Class Teacher Posts
Class Teachers for Early Years:
Mrs A Turner
Miss S Wakelam
Miss L Dempsy
Teaching Assistants for Early Years:
Miss C Driscoll
Miss R McDonagh
Mrs S Chaduvula
This week we are settling into our new classroom.
We will be meeting new friends and exploring the environment. Learning where everything is and where things go when we tidy.
Welcome to Reception 2022.
We are very excited to welcome you to Sparrows and Wrens Reception.
PE for Sparrows will be on Thursdays this will commence week beginning 12th September. They will need to come in their PE kit on that day.
PE for Wrens will be on Fridays this will commence week beginning 12th September. They will need to come in their PE kit on that day.
Please do email the class email if you have any questions.
This week 20.6.22
We have been learning about all the different sea creatures in the poetry book Commotion In The Ocean. We watched information videos and read non-fiction texts and then wrote facts about the animals. We learnt the BSL signs for the animals in the story and enjoyed learning about a variety of different sea creatures.
Next week 27.06.22
As we continue our topic “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside”. We will continue to read Commotion in the Ocean. We will then be creating our own acrostic poem. We will be using the words we learnt last week to support us with our poetry writing.
In math’s we will be learning how to count in 2s. We will be looking at socks and counting pairs of socks. Continuing from our work on even numbers from last week.
In nursery the children will be looking at 2d shapes and naming them.
This week we have reception and nursery Sports day.
Sports day
Thursday 30th June 9am -10am
All the children have been put into teams. Either red, yellow, blue or green.
We are asking the children to wear a t-shirt which has the colour of their team on it. Please ask the class teachers for your child’s team colour.
Sparrows Star Of The Week
Roen and Robyn
Wrens Star Of The Week
Mia and Eric
Nursery Star Of The Week
Logan and Diyar
This Week’s Learning – 13.6.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Do you like to be beside the seaside?’
This week we read the story Lucy and Tom go to the seaside. We looked at rock pools and the creatures we may find in them. We also compared Carshalton to Brighton and discussed the differences between the two places looking at geographical features.
In Maths this week Reception looked at doubling numbers to 10 and we recapped our number bonds to 10.
In Maths this week Nursery have been learning comparing light and heavy objects and tall and short objects.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 20.6.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Do you like to be beside the seaside?’
Next week we will be reading the poetry book Commotion in the Ocean. We will be looking at different sea animals and by the end of the week will have created our own acrostic poem!
In Maths next week Reception will be looking at odd and even numbers.
In Maths next week Nursery will be looking at full and empty and comparing between the two.
Stars of the Week!
In Sparrow Class we have
Nikola and Leja
In Wren Class we have
Aryan and Avey
In Nursery we have
Harleigh-Rae and Poppy
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 20.6.2022
Sports day
Sports day for Reception and Nursery will be in the morning of Thursday 30th June. More information will follow in next weeks blog
Water bottles
Please can we ask that you ensure your child has a named water bottle in school everyday.
Hats
Please ensure that your child brings a named hat into school every day. Where the sun has been so hot, we have had to ask hat-less children to play in the shade.
Sun cream
Please ensure sun cream is applied before school. Children can re-apply at lunchtime but must be able to do this by themselves.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 3.6.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Do you like to be beside the seaside?’
This week, we started our new topic. We looked at different weather and particularly Summertime weather. We talked about how we can be safe in the sun and what we would wear in the Summer compared to the Winter. We also talked about what activities we can do in different weather.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at 1 more and 1 less than a given number.
In Maths this week in Nursery, the children have been learning their numbers to 5. both counting and subtising.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 13.6.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Do you like to be beside the seaside?’
This week, we start our new topic. During Summer 2 we will be looking at similarities and differences between where we live and the beach. On Monday we will be reading the story Lucy and Tom go to the beach and we will be starting to look at rock pools and creatures we may see in them.
In Maths next week, the children in Reception will be recapping on number. We will be looking at doubling and our number bonds to 10.
In Maths this week in Nursery, the children we will be comparing light and heavy objects and tall and short objects.
Stars of the Week!
In Sparrow Class we have
Charlie and Ethan
In Wren Class we have
Maisie and Rosie
In Nursery we have
Sultan and India
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 13.6.2022
Water bottles
Please can we ask that you ensure your child has a named water bottle in school everyday.
Hats
Please ensure that your child brings a named hat into school every day. Where the sun has been so hot, we have had to ask hat-less children to play in the shade.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 16.5.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Can I Be An Author?’
This week, we finished writing our own stories. We wrote about unicorns, knights, witches, princesses and many more! They all had adventures and we thought carefully about the problem and resolutions – we were fantastic authors!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at 1 more and 1 less to 20. We used numberlines to solve this and are now getting very good at instantly recalling 1 more or 1 less.
In Nursery, the children were looking at 2D shapes and found lots of rectangles around the classroom.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 23.5.2022
Next week, we are going to be looking at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! We will be learning about our Queen – looking at her family, her tasks, where she lives etc. Reception will be writing down facts about our Queen.
On Thursday, we will be having our own Jubilee celebrations! We are inviting all of the children to wear red, white and blue own clothes for the day! We will be having games and decorating our own red, white and blue biscuit! Reception children will also have the option to have a special fish and chips jubilee lunch on that day!
In Maths next week, Reception children will be looking at addition and subtraction for numbers to 20.
Nursery will be looking at 3D shapes next week – they will be looking at the differences between flat and solid shapes
Stars of the Week!
In Sparrow Class we have
LokLok & Maelie
In Wren Class we have
Athena and Elianna
In Nursery we have
Karter and Zayna
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 23.5.2022
Water bottles
Please can we ask that you ensure your child has a named water bottle in school everyday.
Hats
Please ensure that your child brings a named hat into school every day. Where the sun has been so hot, we have had to ask hat-less children to play in the shade.
The whole school will be celebrating the Queen’s jubilee on Thursday and all are invited to wear mufti on that day – it must be red, white and blue.
Bank Holiday
Just a reminder that Friday 27th May is a Bank Holiday for Rushy – this is to celebrate our Queen’s Jubilee which occurs during our half term.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 9.5.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Can I Be An Author?’
This week, we continued with the story of Hansel and Gretel. We have been ordering the story and talking about the characters, events and setting.
Reception have also been retelling the story and writing it! We have used lots of fairy tale language and have learnt the BSL signs for these too.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked doubling and halving to 10. We were very good at doubling and used place value counters and part part whole templates. Later in the week, we looked at halving numbers – we found this a little harder but when we used cubes, we were beginning to get the idea!
In Nursery, the children having been looking at the ABAB patterns – we have been continuing AB patterns and some of us have been able to spot the error in an ABAB pattern!
Next Week’s Learning – wc 16.5.2022
Next week, we are going to be creating our own stories using fairy tale characters, events and setting – we will be authors!
In Maths next week, Reception children will be looking at addition and subtraction for numbers to 20. We will be using number line and tens frames to help us.
Nursery will be looking at 2D shapes next week – they will be going on a rectangle hunt!
Stars of the Week!
In Sparrow Class we have
Emma and George
In Wren Class we have
Amber and Yasmin
In Nursery we have
Blake and Shivam
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 16.5.2022
Water bottles
Please can we ask that you ensure your child has a named water bottle in school everyday.
PE Days
Friday – please ensure you are still wearing a purple Rushy jumper and a white t-shirt
Bank Holiday
Just a reminder that Friday 27th May is a Bank Holiday for Rushy – this is to celebrate our Queen’s Jubilee which occurs during our half term.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 3.5.2022
Summer 1 Topic – ‘Can I Be An Author?’
This week, started our new story of Hansel and Gretel. We started the week with a hunt for clues – we found sweets, a magic key, a witch’s hat and some bread – we worked out that this was telling us that the new story was Hansel and Gretel!
We have learnt lots of signs linked to retelling our story – please have a look at Tapestry for the Memo containing these signs so that you can practice at home too!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked number bonds to 10. We used cubes, Numicon and the numberblock rhymes to help us to remember all fo the number facts to 10.
In Nursery, the children having been looking at the language of tall and short. They have been comparing objects using the language.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 9.5.2022
Next week, we are going to be continuing the book ‘Hansel and Gretel’ – we will be using lots and lots of fairytale language to retell the story and also to sequence the story in order. Our Reception friends will then be writing sentences about the events of the story.
In Maths next week, Reception children will be looking at doubling to 10. We are going to be using place value counters and cubes to help us to recall number doubles to 10.
Our Nursery friends will be looking at ABAB patterns. They will be using the sweets from the witch’s house to create their own ABAB patterns. are going to continue with teen numbers up to 20!
Stars of the Week!
In Sparrow Class we have
Nigarish and Elijana
In Wren Class we have
Joey and Tereza
In Nursery we have
Darcie and Ismail
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 9.5.2022
Hot weather!
Please can we ask that you ensure your child has a named water bottle in school everyday and that they bring in a named hat. We would prefer that children have suncream applied before coming into school in the morning, but if you choose a suncream that needs to be reapplied, then they will have time at lunch break to do this. It will have to be applied by the child themselves and please remind children that they are NOT allowed to share suncream.
PE Days
EVERYONE will now have PE on a Friday morning. This is for Nursery, Reception, Sparrows, Wrens etc! Please ensure that earrings are removed for that day and that the children are wearing a suitable PE kit. This can include a round neck PE t-shirt and leggings / shorts / joggers with trainers. Tops should still be the purple Rushy Meadow jumper.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 19.4.2022
This week, we started our new topic – ‘Can I Be An Author?’ We will be looking at fairytales and using lots of fairytale language. Reception will even be writing our own fairytales by the end of the topic!
This week, we enjoyed our new book ‘Cinderella.’ We started the week with a very exciting fairytale dress up day! This was great fun and all of the children looked wonderful – thank you to everyone who took part! We then found a beautiful slipper left in our classrooms – we are going on a hunt to find out whose shoe this is. Please pop over to our Gallery pages to see the photographs of what we have been up to!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at teen numbers up to 16! We used Numicon, Place Value counters and Dienes apparatus to help us to look at 1 more or 1 less for numbers to 16.
In Nursery, the children having been looking at numbers around us. Some of our Nursery friends were matching numbers to 5 and recognising numerals. Then some of our newer Nursery friends were finding numbers around the classrooms. Everyone was also singing lots and lots of number songs!
Next Week’s Learning – wc 25.4.2022
Next week, we are going to be continuing the book ‘Cinderella’ – hopefully we can find the owner of the shoe! We will be using lots and lots of fairytale language to retell the story and also to sequence the story in order. Our Reception friends will then be writing sentences about the events of the story. You can help at home by reading the story of Cinderella and other fairytale stories. You can talk to the children about the order of events and think about similarities in the different stories.
In Maths next week, Reception are going to continue with teen numbers up to 20! We will also be looking at using the language of ‘longer’ and ‘shorter’. You can help at home by comparing up to 3 objects and thinking about if they are longer or shorter than each other.
Nursery will be looking at numbers up to 4. They will be counting out objects to 4 and subitising to 4. You can help at home by asking the children to get you 1 toy, 2 apples, 3 biscuits etc etc
Messages for Parents – wc 25.4.2022
PARENT CONSOLTATION MEETINGS
Parent consultations have been rescheduled to Thursday 28th April and most of you will have been allocated the same time slot as the cancelled appointment. School will be closing at 1pm on that day.
PE Days
EVERYONE will now have PE on a Friday morning. This is for Nursery, Reception, Sparrows, Wrens etc! Please ensure that earrings are removed for that day and that the children are wearing a suitable PE kit. This can include a round neck PE t-shirt and leggings / shorts / joggers with trainers. Tops should still be the purple Rushy Meadow jumper.
Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the sun!
This Week’s Learning – 21.03.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Animals That Come from an Egg’’
This week, we enjoyed our new book ‘The Little Red Hen’ We looked at the characters in the book and drew our own story maps. We also started to make our own bread!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at teen numbers. We are using Numicon, Place Value counters and Dienes apparatus to help us to understand that teen numbers are one block of 10 and extra ones. So 13 is 1 block of 10 and 3 extra ones.
In Nursery, the children having been looking at shapes in the environment and beginning to name some shapes such as triangle, square and circle.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 28.03.2022
Next week, we are going to be continuing the book ‘The Little Red Hen.’ We will be looking at all of the steps that The Little Red Hen took to make the bread from seed to flour. Then we will be writing the instructions for making our own bread!
In Maths next week, Reception are going to continue with teen numbers 14, 15 and 16. We will be looking at different ways to represent teen numbers and also showing our understanding by saying 1 more or 1 less up to 16!
Nursery will go on a number hunt and see what numbers they can find and how they are represented.
Class Teacher Awards – 25.03.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Eric and Elianna from Wrens
LokLok and Leja from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 28.03.2022
PARENT CONSOLTATION MEETINGS
Mrs Turner will be seeing parents on Thursday 31st March from 1.30pm until 7.30pm
Mrs Briggs will be seeing parents on Tuesday 29th March from 9am – 12noon and again on Thursday 31st March from 9am to 12noon and 3.30pm until 7.30pm
PE Days
Wednesday: Sparrow Reception & Nursery PE day
Friday: Wren Reception & Nursery PE day
End of term timings.
Due to parents evening, school day will end on 1pm on Thursday 31st March.
Friday 1st April is our last day of the Spring Term and school closes at 1.40pm
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
This Week’s Learning – 7.03.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Animals That Come from an Egg’’
This week, we enjoyed our new book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and especially loved the beautiful pictures in the book. We talked about the life cycle of the butterfly and linked this to our topic of animals that come from an egg.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception continued their subtraction journey and started to record subtraction using pictures.
