It has been a very different week at nursery. As part of our transition process (yes, it’s hard to believe that some of friends will be moving to Reception in September), we have spent each morning this week with the children and Reception team and it has been wonderful! Everybody learned and played together beautifully. I don’t envisage any upset in September.
Worship
May is the Month of Mary. We have been discussing how Mary is honoured during the month of May. We have talked about:
Where you can find a Mary worship table in nursery
What to put on a Mary worship table
That flowers commonly associated with Mary
and what else can go on our Mary worship table
We have also all painted a picture of Mary to put on our Mary’s Month display.
On Friday this week some of nursery will be joining Reception on a visit and tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We are hoping to pop in and have refreshments at the Social Centre afterwards. Such a busy day.
Visit from Pemberton’s farm
On Wednesday Farmer Tom brought some of his animals from his farm to show us. He brought Pixie a calf born prematurely in February, twin dairy calves ( one was called Mary, how apt for Mary’s Month!), two lambs (one was called Baaaaarbara!!) and a farm dog called Storm. We watched as Farmer Tom fed the lambs their milk from a bottle, what a lot of noise they made!
Take a look at our photos!
Michelle’s blog
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog
The weather has been glorious this week and we have made the most of every moment. We have carefully tended to our garden this week as we have made sure they have had plenty of water to drink. We also watered the newly planted trees on the school field.
We were excited to meet number block number 9 this week. We have explored different ways of making 9. One of our friends said " it's 3 sets of 3s". Another said "it's a square". Can your child count 9 objects?
We have been busy practicing for Sports Day. This week we have concentrated on jumping to see how far we can jump. Why not have a jumping contest this weekend. Who can jump the furthest?
Have a lovely weekend
Michelle
Emma’s Blog
Hello everyone.
It's been hot this week, but the children have still been having lots of fun.
We decided to use to make cress sandwiches for snack time with the cress that we have been growing. The children buttered their own bread, a great skill for practicing their fine motor skills and for life…we always need toast in the morning!. We then cut and sprinkled the cress on to the bread. The children then had a go at folding the bread in half, which was a bit tricky. The children loved their cress sandwiches, they couldn't believe that they were eating something that they had grown from seeds.
The children have been making castle turrets or towers using shapes. They drew around their chosen shapes then drew someone hiding inside the turret. The children drew their mummies, Rapunzel or their friends in the castle.
I can't believe we only have one week left before we break up for May half term.
Enjoy your sunny/hot weekend everyone.
Emma
Meet number 9
This week we have started to explore number 9!! Numberblock Nine arrives in Numberland, finds a friend in Four, sings a song about squares... and sneezes! Learn all about the number 9 with Numberblock Nine! Click here to meet 9!
We are learning to:
Say the counting numbers to 9. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted.
Partitioning and combining to 9. At the beginning of the episode Nine is formed from combining One and Eight and then partitioned again.
9 and 4 are square numbers. Although the children are not formally introduced to square numbers until much later, this episode provides an opportunity to look at both the structure of squares with 4 equal sides and corners, and square numbers that make a shape with the same number of blocks down as across. Identifying pattern and seeing structure in number is important to early maths development.
Finally, fire up the BBQ for a fun weekend!
Stay safe and God Bless.