Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great Christmas and managed to spend quality time with your loved ones. A HUGE thank you from all of us in the nursery for our lovely gifts and cards, we left school feeling very spoilt!

2016 is going to be a very busy year with lots of new changes. We have 5 new children joining the class so I will start by saying a very warm welcome to our new parents! I am really looking forward to getting to know you and your child. The first 2 weeks we will focus on settling and getting to know your child. Once they are settled and confident in their new environment, we will begin to introduce short tasks. Any questions or concerns, please just ask!

The children who turned 4 before January will now be staying for full time education. A letter was sent home with information regarding the changes before Christmas. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Just a reminder that the door opens at 8.55am, I understand that mornings can be very hectic but can you please try and arrive on time as this allows us to start the morning session promptly.

Our topic this term is ‘Mini Zoo’, however we will start the term by learning all about winter! We will be reading lots of winter stories and most of our tasks will link to them. Here’s what we will be doing over the next fortnight…

AM focus tasks

Literacy and Language Development

·      RWI sound sessions and assessments

·      Snowman game to develop listening skills

·      Writing workshop

Mathematical Development

·      Become familiar with 2D shapes by creating a picture of a snowman

·      To begin to recognise and order numbers 1-10

·      Number hunt- to find the numbers in the ‘snow’ pit

Knowledge and Understanding

·      To recognise the reversible changes to water

Forest School

·      To become winter detectives! Children will look for signs of winter and compare the changes from autumn to winter

Physical Development

·      Parachute games

PM focus tasks

Personal and Social Development

·      Children will look at winter pictures and use facial expressions to express how they make them feel

Knowledge and Understanding

·      Cooking task: To make a melted snowman

Creative Development

·      To make a snowman and snowflakes to display on the wall

ICT Development

·      To create a wintery picture on the computer

I wish you all a Happy New Year, and I shall see you on Tuesday 5^th January. Any concerns please come and see me or phone the office, many thanks

Miss Day.