Early Years Foundation Stage

The preschool children have been listening to a variety of stories linked to the topic “I Am Special,” including We all belong, Elmer and The Rainbow Fish. Through these stories, the children have been learning about individuality, friendship, kindness, sharing and celebrating differences. The children have created different collages of themselves using a variety of colours and resources, exploring different skin tones, hair colours and hairstyles. The children discussed how everyone may look different but are equally special and valued. Through stories, creative experiences and role play, the children have been developing their language and communication skills, expanding their vocabulary and building confidence.

Next term, the preschool children will explore “Fabulous Festivals” by listening to stories and taking part in exciting activities to learn about different festivals, cultures, traditions and celebrations while developing their vocabulary and understanding of diversity.

C&L-  Listen to simple stories and understand what is happening, with the help of pictures.

PSED-  Develop friendships with other children.

UTW – Celebrate and value cultural, religious and community events and experiences.

PSED

Following the holiday, we will recap the class rules and discuss why they are important. Linked to the theme of Bonfire night, we will talk about rules to stay safe around fireworks.

C&L

In C&L, now that children have become familiar with the nursery routines, we will be encouraging them to follow instructions with more independence; we will be understanding questions and instructions with two parts.

PD

In PD, Nursery will practice using a pen and pencil using a comfortable tripod grip, which positions the pencil between their thumb and fingers. The children will practice this through a number of artistic activities, drawing fireworks.

Mathematics

In Maths, Nursery will continue to focus on counting. For the first term, we focused mainly on numbers to 5 but we will now continue on to 10. We have been learning to say the numbers in order and to stop when there are no more objects to count. We are learning to recognise numerals and match numbers with amounts.

Literacy

In Literacy, we will move on to key books related to our new termly topic – Fabulous Festivals. We will introduce the first book ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’, discussing key characters, events and settings.

UTW

In UTW, Nursery will discuss the reason we celebrate bonfire night. We will discuss other countries around the world that use fireworks as part of celebrations.

EA&D

In EA&D, Nursery will be representing fireworks through a number of different media. We will look at ways to represent movement and noise.

The Nursery team would like to remind you to bring in your child’s reading journal and school book on a Wednesday so it can be changed and returned on a Friday