Head of Schools Message
We have had a wonderful week in Nursery and Day Care, with lots of exciting experiences for the children! Our Food of the Week initiative has been a great success so far this term. The children have enjoyed tasting a variety of foods at snack time, including grapefruit, sweet potato, carrots, and broccoli, in different ways. It has been fantastic to see their curiosity and enthusiasm as they explored new flavours and textures. Encouraging children to try new foods helps develop healthy eating habits and a sense of adventure with food.
We would also like to remind and encourage parents and carers to visit the Nursery to share stories, talk about their professions, or introduce special traditions from home. These experiences enrich our Early Years curriculum and help children learn about the world around them in a meaningful and engaging way. If you would like to visit, please let us know — we would love to have you!
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Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
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Our Book of the Week is "Brown Bear Brown Bear". The children will enjoy engaging in fun activities inspired by the book, including recognizing colours, identifying animals, and practicing sequencing as they immerse themselves in this classic tale. Our Keywords are "Brown", "Purple", "Bear", and "Goldfish".
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Please find the link to the story below:
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paw2RGSdwG0
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Our Rhyme this week is "5 Fat Sausages".
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Home Learning: Matching Objects
Gathering small Items such as socks, lids and containers, toy sets, or kitchen utensils.​
This activity helps develop visual discrimination, problem-solving skills, and attention to details.
Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Our Book of the Week is "Guess How Much I Love You" by Sam McBratney.
Through the delightful journey of Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare, the children will explore themes of love, expression, and connection. We will be engaging in creative activities to encourage storytelling, communication, and emotional awareness. Our Keywords are "Long", "Short", "Stretching", "High" and "Bouncing".
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Please find the link to the story below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGuIUytF_6U
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Our Rhyme this week is "5 Little Speckled Frogs".
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Home Learning: "Squeeze"
Have your child soak a sponge in a bowl of water or when they are having a bath, then challenge them to transfer all the water by squeezing the sponge​
This activity helps build hand strength, improves coordination, and supports writing skills.
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Willow Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
This week we are exploring the delightful rhyming story "Each Peach Pear Plum" by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The children are enjoying spotting familiar nursery rhyme characters hidden throughout the beautifully illustrated pages.
Through this engaging story, we are developing observation skills, building vocabulary, and practising rhyming.
Our Keywords are "Pie", "Spy", "Den" and "Cupboard".
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Please find the link below to the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sulJmq1G8​
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Our Rhyme of the week is "Ring around the roses."
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Home Learning: Counting
Mealtimes are a great opportunity to practise counting skills in a fun and natural way. This activity helps develop counting skills and early maths concepts all while making mealtime more engaging.
What to Do:
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Ask your child to count items on their plate, such as carrot sticks, grapes, or pieces of pasta.
Nursery School
Book & Rhyme of the week
For the last time this term, Nursery School will explore 'Lubna and Pebble'. This week, the children will innovate (change/edit) the story to create their own story. As they have previously explored the setting and the characters, this week they will re-create the story either by changing the setting of the story or the characters. We are looking forward to seeing the wonderful stories that they will create.
Our Keywords are " Pebble", "Clutched", "underneath", "beaming".
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Please find the link to the story:
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1MjuWIL-M
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​​Our Rhyme of Week is "Hokey Cokey".
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Home learning:
Sing songs and play games that involve listening and responding to instructions, for example Simon Says, Hokey Cokey, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. You could also set up a simple obstacle course and give instructions with more elements as you complete each step, for example "Walk to the chair and turn around" then "Jump over the pillow, crawl under the table, tiptoe to the finish line".
Birch Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Our Book of the Week is "Who's Hiding on the Farm". This week the children will immerse in the story and continue to explore the farm and discover the hidden animals through captivating illustrations and playful rhymes. It promote curiosity and observation, making it an excellent tool for nurturing early learning and a love for reading stimulating manner. Our keywords for the story are "Chick", "Horse" and "Pig".
Please see below link to the story:​
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA0lIe0FCnc
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Our Rhyme of the Week is "Five Little Ducks".
Home Learning: Push and Pull Activities
This acitivity helps develop gross motor skills, introduces early science concepts about force and movement and encourages problem-solving.
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Encourage your child to explore pushing and pulling by racing toy cars across the floor or pushing a box filled with soft toys.​
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Success Story of the Week!
This week in the Conker Room, we celebrated wonderful progress in colour recognition! The children have been enthusiastically exploring colours through a variety of engaging activities throughout the week, including sorting games, painting, and nature hunts.
It’s been fantastic to see their confidence grow as they correctly identified and named different colours. Thank you for your continued support in reinforcing these skills at home.
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We are excited to share that our school has a signed copy of The Great Big Cuddle by the renowned poet Michael Rosen! Michael is most famous for writing 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' but has also written a number of other fabulous books. Our Executive Headteachers, Hayley and Gemma, had the privilege of meeting him at a conference. Michael was delighted to hear about how much our children love his books, and we can’t wait to share this special signed book with the children.
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Dates coming up:
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Half Term: Monday 17th - Friday 21st February​
Start Term: Monday 24th February
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World Book Week: Monday 3rd - Friday 7th March (Don't forget to book your slot for Secret Storyteller!)
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Sustainability Week: Monday 31st March - Friday 3rd April
Inset day : 4th April (Nursery and Day care closed)
Easter Holiday (half term): Monday 7th - Thursday 17th April
Good Friday: Friday 18th April ( Nursery and Day care closed)
Easter Monday: Monday 21st April ( Nursery and Day care closed)