Religious Education

The children will be continuing our topic of ‘Growing’. We will then be starting our new topic ‘Good News’. The children will be thinking about the good news that Jesus’ friends received when the holy spirit came to them at Pentecost. The children will also be thinking and talking about good news that they may like to share with their friends in Nursery.

At home: The children can talk about some good news that they may like to share with their family.

Commination, Language and Literacy

We are now starting our Minibeasts topic. The children will be sharing the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’  Hopefully the children will be able to help tell the story when they become familiar with it.  It is great to share stories with your child at home whenever possible as it helps with their language, vocabulary and imagination.  We are also learning a song that tells the story of ‘ The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. The children are very excited about this topic and are enjoying hunting for Minibeasts in the Nursery garden. We will be learning about a variety of different minibeasts that we find in the garden including ladybirds, spiders, worms and snails. ticking them off on a list as they go on their minibeast hunt. The children will be doing other activities connected with the topic.

 At Home: Please click on the link below to listen along to the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

https://youtu.be/HowyzQHMVPM?feature=shared

Phonics

We will be continuing to follow Little Wandle Letters and Sounds at Nursery. In order for the children to become fluent readers and writers by the time they leave Year 2, in  nursery we need to ensure we embed the foundations of phonics. This half term we will be continuing to hear and say the first sound in words e.g j for jam, jug and jellyfish.  We will be learning the sounds  j, v, w, y, z, q, ch this half term. The children will be learning one sound each week and doing activities and games to support this.

Maths

We are now learning the numbers up to 5 and developing an understanding of what 5 is. e.g counting 5 objects in the environment at Nursery or at home or recognising the number 5 when at home, Nursery or out and about. The children will be learning about comparing quantities and how to compare two groups of objects and say which has more and which has less. We will also be learning about patterns and learning how to continue a repeating 2 part pattern eg: red, blue, red, blue.

At home: Ask your child to find 5 toys or to show you a number 5 in the environment when out and about.