Nursery

Plants

We have 2 topics this first half of the summer term. These 2 topics are Plants and Dinosaurs. We will be continuing our learning about Plants, which is an Understanding the World topic in which we will learn more about plants and how they grow and produce food. Later in the term we will be focusing on a Literacy topic, where we will focus on descriptive language about these astounding, extinct creatures.

During the class Literacy lessons, we will read the books ’10 Seeds!”’, ‘The Tiny Seed’, ‘The Little Red Hen,’ ‘Dinosaur Roar!’ ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs’ and ‘Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars, Hear Come the Dinosaurs.’

In Maths this half term, we will be focussing on the following concepts and skills.

• Understanding and using language which describes an objects position.
• Moving pieces in a puzzle or toys when they are being solved so that they fit in a space.
• Uses different shapes when constructing or drawing to fit the required purpose.
• Talking about different shapes similarities or differences.
• Talking about patterns in the environment.
• Creating patterns with dance, sound and a wide variety of shapes.
• Talking about the size of different shapes.
• Using words to do with times of day and days of the week.

Fun Ideas:

We are now sending information home each week about the ideas that we are focussing on in Nursery carpet / teaching times. This is being posted on Tapestry each week and can be found in the documents section.

At the bottom of this letter are some ideas about activities that you could do with your child related to these focus ideas.

Clothing:

Now that the weather is getting warmer, please remember to bring a water bottle each day for your child. Please also ensure you’re your child has a jumper and a coat appropriate for the temperature and that is water proof if it is raining. As the temperature increases, please also apply sun cream to your child before they come

to Nursery.