EYFS have worked very hard this week! We have been learning about New Year and completed lots of special ‘New Year’ challenges. We made New Years’ Resolutions, wrote ‘Thank You’ cards from Christmas and practised counting back too.
Nursery rhymes provide bite-sized learning opportunities for young children to develop key developmental skills and can often be the trigger for hours of creative and open-ended play. They are a powerful learning source in early literacy and enable children to become interested in the rhythm and patterns of language.
“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight. -”
Mem Fox, Reading Magic.
Below is a booklet containing some classic Nursery Rhymes that you and your child can enjoy together. You can also put the names of your favourite rhymes into YouTube so you can watch and listen to them. Alternatively, Cbeebies iplayer has some great Rhymes from Mr Tumble.
Let us know your favourite Nursery Rhyme in the comment box below 🙂
Hope you all enjoy the first Bedtime Story of 2021!
Everyone in Nursery is all partied out as we have danced, played games and ate party food all day!
We all had a lovely time and even received a message from Mr and Mrs Claus!
Why not try some of these Christmas games?
Decorate the Christmas Tree Game
Christmas Patterns Game
Christmas Number Game
The Gingerbread Man Game
Christmas Symmetry Game
Christmas Pairs Game
Musical Wreath Game
Cbeebies Christmas Games
You could even create your own Christmas game!
Today we said goodbye to Miss Smith in Nursery. For her last activity with the children she made some super snowmen biscuits.
We would like to wish Miss Smith good luck for the future and say a big thank you for all of your hard work 😊
Nursery and Reception have been learning about Hanukkah. We listened to a special story, watched some videos of children celebrating Hanukkah and we made our own dreidel too.
This week, we have continued our Christmas crafts in Foundation Stage. We’ve made our Christmas cards, calendars and some delicious Christmas cakes too!
EYFS and Key Stage One enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner today! We had lots of yummy food including: turkey, stuffing, mash or roast potatoes, sprouts, cauliflower and carrots. Of course, we couldn’t wait to eat our amazing desserts too.
We wish we could have it again tomorrow with Key Stage Two!
Thank you to Alexander and Willow for their requests.
Hope you all enjoy the latest story and don’t forget to pop a comment below if there’s a story you’d like to hear! 🙂
