As Autumn approaches we are looking at some of the changes that are starting to take place in the environment. The children brought in conkers and we have been learning a song for our harvest festival all about conkers. I am sure they have started to sing it at home as we have it on repeat in the unit.

Each term we create art work that is displayed around the school. Our first theme is art inspired by water. The children used a variety of resources to create colours and textures from the sea, they also weaved textiles onto a weaving frame. I have included some photos of  the end result.

The children are now becoming familiar with all the routines of the week and they are beginning to become independent in accessing their learning. We will be supporting them with this over the coming weeks.

During our carpet sessions the children are learning to identify their own names and the names of the children in nursery. Could you please support your child with this at home. It would be good if they could begin to recognise their first name. 

Hopefully we will get a bit more sunshine this weekend.

Enjoy.

Mrs Robinson:)

 

 What a busy week we have had in foundation. The children have settled so well and are beginning to relax into their learning.  We  have enjoyed the outdoor area as we continue to have the warm sun. We have started learning our songs for the Harvest coffee morning and the children have enjoyed singing and dancing with Mrs Lawrence. We are really pleased with the way the children are engaging with each other and all the activities. They are confident in asking us for help and also if they are a little unsettled they are comfortable connecting to a familiar adult for support. I  sent home the children's learning journals  this week  so that you can see who their key person is. We will now start to use these books to observe and support the children with their development throughout the year. You can look at these books at any point, they are located just in the doorway of the unit. If you have not already done so can you please fill in the parent section and return the book  so that we can start to use the books in the setting.

A FEW REMINDERS

1. PLEASE CAN ALL CHILDREN'S UNIFORM HAVE THEIR NAMES ON.
2. THE CHILDREN DONT NEED BAGS UNLESS THEY HAVE NAPPIES. IT MAKES THE SPACE VERY SMALL IF ALL THE CHILDREN BRING BIG BAGS INTO THE SETTING.
3. PLEASE CAN YOU NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN BRING IN TOYS AS THEY OFTEN GET LOST AND RESTRICT YOUR CHILD FROM ENGAGING WITH OUR RESOURCES.

I hope you all have a good weekend. 

 

 WELCOME

What a fantastic start we have had in nursery this week. The children have settled well and have enjoyed all the new experiences on offer in the setting. I hope it has not been too stressful for you all as I know how it feels to leave your child for the first time. Please be reassured that if your child is upset we will endeavour to sort it and comfort them. We will also contact you if they do not settle as we are happy for you to adjust their hours until they do.
I have put some photographs on the blog to show you what we have been doing this week. 

 We look forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Robinson:)

WE MADE IT

We made it to the end of term. We have had a wonderful year in Foundation and we would like to wish all the children who are moving to new schools good luck. We look forward to seeing everyone else in September. Thank you for all the wonderful gifts, they are greatly appreciated. 

Have a safe a good Summer.

The Foundation team.

                                                        FACE PAINTING FUN 2023

 The children have spent time this week with their new friends who will be joining us in September. They were excellent at making them welcome and they enjoyed showing the new children all the exciting things that they could do. Next week I will be sending their learning journals home for you to keep. Inside is your child's report for you to read. I cant believe we have got to this point and I am always pleased when I write the reports to see how they have moved on over the year.

I hope you all have a great wet weekend.

Mrs Robinson

Nearly there

 We have had a busy airport this week with lots of international flights going in and out. Unfortunately I was not on one!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will have to wait a bit longer. The children have enjoyed using their passport and have embraced the role play area with enthusiasm. We have had lots of flight attendants serving lovely food and pilots that have made smooth landings. Their communication, language and social interactions are fantastic and this is foundation provision at its best even though I say it myself.

We have introduced a shop for the children so that they can have an understanding of money. We have turned our milk and snack area into a cafe and the children have to pay for their goods. This is another excellent way of learning in a meaningful way.

