We Are Learning… To Notice and Make Sense of Similarities, Differences and Changes in Nature and the Wider World
In the garden we are noticing signs of spring and the changes as plants and trees grow buds and leaves, and flowers and blossom start to appear.
We will be planting a selection of fruit and veg seeds and caring for them in our nursery garden. The beans won’t grow as quickly as Jack’s magic beans, but we can see how they grow in this amazing video.
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/kidney-bean-and-spinach-plants-soil-cross-section-time-lapses
We will also be looking at baby photos and noticing how we have grown and changed. If you haven’t already sent your child’s baby photo, please email them to speedwell.n@bristol-schools.uk
We Are Learning… To Select Shapes and Blocks Appropriately to Construct a Model, and Beginning to Describe ‘What’, ‘How’ and ‘Where’
Our maths focus is spatial reasoning which involves how we understand location (where things are positioned and where they are in relation to other things), dimensions (for example, how long something is or how big something is, and the properties of objects (such as spiky or flat).
There will be lots of opportunities to explore spatial reasoning in our new and improved block area. Follow the link to find out what spatial reasoning looks like at different ages.
https://earlymaths.org/spatial-reasoning-toolkit-posters/
We Are Learning… To Listen to and Re-tell the Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
Linked to our activities around growing, our core book this term is Jack and the Beanstalk.
We will be reading lots of different versions of the story, noticing the similarities and differences between the stories.
We will be using story maps, props and story stones for re-telling, as well as creating our own stories using the Tales Toolkit.
We Are Learning… To Prepare, Compare and Taste a Range of Different Foods
We are lucky enough to have weekly visits from The Children’s Kitchen volunteer Claudia this term.
She is going to work with groups of children to explore lots of different healthy foods, learning to use utensils safely and try foods they might not have had before.
We will also be working on our vegetable beds to grow our own.
Claudia will also be running sessions for parents on Mondays at 2.30. Come along with your child at the end of the nursery day and make a tasty snack together.
You can book in at Reception.
