Welcome back to Nursery
Welcome back everyone. We hope everyone had a lovely Easter break and are now feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting Summer term!
Topics this term.
This half term our topic is ‘The Farm’. The stories we will be focusing on are ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. After half term, we will be reading ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and ‘Handa’s Surprise’. During the topic we will be looking at different building materials and discussing which materials are the weakest and strongest. We will also be looking at different farm animals and how plants grow.
In Numeracy we will continue to work on our number recognition and counting skills. Counting up to 10 and starting to identify amounts, linked to numbers. We will also start looking at properties of shape and naming some 2D and 3D shapes.
Remember to keep supporting your children at home with letter formation and name writing. Looking for numbers in the environment will also help your child understand numbers and support their learning.
Ready for Reception
Many of our Nursery children will be moving up to Reception in September and we need your help to get the children ready for this transition. Speaking with your children about their worries will help your child to feel less anxious. Encouraging your child to write their name and simple CVC words (cat,dig,pot) without visual prompts will also help them ready for the high expectation of Reception. By the end of Reception children need to know 10 digraphs (two letters that make 1 sound such as sh and ch) and be able to write a simple sentence independently. For more information about the reception curriculum, please attend our EYFS Exhibition on the 18th May. More information below.
Homework
Homework has changed slightly this term due to having a new homework policy within school. Each child will be sent home a story book for you and your child to read together, a set one speed sound book, which has all the phonic sounds your child will be looking at in class and then either a wordless book for your child to retell the story using pictures or a sound blending book. Homework will still be given out every Friday and is due back in by Tuesday. Every week children need to be practicing their name writing, as well as recognising numbers 1-10 within the environment. If you would like to send some pictures of your children completing their homework you can do so by emailing: eyfsphotos@briscoe.manchester.sch.uk
Morning Activities and Attendance
Every morning in Nursery the children will have a different activity to complete to help support their learning. Our door opens at 8:45 and closes at 9:00. Any children that arrive after this time will have to go to the main office. This is to help minimise disruptions during learning time. It is important that your child is arriving on time continuously throughout the year to help support their learning and development.
If you would like any more information on our attendance policy, please speak to our attendance officer.
EYFS Exhibition 18th May 3:30- 5:00
On the 18th May we will be holding our annual EYFS Exhibition in the Junior Hall between 3:30 – 5:00. This is a chance for you and your child to meet the Nursery and Reception team, as well as other agencies and staff within our wider school.
Each stall will have different information on ways to support your child, as well as goodies to share at home.
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The Nursery Team.