On Thursday we had a circus skills company come into school so that the children could have an exciting experience. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and were very good at balancing.

We are now on our last couple of weeks and it will go very quickly. We have visits for  our new children next week which is always a bit strange as it means change is coming. Luckily their is little change for your children as they will be staying in the unit with all the staff that they are familiar with. Some of our children will be going to other settings and we want to wish them lots of luck in their new schools.

I think it is going to be hot this weekend so enjoy.

Mrs Robinson: 🌞

WELCOME TO LITTLE HEATH TRAVEL ZONE.

 This week has been very exciting in foundation as we have changed our role play area. Following on from last weeks aeroplane making we decided to create an airport and an aeroplane which has created a real buzz. We have a check in desk, baggage handling and a security check area. The children have their own passports so they will be able to travel. Role play areas are fantastic for extending learning in a meaningful way. We look forward to enjoying a couple of weeks of first hand creativity.

It was lovely to talk to you all during parent consultations this week and I hope you found them a good source of communication. If you have any concerns throughout the year you can talk to myself or Mrs Sheehan in the mornings or after school. If you would rather have a private chat them you can contact us by email to arrange another appointment.

On Friday we enjoyed receptions first assembly. They all performed brilliantly and we enjoy joining in with their songs.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson😁

PETER PAN

 

It appears that Tinkerbell and Peter Pan came for a visit over the weekend. They left lots of pixie dust and they wrote the children a letter. This has inspired the children to be creative and use their imaginations to write stories. We created a table and gave them a magic hat to help them write stories. During child initiated learning the children wrote their own story using their writing skills. We noticed that children who would not normally gravitate to the writing activities started to join in. We allowed them to write independently and supported if they felt they couldn’t do it. The children produced amazing writing which demonstrated their phonics and fine motor skills. We are continuing corresponding with characters that visit the setting in the night. We are allowing the direction to come from the children so that it remains meaningful.

One of the phonics reading books has instructions on how to make a paper aeroplane. The children have spent lots of time this week trying to make their own aeroplanes. We created an instruction list to help them negotiate the order in which to make the plane. We are going to encourage the children to use the instructions to verbally instruct another child to follow them.

We all had a great day on Thursday with our sports day. The children really enjoyed the experience and have been practising all the activities with Mr Mills over the last few weeks.

I hope you all have a good weekend

Mrs Robinson

16.06.23

 

Hello all,

We have noticed that many children have shown an interest in singing and making music, therefore during the week, we focused on singing Nursery rhymes. We sung the ones which are well known by the children and we introduced new rhymes. We looked for the rhyming words and the children came up with ideas  of their own rhymes.  Nursery rhymes are a powerful learning source in early literacy and  enable children to develop vocabulary and language patterns. The children experimented with musical instruments in the garden by making different sounds and musical patterns. Next week, they will make their own instruments using junk modelling materials and rice.

Each morning, we found lots of fairy dust around the classroom. This is a clear sign that Tinkerbell came to visit us, and we think that this time she brought Peter Pan with her .We will see on Monday if there are any signs of visitors in our classroom over the weekend.

As we have had such amazing weather, lots of our learning took place outdoors. Next week, we will learn to follow instructions on how to make a paper aeroplane. 

Have a great weekend! 

Mrs Sheehan

Banksy

 What strange week we have had with the weather. I think I have struggled more with what to wear than anything else. Finally the sun has arrived and hopefully will be here to stay.

This week we have been learning about artists and we have focused on Banksy. The children were very excited to know that Banksy does his art when they are sleeping in  bed. We have recreated some of his simpler art and have made a display in school for the other children to see. The children drew around Chloe to recreate the painting of the child with the balloon. Another exciting thing that happened this week was that we had a visitor in the night who brought us a new bell. The children were very excited when they found out it was Tinkerbell who had been to visit. They wrote letters to thank her for our new bell and we hope she will visit again. Maybe she will bring Peter Pan!

I hope you have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson.