Oliver’s Milkshake
This week we’ve been reading the story ‘Oliver’s Milkshake’ and on Wednesday we even made a milkshake ourselves.
We chose the fruit for Miss Feldman to buy and then we put it in the blender to make a milkshake. It was so tasty and fruity we drank it all up!
Thank you to Miss Feldman for getting all the things we needed to make such a delicious drink.
Oliver’s Vegetable
This week, we have been enjoying reading “Oliver’s Vegetables” by Vivian French.
We have been thinking about the vegetables in the book; and tasting them.
“My carrot is crunchy”
“I can hear it when I eat it.”
There are other books in the Oliver series about healthy eating. Next week Our book is called Oliver’s Milkshake. Can you find any more stories in the series?
Help at home: Can your child remember the story? Have a go at drawing some of the vegetables you have at home.
World Book Day
We had the best time on Thursday celebrating World Book Day. We started the day with a book themed Stay and Learn that was a very busy session with so many of our grown ups coming.
Then we read the story How to be Lion by Ed Vere a heart warming children’s book about Leonard, a gentle lion who prefers writing poems to chasing ducks. When other lions pressure him to be “fierce,” Leonard and his duck friend, Marianne, prove that being yourself is important. It celebrates kindness and individuality. This was the book chosen by the Reading Ambassadors for the whole school to look at. We made some lions to add to a whole school display and talked about how we are all different and special.
We were also very lucky to welcome our Year 6 Buddies into our classroom to read with us. They were so enthusiastic and the children really enjoyed sharing books together. Thank you, Year 6! One of the other highlights was helping to write a whole school book together, we really enjoyed adding a fun Reception and Nursery spin to the story.
To finish our day, we visited the Reading Café, organised by our fantastic Reading Ambassadors. We enjoyed a biscuit and a cup of hot chocolate while sharing books together – the perfect end to a lovely day.
Throughout the day, there were so many opportunities to celebrate reading and our love of books. It was wonderful to see the children so excited about stories.
Help at home by continuing to celebrate our love of reading!
Word Book Day
We’re very excited to be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday in school!
If your child would like to, they can come to school dressed as their favourite book character or in something book-related. Please don’t feel any pressure to go out and buy a costume.
Throughout the day, we’ll be taking part in a range of challenges inspired by different books. One of our creative activities will be making a milk bottle Elmer. To help with this activity, we would really appreciate it if you could send your child in with an empty milk bottle (rinsed out, please!).
Love of Reading Stay & Learn
We also have a love of reading stay and learn in class on Thursday 9.00am-9.30am, you are more than welcome to join us for this session. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to watch one of our daily Poetry Basket sessions and share and enjoy lots of stories with your child.
We look forward to celebrating our love of books together!
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Lunar New Year
We had a great final week of half term; we loved reading a book about the Lunar New Year and we watched some short video clips to find out how people prepare for the festival and celebrate with their families.
As an early years unit we made a Chinese Dragon and went on our own dragon parade around school, we used musical instruments to help us celebrate.
On Tuesday 10th February it was Safer Internet Day in school. We talked about how important it is to keep safe online. We spoke about always only using a tablet or iPad when a grown up is with you.
Here is a useful website for advice and tips for keeping your child safe on line.
Keeping your under 5 safe online
Learning after half term:
We’ll be reading Jack and the Beanstalk and beginning our ‘growing’ theme. If you have a copy of the book at home, please read it together to help familiarise your child with the story. We’ll be looking for signs of spring in the garden, too.
A Visit from the Doctor
This week we have talked about the different People Who Help Us and on Thursday we welcomed a special visitor to our classroom Doctor Katie (Mrs Kendrew’s sister). She is a Paediatric Doctor and she told us she works with children and babies in a hospital.
She brought in a stethoscope and let us all listen to our own or each others hearts beating.
“I liked Doctor Katie, she has doctor clothes on.”
We really enjoyed her visit and continued playing hospitals after she had left. Thank You for visiting us Doctor Katie.
Heavier or Lighter
This week, we have been thinking about weight.
We have been comparing objects in our classroom and using the words ‘heavier’ and ‘lighter’ to describe them.
Sometimes, we were tricked! Some of us thought that the biggest object might be the heaviest. We now know, that’s not always the case!
Help at home: Can you compare some objects that you have? Which feels heavier and lighter when you feel them?
Dinosaur Roar
We’ve enjoyed listening to ‘Dinosaur Roar’ during our story times in Nursery this week. We talked about the different parts of a book, including the front and back cover, the title and blurb.
“Dinosaur weak, dinosaur strong, dinosaur short or dinosaur very, very long”
We looked at the illustrations and talked about the meaning of the different words in the story. We also used our funky fingers to cut some dinosaurs out and stick them to our class story map. We will use next week as we continue our learning using this story.
We’ve also played lots of Dinosaur Bingo taking turns and using our great looking skills to spot and match the dinosaurs.
Help at home
Independence is an important skill for all of the children in Nursery. Being able to put on their coat, fasten it and go outside is a significant achievement. We support the children to do this independently at Nursery. Practicing these skills at home, maybe on a weekend when you have a little more time, will support the children’s development considerably.
Packed Lunches
Does your child have a packed lunch at school? If so, please download our Guide to Healthy Packed Lunches.
Did you know that popcorn and whole grapes are a choking hazard for children under 5? Lot’s of people don’t! The Food Standards Agency. has published the following advice on how to prepare food safely for your young child.