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This half term our topic is

Flight

Our weekly themes will include flying carpets, butterflies, hot air balloons, flying minibeasts, birds and kites. We will also be taking part in a two week ‘Take one picture’ whole school project. At home, you could follow up our topic work by:

Reading stories about flying – such as Alone in the woods, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Owl Babies, The Blue Balloon, books about aeroplanes and helicopters.
Making paper aeroplanes with your child and trying them out – whose plane can fly the furthest?
Flying a kite (or drone) together on a breezy day, or playing with a balloon.
Look out for things flying in the air when you are out and about – insects, birds, planes, balloons, helicopters, butterflies.
Talking to your child about journeys on aeroplanes or trips to airports.

We will also be doing lots of geography as we think about different countries and look at simple aerial map views. If your family have links with any other countries e.g. family living abroad or places you have enjoyed visiting, please could you share these with us on Tapestry so that we can find those places on a globe with your children?

Dates for this half term

7^th June – Inset day

8^th June – Back to school after half term.

24^th June – Zoom meeting for parents of children joining Woodside Reception.

8^th July – Older nursery children spending time in Reception, whilst younger nursery children meet September ‘21’s new nursery children.

11^th July – Woodside summer fair

16^th July – Children going to Woodside Reception’s ‘stay and play’ 1:45-3:00. Parents’ coffee session.

22^nd July - Last day of term – Teddy bear’s ‘picnic’ in nursery – bring your favourite toy in to join you for an extra treat at snack time! Morning children finish at 11:50, afternoon children finish at 1pm.

We will hopefully be able to announce dates for sport’s day and nursery leavers’ assemblies later this month, dependent on restrictions being lifted.

Please could every child have a sun hat at school each morning and apply sun cream before school on sunny days? Our nursery garden has lots of shade so the children should then be safe for the day.

Please continue to add photos, achievements etc. to your child’s Learning Journal on Tapestry. Towards the end of term, you will receive a brief, written report about your child’s time in nursery and you will be given the opportunity to download their Tapestry Learning Journey.

What is nursery doing this half term? Flight

Date	Theme	Small Group work			Other
Date	Theme	Communication, Language and Literacy	Mathematical Development	Understanding the World, Physical Development and Expressive Arts & Design	Other
8.6.	Magic Carpet	‘My Granny went to market’ book and memory game/ shopping list	Count and match items 1-10 to make a ‘My Granny went to market’ role play area	Where in the world did Granny visit? Where would you visit?	World market role play. Paper aeroplanes. Amelia Earhart. Aeroplane role play outside.
14.6	Butterflies	Caterpillar sounds Read ‘Hungry Caterpillar’ Write name for card	2D or 3D shape caterpillars	Make a special card	Observe real caterpillars – life cycle. Textured caterpillars. Explore symmetry. Marbling.
21.6.	Take one picture – whole school focus based on Paolo Uccello’s Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano	Postcard from battlefield/ describing the picture.	Shape flags	Make a hobby-horse	‘Jousting’ in the garden. Looking at flags from different countries. Finding out about horses. Shape magnets.
28.6		‘The wrong kind of knight’ and discussion about their interests.	Archery or trebuchet scores	Design a hat	Castle and knight small world play. Make a coat of arms shield reflecting their interests. Find out about Italy.
5.7	Hot Air Balloons	Make up a hot air balloon story	Share people between hot air balloons	Using aerial views to navigate our school grounds	Catch bubbles. Hot air balloon role play and history. Hot air balloon weaving. Parachute.
12.7	Flying minibeasts	Teddy invite or learn teddy rhyme	Partition ladybird spots	Ladybird beanbags	Bird hide outside. ‘The Baby Birds’ story from Islam. Minibeast QR code hunt.
19.7	Kites ‘Alone in the wood’ book	Review our year	Find and order number kites	Make kites	Indian kite festival. Fly kites. Share sized picnic food. Teddy threading. Pair bears game.

Photos of our 'Growing Topic', Summer 1, 2021

Guidance on adding Tapestry Observations

How-to-create-Observations-for-relatives.pdf

Activities to support your children's learning...

Small Talk Here are ideas, games and activities for encouraging communication with 3-5 year olds.

Bedtime Stories Here's a link which lists lots of great bedtime stories. Goffs Oak library have a fantastic selection of children's books to borrow.

Hungry Little Minds Here is a link to Government advice for developing speaking and listening skills with your child. It has great ideas for 0-5 year olds.