Welcome back to Nursery! We hope you had a lovely break and are keen to do more exciting learning! 

In Nursery this half term, our Power of Reading book is ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. Through this book, pupils will learn to use illustrations to retell stories in their own words. Pupils will also be learning some new phonics sounds following the Read, Write, Inc Phonics programme and will be continuing to write their names independently. This will raise their awareness of and ability to distinguish different initial sounds in words, with some pupils beginning to hear other dominant sounds within words. 

Linking to our Power of Reading text, within the Nursery the role-play areas this half term will be a Police station and a Farm Shop, giving opportunities to re-enact what happened in the story as well as creating new stories in both areas. Pupils will use different props and real life resources to support their role-play.

As part of their learning within Expressive Arts and Design, pupils will have plenty of opportunities to create their own interpretations of the characters. They will also be able to use playdough to create and follow their own ladybird trails. Outside, pupils will be able to use large paintbrushes and water to create their own pictures on the concrete.

Pupils will also continue to explore opportunities within the provision to continue to develop their fine and gross motor, speaking and listening and personal, social and emotional skills in their play. They will continue to be encouraged to express how they are feeling and begin to explain why they are feeling that way.

In Maths, pupils will re-visit shapes, with a particular focus on using mathematical language to describe the properties of the 2D and 3D shapes. Pupils will have the opportunity to explore and use different 3D shapes in the construction area. They will continue to develop their number recognition through numbers on the price list in the Farm shop as well as other number opportunities through games like snap.

As they continued to develop in the Spring term, pupils will continue to develop their letter recognition and writing skills. Pupils will start to bring home reading books/phonics cards to further support them in learning to read.

We are excited to begin our last term of learning! 

Welcome back to Nursery! We hope you had a lovely break and are keen to do more exciting learning! 

In Nursery this half term, our Power of Reading book is ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. Through this book, pupils will learn to use illustrations to retell stories in their own words. Pupils will also be learning some new phonics sounds following the Read, Write, Inc Phonics programme and will be continuing to write their names independently. This will raise their awareness of and ability to distinguish different initial sounds in words, with some pupils beginning to hear other dominant sounds within words. 

Linking to our Power of Reading text, within the Nursery the role-play areas this half term will be a Police station and a Farm Shop, giving opportunities to re-enact what happened in the story as well as creating new stories in both areas. Pupils will use different props and real life resources to support their role-play.

As part of their learning within Expressive Arts and Design, pupils will have plenty of opportunities to create their own interpretations of the characters. They will also be able to use playdough to create and follow their own ladybird trails. Outside, pupils will be able to use large paintbrushes and water to create their own pictures on the concrete.

Pupils will also continue to explore opportunities within the provision to continue to develop their fine and gross motor, speaking and listening and personal, social and emotional skills in their play. They will continue to be encouraged to express how they are feeling and begin to explain why they are feeling that way.

In Maths, pupils will re-visit shapes, with a particular focus on using mathematical language to describe the properties of the 2D and 3D shapes. Pupils will have the opportunity to explore and use different 3D shapes in the construction area. They will continue to develop their number recognition through numbers on the price list in the Farm shop as well as other number opportunities through games like snap.

As they continued to develop in the Spring term, pupils will continue to develop their letter recognition and writing skills. Pupils will start to bring home reading books/phonics cards to further support them in learning to read.

We are excited to begin our last term of learning! 

Nursery Recommended Reading

1. We're going on a bear hunt
2. The Very hungry caterpillar
3. The Gruffalo
4. Elmer
5. Rumble in the jungle
6. The day the crayons quit
7. Room on the broom
8. Don't call me sweet
9. Dinosaurs love underpants
10. Meg and Mog
11. A friend for little bear
12. Winnie and Wilber at the seaside
13. The very hungry worry monster
14. Giraffes can't dance 
15. Goldilocks and the three bears