Our key concepts
Key text: My Body, Your Body
Rhyme of the week: Miss Polly had a Dolly
Sign of the week: Thank you
Physical Friday
We have really enjoyed exploring all the gross motor activities during our physical Friday sessions. We explored using hoops, travelling through tunnels, walking on stilts and balancing on wobbly boards.
Pasta
We have been learning about senses this week and the pasta in the messy tray area helped us talk about this. We could make different noises with the pasta in the various containers, and we began to talk about how the pasta felt in our hands. Some of us even said we like to eat pasta.
Play dough
The play dough area has been lots of fun this week. This area helps with our fine motor development as we have practised rolling and cutting the play dough as well as shaping and squeezing it with our hands and fingers.
Our key concepts
Key text: The Family Book
Rhyme of the week: Open shut them
Sign of the week: Please
Role play
This week, we have really enjoyed exploring our home corner. We have enjoyed taking on roles and carrying out tasks that are familiar to us such as cooking and ironing.
Water play
The water tray has been very popular this week, we have had fun splashing, pouring and scooping water. We also enjoyed sailing the boats and watching the water fall down the water wheel.
Our key concepts
Key text: The Family Book
Rhyme of the week: Open shut them
Sign of the week: Good Afternoon
Creative and messy play
We have been able to explore paint in different ways this week. We used cotton reels to make prints on paper and also mixed paint with shaving foam in a tuff spot.
Construction
We have been building some amazing structures using different types of wooden blocks. Some creations have been built individually, whilst others have been constructed by working together with friends.
Literacy
We read a book about different types of families and have been able to share information about our family with our friends. We also spent some time drawing ourselves and our family members on large sheets of paper.
Our key concepts
Key text: You’re fabulous as you are
Rhyme of the week: If you’re happy and you know it
Sign of the week: Good Morning
Being Creative
We have explored lots of materials and used them to make a face. We tried to think about our facial features and represent each using some of the loose parts.
Maths
Our focus for maths this week has been to work on identifying colours.
We have named and sorted colours as well as finding objects that are a specific colour.
Starting Nursery
We have really enjoyed starting nursery and getting to know our teachers and our new friends. We have explored all the areas inside and outside and discovered new resources to play with.
We are beginning to understand the routines and expectations in nursery and have enjoyed snack times together.