In Nursery, the children having been looking at counting up to 5 objects.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 14.03.2022
Next week, we are going to be continuing the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ We will begin to start adapting this story and making it about ourselves or our teachers!
In Maths next week, Reception are going to be looking at the food that the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate and creating our own patterns – for example; apple, orange, pear, apple, orange, pear… You can support at home by looking at patterns you can see in your local environment.
Nursery will also be looking at pattern and talking about what they can see and how they see it.
Class Teacher Awards – 11.03.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Esmée and Bobby from Wrens
Seth and Zayna from Nursery
Frankie and Robyn from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 14.03.2022
INSET DAY – 14.03.22
See you Tuesday!
PE Days
Wednesday: Sparrow Reception & Nursery PE day
Friday: Wren Reception & Nursery PE day
Our PE focus this half term is jumping, please can you ensure that your child comes in PE kit (joggers / leggings) and it is essential that they are wearing suitable trainers.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
This Week’s Learning – 28.2.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Animals That Come from an Egg’’
This week, we continued looking into dinosaurs as we learnt that dinosaurs come from an egg. We looked at different types of dinosaurs and labelled the parts of a dinosaur. We read the stories around ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs’ and we talked about our favourite parts of the stories.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception started to look at taking away from 10 and from 20! We used numberlines to help us to count backwards. We also began to record a take away calculation.
In Nursery, the children looked at the language of mass – heavier, heaviest, lightest etc. We use balance scales to show which object was lightest or heaviest.
Next Term’s Learning – wc 7.03.2022
Next week, we are going to be looking at the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ This is a favourite already with many of the children! We will be looking at the lifecycle of a caterpillar and talking about caterpillar eggs.
In Maths next week, Reception are going to develop their subtraction knowledge more by taking away from numbers up to 15. We will be learning to count backwards by rote from 15.
Nursery will be looking at numbers to 5 and finding up to 5 objects. They will be using resources such as Numicon to help them – Numicon is a resource that we used up to Year 2 and sometimes beyond!
Class Teacher Awards – 4.03.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Luke and Yasmin from Wrens
Sienna and Logan from Nursery
Mia and Elijana from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 7.03.2022
Changes to PE Day
We still tweaking our PE Days and this week, we are going to have PE on the following days:
Wednesday: Sparrow Reception & Nursery PE day
Friday: Wren Reception & Nursery PE day
Our PE focus this half term is jumping, please can you ensure that your child comes in PE kit (joggers / leggings) and it is essential that they are wearing suitable trainers.
Clothing
The weather seems to be a bit varied this week coming! In Early Years, there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing! This means that we will go out in most weather (except extreme weather!) with that in mind, please can we ask that children have a warm coat and a change of clothing in their bags.
Have a lovely weekend everyone, but wrap up warm if going outside!
This Week’s Learning – 21.2.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Animals That Come from an Egg’’
It was the start of our new topic this week and we found a mysterious egg in the school gardens! This prompted lots of talk about what could be inside the egg – our suggestions included chickens, snakes, dinosaurs and even dragons! Then our Premises Manager – Mr Lock – sent us a CCTV of a dinosaur walking around the school gardens, could it be looking for the egg? On Thursday, we had a visit from a dinosaur and she took back her egg – she was a very kind dinosaur!
We’ll pop the videos and photographs on the Gallery pages – we showed the video to Reception only as we didn’t want the Nursery children to get upset! But please feel free to show any of the children, it’s ok to talk about how it ‘was just pretend’ – as much as we love to get their imaginations going, we also need to let them know that there are no dinosaurs roaming around anymore!
In our writing area, we wrote about what we thought might be in the egg – we were very impressed with the children’s knowledge about animals that come from an egg, a huge thank you to everyone who completed the half term learning task!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception started to look at taking away one from numbers to 10 (and some children were taking away one from numbers to 20). We sang ’10 green bottles’ a lot this week! We also started recording our number sentences eg; 8 – 1 = 7. The children are getting very good at reading and recording a number sentence. At home, you can do lots of reinforcing of this during play, cooking and shopping; for example, “You have 5 books on this shelf, if I take away 1 book, how many will you have now?” This will be good for Nursery children too!
In Nursery, the children were subitising up to 3. Subitising is a fantastic skill that both Nursery and Reception need and it is something that comes with lots and lots of practice. It basically means that children know how many objects there are without needing to count them. As the children get into Reception, a key subitising question is usually “how many can you see and how do you see them?” On Friday, one of the amazing Reception children had to count how many skittles we had left after our bowling game and he said ‘I can see 4, I can see 2 twos” – this was fantastic! We will send more information out about subitising and how we teach it in Early Years!
Next Term’s Learning – wc 28.2.2022
Next week, we are going to be looking at the ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs’ books. These books are so popular with the children so we are really looking forward to exploring the stories with the children!
In Maths next week, Reception are going to develop their subtraction by learning more about taking away more than 1. We will be looking at how to use a 10 frame to show take away. You can reinforce this at home by talking about take away in daily activities, eg: “I have 4 eggs in the box but I am going to take away 2 to make an omelette, how many eggs will I have in the box?”
Nursery will be looking at comparing heavy and light objects, they will be holding different objects and feeling which feels heavy and which feels light. They will also be using the words ‘heaviest and lightest’
Class Teacher Awards – 25.2.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Molly and Amber from Wrens
Reuben and Ema from Nursery
Charlie and Savannah from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 28.2.2022
The Big Walk and Wheel, formally the Big Pedal is back the week of 21st of March to the 1st of April. Please do try to use a sustainable form of transport to come to school during this week, you could walk, cycle, scoot, roller skate etc. there is even a chance to win some great prizes. Last year our school came 13th out of 5000 schools, I would love it if we could do even better this year.
Kind regards Mrs Green, School Travel Champion.
Thursday 3rd March is World Book Day, we are inviting all children (and staff!) to dress up as a book character! In Early Years, we will be exploring the stories ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs’ – we will be comparing and exploring this series of books.
Changes to PE Day
We are making a slight change to our PE Days, but this will only affect the Nursery children. Sparrow Reception Class PE day will still be a Wednesday, Wren Reception Class PE day will still be a Friday, but Nursery children will now do a PE session on a Wednesday and a Friday. Nursery children do not need to come in PE clothes on these days, but as always, children should be wearing clothing and shoes that they can safely run around and climb in!
Changing Books
Nursery children will continue to change their story book on a Monday and we will keep the story book trolley outside every morning so both Nursery and Reception children can change these as often as they would like. These are books to enjoy with a grown up, we are not expecting children to be reading these on their own – yet!
Reception children will now be changing their home reading books on a Friday. Reception children will come home with at least 2 reading books – the RWI Sound Blending Book or RWI Ditty book is the levelled book that is linked to the sounds they are learning in their phonics sessions and the other book is one that will help their to practice and apply all of their sounds! Please can we remind you that children should be reading with you every day at home as this will enable them to continue to make the fantastic progress we have seen from so many of the children.
Reception children will continue to take home a new phonics sheet every Monday that is linked to their learning in their phonics sheet. Please can we remind you to ensure that these sheets are completed and discuss at home, reading to hand in every Monday. This will really support the children with the progress they are making in phonics.
We are so impressed with how motivated and engaged the children have been this week – they have come back from half term looking so grown up!
Have a wonderful weekend, enjoy the sunshine!
This Week’s Learning – 7.2.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we enjoyed our new story ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’ – we loved Zog last week and it was great to see what happened to the characters after the story of Zog had ended! We loved our new Doctor role play area too – please see the Gallery for pictures of the doctors!
We talked about what we wanted to be when we grow up – a lot of us wanted to be doctors and nurses! Some of us wrote down what we wanted to be too.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception started to look at numbers above 10 – we used Dienes apparatus to show this, for example, 13 is one 10 and three 1s. We took a 10 row and then 3 ones to show 13. There is a great wiki page about Dienes if you have not come across them before – the children will using Dienes and Place Value counters from Reception up to Year 6! What are Dienes? - Answered - Twinkl Teaching Wiki
Next Term’s Learning – wc 21.2.2022
Our New Topic is ‘What Comes from an Egg?’
For the first week of the Spring 2 term, we will be looking at what animals come from an egg. We will be talking about how animals look after their eggs and what care and attention we give to animals to help them thrive.
We will also be looking at healthy teeth next week. We will look at who we need to brush our teeth and also how we do good tooth brushing.
In Maths next week, Reception are going to start looking at subtraction. To start with we will look at 1 less than numbers up to 20, then we will start linking 1 less as ‘take away 1’ before eventually moving on to taking away more than 1.
Nursery will be looking at subitising up to 3. Subitising is a key skill that Nursery and Reception use and develop – it will be used throughout their school life and beyond! It basically means that we can look at a group of objects and immediately know how many that is without counting. Our first experiences of subitising are probably playing board games with a dice – we no longer have to count how many spots of the side, we just know what number we have rolled.
Class Teacher Awards – 11.2.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
EVERYONE!
We have been blown away with the enthusiasm, effort, resilience and kindness from all of our Sparrows and Wrens – we are now half way through the school year and have had such a wonderful time with the children! Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 14.2.2022
Have a wonderful half term! We look forward to hearing all about your adventures when you return!
This Week’s Learning – 28.1.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we enjoyed our new story ‘Zog’ – it linked wonderfully to Chinese New Year on Tuesday and we made dragon masks, painting dragons and explored noodles in the fine motor tray!
We ordered pictures of the story and some of us wrote about what Zog did in each school year.
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked doubling numbers – we used a ten frame and a part, part, whole model to show what we had learnt. In Nursery, we continued to look at counting how many in a group and remembering that the last number we counted show how many in total in the group.
Next Term’s Learning – wc 7.2.2022
Next week, we will be introducing the book ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’. We will use this book to talk about how Princess Pearl helped all of the people and animals in the story and relate this to our own experiences of doctors, nurses and vets.
In Maths next week, Reception are going to be looking at numbers above ten – understanding that teen numbers are made up from 1 block of 10 and one: so 13 is 1 ten and 3 ones.
Nursery will be looking at shapes and will focus on squares next week.
This is the last week of Spring 1 and half term will start on Monday 14th February
Class Teacher Awards – 4.7.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Tallulah-Rose and Carter from Wrens
Logan and Nigarish from Sparrows
Poppy and Shivam from Nursery
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 7.2.2022
Mufti Day – Friday 11th February
For well being week, we have a whole school mufti day titled ‘express yourself’ – children can come in clothing that expresses their personality!
Spare Clothes
Please can we politely ask, that if we have lent you any spare Reception or Nursery clothing that you return it to us asap.
Please can we ask you to ensure that you provide spare clothing for your children – we try to ensure that they keep as clean as possible and use the resources carefully, but paint, water and even mud will always be a hazard we can’t control and we will have to change children in to clean, warm clothes as needed!
On that note, if you have any leggings, joggers or socks that your child has now grown out of, we would very much appreciate a donation to our spare clothes trolley. Thank you.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a wonderful weekend, the sun is due to make an appearance but so is an arctic blast!
This Week’s Learning – 24.1.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we continued with our story ‘Superworm’ – we can now all join in with the repeated parts and we ask for this story every story time too! It is very popular!
Superworm visited different locations to help other creatures and we talked about the weather and climate at these locations. We then matched clothing to types of weather and did some independent writing about what we would wear!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at adding two groups together using a tens frame. To use a tens frame, we had to remember the correct order to put the counters in. We have to start from the left and at the top, once the top is full then we start at the bottom from the left. We’ve included some tens frame activities on the home learning section – both Reception and Nursery can use a tens frame.
Next Term’s Learning – wc 31.1.2022
Next week, we will be introducing the book ‘Zog’. We will look at dragons to start with as Tuesday 1st February is Chinese New Year – it is the year of the dragon!
In Maths next week, Reception are going to be looking at what it means to double a number. Then linking this to adding 2 groups together that are the same.
Nursery will be looking at finding the total of a group of objects – meaning the last number that we count tells us how many there are altogether.
Class Teacher Awards – 28.1.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Freddie and Maisie from Wrens
Abdur-Rahim and Myla from Nursery
Savannah and Leja from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 31.1.2022
PE
Please can we remind you that children should not be wearing jewellery to school. Small stud earrings (no hoops) can be worn, but MUST to taken out on PE days.
PE days are as follows:
Sparrow Reception – Wednesday with Mrs Lambert
Sparrow & Wren Nursery – Thursday with Mrs Turner
Wren Reception – Friday with Mrs Briggs
Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE on the correct day.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a lovely weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 17.1.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we introduced the story ‘Superworm’ – the children really enjoyed this story and liked all the special things that Superworm did for his friends! We really enjoyed making our own Superworms with pipe cleaners and cheerios, hopefully these all made them home in one piece! In The Nest, we had a tuff tray full of soil and wiggly worms – they were pretend worms but were very realistic!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at adding two groups together using the part part whole method. You can pop over to home learning to have a look at what this is and how you could use it at home. We used the part part whole method to start to write our own number sentences – and we are getting very good at this now!
Our Nursery friends have been looking at special language and describing where something is. We hid the penguin and the children had to describe where it was – they are getting very good at this!
Next Term’s Learning – wc 24.1.2022
Next week, we will continue our story of ‘Superworm’ and take a look at where Superworm has been and where it might like to go. We will look at who he can rescue in different locations and what the weather is like there!
In Maths next week, Reception are going to be using a 10 frame to support their counting. We are going to look at adding 2 groups together using the 10 frame.
Class Teacher Awards – 21.1.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Aryan and Avey from Wrens
Sultan and Darman from Nursery
Frankie and Emma from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 24.1.2022
Reading & Story Books
Please can we ask that you name scarfs and gloves – we know this is tricky! We have a whole box of lost scarfs and gloves that we can’t find owners for, we’ll leave it outside this week to please have a look through!
Please can we remind you that children should not be wearing jewellery to school. Small stud earrings (no hoops) can be worn, but MUST to taken out on PE days.
PE days are as follows:
Sparrow Reception – Wednesday with Mrs Lambert
Sparrow & Wren Nursery – Thursday with Mrs Turner
Wren Reception – Friday with Mrs Briggs
Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE on the correct day.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a lovely weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 10.1.2022
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we continued with the story of ‘Supertato.’ The children in Reception have been writing sentences about what Evil Pea and Supertato did in the stories. We have also started to act out being a superhero in the role play area – we have been writing superhero messages and using gadgets to rescue the veggies in distress!
In Maths this week, the children in Reception looked at adding two groups together. We used the rescued veggies and made number sentences; 3 carrots add 4 onions equals 7 veggies. You can continue this at home too with their toys or food when you go shopping eg: “I need 2 oranges and 5 bananas, how many fruits will that equal altogether?” The key vocabulary is ‘add’ and ‘equal’ this week.
Our Nursery friends have been counting up to 5 rescued veggies and they have also been singing lots of number songs to help. Singing songs is a fantastic way to understand the order of numbers especially if it is a counting up song – so the songs ‘1 elephant went out to play…’ and ‘1 potato, 2 potatoes, 3 potatoes, 4…’ are both super songs to sing!
Next Week’s Learning – wc 17.1.2022
Next week, we will be using the book ‘Superworm’ to base our writing on. Superworm is a very flexible superhero and helps out in many different ways! We will be ordering the story and the Reception children will start to draw story maps to show what happens next.
In Maths next week, Reception are going to look at add by counting on. So for example, if we have 4 bananas and 3 satsumas, we don’t need to count the 4 bananas indivudially and then keep counting one the 3 satsumas. Instead we touch the whole group of banans and say ‘4’ then count on by touching each satsuma, saying ‘5, 6, 7, we have 7 pieces of fruit altogether. So 4 add 3 equals 7.’
In Nursery, we are going to look at language to describe where something is. So we will be hinding toys for the children to describe where they found them, for example ‘ the teddy is in the bin, the book is under the table…. The key vocabulary will be in, out, between, besides, on, under
Class Teacher Awards – 14.1.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Mollie and Joey from Wrens
Harleigh-Rae and Lola from Nursery
Meera and Ethan from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 17.1.2022
Reading & Story Books
Please ensure that Nursery story books are returned every Monday as they will be changed by Miss Driscoll and Miss Wu each week. Reception children can change their books when they would like as the trolley will be outside every day before and after school.
Please ensure that Reception Reading Diaries are in school every day and we will change these books every Monday and read with your child at least twice a week. Please ensure you are recording in the diary when you read with your child every day – the children receive Gold Cards when they read at home.
Please ensure that Reception Phonics Folders are handed in every Monday as we will send home the previous phonics sounds for you to practice at home. Again, the children will receive Gold Cards for completed these.
Starting from Monday 17th January, we will be asking Nursery to go straight into The Nest in the mornings, some of our new friends have been a bit unsettled and we thought this would help all to ensure they have a calm and peaceful morning! They will still come into Sparrows and Wrens Classrooms after the register as usual.
PE days are as follows:
Sparrow Reception – Wednesday with Mrs Lambert
Sparrow & Wren Nursery – Thursday with Mrs Turner
Wren Reception – Friday with Mrs Briggs
Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE on the correct day.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a wonderful weekend, wrap up warm and we will see you all on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 7.1.2022
WELCOME BACK!
Our topic this term is ‘Superheroes’’
This week we introduced the story ‘Supertato.’ We have started to set up a Super Hero Hangout in the classroom and the children have loved dressing up as superheroes! In the Supertato stories, Supertato has to rescue the veggies from the Evil Pea! The children loved rescuing our own veggies!
In Maths this week, the children looked at one more and one less up to 5, 10 and even to 20. We counted peas and veggies in the classroom too!
Next Term’s Learning – wc 10.1.2022
We will be continuing with our fantastic story of Supertato! We will be looking at what Superheroes do and why and looking at the difference between right and wrong.
In Maths, we will be looking at how to record sets of numbers and some of us will also start to look at addition two sets together and recording the total.
Class Teacher Awards – 7.1.2022
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Rosie and Janel Miley from Wrens
Blake and Darcie from Nursery
Lili and Harlem from Sparrows
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 10.1.2022
Labels
Please can we remind you to label all coats, hats, scarfs, gloves (although most gloves are tricky to stick a label to!) and shoes too! We have a lost property box in the cloakroom with odd gloves! With the wet weather, we have been encouraging children to wear wellies outside so they can splash in the puddles and the mud! If your child has wellies, please can you put them in a bag on their bag – ensuring their wellies are named! Please remember to provide spare clothing as it is wet outside and messy inside!
Reading & Story Books
Starting on Monday 10th, we have made some changes to when we send home books. This Monday, we will ensure that every child in Nursery and Reception takes home a story book. There will be a wide range of story books to choose from and the aim of this book is to promote a love of stories! The book is for an adult or older sibling to read to them and talk about what they have enjoyed. We would love it if you could upload a photograph to Tapestry and let us know what you both enjoyed in the story and what kind of book you would like to share next (we can then update our story book collection!)
The story book library will then be popped outside every home time from Tuesday – Friday. You can then choose another book as often as you would like! Just pop your old book back on the trolley and pick a new one with your child!
Every Monday, Nursery will change their books in the classroom – and can then change them with their adults more often if needed. Reception will be encouraged change the books themselves with their adults.
In Reception, the children will also have a reading book to take home that is linked to the level there are working on in their phonics lesson. We will be checking reading diaries every Monday, Wednesday and Friday – looking at how they are getting on at home and noting which areas they may need more support in. We will change their reading books every Monday and aim to read with every child at least twice a week. When reading with your child at home, the children will have the RWI sounds mat and a Sound Blending Book to read for the week. We know that some of our lovelies go through books quickly, so we will also be popping in an addition phonics book that has sentences to read for some of the children. Please feel free to alternative between the sound mat, blending book and sentence book when reading each day – you don’t need to go through all 3 every day!
We popped a memo up on Tapestry with our new PE days – please remember to check your Tapestry account at least weekly. PE days are as follows:
Sparrow Reception – Wednesday with Mrs Lambert
Sparrow & Wren Nursery – Thursday with Mrs Turner
Wren Reception – Friday with Mrs Briggs
Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE on the correct day.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We aim to check our emails before the children arrive and once again after they have left for the day. If you have any urgent messages, please phone the school office and they will ensure that we receive that message during the day!
Have a wonderful weekend, we will see you all on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 13.12.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Nursery Rhymes & Celebrations’
This week we filmed our Nativity show – The FairyTale Nativity – the children were amazing and did so well!
We looked at the story of the Nativity and talked about what Jesus means to Christians. We also finished our clay tree decorations and some of us added extra glitter to really make them sparkle!
Next Term’s Learning – wc 3.1.2022
We will be returning to school on Wednesday 5th January (and our new nursery friends will join the following week). Our new topic will be ‘Superheroes’. In this topic we will be looking at fictional superheroes but we will also be leading in to real life superheroes such as doctors, nurses, vets, fire fighters etc etc. If you know anyone who fits into this superhero role and would be happy to come in and talk to the children about what they do, please let us know!
The first book we will be looking at is ‘Supertato’! This is a favourite book with so many of the staff and we are already planning lots of exciting activities linked to this!
Class Teacher Awards – 17.12.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
The Whole of Sparrows & Wrens for their amazing effort in the Nativity!
Tallulah-Rose & Diyar from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 3.1.2022
Labels
Please can we remind you to label all coats, hats, scarves and gloves (although most gloves are tricky to stick a label to!). We have a lost property box in the cloakroom with odd gloves!
As always, if you have any questions please email us on:
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Staff return to school on Tuesday 4th January and will be able to pick up any emails from then.
We wish everyone a lovely Christmas break and hope you all have a peaceful and relaxing time!
This Week’s Learning – 6.12.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Nursery Rhymes & Celebrations’
We started getting into Christmas this week! The children decorated the classroom last Friday and it looks amazing!
We are looking at the book ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. This has helped us to talk about writing and sending cards.
In Maths this week we have been looking at number 10! We have been using a 10 frame to help us to write number sentences to 10 – which will help us to learn our number bonds to 10.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 13.12.2021
Next week, we will be continuing our story ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. We will start making our own Christmas cards and think carefully about the colour scheme of Christmas!
In Maths next week, we will be looking at all to numbers 10! We will be writing our number bonds to 5 and then to 10. We will also be doing some Christmas themed Maths.
Class Teacher Awards – 10.12.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
David and Emma from Sparrows!
Ema and Karter from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 13.12.2021
NATIVITY
Due to high pupil absence this week, we have delayed filming the Nativity until Monday – we hope! We will then edit it and aim to get it out to you by Thursday via Tapestry. We Tapestry is a closed account so only people with a Tapestry account will be able to view the film. If you would prefer for you child to not be included in this filming, please ensure you have notified the class teacher.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
Every child in Early Years was wearing their Christmas jumper today! They looked amazing! It is Christmas Dinner on Wednesday and we can wear our Christmas jumpers again on this day too!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
This Week’s Learning – 29.11.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Nursery Rhymes & Celebrations’
We continued with or story this week of ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.’
This week we retold the story using our story maps and we were all amazing at this! We used the props in the role play area and book corner to retell the story with our friends too! Reception children wrote captions for pictures linked to the story – we used our sounds to write words (we were amazing!)
In Maths this week, we looked at numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9! We talked about how many each number was and looked at 1 more for each too.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 6.12.2021
Next week, our story will be ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. In this story, the postman brings Christmas cards and letters to the fairytale characters! We are going to be using this text to look at Christmas and writing cards. We will be talking about what other celebrations we may send cards for and how to write a card.
In Maths next week, we will be looking at number 10! We are really excited about this! We will be looking at 1 less and 1 more for numbers up to 10. We will be looking at how to write numbers to 10.
Class Teacher Awards – 3.12.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Lucy & Nikola from Sparrows!
Shenoli & Esmée from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 6.12.2021
NATIVITY
We will be filming our Christmas nativity on Friday 10th December and will aim to get it out to you via Tapestry asap. Tapestry is a closed account so only people with a Tapestry account will be able to view the film. If you would prefer for you child to not be included in this filming, please ensure you have notified the class teacher.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
Friday 10th December is our Christmas Jumper Day! Your child can wear a festive jumper instead of the school jumper for this day! Please see letter emailed home this week for more information
RECEPTION PHONICS FOLDERS
We will now be collecting phonics folders in on a Monday and returning them to you on a Tuesday. We will then be sending home the sounds learnt the previous week.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
We popped a list of names in the children's bags on Friday as lots of you were asking for the names of the children so you could write cards. We've popped it in everyone's bag, but there is not expectation for you to write cards!
If you would like to write cards, we will support the children in popping them in the correct trays in the morning so please ask you child to hand them in to the TA in the morning! (Reception children already hand in their reading diary each morning to the class TA)
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! If you are putting up your Christmas tree this weekend, please share a photograph via Tapestry and we will share with the children on Monday and Tuesday!
This Week’s Learning – 22.11.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Nursery Rhymes & Celebrations’
Our story this week was ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. We linked lots of our activities to the story.
We read the story each day and then by the end of the week, we created a picture story map to help us to retell the story by ourselves! In our role play area, we had 3 different sized bowls of porridge and we also had 3 different sized chairs! The children loved acting this out to each other!
In Maths this week, we have been writing numbers sentences! We looked at a number a day and worked out how many number sentences we could write for each number! We found this very tricky, but we are all making great progress!
Next Week’s Learning – wc 29.11.2021
We are going to continue with our ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears’ story next week too! We will be looking at making porridge next week and will need to write a shopping list of ingredients!
In Maths next week, we will be looking at numbers above 5! We will be looking at ordering these amounts, counting out the number of objects and beginning to write the numbers!
Class Teacher Awards – 26.11.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Maelie & Savannah from Sparrows!
Bobby and Luke from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
Marble Jar Rewards:
The children in Sparrows and also in Wrens had filled up their marble jar this week and as a result, both classes completed cooking activities!
We have a reward jar that we can add marbles to each day – for things such as looking after school properties, being kind and caring etc. The children get to choose the reward they would like – both classes voted for cooking! Wrens have done another vote and this time have chosen to collect marbles for parachute games! Sparrows are still deciding!
Gold Cards:
You will have noticed that some of the children have started to bring home their 1st gold card sheet (gold coin) which has been completed! In each classroom across the whole school, we have a chart of names, every child starts on a green card each morning, then during the day adults can award a gold card (or even 2!) We will stamp their gold card chart. The children have 6 gold card charts take could be completed by the end of the school year! (This is currently for Reception upwards, Nursery children prefer to receive a sticker on their jumpers!)
Messages for Parents – wc 29.11.2021
NATIVITY
All of the children Reception & Nursery will have received their part in the play. Everyone has a part and will be asked to provide a costume. We have tried to make the costumes simple for you to provide (eg a white t-shirt etc) and then at school we will be making animal and angel headbands etc.
However, if you would like to make your own or buy a specific costume, then please feel free to do so! If you have any questions, please just ask us!
