AUTUMN 1

Croeso nol i Meithrin!! Welcome back to Nursery!! It has been a wonderful first half term together, catching up on the summer holiday news and being in awe of how much the children grew in six weeks!! We missed them! We have also been so lucky to welcome new faces to our Penguin family - all of whom have settled so well!! We have been incredibly busy getting to know each other and making new friendships! It's been fantastic to see the children be so kind and welcoming! Here's a little peek into what we have been busy doing this half term! Enjoy! 

 

LITERACY

The children have shown a great interest in writing this half term!! They are so keen to get a pen or pencil in their hands and write or draw! As we wanted to get to know each other more, we have been drawing self portriats and pictures of our families! We have some excellent artisits!! 

We know that in order for the children to have the strength to hold a pen or pencil, we need to build up the muscles in their hands to be nice and strong! We have been strengthening our fine motor skills by threading and making bracelets for our special people in our lives, mark making and scrubbing the tough trays clean and using tweezers to make towers from cherrios! The concentration faces have been out in full force!! 

We have a weekly mark making session where the children are let loose with pens and are encouraged to write write write!! This is super popular and the children are so proud to be able to write!!

 

 

NUMERACY

The Penguins are keen engineers!! Building and constructing is a firm favourite every day!! The children absolutely love animals and taking care of them so we often have Folly Farm being built or a "habitat for the elephants" as Austin would tell me! Through this play, the children are exposed to number, size and shape, all while being engrossed in a task that they have chosen to do. 

We have daily mental Maths sessions on the carpet where we practise numbers through song and a "guess the number of the day" game! This is always lots of fun!!

Potion making is also very popular. This is an excellent task that the children absolutely love and through this activity they are using lots of mathematical language such as empty, full, pour and fill. They also might get a tiny bit wet which is also a firm favourite!!

 

Expressive Arts

We certainly have a creative class of Penguins! The creative area is always full!! I have seen such a change in the independence of the children when being in the area - they are now confident to find their own materials and make decisions on what they are making and how it will look. We have had flowers, butterflies, pictures of families and Rangoli patterns. 

We have lots of children who love to dress up and often we have a princess ball on the carpet! The children dance and sing to their hearts content! I love this and it makes us smile every day! 

BIG NEWS!! We have been on the big stage for the first time this year!! We have performed our Autumn / Harvest songs for our families and to see such confident happy children - some who have only been in school a short time - really warms my heart. I am passionate about creating a loving, calm and safe space for our children and seeing them perform and adpat to changes so well makes me so proud of them! I hope you enjoyed our little performance! One of many this year I'm sure!!