Theme for Learning - I Can Cook

Our learning over this half term is intended to support children to talk about what they can see, feel, hear, taste and smell.  Talking about our likes and dislikes helps us to develop our acceptance of others and encourages us to try new experiences.

We would like to find out more about your food preferences, in particular foods from your culture and religion.

I Can Cook Knowledge Organiser

Rhyme Time

We sing a nursery rhyme every day in nursery, repeating the same rhyme every day.  This week our rhyme is: Incy Wincy Spider.

Drop Everything and Read

Learning about the world through stories and developing a love of books is promoted through our daily shared reading sessions.

We hope children enjoy watching and listening to our daily stories.  Children can of course watch the videos again and again and use the stories to inspire play and creative tasks.

World Book Day

This week we are celebrating books even more than we usually do.  Click the links below for our exciting school event - The Masked Reader

World Book Day takes place on Thursday 4th March.  Throughout this week the school contestants will be revealed for the Masked Reader, through google classroom for children in main school, on the nursery class page, Twitter (@Pudsey_Primrose) and in class. The question is, can you guess who they are? On Thursday, during World Book Day, our contestants will share a snippet of their favourite story. The children's job is to listen carefully to the masked reader and decipher who they are. At set times throughout the day 6 masked readers will be shown. At the end of the day children are to fill out their google form (if at home) or answer sheet (in school) once they have figured out who the masked readers are. They could be any staff from throughout school. All children who get all 6 correct will be entered into a draw to win a book token to spend on books of their choice. On Friday the masked singers will be revealed!

Our masked characters are reading from their favourite stories.  Can you guess who they are?  One clue for you - they are adults from right throughout school.  This makes it a tricky challenge for nursery so parents, please do get involved too.

Send your ideas to us on Tapestry.

Revealed - ~The Masked Readers!

Developing Awareness of Sounds

To support the development of children's readiness for reading as they progress through nursery and into reception, being able to distinguish sounds is an important step.

Here are some challenges to support this:

Being Imaginative and Expressing Ourselves!

Being creative and making choices about the resources we use are important to our wellbeing and development.  Making choices encourages independence and reflective thinking. The learning opportunities below may inspire greater creativity!  

Making Meaningful Marks

Learning ideas:

Can you draw a spider?  You could sing 'Incy, Wincy spider to yourself as you draw this eight legged animal.

Can you draw pancakes and talk about the toppings you enjoy?  You might like to listen to Mama Panya's Pancake story as you draw your pancake.

Can you draw a spider's web?

Making sense of number.

Play games which encourage counting and count objects during play and whilst doing helpful jobs at home.

Number names and numerals are just words and marks.  Helping children by exploring quantities through play, supports secure understanding of number values.

Learn about number value  - Four

Watch Numberblock Four singing his song and then go on a hunt for collections of four things. Here some pictures which show four things to get you started.

Being creative with shapes

Explore shapes and patterns.  Where can you see patterns and shapes in the stories were are reading this week?

Think about the size of the patterns you see and the things you create.  Can you talk about big, huge, small, tiny patterns?

Colour and shape challenge:

Look at the picture below.  Which story is Mama from?  Talk about the patterns on her clothes.  Look at the patterns on your clothes.  Can you sort your clothes into groups which have the same or a similar pattern.

Here are some ideas for you: Stripes.  Spots.  Flowers.  Dinosaurs.  Stars.