We Are Learning… To Notice, Explore and Name Different Shapes
We will be exploring and noticing shapes in the environment, in books and in our creative exploration. Adults will be using informal language e.g. slanty, pointy, twisty, wiggly, bumpy as well as mathematical names e.g. triangle, rectangle, circle, square.
What shapes can you find around your home or on your journey to nursery?
We Are Learning… To Explore Colour and Notice how Colours can be Changed
We will be reading Colour and Me by Michaela Dias-Hayes and Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh to support our exploration of colour and how colours change when mixed.
We will also be creating with boxes and using them in our role play and storytelling. Boxes are a great starting point for creative and imaginative play. We can stack them, and climb in them, create cars, houses and space ships, the possibilities are infinite.
We welcome donations of boxes of all sizes, from small food boxes for the home corner and for junk modelling, to large boxes that the children can get inside and use in their story telling and imaginative play.
We can’t wait to see what they can create.
We Are Learning… To Join in with Dancing and Explore Moving in a Range of Ways
We will be listening and moving to music from around the world, as well as creating our own music through singing and exploring instruments. Karol will be teaching us some Columbian dancing.
If there are any parents/carers or family members with dancing or music skills that they would like to share with the children, please let us know.
We Are Learning… To Respond to Elements of Stories, Particularly Rhyme and Alliteration
We will be reading Fox’s Sock’s and noticing the different rhymes.
The children are loving our new Tales Toolkit area and joining in with creating stories using the props and resources.
Please remember to bring your book bag in every Wednesday to choose a different book to share at home. We have lots of new books available.
We Are Learning… To Explore and Experiment with a Range of Media and Materials
We will be offering a range of different materials and encouraging the children to explore and make marks in different ways e.g. fingers in cornflour gloop, sticks in mud, hands and feet in paint etc.
We always encourage the children to wear aprons and roll up their sleeves but sometimes they still get dirty. This usually means they are having a good time! We will be offering a range of different materials and encouraging the children to explore and make marks in different ways e.g. fingers in cornflour gloop, sticks in mud, hands and feet in paint etc.
We always encourage the children to wear aprons and roll up their sleeves but sometimes they still get dirty. This usually means they are having a good time!
Please remember to send your child to nursery in clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
Important Dates for Your Diary
INSET afternoon Wednesday 5th March
We are closed Wednesday afternoon from 11.30 am for staff training. We will be open as normal for the morning session 8.30-11.30am.
World Book Day 2025
Thursday 6th March is World Book Day. We will be celebrating on Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th March.
The children (and staff) can dress up as their favourite story book character.
Who will they be?
