magic Train Journey' book and then went on their very own train journey.
We used our magic train to go to Blackpool, we used our imagination to see a jellyfish, the sea and a donkey.
Thank you for reading our blog, see you next week
The Pre-school Team
Welcome to our very first blog of the new year!
You will all be pleased to know that the children are settling in really well and are enjoying exploring and making new friends.
Below are some pictures of the children exploring their new environment.
On Wednesday the children had their very first PE experience, we need lots of practice putting our shoes and socks on by ourselves.
Ways of helping your child:
* Letting your child put their own socks and shoes on.
* Helping your child to recognise their own name.
* Letting your child put their own coat on.