The letter for booking tickets will be going out soon. Due to Covid restrictions, we can only accommodate 2 adults per family. However, we will also be recording the show and adding it to Tapestry after the event. If you do not want your child to be included in this recording, please pop us an email or speak to your child’s class teacher.
The dates for the nativities performances are Friday 10th December and Monday 13th December - both starting at 10.15am.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Class Teacher Awards – 19.11.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Lili and Abdur-Rahim from Sparrows!
Avey and Mollie from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
This Week’s Learning – 8.11.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Nursery Rhymes & Celebrations’
Our story this week was ‘The 3 Little Pigs’. We linked lots of our activities to the story.
We read the story each day and then by the end of the week, we created a picture story map to help us to retell the story by ourselves!
In Maths this week, we have been looking at 2 numbers that make 5 and we even started looking at how we could record this eg: 2 + 3 = 5.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 15.11.2021
We are going to continue with our ‘3 Little Pigs’ story next week too! We will be looking at making our own houses this week and talking about properties of materials that we use. Our Reception children will also start to write captions about the story of 3 Little Pigs!
In Maths next week, we will be looking at ordering numbers to 5. We will also be looking at subitising pictures of objects up to 5 – talking about what we can see and how we see it (eg, I see 5 acorns, a group of 2 and a group of 3, that is 5 altogether)
Class Teacher Awards – 12.11.2021
Our Stars of the Week this week are…
Maelie & Savannah from Sparrows!
Ismail & Teddy from Wrens!
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – wc 15.11.2021
Anti-bullying week starts next week! We will be looking at kind words we can use to make everyone feel happy and loved in Sparrows and Wrens! We will also be wearing odd socks on Monday – encouraging us to think about similarities and differences.
Reception & Nursery will be putting on a Nativity show this year – more details to follow – if, for any reason, you would not like your child to take part in the show and the rehearsals, please speak with your child’s class teacher.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
This Week’s Learning – 11.10.21
We had lots of fun again this week and have especially enjoyed being outside while we still have a little nice weather left!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we looked at a book called ‘Fletcher and the Falling Leaves.’ We have talked about the changes to the trees outside and have loved having a special table in each classroom that contains leaves, conkers, pine cones etc. We really enjoyed adding to these tables with some of the items we found on our Autumn Walks!
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been looking at numbers 4 and 5. We looked at ways to show 4 and found 4 objects around the classroom. We looked at number 5 and also began to look at number sentences to show 2 numbers that make 5. Some of us have started to record our own number sentences to 5!
The Reception children really seem to be enjoying their phonics sessions! We looked at t and i this week and talked about all of the words that begin with t and then also words that have an i in the middle – this was harder! Well done to everyone who has been practising writing these letters at home – we topped up the phonics folders on Friday so you should have the next set ready!
Next week’s Learning –
18.10.21
Next week, we are going to continue to look at ‘Fletcher and the Falling Leaves’. We are going to create maps of the walks we went on around the school grounds – adding photographs of our walk to the maps!
In Maths, we are going to continue to look at number 5 and the focus will be on counting up to 5 objects. We will be learning that we need to touch each object and say the number before moving on to the next object – this is called 1:1 correspondence and is a very important skill in counting!
Stars of the Week!
This week we have chosen…
Sparrow Class – tbc
Wren Class – Aryan and Amber
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 15.10.21
On Tuesday this week (19th October) we have Parents Evening. School will close at 1pm and we will host the parents in our classrooms. Please log into Arbor to book an appointment with your child’s class teacher if you haven’t already done so. We look forward to sharing lots of wonderful words about your children!
We have just 1 more week to go until half term. We have 1 week off and then INSET on the Monday, meaning the children return to school on Tuesday 2nd November.
Have a lovely weekend everyone, we will see you next week!
This Week’s Learning – 4.10.21
Lots of fun was had again this week! We are really enjoying our PE sessions – it is something the children look forward to each week! This week we were practicing our kicking skills – we have some budding footballers!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we looked at a book called ‘The Great Big Book of Families.’ We loved having the pictures of our families on the table to write a sentence about. If you haven’t yet posted a family photograph on Tapestry, you still have time and we can print them out next week!
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been looking at numbers 3 and 4! We have been looking at what numbers mean and how we can show numbers – both in written form and in pictures. We’ve also looked at a 100 square to see where we can find the numbers 3 and 4 and what those number were. Some of our Mathematicians can read numbers such as 43, 54 etc so it was fantastic to share a 100 square with them!
We are doing very well in our phonics sessions in Reception too. We looked at s and d this week and talked about all of the things that begin with these sounds. We then listened to Fred sound out words with these sounds in (m – a – d etc) and had to blend the sounds together to make the word. This was tricky at first for us all but with lots of practice we are getting the hang of it! We will add the new sheets to the phonics folders every Thursday and send them home again on a Friday so please ensure they are in the children’s bags!
Next week’s Learning –
11.10.21
Next week, we are going to be using the book ‘Fletcher and the Falling Leaves’. We are going to go on a walk around the school grounds to see what the colours of the leaves are. We will be looking at the different colours for different seasons – please ensure you have a look at the ‘Home Learning’ page as we will be asking you to have a look in your local area too.
In Maths, we are going to continue to look at numbers 3 and 4 but introduce the concept of bigger and smaller. We will also be looking at recording a number sentence (so 3 + 1 = 4) and we will be looking at the pairs of numbers that make 4.
Stars of the Week!
This week we have chosen…
Sparrow Class – Robyn and Frankie
Wren Class – Joey and Eric
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 11.10.21
Please can we remind you to label jumpers / cardigans and also coats.
Can we also kindly request that if your child has not yet learnt to tie their own laces, to provide them with shoes that they can take off and put on themselves.
We know that all of our Sparrow and Wren friends are getting very tired. There are only a couple more weeks before half term so we hope we can all keep on going until then! Hopefully they will all get to rest and recuperate over the weekend! Have a lovely weekend everyone, we will see you next week!
This Week’s Learning – 27.9.21
We have had another wonderful week in Early Years! The children are amazing us every day and every week! Their contributions to carpet sessions and their focus and concentration during independent learning is remarkable – we are so proud of them and we know you are too!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we have now finished looking at the book ‘Our Class is a Family’ - it was a beautiful book and has been key to making those early relationships between children and adults and also between children and their peers.
This week, we used the book to talk about our classroom family and our home family. We looked at similarities and differences between our family and the classroom family!
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been looking at numbers 1 and 2! We have been looking at what numbers mean and how we can show numbers – both in written form and in pictures. We’ve also looked at 1 more and 2 more for bigger numbers - even beginning to look at how we might record a number sentence!
This week we began our first Read Write Inc (RWI) phonics sessions with our Reception friends. Again, we were so incredibly proud of our children and the progress we have already started to see! The Reception children will be bringing home their phonics folders soon – please keep an eye out for the memo on Tapestry about these!
Both our Reception and also our Nursery friends will be continuing Phase 1 phonics – Phase 1 phonics is about distinguishing sounds. We have loved our ‘guess the sound’ games and will continue these and other fun games throughout the year!
Next week’s Learning – 4.10.21
Next week, we are going to be using the book ‘The Great Big Book of Families’. We will use our wonderful drawings of our families (thank you to all who uploaded these to Tapestry!) and we are going to think about sentences to describe our family. Our Nursery friends will start with saying sentences about our family and our Reception friends will begin to look at writing sentences. We have a wonderful range of abilities in our classes and are excited to see how everyone approaches this task!
In Maths, we are going to be looking at numbers 3 and 4! We will be looking at objects that specifically relate to these numbers – a tricycle, a square etc. We will be counting out objects up to 4 and talking about how we count accurately by touching each object as we count them. We will extend some of our learners to find number 3 on a 100 sqaure and ask them what they notice! We will also be extending some of our learners to record number sentences about number 3 and number 4.
Class teacher awards – 24.9.2021
This week we have chosen
Sparrow Class – Logan and Lili
Wren Class – Elianna and Maisie
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 1.10.21
Please can we ask all parents and carers to do a double check of names in jumpers and cardigans. We have had a jumper and a cardigan go missing – both of which have names in. We do have a spare jumper and a couple of cardigans left in the classrooms without names so we will be happy to swap them over if your child has come home with the wrong one!
Please can we ask you to label jumpers / cardigans and also coats – there are some very similar coats and some of the children struggle to tell which is theirs!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and are able to stay safe in the rain!
This Week’s Learning – 20.9.21
Another end of another very busy week! Both Nursery and Reception friends are settling in well and are learning the rules and routines of the classrooms. Lots of writing and painting has taken place this week – clearly we have some very creative children so will be doing our best to facilitate this in our inside and outside learning environments!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Our Class is a Family.’
We used the book to talk about feelings we may experience in the classrooms, how our friends and our teachers will look after us, play with us and work hard with us too. It really is a lovely book and it helped to open up discussion about how we might miss our families when we are at school – and that it is ok to feel a bit sad when we think about missing them. We talked about who could help us to feel better – and the unanimous answer was our friends and family! We have been looking out for our friends and helping them to have a fantastic day, every day!
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been looking at groups of objects and comparing which has more or less. We even progressed on to estimating how many in a group – which was very impressive indeed!
Our nursery rhyme of the week was Wheels on the Bus – lots of us knew this song very well. It linked wonderfully to our work on families as it talked about babies, Mummies, Daddies etc.
We did a longer PE session this week now that we are all more settled. We looked at team work and played with the parachute – there are some lovely photographs on the Blog and on Tapestry!
Next week’s Learning –
27.9.21
Next week, we are going to continue to look at our book ‘Our Class is a Family.’ We will be using the book to look at all of our friends in our classes, ensuring we know all their names and for our Reception friends, we will even be looking at the letter sounds in our names.
In Maths, we are going to be looking closely at the number 1. We will be looking at finding 1 object and starting our counting with number 1. We will use this to extend some of our learners to find 1 more or 1 less than a number – especially numbers such as 19, 29 etc when it is not always clear what comes next! Then to extend some of our budding mathematicians in our Reception classes, we will start to look at how we record numbers and how we can record 1 more than a number.
Class teacher awards – 24.9.2021
Each week we choose two children from each class that have really impressed us. These children will be our Stars of the Week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate following the Star of the Week assembly on Friday.
This week we have chosen
Sparrow Class – Darcie and George
Wren Class – Lola and Eliza
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 27.9.21
Individual photographs:
These will take place on Thursday 7th October. Please make sure your child comes to school looking smart and in full school uniform. Siblings in school will be able to have their photo taken together as well as having their individual photograph taken. (Early Years are the first classes to go in so we don't get mucky before our photo!)
Funky Fish Finger Day:
Also, on Thursday 7th October all the children will be able to join our ‘Funky Fish Finger’ lunch time. The children will be able to enjoy a delicious lunch of fish fingers, chips, beans. This is always a popular lunch that the children really enjoy. [There are vegetarian options too]. Every child who has a school lunch has the chance to win a golden ticket and receive a PRIZE! If your child has not yet tried a hot school lunch this is their opportunity to try!
PE reminder:
Sparrow Class (Nursery and Reception) have PE on a Wednesday. Wren Class (Nursery and Reception) have PE on a Friday.
Please ensure your child comes to school on PE days wearing suitable clothes and shoes. A white t-shirt with leggings / joggers / shorts and trainers are preferred. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
We hope you have a good weekend and get to enjoy the sunshine!
Just a quick reminder, next week is Bike To School Week – see the poster below and there are 2 documents for you to download:
This Week’s Learning – 13.9.21
Our Nursery friends joined us this week and our Reception friends stayed for lunch and the whole day! It has been a very busy week for all of our Early Years friends but everyone has really impressed us with their attitudes to learning and kindness to everyone!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we continued to link our learning to the book ‘I am too absolutely small for school’.
We used the book to look at our classroom rules: Be Kind, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Honest and Be Polite. We talked about how Charlie and Lola demonstrated these rules and also how we can in class. We had lots of fantastic discussions about what each rule looks like.
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been singing the song ‘1 elephant went out to play’ – we also used BSL to support our singing! Then our Reception friends also looked at 1 more for numbers up to 5 – they were fantastic at this and even used this language when playing in the classrooms and outside!
This week, we have noticed that the Writing Area inside was very popular – so we added more cards and stickers to support their interests. Next week, we are now going to set up another Mark Making area next to the Construction Area – we love learning about what our Sparrow and Wren friends enjoy the most and then adapting their classrooms to include these likes!
The water trays outside were very popular, even in the rain! So this week we added sponges and bubbles and we had a wonderful car wash session! Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this activity and the week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
20.9.21
Next week, we are going to be looking at a lovely book called ‘My Class is a Family.’ It’s a wonderful story about how our teachers and friends are like a family to us – we are going to use this book to help learn the names of all of our Early Years family and to build relationships between adults and peers.
In Maths, we are going to look at counting groups of objects up to 5. To extend some of our learners, we are going to be looking at which group has more and how they know that. In the Maths Area, we are going to have opportunities for grouping objects, and to extend some of our learners we are going to have opportunities to write numbers.
Our Nursery Rhyme of the week is ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ – this is usually a very popular song so I am sure they will come home singing it to you!
Class teacher awards – 17.9.2021
Each week we choose two children from each class that have really impressed us. These children will be our Stars of the Week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate following the Star of the Week assembly on Friday.
This week we have chosen
Sparrow Class – Talia and Charlie
Wren Class – Molly and Mia
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 20.9.21
PE reminder & changes:
Sparrow Class (Nursery and Reception) have PE on a Wednesday. Wren Class (Nursery and Reception) have PE on a Friday. Apologies for the change to Wren, it will be every Friday from this week onwards.
