This week we have already had a super busy week.
On Monday we visited Barley’s Coffee Shop with our home made Easter bonnets. We had a brilliant time seeing everyone and we even got a special Easter goodie bag for taking part.
Then we had our parents and carers in for a get together. We had lots of fun showing them our Wow books.
We are planning another busy week next week with lots of different activities and will continue with the story ‘Dinosaurs in the Supermarket’ where we will be using positional language in our own supermarket role play area with our dinosaurs.
As we love baking we will be making chocolate chip cookies (as requested by Nursery and Reception children). Later on in the week we will be making smarties cookies and fairy cakes to put towards the Comic Relief Bake sale on Friday after school.
The children will also be learning about traditions at St. Patrick’s Day, including a new song.
During Challenge Time with Reception we will be looking at the work of Hamish Mackie.
As we do, we will be taking our fortnightly trip to the Library van to have a look at some new books.
From the week beginning Monday, 6th of February we have the following adult initiated plans. These plans may change depending on the children’s interests and are never steadfast. We will also be doing lots of the usual….singing, looking at and reading stories, drawing, outdoor play and much more!
This week we are planning to do things based on our Winter topic, baking and Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
*Dress dolls in winter clothes.
*Cosmic Yoga.
*Paint scarf and glove patterns.
*Make winter playdough.
*Make healthy flapjacks.
*Make more items for the Bug Hotel (Challenge Time).
*Unworry drawing activity.
*Winter walk around the school and Nursery grounds.
Next week we are going to be looking at The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud as a starting point.
*We will be reading the story and then painting with different utensils.
*We are going to write some poetry for a competition.
*On Tuesday we will be having our fortnightly visit to the Library van.
*We really love baking so we are going to make a healthy chocolate cake.
*During challenge time we will be taking the next step in making our bug hotel.
*We will be practising our scissor skills and making some polar bear masks.
*Finally we will look at how a snowflake is made.
It’s all very wintery!!
We have had a fabulously fun Christmas. This week has been amazing! Santa came and left two presents. He even decorated our play house into a grotto! We have made and delivered cards for the village too and then today joined in with the performance of Whoopsy Daisy Angel!
Yesterday Nursery and Class One had a fabulously festive afternoon.
We iced some biscuits, had a hot chocolate and then received a zoom call from the man himself, Santa! The children were able to ask him some questions. One great one was “How is Rudolph?”. Santa then did a magic trick and read a story. He congratulated the children on their brilliant phonics work and how kind they are to each other.
This week we have lots of Christmassy things to do!
*Make more Christmas cards to deliver around the village.
*Library van visit.
*Nativity practice.
*Ice Christmas biscuits, drink hot chocolate and zoom from Santa. (A surprise for the children).
*Make our snowflake headbands.
*Make chocolate and candy cane hearts.
*Friday 9am Parents in for a Christmas ‘get together’.
Here are our plans for next week from Monday the 28th of November.
The children have really enjoyed learning new nursery rhymes this week so we are going to continue with some more. These are our plans for the week.
*Learn BINGO song.
*Make edible ‘dog’ biscuits.
*Make up a brand new type of vehicle.
*Frog tiddlywinks. (Continue to learn the rhyme Five Little Speckled Frogs)
*Paper clip painting.
*Make twinkle, twinkle stars. (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
*Set up the role play area as a star gazing space.
This week is World Nursery Rhyme Week so in the first half of the week we are focusing on some that we know well and some new ones too. Here are our plans:
The Big Ship Sails: We are going to walk the plank and in the afternoon make some pirate juice.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five….: Putting fish into groups – what can we see?
We are going fishing!
Five Little Speckled Frogs: How many can we get to the lily pad.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’: Which vehicles could we use?
Children in Need: Physical spots game and Pudsey cakes.
Take a look at https://www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com/ for some more fun ideas to use based on Nursery Rhymes.
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School
Glebe Close,
Cheswardine,
Market Drayton,
Shropshire
TF9 2RU
Tel: 01630 817640
Executive Headteacher: Mrs R Williams
