Nursery - Literacy - Fine Motor Skills - Farm Animal Threading
This week, Nursery class have been working on their threading skills. The children have used pincer grips to hold the end of the laces and carefully push them through the holes around the edge of our farm animal friends. This activity has been left out in provision during the week and the children have really enjoyed selecting different animals and using their fine motor skills to complete the task
Nursery - Listening And Attention - Matching Animal Sounds
During our listening and attention lesson this week the children were tasked with identifying different farm animal sounds. They were given a choice of 5 familiar animals from our story and had to listen really carefully to the sounds in able to correctly select the matching animlas. The children really enjoyed this activity and have been able to show off their new knowledge on animal sounds during play when accessing provision in the classroom.
Nursery - Computing - What's On The Farm?
This week in Nursery class we have started our new story 'oh dear!' which is set on a farm! The children used simple city to explore the different animals, plants and buildings we might find on a farm. They used their fingers to drag and place different objects onto the farm and discovered that the animals made noises when they were tapped. The children enjoyed this feature and began to mimic the noises they heard.
Nursery - Maths - Can You Give One Each
During maths this week we have been looking at sharing groups of objects. The children were tasked with giving the little pigs one item each and sharing the objects fairly. The children were encouraged to count the objects as they gave them to the pigs and some children were able to correctly state that we needed 3 of each object when asked how many we would need. Well done nursery class.
Nursery - Geography - Who's House Is This?
Linking with our story, the three little pigs, Nursery class have been investigating different houses. We used google maps to find the childrens houses and see if they recognised who's house it was. As a class we discussed if our houses were made out of straw, sticks or bricks and looked at the number of windows and other features of the houses we saw. The children were able to quickly identify their own houses and they proudly showed them off to the their friends, telling each other who lived with them at home.
Nursery - P.E - Three Little Pigs Yoga
During P.E this week, Nursery class have taken part in some yoga! The children moved their bodies in different ways to represent significant events in our story, The three little pigs. The children followed the instructions well and really enjoyed using their gross motor skills, pretending to be the little pigs and the big bad wolf!
Nursery - Maths - Constructing A Brick House For The Little Pig
Our focused story for this week has been 'The three little pigs'. The children have been experimenting with different materials to build houses for the pigs. Today we made brick houses with the lego. The children persevered when linking the blocks together and made some beautiful structures for their pigs to live in. Some children used positional language in their play describing the placement of their bricks, 'on top'. We then pretended to be the big bad wolf to see if our brick houses were strong or if they would fall down!
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Nursery - PSHE - Likes And Dislikes, Trying Chinese Food
To finish our week after celebrating Chinese new year, we tasted some chinese food. The children tasted 4 different foods typically found within chinese cuisine. Everybody was willing to give these new food items a little taste, on the menu today was, egg fried rice, noodles, prawn crackers and spring rolls. Some children expressed their opinions with thumbs up or thumbs down, others used sound effects such as 'mmm' or 'yukk' and some children vocalised 'yummy' and even asked for 'more please'. The children really enjoyed snack time today!
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Nursery - Literacy - Mark Making
During our Chinese new year celebrations, the children made their own red envelopes and gifted them to a friend in class. The children used various different pencil grips to hold their crayons and scribed on their paper to create marks. Some children were even able to give meanings to their marks and tell their friends what they had drawn. The children then placed their good luck pictures inside red envelopes, along with a chocolate golden coin to represent the money usually gifted in these Chinese traditions. The class enjoyed exchanging their envelopes with each other and talking about the pictures they had drawn.
Nursery - Maths - Using Size And Number Language
During maths this week we have been working on number language and understanding size. The children played a game together, hiding golden coins under different sized cups. The only clue they could give to their friends, to help find the coins, was the size of the cup they were hidden under. The children worked really hard to identify the big, medium and small cups. Once the coins were found, the children were encouraged to count their coins, some children did this independently!
Nursery - Geography - Exploring Chinese Culture
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year, the children have accessed different activities set up around the classroom to support their understanding of a different culture. We have looked at the different clothing, food, eating utensils, seating and activities people in China would be accustomed to at this time of year. Nursery class have really enjoyed exploring the Chinese culture!
Wake Up Wednesday - Health and Fitness Apps
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