Please ensure your child comes to school on PE days wearing suitable clothes and shoes. A white t-shirt with leggings / joggers / shorts and trainers are preferred. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. Once again, the weather is varied next week, so please ensure you also have a coat and wellies for your child so they can continue to play outside whatever the weather!
A home learning task has been set this week on the ‘Home Learning’ page on our blog and also on Tapestry.
As part of our safer travel to school initiative Wednesday 22nd September is a car free day, the aim of this is to improve the air quality around the school and make it safer for children. We would like for you to avoid driving down Fellowes Road and to park away from the school and walk in with your children. Please see the letter that was sent via email for more information.
Remember that you can contact us on the class email addresses with any questions or queries.
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow us on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsrushy
We hope you have a good weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone together on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 6.9.21
Throughout the week, we welcomed our new Reception children and introduced them to their new teachers, classroom and routines! All of the children have settled well and we are very proud of them and their learning attitudes.
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me.’ This week we linked our learning to the book I am too absolutely small for school’.
We used the book to look at Lola’s worries about starting school and talked about some of the worries we may have. We also used the book to introduce areas and activities around the classroom – such as counting in the Maths area and writing secret messages in the writing area!
In our Maths carpet sessions, we have been singing the song ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive’ – which we were thrilled to see so many of the children knew this song well! In our Maths area outside we have numbered fish that the children have had fun playing with.
The children have also been busy exploring and playing in the outside areas – the water tray and the home corners have been very popular!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
13.9.21
We are going to continue the book ‘I am too absolutely small for school’ and begin to look at the classroom rules and what they might look like for us. We also welcome our Nursery children on Monday and will be talking about how we can be kind and caring to all of our new friends.
In Maths, we are going to continue our counting songs and focus on ‘1 elephant went out to play’ – we have lots of toy elephants for the children to count and explore!
Class teacher awards – 10.9.21
Each week we choose two children from each class that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate following the Star of the Week assembly on Friday.
This week we have chosen
Sparrow Class – David and Leja
Wren Class – Freddie and Janel Miley
Well done to you all!
Messages for Parents – 13.9.21
Just a reminder that we have PE every Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing suitable clothes and shoes. A plain white t-shirt with leggings / joggers / shorts and trainers are preferred. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. The weather is varied next week, so please ensure you also have a coat and wellies for your child so they can continue to play outside whatever the weather!
A home learning task has been set this week on the ‘Home Learning’ page on our blog and also on Tapestry.
Remember that you can contact us on the class email addresses with any questions or queries.
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow us on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsrushy
We hope you have a good weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone together on Monday!
Next Week's Learning - wc 6.9.21
We will be welcoming our Reception children to school next week! The school gates open at 8.35am and there will be a member of the Early Years Team waiting at the EYs gate for you! (Gates close at 8.45am and after that time you will need to go to the office to sign in late.)
Our topic for the Autumn 1 term is 'All About Me' - we are looking forward to getting to know you all during the half term! Next week we will be looking at the book 'I am too absolutely small for school' by Lauren Childs. In this book Lola is getting ready to start school and her older brother Charlie is telling her all about it! Using the book we will listening to our friends and teachers, playing kindly with friends and also how to tidy away our toys! We will post photographs of your child's learning on Tapestry and we will also post photographs of group learning and the classroom on the Gallery page. We also share photographs of our learning environment on our Early Years Instagram page - feel free to follow us there!
If you have any questions, please contact us via our class emails below or send us a message through the school office!
wrenclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
sparrowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a wonderful weekend, we look forward to seeing you all soon!
Welcome to Early Years - 1.09.2021
Welcome Wrens and Sparrows!
We hope you had a lovely summer and enjoyed the lovely warm weather!
We are really excited to welcome our new Early Years friends and to welcome back our old friends!
Your drop off time is between 8.35am and 8:45am, come through the Rushy Meadow Lane gate, in the Early Years gate and then to the cloakroom door. Early Years staff will be waiting at the door ready for you to drop your child off.
For Nursery children, the end of the session is at 11.35am - collect from the cloakroom door where you dropped off. Nursery Children start week beginning 13th September.
For Reception children, you have a variety of different finish times and start dates - please see your individual starter packs for details. Head for the cloakroom door and you will then be able to see clearly where you can collect the children from - Wrens will be from the cloakroom door and Sparrows from the outside area gate.
Your child will need to bring a bag/book bag with a named water bottle. Early Years children will have access to free fruit, however you are always welcome to provide your own if you would prefer. (Please ensure that grapes are halved lengthways.)
We would like to remind you to check you can access your Tapestry account, we will be taking photographs of how your child has settled and share them with you on Tapestry – we know you will love to see this!
Our topic for this term is ‘All About Me’ – please check the blog each week for further information.
We will start with the story ‘I am too Absolutely Small for School’ next week.
PE will start on Wednesday 15th September, please ensure you come to school wearing a full PE kit - white top, black/grey shorts/joggers/leggings and trainers. Earrings must be removed for PE days.
We look forward to seeing you all soon!
From the Early Years Teams
This Week’s Learning – 12.7.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘That’s not my Pirate’
The children really enjoyed the story and there was a great deal of discussion about the different textures!
In maths, we were talking about positional language. We used the happy land people, cubes and a variety of bricks!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next weeks Learning –
wb: 19/7/2021
The theme that we will be linking our learning to next week is Seaside!
We will thinking about floating and sinking, making and floating boats, playdough ice creams and painting with sand!
In Maths, we will be thinking about capacity!
Class teacher awards – 16.7.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will be sent home with a special certificate.
This week we have chosen
Elianna and Nigarish
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 12.7.2021
Please make sure the children dress appropriately when they come to nursery. If it is raining or forecasted to rain, then they need to bring a coat as we go outside in all weathers! If it is warm, then a hat and suntan cream applied before they come in. The weather has been very changeable lately!
As this week is our last week in nursery for some of our class, we will be creating a special picture for you! Keep an eye out on Tapestry towards the end of the week!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 28.6.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Commotion in the Ocean’
The children really enjoyed the story and there was a great deal of discussion about the different sea creatures!
In maths, we were developing our understand9ng of adding 2 groups together! We saw some amazing work.
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next weeks Learning –
wb: 5/7/2021
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Pirates love underpants’.
In maths we will be exploring 2D and 3D shapes and using their mathematical names.
Class teacher awards – 2.7.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will be sent home with a special certificate.
This week we have chosen
Joey and Roen
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 28.6.2021
Just a reminder that it is our sports day on Wednesday morning. Please make sure the children come to Nursery in their PE clothes and suitable shoes.
Also please make sure the children dress appropriately when they come to nursery. If it is raining or forecasted to rain, then they need to bring a coat as we go outside in all weathers! If it is warm, then a hat and suntan cream applied before they come in. The weather has been very changeable lately!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 14.6.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘The Fish who could Wish’.
The children really enjoyed the story and there was a great deal of discussion about what we would wish for! We have been really trying hard to mark make or write letters from our names and being creative with paint and playdough!
In maths, we have been comparing groups of objects and then combining them to find a total! We have seen some fantastic number work this week!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next weeks Learning –
wb: 21/6/2021
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Tiddler’. We will be continuing with our under the water theme and learning more about the creatures that live there! We will be retelling the story using the characters and mark making in speech bubbles and making little books!
In maths we will be continuing to compare groups of objects and then combining them to find a total!
Class teacher awards – 18.6.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will be sent home with a special certificate.
This week we have chosen
Lucy and Hanaya
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 14.6.2021
Just a reminder to make sure the children need to dress appropriately when they come to nursery. If it is raining or forecasted to rain, then they need to bring a coat as we go outside in all weathers! If it is warm, then a hat and suntan cream applied before they come in. Fingers crossed we will see some more sun soon!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 7.6.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘The Rainbow Fish’.
The children really enjoyed the story and there was a great deal of discussion about sharing and being kind to our friends. We had great fun writing on fish shapes, making rainbow fish in the creative and malleable area and fishing in the water tray!
In maths, we have been estimating groups of objects and then counting them to check how many there were!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next weeks Learning –
wb: 14/6/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘The Fish who could wish’.
We will be continuing with our under the sea exploration in all areas and having a go at writing our wishes! We look forward to hearing what they might be!
In Maths we will be comparing 2 sets of objects using the language more or fewer and then combining the groups together to make a total.
Class teacher awards – 11.6.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will be sent home with a special certificate.
This week we have chosen
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 7.6.2021
Just a reminder to make sure the children are wearing a hat and suntan cream during this hot weather. Also, please can you ensure they have a filled water bottle.
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 17.5.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ This week we linked our learning to the book Giraffes can’t Dance’.
The children really enjoyed the story and we listened to and danced to the different music that were mentioned in the story! The children were introduced to the phoneme C this week and they were fantastic at saying a word that began with that letter!
In maths, we have been using language related to time and ordering familiar events!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 24/5/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘The Very Noisy Bear’.
We will be investigating the different sounds that instruments make and making our own instruments, continuing to look at different animals, many mark making activities and retelling the story.
. In maths, we are continuing to look at sequencing familiar events and using language relating to time!
Class teacher awards – 21.5.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate, or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Freddie and Ellie
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 17.5.2021
Just a reminder that our class photo is on Friday 28th May. This means that we won’t be having our normal P.E slot on that day.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. In that note, if anyone has any spare joggers we would be very grateful!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a fantastic weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 10.5.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ This week we linked our learning to the book Handa’s Hen’.
The children enjoyed the story and we looked at similarities from last week's book. They also enjoyed being creative with feathers and exploring the different animals in the book. The children loved squeezing oranges to make fresh juice, and this linked with our phoneme of the week which was O! The investigation table proved to be very popular this week and there was a lot of learning, investigating and discussion about magnets and magnetism!
In maths, we were counting objects that couldn’t be moved. We looked at different ways we could do this and had great fun counting.
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 17/5/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Giraffe’s can’t dance’.
We will be learning all about giraffes and using them in all our areas including small world, on the malleable table and as a provocation for mark making. We will also be investigating different animal skin patterns and matching them to the correct animal. In maths, we are looking at sequencing familiar events and using language relating to time!
Class teacher awards – 14.5.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate, or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Hanaya and Gloria
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 10.5.2021
Congratulations to the following children who won the WOW poster competition, it was judged by Mrs Schalkwyk.
In EYFS we have Gessica for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the rainbow and the people with big smiley faces.
In KS1 we have Wen for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the traffic lights and the road.
In Lower KS2 we have Sofia for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the zebra crossing and the people using different ways to walk to school.
In Upper KS2 we have Lacey-Rae for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the different ways to walk to school and the way you used bright colours and glitter to draw the observers eye to the poster.
The following children were runners up in the WOW poster competition.
In EYFS we have Rya for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the people walking to school and explained how it is good for you.
In KS1 we have Billy for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew the people walking and cycling to school.
In Lower KS2 we have Nicole for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you drew and explained the different ways you can travel to school.
In Upper KS2 we have Megan for creating a fabulous Walk to School Week poster. I loved your design particularly how you used colour and speech bubbles to explain how walking to school can help you.
Look for the fabulous posters on the school gates, twitter and the school website.
Just a reminder that we have PE every Friday. Please ensure your child is wearing suitable clothes and especially suitable shoes. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. In that note, if anyone has any spare joggers we would be very grateful!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a fantastic weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 3.5.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ This week we linked our learning to the book Handa’s Surprise’.
The children enjoyed looking at different fruits and animals from the book. They really enjoyed using fruits in the water tray and exploring fruits in ice! There was also lots of work involving the torches and shadows! In maths, we counted objects and looked at the number that represented it.
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 10/5/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Handa’s Hen’. We will be looking at all the different animals Handa met when looking for the hen and looking at similarities from last week's book. We will also be squeezing oranges for our sound of the week o and investigating what materials are magnetic! In Maths we will be counting groups of objects to 10 and beyond!
Class teacher awards – 7.5.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate, or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Bobby and Molly
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 7.5.2021
Just a reminder that we have PE every Friday. Please ensure your child is wearing suitable clothes and especially suitable shoes. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. In that note, if anyone has any spare joggers we would be very grateful!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a fantastic weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
This Week’s Learning – 26.4.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Lion Hunt’.
The children were very quick to notice the similarities to the book ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ and enjoyed looking for a lion in the outside area! They have really enjoyed creating lions with paint and other materials and there has also been a lot of mark making taking place this week!
In maths we have been looking at recognising numbers in all areas of the Nursery as well as playing many games involving numbers.
The children have also been busy observing and caring for the plants in the garden and have been sharing their ideas and knowledge about growing with us!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 3/5/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We will be looking at different fruits and animals from the book. We will be introducing ‘g’ and continuing with our mark making. In maths, we will be looking at counting objects that we cannot move!.
Class teacher awards – 30.4.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate, or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Myla and Robyn
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 26.4.2021
Just a reminder that we have PE every Friday. Please ensure your child is wearing suitable clothes and especially suitable shoes. Long hair should be tied up and earrings should be removed.
Please can we ask that all children have a spare change of clothes in their bag every day. In that note, if anyone has any spare joggers we would be very grateful!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are @eyfsladybirds
We hope you have a good bank holiday weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
This Week’s Learning – 19.4.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Animal Boogie’.
We have been learning all about different jungle animals and where they live. The children have been mark making, creating jungle scenes, and looking for animals in green spaghetti!
In maths we have been looking at our special numbers! We talked about how old they were, numbers on our front doors and how old their brothers and sisters were.
