We have been learning about Advent and why we have the candles and wreath.  The children have learnt an Advent song to help them remember who we are waiting for.

We are looking at how Christmas is celebrated around the world and have made a gingerbread house after we found out that this is a traditional Christmas activity in Germany. Next week we are going to make a gingerbread man Christmas tree ornament.

We have also been continuing to practise our fine motor skills.

Over the next few weeks we will be concentrating on learning the songs for our Christmas Nativity.  We are working hard with reception, putting together a performance you will remember (hopefully for the right reasons).’

We are starting to make Christmas cards, calendars, gifts and decorations.  During these weeks there may not be as much in our learning journey’s as normal but this certainly doesn’t mean we are not busy.  Some of the things we are doing are a secret!

Thank you for the weekly donations they will really help us mend and replace toys.

This week we came into Nursery to find snowy footprints all over the entrance floor leading into the class.  We asked the children if they could think about who had visited and why they came.  After discussion Jack and Aoife decided it was Father Christmas.  This was confirmed when we found a letter from him on Mrs Jilks chair.  He said he was just checking they were still working hard and where he had to come for our Christmas party day.

We used this event to encourage the children to listen to questions, encouraging them to  hear the beginning of each question to decide if it was a ‘what’ ‘who’ ‘where’ or ‘why’ question.  We will be working on this over the next few weeks.

Thank you for your donations to the Children in Need appeal, the children had fun making their bear ears. We are looking forward to seeing their colouring sheets of Pudsey bear.

This week we have been practising using our fine motor skills to help get us ready to write.  We have also been focusing on speaking and listening , Jack was able to tell us all about his visit to Harry Potter World.We all made Diva lamps to help us learn more about Diwali. Here are a few examples of the lamps we made.

Important Reminders

Just a quick reminder about our visit to the theatre.  Please can you go online and pay for your child’s trip to see the Stick man.  Thank you to all who have paid already.

On Friday we will be joining the rest of the school dressing in yellow or spots for Children in Need.   We will be doing some fun activities to make up for missing the afternoon talent show.  A fifty pence donation would be gratefully received.

Please could you donate any unwanted gifts or bric a brac for our christmas fair.

Thank you.

This week we are focusing on recognising numbers and counting.

This week we have been finding out about Diwali.  We have made diya lamps, listed to the story of Rama and Sita and had a visit from Shaye’s dad. He came into to tell us how they celebrate Diwali and understand it better.  Shaye helped him show pictures and talk about the festival.  Thank you to both of you.

We have been using ICT equipment and games. The children are getting very good at turning the activities on and off. Charles enjoys putting the CD’s in the player and dancing with friends.  In maths we are looking at changes in quantity and the children have found this a little tricky so we will be continuing next week.   

Please can you take a look online and sign your child up for our trip to the theatre if you havent already, thank you.

Thank you for all your donations on Friday, the children were pleased to be able to help provide food for those not as lucky as themselves.  We took our tins into the hall to add to the donations from school.

We had a busy week continuing our work on shapes, and starting to explore books with rhyming words.  Two children each week will now take home the rhyme pack with books to share with parents. This really helps children to start to understand rhyme and alliteration and is hopefully a fun way of spending ten minutes at bedtime. The children went in small groups around the school spotting shapes in the environment, they found circles on the netball posts, rectangle signs and square windows.  We also have been working on sharing and taking turns with games and equipment and making sounds with different kinds of instruments in our phonic sessions.

Below are some photographs of the week.