A lovely sunny week at nursery. We have continued to explore parts of our bodies. We found out that we all have a skeleton inside our bodies which help us to move; run, catch, hop, dance…all sorts of physical activities! We also have 206 bones!!!
We also discussed how to stay healthy (click here) and how to look after our major organs in our body. Click here to find out more.
Lots of learning challenges have been happening all around nursery this week. We have been making bridges and balancing characters, placing balls in cups without dropping them, sequencing bears in order of size and colour and matching number shapes. I must say we all did extremely well. Take a look!
Worship
During prayer and liturgy this week we have been thanking God for our ‘Wonderful world’ and discussed how we should be looking after it. The children were sad to hear that some of our world is being destroyed instead of cared for. We are putting our thinking heads on to find ways in which we can help care for living things and our planet.
This week in Worship we have continued our Creation and Covenant topic with ‘God Loves Everyone’. Our key words were BAPTISM, CHURCH and CARE.
We began by listening to a story all about the things that God knows. We had to listen out for ‘God knows all about me’ – we were great at this! You can listen to it here
We spoke about how we are all different – but God loves us all! He made us and we are welcomed into his family through Baptism. When a person is baptised, it’s like getting a big welcome hug from God and joining His big family (the Church).
Baptism shows that you belong to Him and that He will always love and take care of you.
On Thursday we were very excited to join our friends in Reception for our Worship session. We lit the Worship candle and made the sign of the cross. We went to the Chapel and used the water to make a cross on our foreheads, just like the priest does when we are baptised. As we did this, we said ‘God loves me, God made me, I am part of God’s family’. We really enjoyed going to the Chapel, it was just like going to Church. Why don’t you see if you can remember how to make the cross on your head at home.
Meet Two
Counting to 2- counting involves knowing the order of the number names and assigning one number tag to one object or event.
‘Twoness’ of two -This episode provides examples of things that happen or come in ones and twos. There are lots of examples of twos, e.g. dancing together, riding a tandem, riding piggy back, singing a duet, setting a table for two. By also providing examples of one alongside, children can begin to distinguish what two is and what two is not. Click here to watch.
Take a look at your number mat to to practise writing 2, it’s a bit tricky- one curve down is what to do, then straight across to make a two'
and…we have learnt a new sound too, ‘t’
We made a ‘t’ shop, which can only sell things beginning with the sound ‘t’. I wonder how many things at home you have that begin with ‘t’!
If you fancy having a try writing ‘t’, take a look at your sound map for the rhyme- down the tower, across the tower’ Don’t forget duck fingers!!
We have reached the end of another busy week at nursery and I feel the children are exhausted- growing our brains is hard work!
I think we all deserve a good rest his weekend. Stay safe and enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones.
God bless
Barbara