The children have really enjoyed exploring in the newly designed outside area and the nursery team have seen some fantastic learning taking place!
Please pop over to ‘gallery’ to see some of the photographs from this week’s learning.
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 26/4/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is linked to ‘We’re going on a Lion Hunt’. We will be comparing the book to another book we read last half term! We will also be looking at different textures, exploring the savannah habitat and mark making about lions! In maths, we will be looking at recognising numbers to 5 and beyond.
Class teacher awards – 23.4.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week, and will either be sent home with a special certificate, or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Talia and Teddy
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 19.4.2021
Below is a message from Mrs Green
I am delighted to inform you that over the Easter holidays we have installed 20 bicycle storage hoops up on the top of the grass area by the existing covered bicycle Storage just through the KS2 gate. This was possible due to receiving £500 pounds funding from TFL to promote cycling to school.
If your child wishes to cycle to school, then they may park their bicycle in this area only, no bicycles are to be taken down to classrooms. Please ensure your child wears a cycle helmet and has a lock to secure their bike whilst on school premises, as the school accepts no liability for loss or damage to personal property brought onto school property.
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Please feel free to follow is on Instagram too. We share pictures of the environment and the activities – we are https://@eyfsladybirds
Have a great weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 22.3.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘What’s Growing?’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘The Teeny Weeny Tadpole.’
We have been learning about the life cycle of a frog, where frogs live and had a good visit the pond area to see the frogspawn and tadpoles! We have also been observing our caterpillars and talking about the changes in them.
In maths we have been counting cubes, objects, numicon, bears and lots of other things up to 10 and beyond!
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 29/3/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is linked to Chicken Licken. We will be retelling the story, learning the sound i and using lots of eggs in our environment!
Class teacher awards – 26.3.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Lucy and Molly
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 22.3.2021
Just a reminder that parents evening calls are on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th of March. Please remember to sign up for a ten minute appointment. We are looking forward to sharing what your children have been getting up to in Nursery!
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a fantastic weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 15.3.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘What’s Growing?’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We have been especially interested in our live caterpillars and watching them grow! We have also been thinking about all the different foods the caterpillar ate, making caterpillars from playdough and duplo and looking at the life cycle of a caterpillar! We also looked at fruit printing and the artist Wassily Kandisky and had a go at recreating a piece of her artwork! We have a few budding artists!
In Maths we have been counting objects 1:1 and looking at the matching numerals.
We also continued our phonic lessons by learning the sound d, blending words orally and of course our Funky finger Friday!
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 22/3/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is The Teeny Weeny Tadpole. We will be thinking about the life cycle of a frog, where frogs live and visiting the pond area to see the tadpoles.
In Literacy, we will be starting to think about the meanings of key words, writing our names and introducing the sound t in phonics.
In maths we will be counting objects up to 10 and beyond!
Class teacher awards – 19.3.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Logan and Janel Miley
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 15.3.2021
Firstly, just a reminder that parents evening calls are on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th of March. Please remember to sign up for your ten minute appointment. We are looking forward to sharing what your children have been getting up to in Nursery!
https://rushy-meadow.uk.arbor.sc/
Secondly, P.E is on Fridays and children need to come in wearing trainers with jogging bottoms or leggings so it is safe for them to use the equipment. Also, please ensure that your child only wears stud earrings to school and these are removed on P.E days.
Remember that you can contact us on the class email with any questions or queries.
ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Finally, we hope you have a great weekend and hopefully we can enjoy a little bit of dry weather!
This Week’s Learning – 1.3.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘What’s Growing?’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk.’ The children in nursery and at home have had great fun watching our seeds grow, building towers to represent beanstalks and retelling the story.
In Maths, we have been continuing to look at money and the language associated with it! The children have enjoyed counting pennies, paying for items in the shop and counting coins in pots.
We also continued our phonic lessons by learning the sound a and introduced another activity for our Funky finger Friday!
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 8/3/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is The Little Red Hen. We will be looking at different types of bread, tasting bread, building with a variety of resources and continuing with growing plants and vegetables!
In maths, we will be comparing the height of 2 or 3 objects and using the language associated with it!
In Literacy, we will be starting to read key words and introducing the sound s in phonics.
Class teacher awards – 5.3.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Carter and Nigarish
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 1.3.2021
We can’t wait to see all the children back in Nursery on Monday! We hope you all have a great weekend and lots of rest before a busy week.
This Week’s Learning – 22.2.2021
Our topic this half term is ‘What’s Growing?’ This week we linked our learning to the book ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ The children in nursery and at home have had great fun looking at our favourite vegetables! In class, the children showed lots of skills whilst chopping fruits and vegetables. The children really enjoyed it and learnt about using tools safely. We are hoping that they can share their skills with you at home!! We have also been drawing vegetables and retelling the story in the small world.
In Maths, we have been looking at money and the language associated with it! The children have enjoyed matching the coins, making coin rubbings, using the magnets in the sand to pick up coins and beginning to look at objects with prices on.
We also continued our phonic lessons by learning the sound m and have started our Funky finger Friday!
Next week’s Learning –
wb: 1/3/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is Jasper’s Beanstalk. We will be looking carefully at plants, planting seeds and hopefully our potatoes, retelling the story and looking at how our beans are growing!
In Maths we will be continuing with money! We will be looking at coins and their values, thinking about what we use money for and looking at paying for items in a shop! We will also be introducing the sound a in phonics and a new activity for Funky Fingers Friday!
Class teacher awards – 26.2.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Mia and Ellie
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 22.2.2021
We wanted to say a big thank you for all your continued support with remote learning, weekend challenges or supporting your child if they are attending Nursery. We know that this continues to be a difficult and unusual time for everyone.
Just a reminder that we are continuing to ask that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. This is being monitored by the senior Leadership team so that the school is aware of attendance.
It is World Book Day on Thursday 4th March and although we won't all be in school to celebrate it, there will be some activities sent to you. The children will receive their world book day voucher when they return to school! Happy reading!
This Week’s Learning – 8.2.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book Jack and the Beanstalk. This week all the children in Nursery and at home have been working so hard! There have been some fantastic beanstalks built, retelling of the story, using our bodies to make sounds and separating small groups of objects and counting the total!
It was also fantastic to see the snow even though it was very cold! I know that the children in Nursery and at home enjoyed investigating water and ice and playing in the snow!
Next half term’s Learning –
wb: 22/2/2020
Next half term our topic is called What’s Growing? The nursery team are really looking forward to this topic and we will be developing our garden area so that we can grow plants and vegetables. The first book that we will be linking our learning to is Oliver’s Vegetables. We will be thinking about our favourite vegetables, helping to prepare and chop a fruit or vegetable and planting seeds. In Maths we are going to be introducing money! We will be looking at coins and their values, thinking about what we use money for and looking at paying for items in a shop! We will also be introducing the sound m in phonics and Funky Fingers Friday!
Class teacher awards – 12.2.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Teddy and George
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 8.2.2021
We wanted to say a big thank you for all your support with remote learning, weekend challenges or supporting your child if they are attending Nursery. We know that this continues to be a difficult and unusual time for everyone.
Just a reminder that when we return after half term, we are continuing to ask that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. This is being monitored by the senior Leadership team so that the school is aware of attendance.
Finally, Miss Hazelgrove is going on maternity leave from today. We are sure that you will want to join us in sending our best wishes and we will let you know when any news is announced!
We hope you have a great half term, and we look forward to seeing you back either in Nursery or remotely on 22nd February.
This Week’s Learning – 1.2.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book The 3 Little Pigs. This week all the children in Nursery and at home have been working so hard! There have been fantastic cutting skills, lots of rhyming word activities and balancing on one foot in P.E.
We have also been impressed with everyone’s continued shape work this week. Ladybirds have been making shape pictures, thinking about shape patterns and sorting everyday shapes! Great work everyone.
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 8/2/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is Jack and the Beanstalk. We will be retelling the story and thinking about the characters and events, building beanstalks out of various materials and looking out at our natural environment. We will also be continuing to practice putting on our coats, jumpers and other clothing with very little help! In Maths we are going to be separating a group of objects in different ways and then counting them to see how many we have altogether.
Class teacher awards – 5.2.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Elianna and Tiarna-Rose
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 1.2.2021
Just a reminder that we are asking that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. This is being monitored by the senior Leadership team so that the school is aware of attendance. We have highlighted on the timetable and remote learning planning in green what we would like you to upload to Tapestry each day – but we love seeing all your photographs and videos, so 1 a day is just the minimum!
Please remember that we are live on Tapestry between 1-2pm every day and checking the emails regularly to support with any concerns and help that is required.
Sutton Libraries are running a Chinese New Year Zoolab event on 11th February. This year is the year of the Ox! Families can register for this by clicking the link below. Would be great to get any feedback about the event.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chinese-new-year-with-zoolab-tickets-138273982203?aff=
We wanted to extend our thanks to all parents for your support whether your children are in Nursery or Remote Learning.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend! The baking challenge was very successful last weekend and there were some delicious dishes made! Well done! Remember to look out for this weekend's challenge!
This Week’s Learning – 25.1.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. This week all the children in Nursery and at home have been working so hard! There have been some fantastic bridges built for the goats, lots of nursery rhyme singing and thinking about how we care for animals and pets!
We have also been impressed with everyone’s shape work this week. This has involved a shape hunt, shape pictures and building with shapes! Amazing work Ladybirds!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 1/2/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is The 3 Little Pigs. We will be retelling the story and building houses for the pigs with various materials. We will also be writing in mud and thinking about rhyming words! In Maths we are going to be continuing looking at shapes!
Class teacher awards – 29.1.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Maelie and Roen
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 25.1.2021
Just a reminder that we are asking that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. This is being monitored by the senior Leadership team so that the school is aware of attendance. We have highlighted on the timetable and remote learning planning in green what we would like you to upload to Tapestry each day – but we love seeing all your photographs and videos, so 1 a day is just the minimum!
Please remember that we are live on Tapestry between 1-2pm every day and checking the emails regularly to support with any concerns and help that is required.
Sutton Libraries have a Facebook page where they are sharing stories and rhyme time sessions. They also give up to date information about how you can order and collect books for your child or for yourself! This is a great resource for all particularly during this current lockdown. Please find a link below which we hope you will find very useful!
https://www.facebook.com/suttonlibrarieslondon/
We wanted to extend our thanks to all parents for your support whether your children are in Nursery or Remote Learning.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend! Remember to look out for our weekend challenge!
This Week’s Learning – 18.1.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This week has been very different as Nursery has been closed but you have all been working so hard at home on the activities and pre – recorded lessons! There has been a great deal of good pencil and cutting skills, writing mummy bears shopping list and setting goals for ourselves.
We have also been impressed with everyone’s number work this week. There has been fantastic counting of everything in your houses! We know that the counting to 10 and making your voices get louder and louder was enjoyed by lots of you! Brilliant work all round Ladybirds!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 25/1/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We will be retelling the story and building bridges for the goats with various materials. In maths we are going to be looking at shapes, building with shapes and going on a shape hunt! We will also be thinking about how we look after our pets and other living things and thinking about using kind words.
Class teacher awards – 22.1.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Frankie and Janel Miley
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 18.1.2021
Thank you for your continued support during these unusual times. We have loved seeing all the photographs and videos of the children working at home so please continue to post them on Tapestry.
Just a reminder that we are asking that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. In nursery, we have highlighted on the timetable and remote learning planning in green what we would like you to upload to Tapestry each day – but we love seeing all your
Photographs and videos so 1 a day is just the minimum!
Please remember that we are live on Tapestry between 1-2pm every day and checking the emails regularly to support with any concerns and help that is required.
Sutton Libraries have a Facebook page where they are sharing stories and rhyme time sessions. They also give up to date information about how you can order and collect books for your child or for yourself! This is a great resource for all particularly during this current lockdown. Please find a link below which we hope you will find very useful!
https://www.facebook.com/suttonlibrarieslondon/
We hope you have a fantastic weekend! Remember to look out for our weekend challenge!
This Week’s Learning – 14.1.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book The Little Red Riding Hood. We know that not all children are in school, but we have loved seeing all the activities that they have been involved in!
The children in school and at home have been working hard on their fine motor skills. It has been fantastic to see the effort our Ladybird friends have been making to write their name, make marks and writing numbers! Keep up the amazing work!
We have also been impressed with everyone’s number work this week. In class the children have been writing numbers in sand and on whiteboards and counting fruit into a basket for Little Red Riding Hood! At home the children have been going on number hunts and writing the numbers down! Brilliant work all round Ladybirds!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 18/1/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We will be continuing with developing our fine motor skills, counting many different types of objects and using oats like the Three Bears! Our pre-recorded lessons this week include matching sounds to pictures, counting, music, P.E and of course the daily stories.
Class teacher awards – 15.1.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Tallulah-Rose and Robyn
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 15.1.2021
Thank you for your continued support during these unusual times. We have loved seeing all the photographs and videos of the children working at home so please continue to post them on Tapestry.
Mrs Schalkwyk emailed a letter to you all this week about attendance for remote learning. She asked that every pupil hand in one piece of work each day so that we have a record of attendance for pupils learning at home. In nursery, we have highlighted on the timetable and remote learning planning what we would like you to upload to Tapestry each day – but we love seeing all your
Photographs and videos so 1 a day is just the minimum!
Please remember that we are live on Tapestry between 9-10 am and 1-2pm every day and checking the emails regularly to support with any concerns and help that is required.
