Another fabulous week. As I watch the children I see them forming lovely friendships. There are lots of giggles and exciting things to learn! We have been blessed with sunshine this week and as such we have spent a lot of time outside in the garden…it has been wonderful!
We have continued our exploration of the brain and Gods Wonderful world…more about that in a moment.
I would like to remind everyone that nursery are having our parent meetings a bit earlier than school. I am sure you are keen to come along and have a chat, to hear how they are getting on. Each collection time we will ensure the forms are available for you to book a time with your childs key person. I will also be available if you need to have a chat!
The dates are: Tuesday 24th September 3.45-4.45 pm and Tuesday 1st October September 3.45-4.45 pm. These sessions are for you to come long and have a quick catch up, therefore, we kindly ask that you do not bring your child along unless absolutely necessary. Thank you.
Michelle’s blog
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.
I have been so pleased with how well all the children have continued to settle in.
It is so nice to see them coming in with big smiley faces, ready to start their day of learning and exploring.
We continue our theme of getting to know everyone and learning all about me. We have continued finding out about our families by exploring the idea of being in a bigger family, such as nursery, school, and God's family.
We have had a go at drawing this week as we drew ourselves and attempted to write our names. Activities that help with developing a good pencil grip can be found here.
I will be sending home a little activity to practice and develop a good pincer grip. Look out for it in your child's book bag.
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week
Michelle
Emma’s Blog
Hello everyone,
We have had a fantastic week of learning.
We have continued learning about the colour monster and our feelings. The children have been so busy making their own colour monster out of kitchen roll and googlie eyes. We talked about how they were feeling at that precise moment; they matched their feeling to the appropriate colour then painted their colour monster to represent their emotion. We had some I can't wait for you to see them when you come for your.parent meeting
My key group have also been drawing colour monsters in our floor book. We have some wonderful artists. I am looking forward to showing you the floor book too.
The children are enjoying dough disco. They are all really focused, listening and following the instructions. Here is another new song to have a go at home. Click here. The more the children ‘have a go’, the stronger their hands, fingers and wrist muscles will be ready for writing and it’s great fun…for everyone!
We have been looking at similarities and differences and asking the children what is different about each other and what is the same, which was a bit tricky. Here is a spot the difference game to do at home, enjoy. This will start to improve their observational skills! Enjoy! Click here.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and I can't for more fun next week.
Emma
My Happy Mind
This week saw the introduction of a new character and also two weekly Happiness Heroes! Firstly let me introduce Team H A P. H A P reminds us how our brain works together
H is for Hippocampus (it helps us store memories)
A is for Amygdala (responsible for our emotions)
P is for Prefrontal cortex (regulates our thoughts)
Team H A P works the best when it works together. That’s why Team H A P has three heads. This week we have been drawing Bertie, Betty and Team H A P. Take a look.
Question of the week is: What is your biggest dream? Mmmm let me think?
Worship
This weeks Gospel talked about serving each other and that is exactly what we have been trying to do all week. I must admit it is very tricky, but we have done very well. Everyone has been thinking of others before themselves and thinking about the needs of our friends, I am beyond proud! We will be continuing this next week and FOREVER!
We continue to be grateful for our Wonderful World and we have discussed how we should all do our bit should take care of it…by
Reducing the amount of waste we create.
Reusing items more than once.
Recycling a product to a new use instead of throwing it away.
Rethinking how our actions affect Gods Wonderful World
Click here to listen to Wonderful Earth by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen.
Fundamental Movement Skills
Physical literacy is when children have developed the skills, confidence, and love of movement to be physically active for life. You may often often hear talk of “fundamental movement skills.” But what exactly are they? And what are the fundamental movement skills that children need to develop to become physically literate?
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are the basic movements traditionally associated with human physical activity. The most common FMS include skills such as running, jumping, throwing, catching, skipping, and hopping.
Here are a few tips to help your child:
Encourage your child in her running by making frequent trips to parks and other places where there are open spaces. When presented with an open field, most toddlers want to run and explore. Play games that promote running such as chasing a soccer ball or take turns chasing each other.
Help your child to develop throwing by playing catch with soft foam or fabric balls, or place simple paper targets on the wall for her to throw at. You should use balls that are small enough for your child to easily grasp.
Show your child how to form as “basket” with her two arms in front of her stomach. Gently toss the ball into her basket from a close distance of one to two metres. As her confidence grows and her fine motor skills improve, she will eventually start to use her hands more than her arms.
Help your child to develop her kicking skills by having soft, lightweight balls available. You can even play one-versus-one soccer at this age. Use your imagination: create goals using patio furniture, trees, shrubs, and other objects. Let her score lots of goals to encourage her, and make sure you cheer and celebrate.
Investigate swimming lessons at your local recreation centre by age three or four. Many programs encourage parents to be in the water alongside their child at the early ages.
Finally, we have started our family wall but we are still a few friends mission. If you haven’t managed to send in a picture yet don’t panic next week is fine. Email it to me if your like and I will print it for you.
I am really proud of all our wonderful children they are embracing lots of new experiences and most of are having lots of fun! Have the most splendid weekend and will see everyone on Monday.
Remember to stay safe and God Bless.
Barbara