Nursery

Welcome back, we hope you have had a relaxing holiday.  We have a fun packed last half term planned that also includes our trip to the farm.  This half term our topic is called ‘Down on the Farm’.

Down on the Farm - We will be looking forward to a farm visit during this topic.  The children will be involved in PE this half term, moving like animals and completing a dance routine which we will hopefully share with you.

In Literacy/Physical skills – During this half term we are going to be looking in detail at books and the structure of them.  We will also be continuing to practise our pencil control and grip of mark making tools.  There will be a variety of mark-making experiences on offer for the children where they will be encouraged to use the correct letter formation.  The children will learn the next set of sounds in Phonics and begin to segment and blend sounds for reading.

In Numeracy – We will be grouping objects according to their size, weight, height.  Looking at number recognition, matching numerals to their values and continuing to write numbers to 5/10. 

In Understanding the World – We will be encouraging the children to notice the differences between different animals and identifying what the names for baby farm animals are.  Also, we will be looking at the different homes that the animals live in. We may also be getting a surprise visit from some real-life baby animals.

Things you can do at home:

• Look at and read books together.
• Sing animal rhymes – we have attached a sheet to help with some ideas.
• Practise counting and recognising numbers (1-5, 1-10 and 1-20).
• Ordering objects at home – which is the biggest/smallest?  Which of the objects is the heaviest and why?
• Practise writing your child’s name using the correct letter formation.
• Play games together – snap, I spy with my little eye, bingo.
• Completing your child’s homework with comments, so that we can assess how well the children have completed the task.

Please remember to send your child in suitable clothing for outdoors as we will be going out in all weathers.

We are looking forward to an exciting half term ahead. Thank you for all your support.

Nursery team – Mrs Brown, Mrs Larnder-Cox and Miss Hulmes