The link below is for a lockdown course aimed for children aged 5 and above so sadly not for Ladybird Class but might be of use to any families with older children.
https://mailchi.mp/4467617fc439/lockdown-support-course
We hope you have a fantastic weekend! Remember to look out for our weekend challenge!
This Week’s Learning – 7.1.2021
Our topic this term is ‘Fairytales’
This week we linked our play to the book The Gingerbread Man! We know that not all children are in school, but we have loved seeing all the activities that they have been involved in!
The children in school and at home have been working hard on their colouring in skills – this is an important skill that develops fine motor control and concentration, so it has been fantastic to see the effort our Ladybird friends have been making!
We have also been impressed with everyone’s counting skills this week. In class the children have been counting out cubes, bears and pom poms while at home you have been counting out your toys! Brilliant work all round Ladybirds!
However, I think the highlight of the week was when The Gingerbread Man visited our Nursery! He looked like he had a great time!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 11/1/2020
The book that we will be linking our learning to next week is ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We will be retelling the story, drawing flowers for Grandma, making marks to represent numbers, counting cakes into a basket and practicing using scissors to cut lines on paper! Look out for our pre-recorded lessons this week which include Write Dance and counting the beats on a drum and of course the daily stories.
Class teacher awards – 8.1.2021
Each week we choose two children that have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will either be sent home with a special certificate or we will email it to you.
This week we have chosen
Bobby and Molly
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 8.1.2021
Firstly, the Nursery team would like to say a huge thank you for all the cards, gifts and Christmas messages that we received. We hope you all managed to have a good holiday in these difficult times.
Secondly, we understand that this is quite different for all the children whether they are back at Nursery or working at home on the Remote Learning. It is certainly different for the team too and we are just about getting used to having to record ourselves!! We have loved seeing all the photographs and videos of the children working at home so please continue to post them on Tapestry or send to ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com and we will post them to Tapestry for you.
Finally, remember that we are live on Tapestry between 9-10 am and 1-2pm every day and we are checking the emails regularly to support with any concerns and help that is required.
We hope you have a great weekend, and the weather will allow for us all to get outside at some point!
This Week’s Learning – 14.12.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the books ‘Socks for Santa’ by Adam Guillian. The children enjoyed being creative in the playdough and creative area and Santa’s workshop has been in full swing! There has been a flurry of present wrapping and card writing! We have also been sorting and washing Santa’s socks!
Our Learning –
wb: 4/1/2020
Our topic next term is ‘Fairytales’ The first book that we will be linking our learning to is ‘The Gingerbread Man’. We will be using gingerbread playdough, building bridges for the Gingerbread man, going on a gingerbread man number hunt and retelling the story in the small world!
Messages for Parents – wb: 14.12.2020
Please find below the link to the EYFS Christmas performance. We know that this year has been a little different but hope you enjoy it! You can also watch this on our ‘Gallery’ page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wseGVOINU
As a bonus treat, the staff recorded a Christmas song! Sadly, the nursery team couldn't be there, but I am sure you will recognise some familiar faces!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoIprTba0Ys
We can’t believe that we are already at the end of Autumn term. We hope the children have had as much fun as we have. We have certainly seen the children developing individually in many ways and want to thank you all for your continued support. Also, a big thank you for all the cards and gifts we have received. We hope you have a lovely Christmas holidays – not sure restful and peaceful would be the right words!!! We look forward to seeing you all in the 2021!
This Week’s Learning – 7.12.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the books ‘One Snowy Night’ by Nick Butterworth and ‘One Snowy Night’ by M. Christina Butler. The children really loved these books and they enjoyed naming the woodland animals! There were lots of snowy activities which included snow slime, snow and artic animals in the water tray and making marks to represent numbers in snow!
In the message centre, the children have been excited to get messages from Percy the park keeper and the animals! They have been lots of children replying to their messages too!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 14/12/2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘Socks for Santa’ by Adam Guillian. We will be using our problem-solving skills to sort Santa's socks and his presents, using the playdough and loose parts to decorate Christmas trees, investigating wind-up toys and writing messages to Santa!
Class Teacher Awards – 11.12.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Freddie and Joey
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 7.12.2020
On Thursday, the class will be having a Christmas party. The children can come dressed in their party clothes. This year we will not be asking for any food donations.
Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for photographs of the environment and the activities the children will be exploring! https://instagram.com/eyfsladybirds
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We hope you have a fantastic weekend – Please continue to share your photos of your Christmas trees or decorations.
This Week’s Learning – 30.11.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the books ‘The Gruffalo and ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ by Julia Donaldson. The children really loved these books and they enjoyed joining in with the repeated phrases. They had a great time experimenting with Gruffalo crumble, (oats!), and scrambled snake! We also continued to explore woodland animals in the playdough and small world area!
In the maths area, the children have loved looking at shapes and finding different shapes in the environment! We have been printing with shapes and using them in the construction area!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 7/12/2020
Next week, we will be looking at two different stories with the same title! The books are called ‘One Snowy Night’ by Nick Butterworth and ‘One Snowy Night’ by M. Christina Butler. We will be creating and painting snowflakes, representing numbers in snow and reading and writing messages from the animals! There will be lots of fake snow and if we are lucky we may see the real thing!
Class Teacher Awards – 4.12.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Lucy and Frankie
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 30.11.2020
If your child wants to send Christmas cards to children in the Nursery, then they need to be clearly labelled and posted in our class post box by next Friday at the latest. Due to Covid –19, the cards will be left in the post box until Thursday 17th!
Friday 11th December is Christmas Jumper Day! Children are invited to wear a Christmas jumper or an accessory for a donation of £1. The money goes to the charity Save the Children.
Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for photographs of the environment and the activities the children will be exploring! https://instagram.com/eyfsladybirds
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We hope you have a fantastic weekend – Please continue to share your photos of your Christmas trees or decorations. We would love to see them!
This Week’s Learning – 23.11.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘The very helpful Hedgehog’ by Rosie Wellesley. The children really loved this book and we talked about the message behind the book. They had a great time making hedgehogs with spikes and reading and writing messages to and from the hedgehog. We really enjoyed talking about hibernation and looking closely at decaying fruit! We also started to explore woodland animals and autumnal natural resources!
In the maths area, the children have really impressed us with their counting and comparing groups. Dice games have also been very popular this week!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 30/11/2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ by Julia Donaldson. We will be continuing to explore woodland animals, looking at shapes in the environment, going on a Gruffalo number hunt and writing secret messages to the Gruffalo!
Class Teacher Awards – 27.11.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Mia and Janel Miley
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 23.11.2020
The nursery team are continually changing and updating the environment and resources to meet the children’s needs. We are currently trying to bring ‘real’ objects into the children’s play. This includes metal teapots, pots and pans and wooden objects. If you come across any of these objects that you don’t need any more then we would be very grateful to receive them!
Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for photographs of the environment and the activities the children will be exploring! https://instagram.com/eyfsladybirds
Friday 4th December is Music Mufti Day – we can come to school in black and white mufti, to represent the keys on a piano! Please bring £1 in on the day – all money will go to more exciting musical opportunities for the children.
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We hope you have a fantastic weekend – if you are putting your Christmas tree up this weekend please share photographs with us on Tapestry!
This Week’s Learning – 16.11.2020 
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen. The children absolutely loved this book and there was a great deal of role playing in the nursery garden which was so lovely to see! They also enjoyed joining in with the repeating phrases and making the noises whilst walking in the mud! Please share this video of the story with your children.
The children found the number hunt very exciting and took on the challenge of finding the bears, often using binoculars, and reading or writing down some of the numbers!
They have also really enjoyed finding secret messages from the bear and making their own marks to reply to the bear! Don't forget to check your child's bag to see if they received a message from the bear!
We have been really impressed with how well the children are trying to put on their coats independently and helping others that need a bit of help with getting their other arm in! Keep up the fantastic work Ladybirds!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 23/11/2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘The Very Helpful Hedgehog’ by Rosie Wellesley. We will be exploring hedgehogs, autumnal natural resources such as leaves and also looking at fruit!
Class Teacher Awards – 20.11.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Carter and Logan!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 16.11.2020
We are really excited to share our new Instagram account with you today! Mrs Lambert and Mrs Briggs have set this up to share with other schools and practitioners the exciting activities we plan every day for your children! However, we would also like to share this with you too – it will give you another insight into what the children get up to! This account will only have photographs of the setting and the activities – no photographs of your children will ever be shared on this.
If you would like to follow us, please click the link https://instagram.com/eyfsladybirds
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We hope you have a great weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 9.11.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘Farmer Duck’ by Martin Wadell. The children enjoyed the book and we talked about the farmer being very lazy! They also enjoyed the repeating phrase and it was great to hear the children respond when we said ‘How goes the work?’ Please share this video of the story with your children and maybe ask them ‘How goes the work!’
We have continued to enjoy the farm animal play this week! This has involved scooping corn into diggers, using hay paintbrushes to paint with, building homes with lego for the animals and printing with corn!
We have also really enjoyed using the maths area inside and outside the classroom. We have been counting farm animals into pens, hooking ducks and looking at the numbers on them and filling cups with a specific number of spoons of sand!
We have been really impressed with how well the children are sharing and helping their friends in the Nursery. It has been lovely to see!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 16/11/2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. We will be going on a number hunt using binoculars, re-enacting the story in small groups and exploring lots of different textures as they did in the story!
Class Teacher Awards – 13.11.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Eric and Maelie!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 9.11.2020
We are a nut free school due to having staff members and pupils with severe nut allergies. Please do not give your child any food or products containing nuts as these allergies are also air borne not just when consumed.
If you are sending in sweets for a birthday, please ensure these are individually wrapped and do not contain nuts.
Please can we ask you to supply a small pack of tissues for your child - now the weather has changed we are getting lots of running noses, we would like to help the children develop independence so having a small pack of tissues in their bag will really support this!
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
We hope you have a great weekend!
This Week’s Learning – 2.11.2020
Our topic this term is ‘Animal Habitats’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘A squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson. The children enjoyed the book and we talked about the message behind it of sometimes being thankful for what you have rather than wanting more. Please share this video of the story with your children. You can find it at the bottom of this weeks blog.
We have loved all of the farm animal play this week! We have been cleaning the muddy animals, using animals and natural resources in playdough and painting with feathers!
We have also really enjoyed using the message centre this week and have been making marks in oats and mud and also finding secret messages!
In Maths this week we have been looking at positional language. We enjoyed putting the bears on top of boxes, underneath cups, behind a chair and next to each other!
We have also loved making and exploring using all of the resources in the Loose Parts area. The children have been encouraged to record their work through photographs so we can share what they have made! We think we have some budding photographers!
Next Week’s Learning –
wb: 9/11/2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘Farmer Duck’ by Martin Waddell and continuing with our farm theme. We will also be thinking about our favourite foods and why we like them!
We will also be introducing ‘Big Talk’. Every week we will select a picture for the children to talk about what they can see in the picture during circle time. This will be sent home as a memo on Tapestry after our session on Monday and it would be fantastic if you can ask your child what they can you tell you about the picture.
In our Maths areas we will be counting how many different animals we have, using nets to catch numbered ducks and rolling dice and counting the dots!
Class Teacher Awards – 6.11.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Bobby and Nigarish
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb: 2.11.2020
If anyone has any kitchen roll or wrapping paper tubes then please can you give them to us at the gate. We will be using them in the next couple of weeks.
Please can we ask you to supply a small pack of tissues for your child - now the weather has changed we are getting lots of running noses, we would like to help the children develop independence so having a small pack of tissues in their bag will really support this!
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – 19.10.2020
Our topic this was term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to all of our favourite toys in nursery!
The children had the Barbie dolls and the baby dolls out – they enjoyed clothing and feeding them!
We had lots of washing up to do in class too – this is one of their favourite things to help with in the classroom! The children especially enjoyed cleaning the carpet time spots! They gave them a good scrub in the water tray and then hung them up to dry!
To link with Autumn this week, we had pumpkins to explore. At the beginning of the week, we hammered golf tees into the pumpkins and explored how hard they were. Then later in the week we scooped out the seeds and the flesh to give to the birds and squirrels in our nursery garden. We hope they enjoy them!
In Maths this week we have been counting different objects. We have been practising our counting every day when we see what number the day is, so this week it was great to put our counting skills into action!
Next Half Term’s Learning – wc 2.11.2020
Next half term we start our new topic – Animals habitats. We start this topic by looking at the book ‘ A Squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson.
We will use this book to explore animals who live on a farm. We will look at the different types of animals who live there and the people who look after them on the farm.
Class Teacher Awards – 23.10.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Joey and Teddy!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wc 19.10.2020
We have had a wonderful 1st half term in Nursery and are so impressed with the progress the children are making. They are growing in confidence every day and we love to see all of their smiling faces when they arrive at school each day!
We hope that everyone has a wonderful half term and a well-deserved break! We would love to see your photographs of what you get up to over the break and we know the children will love to share them with their friends when they return. Please can we ask you to upload at least 1 photograph over the break so the children have something to share when they return to school on Tuesday 3rd November.
As always, if you have any questions, please just drop us an email - ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
See you next half term!
This Week’s Learning – 12.10.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘Elmer’ by David McKee
The children enjoyed the book but we also had lots of different Elmer books to share with them during the week – Elmer’s Weather, Elmer and Rose etc! They loved Elmer, especially because he liked to play tricks on his friends and he was always making everyone laugh!
We had lots of colour themed activities this week – painting natural resources with a rainbow of colours, threading with colourful pipe cleaners, sensory exploration with coloured water beads etc! Please take a peek at our gallery for photographs of some of the activities
In Maths this week we have been counting out colourful objects up to 10. We were working on touching each object as we counted them.
