Welcome back to our weekly blog!

Dear Parents and Carers

Within the description of the planned activities for the week (below in black) we are also beginning to include the area of learning within the national curriculum (Early Years Foundation Stage) and the learning outcome we are helping the children to strive towards. (In red)

Dates for your diary   

Friday 22^nd November – Stay and Play 2:30-4pm

Friday 6^th December – Health Visitor 10-11am

Tuesday 10^th December – Bumblebees Christmas party 3-5pm

Wednesday 11^th December – Ladybirds Christmas Party 3-5pm

Thursday 12^th December – Snails/Caterpillars Christmas Party 3-5pm

Thursday 19^th December – Butterflies Christmas Party 3-5pm

Christmas Closure

We will be open Christmas Eve but aim to close at 3pm, we do ask you kindly if at all possible the children could be picked up by 3pm as it is the one day of the year we try to get the staff home early.

Snails & Caterpillars

This week the children will be enjoying activities surrounding their current interest of winter.

Communication & Language: (CL) Listens to and enjoys rhythmic patterns in rhymes and stories.

Exploring books about weather.

Literacy: Interested in books and rhymes and may have favourites

Singing songs about weather

Physical development: (PD) Explores objects with mouth, often picking up an object and holding to their mouth.

Ice cube play

Understanding the world: (UTW) Looks around the room or garden with interest, usually scans environment for novel interesting object and events.

To explore the garden, and weather outside. Is it raining, sunny or windy?

Expressive arts and design: (EAD) Babies explore media and materials as part of their exploration of the world and around them.

Wellie boot painting

Days off Jamie – Friday Alisha – Thursday

Ladybirds

Winter shall be the focus of activities for the next week.  Please see below the range of activities the staffs have planned under each different area of learning:

Communication & Language: (CL) Moves whole body to sound and enjoys music or a regular beat.

Exploring musical instruments.

Physical development: (PD) Holds pen or crayon using whole hand (palmer grasp) and makes random marks with different strokes.

Group collage using crayons.

Personal, Social & emotional development; (PSED) Explores new toys and environments, but checks in regularly with familiar adults when needed.

Ice cube play.

Understanding of the World:  (UOW) Closely observes what animals, people and vehicles do.

Arctic animals in ice and jungle animals on a grass mat for the children to explore.

Mathematics: (M) Knows that things exist even when out of sight.

Burying treasure in the sand.

Expressive Arts & Design (EAD) Begins to move to music, listens to and joins in rhymes or songs.

Dancing to music.

Days off   Abi – Monday       Julie –  Wednesday

Bumblebees

Winter shall be the focus of activities for the week.  Please see below the range of activities the staffs have planned under each different area of learning.

Focus of the week: Literacy

Sound of the week: W

Personal, Social and Emotional Development: (PSED) Seeks out others to share experiences.

Passing the ball game calling out our friends names.

Communication & Language: (CL) Shows interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes.

Singing Christmas rhymes.

Mathematics: (M) Recites some number names by sequence.

Counting snowmen 1-10

Physical development: (PD) Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.

Children to trace around triangles and circles to make a Christmas tree.

Understanding of the World: (UTW) notices detailed features of objects in their environment.

Ice cube play

Days off    Jenni – Thursday      Jani – Monday

Butterflies                       

This week’s sound and letter of the week is ‘W.  Sometimes you will notice that the letter/story of the week may be repeated, the reason for this is to further enhance the children’s understanding of the letter and it’s sound or when the children and continuing to show interest in a particular story.

Focus of the week – Communication and Language

 Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) – Begins to accept the needs of others, takes turns and shares resources sometimes with support from others.

Taking turns with board games.

Communication & Language (CL) – Is able to follow directions.

Give a child a few simple directions and see if they can remember and follow them correctly.

Mathematics (M) – Shows awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment.

Shape hunt in the garden, which shapes are similar.

Physical development (PD) – Mounts stairs, steps or climbing using alternative feet.

Making steps with the big blocks and walk up and down

Days off   Stani – Friday    Klara - Monday