An emotional week for everyone as we journey to the stable. The children have been very reflective as we went on our Advent pilgrimage around school. Each station held a piece of the Christmas story which the children were able to describe beautifully.
We also visited the worship area where we discussed the Nativity scene and the Advent wreath. We now have two candles lit, one for ‘hope’ and one for ‘peace’.
Our visit to Clarence House Care Home
On Wednesday along with Reception we visited Clarence House Rest home to deliver cards and gifts to the residents who were so appreciative and touched by such a kind gesture. We also sang the songs from our Christmas Nativity…there was not a dry eye in the house!!
Michelle’s blog
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog
This week we have enjoyed a trip to visit the residents at Clarence House, where we sang our nativity songs. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did
Our learning has continued as we have met number block number 3
We discovered that ‘3’ is everywhere. The 3 little pigs, 3 Billy Goats Gruff, 3 bears and even 3 sides in a triangle. We watched a story about the 3 bears here and discussed all the bad choices Goldilocks made. Click here to watch.
We then had a space hopper race, 1,2,3, go!
In the garden we went on a number hunt to look for number 3, we found lots!!
Why don't you have a number hunt this weekend
Have a lovely weekend
Michelle
Emma’s blog
Hello everyone,
I can't believe we only have one week left at nursery before we break up for Christmas. How time flies when we are having so much fun.
This week, we have been having a go at writing our new letter sounds, i, n, p, g, o. We used the RWI rhymes to help us to write the sounds, using our duck fingers to hold the pen in the correct way. This helps the children to control the pen when forming the letters, as it’s very tricky. All of the children had a really good go. Well done.
We have also been growing our brains learning about shapes. The children have been recognising that there are shapes everywhere around nursery. The children even made shapes using their hands which is very inventive. Here is a shape game for you to play at home. Have a go at feeding the monster the correct shapes. Click here and have fun!
Lastly, I just wanted to say how proud we were of the all the children on Wednesday. We went to visit Clarence House care home. The children showed such kindness towards the residents, and really enjoyed talking to them. It was lovely to see.
Have a wonderful weekend. I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday for our last week before we break up.
Emma
Shapes, shapes everywhere.
This week we started to explore shapes. We discussed what makes them special. Is is their sides, corners or curves. We watched short song to help us remember….it even sang about a dodecagon. We counted twelve sides!!!! Click here and here to find out more at home. Enjoy finding shapes around the house, the garden and even when you are out and about. They are absolutely everywhere!!
Meet number 3 - 3 is one more than 2 click here
Three arrives with a bang- and a song and dance about her favourite number 1,2,3, Everybody look at me.
One two three does magic tricks with apples to show the others who goes first, who’s biggest and how to surprise your number friends. Click here.
We are learning:
To count to 3
To compare numbers 1, 2 and 3- bigger and smaller
To order numbers 1-3
To know that 3 is made of 2 and 1
To write number 3- make a curve just like me, then one more and you’ve got 3
Bake off Day
A big thank you to everyone who sent in cakes for our bake off day. We really enjoyed sampling them. The school was full to the brim with cake!!
Worship
We visited the chapel to see the last part of our Advent pilgrimage to the stable. We found an empty manger. We talked about the feeling inside of all of us as we patiently wait for the arrival of Jesus on Christmas Day.
Next week…
KS1 Christmas Party is on Thursday 19th 9.30-11.30, and everyone is invited to join us. If it is not your child’s usual session you can drop them off at 9.30 and collect them at 11.30…exhausted! Dust of those dancing shoes children it is always a noisy but fun couple of hours.
KS2 is holding their Christmas Carol Service on Monday 16th December at church at 2.00pm and 6.00pm. It is always a beautiful service and well worth attending. It fills your heart with the spirit of Christmas. I hope to see you there.
On Friday 20th December school and nursery will close at 2pm for the Christmas holidays.
Keep a look out for your Christmas Taskmaster activity sheet…for those quiet moments!!!!!
Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.
Stay safe and God Bless
Barbara