Next Week’s Learning – wc 19.10.2020
Next week, we have chosen to base the week on our favourite toys! We talked to the children about the type of toys they love to play with and we will have lots of activities based around these!
In our Small World area we will have lots of Barbie dolls – we have a wide selection of dolls including dolls of difference race and gender. The children will be dressing the dolls and creating their own stories around them.
Outside, we are going to become builders! We have bricks and ‘cement’ and we are going to build houses and roads!
In the water trays we are going to clean the toys! The children love sponges and soapy waters – so we are going to get all our toys nice and clean ready for the half term break!
Class Teacher Awards – 16.10.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Tallulah-Rose and Elianna!
Well done to you both!
However, we ran out of time on Friday to let them know so don’t spoil the surprise – we will hand out the certificates on Monday!
Messages for Parents – wc 19.10.2020
If you would like to have a Parent Evening Phonecall next week, please sign up for a 10 minute slot using Arbor. The reports will be sent home on Monday and if you have any questions about what we have written then please just drop us an email - ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com - or speak to us during parent evening. However, the children are amazing in Ladybird Class are we are so proud of each and every one of them – well done to them all!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, we will see you next week for our last week before the half term break!
This Week’s Learning – 9.10.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘This is our house’ by Michael Rosen
The children enjoyed the book and understood the message behind it – that it is always kind to include everyone, no matter of their gender, appearance, hair colour, favourite toys etc! We then shared photographs of our families and talked about the people in our family – the children loved this and really enjoyed sharing their families with their Ladybird friends.
We also enjoyed completing lots of household chores! We absolutely loved doing the washing up and made sure all of the cups and plates were gleaming clean. We did the washing, wrote out shopping lists and swept the kitchen – we were very good helpers!
In Maths this week we have been looking at different shapes. We grouped shapes together, matched the pairs and talked about the sizes of shapes. We even made up a shape hunt by hiding the shapes around the garden!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 12.10.2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘Elmer’ by David McKee. We will use the book to look at similarities and differences between ourselves, our families and our friends.
We will be decorating elephant biscuits in different colours just like Elmer! We will be creating lots of colourful paintings, drawings and models for Elmer week!
For iPad time we will be taking photographs of our favourite activities around the classroom.
In our Maths areas we will be counting to 10 with lots of different colourful objects.
Class Teacher Awards – 2.10.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Roen and Tiarna-Rose
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb 12.10.2020
Please can we remind everyone to ensure you have spare clothing in your child’s bag. Toilet accidents of happen at this age because the children start to become really engrossed in their learning activities – so do not worry if your previously dry child has a few accidents while they are adjusting to the new environment. Also, the children often engage in messy play – we provide painting aprons but children always seem to get the part not covered! Our class this year are a huge fans of the mud kitchen – so much amazing learning happens here but is it a messy task! Please pop in some spare clothes in their bag so we can keep them warm and dry once they have finished playing!
It has been fantastic to see photographs uploaded on to Tapestry from home! We allocate time each week for the children to share these with their friends. Don’t worry if they don’t get added to or commented on immediately, we will add them to their journals once the child has shared it in class! If you haven’t yet added your family photo or home photographs to Tapestry yet, please feel free to do this and we will share with the children during the week! We also put reminders on Tapestry so please check your emails to see if you have been sent a memo from us!
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 28.09.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the books ‘That’s Not My…’
The children enjoyed the different books and were always keen to feel the different textures in the books. This prompted lots of great discussions about texture and lots of new words!
We also had our first PE lesson today! We loved running around in the huge hall! We had to move like different animals in the hall; run like a tiger, jump like a kangaroo, stomp like an elephant etc – we were are brilliant at this!
We also enjoyed lots of mark making and used lots of different materials to draw in – shaving foam, fairy dust and sand for example! Please have a look on the Gallery for photos!
In Maths this week we have been counting different objects. We found lots of counters, stones, people, cars etc and we counted how many we had!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 5.10.2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘This is our house’ by Michael Rosen. We will use the book to look at different houses, similarities between ourselves and others and also we will discuss the feeling of ‘belonging’.
We’ve added some new items to our home corner for this week – we will be doing the washing and the cooking for our family and talk about who helps with these tasks at home.
In our playdough area we have added muffin trays, cake cases and scented playdough and we will be talking about cooking at home and what foods we like to eat!
In our Maths areas we will be looking at shapes. We will be talking about the sizes of different shapes and then start to describe the properties of shapes – straight sides, curved sides, pointy corners etc.
Class Teacher Awards – 2.10.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Lucy and Molly!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb 5.10.2020
Please can we remind you to ensure you have signed up for free milk on the website www.coolmilk.com . We have a big group of children who are asking for milk each day but have not yet been signed up.
We had our first PE session today and everyone loved it! Please can I remind you to send your child in wearing joggers/leggings and trainers on PE days. We also put reminders on Tapestry so please check your emails to see if you have been sent a memo from us!
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 21.09.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julie Donaldson.
The children loved the book and enjoyed seeing all the different jungle animals in the story. The book prompted a great discussion about what a butterfly’s babies look like! We then had lots of chats about what our Mummies and Daddies look like – do we have the same hair colour, eye colour, skin colour etc.
The children have really enjoyed all of the activities again this week but one of the most popular one was the butterfly painting! They loved choosing their colours and textures to decorate their butterflies with. Leaf cutting was a hit this week too! We collected leaves from around the garden and hole punched them, cut them with scissors and glued them to our pages – it was clearly great fun!
In Maths this week we have been asking the children to count out amounts for us – “can you give me 3 tigers…” this has been really interesting and it would be great if you could continue this at home! Ask them to give you 2 teddies or get 4 spoons etc.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 28.09.2020
Next week, we will be looking at the books ‘That’s Not My…’ we will start the week with the books linked to toys and then move on to the books linked to pets and animals.
We will be looking at the different textures and words to describe what something feels like. We will be washing our toys with different sponges and scourers and we will be investigating different materials like sandpaper, bubble wrap, felt and foam.
Class Teacher Awards – 25.09.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Janel Miley and Frankie!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb 28.09.2020
Individual Photographs! Reminder that this Thursday (1st October) is photograph day. Please ensure your child is in full uniform as we will be having our school photographs taken!
Please can we remind you to check Tapestry regularly. We add at least 2 photographs each week to show you the amazing things you child has been up to during school but we also use the Memos and Documents on Tapestry to share important information with you!
The children will receive their free fruit or vegetables during each session; this week we have had apples, pears, bananas and carrots! However, if you know your child likes specific fruit, please feel free to send them with their own snack. Please remember only fresh fruit or veggies are eaten at snack time – no dried fruit, fruit roll ups or cereal bars please.
A reminder that if you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This will be checked every morning before the children come into class. The email address is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 14.09.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs go to School’ by Ian Whybrow.
This story promoted lots of discussions around feelings – Harry was nervous and excited to go to his new school. The children were able to talk about how they felt starting Ladybirds in September or coming back to Ladybirds after the summer break.
The children have loved all the dinosaur play this week! We have been washing the dirty dinosaurs, making dinosaur prints with paint, saltdough and playdough. The children especially enjoyed the creative area this week – we were sticking with pasta, sequins and cotton balls!
In Maths this week we have continue to introduce numbers to the class. Each day we have been counting how many of our friends are here, singing counting songs and counting all the different resources around the classroom!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 21.09.2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson.
We have included the YouTube link at the bottom of this block.
We will be looking at the different animals Monkey sees as he is looking for his Mummy, looking at describing people and drawing our own families and we will be talking about animals we might see in the jungle.
Class Teacher Awards – 18.09.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Rosie and Harlem!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb 21.09.2020
Our fruit and vegetables delivery have returned! You now no longer need to supply your child with their own snack as they will receive free fruit or vegetables during each session.
Lots of the children are asking for milk each day when they see their friends having milk. Please sign up for free school milk if you would like your child to have this.
Once you have signed up, please let us know – it takes 14 days for the account to be opened and us to receive the milk, so if we know you have signed up we can often still give your child milk if we have enough spare!
Reading books were sent home this week on. These will be changed every Wednesday so please ensure it is in the book bag on a Wednesday. We will always post a photo of the book on Tapestry and you can then use the comment section on that photograph to let us know how they got on with the book – and to make suggestions for a new book if you would like!
If you need to contact us for any reason and we can’t chat at the gate, please email us on the class email address. This is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 7.09.2020
Our topic this term is ‘All About Me’
This week we linked our play to the book ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell.
The children have really enjoyed the story and are already joining in with the repeated phrased!
We have had great fun this week at the playdough table. Have been making playdough owls with googly eyes, feathers, lavender and mini sticks – it was very popular!
In Maths this week we have introduced numbers to the class. Each day we have been counting how many children are present, we have been singing counting songs and using our Maths areas to count many different objects.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 14.09.2020
Next week, we will be looking at the book ‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs go to School’ by Ian Whybrow.
We have included the YouTube link at the bottom of this block.
We will be looking at Harry’s bucket of dinosaurs, making dinosaur prints, making our own dinosaurs out of playdough and exploring where dinosaurs might like to live! We know we have lots of dinosaur fans in Ladybird Class so we are really looking forward to sharing our ideas with you all!
Class Teacher Awards – 10.09.2020
Each week we will choose 2 children who have really impressed us. These children will be our stars of the week and will get a special certificate to go home!
This week we have chosen…
Freddie and Robyn!
Well done to you both!
Messages for Parents – wb 14.09.2020
Our fruit and vegetables delivery have returned! You now no longer need to supply your child with their own snack as they will receive free fruit or vegetables during each session.
Please can we remind you to ensure you have logged onto your Tapestry account and can see the lovely photographs we have posted of how well your child has settled in.
If there are an issues with logging into Tapestry, please email us on the class email address. This is ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Welcome to Nursery - 4.09.2020
Welcome Ladybirds!
We hope you had a lovely summer and enjoyed the lovely warm weather!
We are really excited to welcome our new Ladybird friends and to welcome back our old Ladybirds!
Your drop off time is between 8.35am and 8:45am, come through the Rushy Meadow Lane gate and we will then greet you at the Nursery gate.
You can drop off all of your children to Ladybird Class if their older brothers or sisters start at a later time - they will then go through our classroom and make their way to their own class, hopefully you will find this really helpful!
The end of the session is at 11.35am - collect from the Nursery gate where you dropped off.
Your child will need to bring a bag/book bag with their fresh fruit snack and named water bottle. They will get their first story book to take home and should bring the books back each Wednesday to change.
We would like to remind you to check you can access your Tapestry account, we will be taking photographs of how your child has settled and share them with you daily on Tapestry – we know you will love to see this!
Our topic for this term is ‘All About Me’ – please check the blog each week for further information.
We will start with the story ‘Owl Babies’ next week - please can we ask you to send us a photograph of your family for the children to share with their new friends (you can email it to us, upload it to Tapestry or you can bring in a printed copy!)
We look forward to seeing you next week,
from the Nursery Ladybird Team.
Guidance for September 2020 School Opening
If you need to contact us
We are looking forward to seeing our new starters on our Stay and Play session on Wednesday 19th August. However, if you have any questions or concerns we have a class email address: ladybirdclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com - just please be aware this will not be regularly monitored during the school holidays.
Next Week's Learning 20.7.20
It is almost unbelievable that we have come to the end of the school year!
We chose to have a theme of 'summer holidays' for our final week - and into the summer holidays if you would like!
You can download the weekly planning for both in class and home learning on our Home Learning page. This page will also have the Homework for the week.
Topic: The seaside - what will we see, what might we do?
PSHE: How to keep ourselves safe
Maths: counting to 10 and beyond!
PE: Athletics
Remember, you can contact us on our school email address: ladybirdclass@CirrusTrust.onmicrosoft.com
Have a wonderful summer break everyone - stay safe
This Week's Learning 29.6.20
This week we read the book Mr Gumpy's Outing. This book was fantastic for introducing new vocabulary - bleat, squabble etc. The children made reasoned attempts at working out the new words. We were also very impressed with their ability to recall the story in order - even remembering what Mr Gumpy said to each animal!
Mrs W created some lovely creative activities linked to the animals in the story! The children loved making the funny sheep and painting the pigs with mud!
We had some lovely messy play this week! We are really enjoying the foaming soap in our water tray - it's a great way to encourage regularly handwashing too! We also had lots of water beads in our Tuff Spots this week - the children loved the feel of them and were very inventive in how they collected them up! Water play was another big hit - we had guttering and tubes out and the children had great fun making the water travel from one tray to the other.
We are very impressed with the hard work we are seeing in phonics! In school the children are really trying hard with their letter formation and thinking of objects that begin with the sound of the week. At home you are working hard too! Victor's letter ds show amazing progression as he uses the rhymes to help him for the letters. Please keep going everyone!
I'm hearing lots of great feedback about the Busy Things website. As an LGfL school we have access to this amazing site - it has links to all areas of the curriculum from Nursery up to Year 6. If you haven't used it yet please have a look. If you need the login details to get on just send us an email and we'll pass on the details.
We love to see the photographs of you out and about too! Victor has been to a PYO this week - he picked strawberries, raspberries, broccoli.... The learning that takes place while on these adventures is huge! But most importantly - it's great fun!
We love seeing your photographs of everything you are doing while we are apart, please keep uploading to Tapestry each week!
Class Teacher Awards 29.6.20
Ladybird Stars of the week are...
Darren and Sydney!
Messages for Parents 29.6.20
Please remember to provide your child with a sunhat and apply sun cream before school.
Thank you!