Head of Schools Message

We were excited to learn and celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 with our nursery community! A huge thank you to one of our wonderful nursery parents who visited to read a story about Chinese New Year and share their family traditions with the children. It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn about this special celebration and explore their festive traditions. We wish all our families a Happy Chinese New Year!

Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Our Book of the Week is "Brown Bear Brown Bear".The rhythmic and repetitive nature of this story captivates the children, helping to enhance their memory and language development, through colourful illustrations. The book introduces a variety of animals, encouraging visual recognition and sparking discussions about colours and wildlife. Our Keywords are "Brown", "Purple", "Bear", and "Goldfish".

Please find the link to the story below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paw2RGSdwG0

Our Rhyme this week is "Round and Round the Garden".

Home Learning:

We've been exploring red, blue, green, and yellow in class! Here are some simple home activities to reinforce these colours:

Colour Hunt: Find red, blue, green, and yellow items around your home or garden.
Colour Sorting: Sort toys or clothes into piles by colour.
Colour Matching: Match coloured paper or cards with objects of the same colour at home.

These activities will support your child's learning and enhance their colour recognition skills.

Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Our Book of the Week is "Tickle, Tickle". The book's engaging and rhythmic text, along with its delightful illustrations, captivate the children and stimulate their imagination. It’s a fantastic way to develop language skills. The story also encourages interactive play, bonding and sparking giggles. Our Keywords are "Splish", "Splash", "Tickle" and "Squelch".

Our Rhyme this week is "Head, shoulder, knee and toes".

Home Learning: We are looking at "Twisting"

To support our focus on twisting skills, here are some engaging ways to practice at home:

Bottle Cap Twists: Gather jars or bottles with twist-off caps for your child to open and close, enhancing fine motor skills.
Twisting Playdough: Roll and twist playdough into different shapes, boosting creativity and hand strength.

Willow Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

We are thrilled to continue our journey with the book "Dogs" by Emily Gravett. This delightful story, filled with playful and diverse canine characters, captivates the children and enhances vocabulary and comprehension. The book sparks discussions about different types of dogs, colours, and sizes, encouraging observational skills Our Keywords are "Stroppy", "Bark", and "Scruffy".

Please find the link below to the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGASIvCua1Y

Our Rhyme of the week is "Row Row Row the boat"

Home Learning:

We are looking at different dogs in Willow Room, can you please look for dogs on your journey and describe them with your child. If you have dogs at home please email us some pictures, we will be very grateful.

Nursery School
Book & Rhyme of the week

Nursery School will also continue with the story 'Lubna and Pebbles' - as children have gained an understanding of the story this week, they will begin to form ideas in relation to character and setting and think about how they could change aspects of the story.

Our Keywords are " Pebble", "Clutched", "underneath", "beaming".

Please find the link to the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV1MjuWIL-M

Our Rhyme of Week is "Humpty Dumpty".

Home learning: Have a go at birdwatching in the garden, park, or when out and about - count how many birds you see, identify the different birds and talk about their similarities and differences, draw pictures of birds. Look on the RSPB website for more information and ideas

PANTOSAURUS

In Nursery School, we have been looking at the PANTS rule and exploring the Pantosaurus book from the NSPCC. This book supports simple but valuable conversations with children that can help keep them safe. Developed with children, parents, carers and teachers, Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell a safe adult they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.

More information for how you can support this learning with your child at home can be found here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/

Birch Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Our Book of the Week is "Who's Hiding on the Farm". This engaging story invites the children to explore the farm and discover the hidden animals through captivating illustrations and playful rhymes. It encourages 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

Our Rhyme of the Week is "Five Little Ducks".

Home Learning: Stacking

Stacking activities can provide endless learning opportunities. Below are more fun and educational ways to engage your child:

Collect outdoor items likes stones, leaves, or sticks, see how high your can stack them.
Use cups to stack them and make a tower together

Success Story of the Week!

We are excited to share our success of the week in the Acorn Room! The children delighted in exploring paint using various media such as cling film, foil paper, and more. This creative exploration not only sparked imagination but also developed their sensory and fine motor skills. The different textures and effects brought a new dimension to their artwork, inspiring curiosity and expression. We are proud of their colourful creations and the enthusiasm they showed in this artistic adventure.