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This half term our topic is………

People who help us

Our weekly themes include people who help us at home and at nursery, emergency and medical services and Superheroes. At home, you could follow up our topic work by:

Reading stories about people who help us – such as ‘Ouch! I need a plaster’ by Nick Sharratt, ‘Zog’ and ‘Superworm’ by Julia Donaldson and ‘Full, full, full of love’ by Trish Cooke. Also, look in the library for non-fiction books on this topic.
Letting your child help you in the home with simple tasks, such as cleaning the car or sorting out the washing.
Looking out for ‘helpful’ people in the community when you are out and about – such as police officers, refuse collectors and librarians. Talk about the jobs that they do and ways in which people in your family help others.
Talking to your child about the signs that indicate people who help us, such as special badges and the flashing lights on an ambulance or police car.
Playing imaginative games together, taking on the roles of people who help us, such as a post office game or doctors.

We are hoping to arrange some visits of parents/grandparents who fit into our ‘people who help us’ topic – please let us know if you’d be willing to come into Nursery for 5 minutes at drop off time to talk about your work…thanks! Perhaps you could show a uniform or equipment or say how you help others? Also, let us know if your child has a special interest in any area connected to this topic e.g. loves Fireman Sam, pretends to be a Doctor/Police Officer, interested in plumbing or mechanics, fascinated by rubbish trucks!

Nursery start of term…..

Thursday 2^nd & Friday 3^rd September– Nursery Home visits – no children in nursery.

Monday 6^th September – Children who have already attended Woodside back to nursery for their usual a.m. and p.m. hours from this date onwards.

Tuesday 7^th September – New nursery children with siblings attend 8:50-11

Wednesday 8^th – All new nursery children attend 8:50-11

Thursday 9^th - New nursery children attend 8:50-11:50

Friday 10th - New nursery children attend 8:50-11:50

Monday 13^th onwards – All nursery children to attend for their agreed pattern of hours.

What is nursery doing this half term? People who help us

Date	Theme	Small Group work			Cooking	Other
Date	Theme	Communication, Language and Literacy	Mathematical Development	Understanding the World, Physical Development and Expressive Arts & Design
6.9	Welcome to nursery	Talk about themselves and write their name	Daily routines bingo	Draw their face	Playdough	Introduce nursey routines, People who help us puzzles and dressing up, parachute games nature colour hunt.
13.9	People who help us at home	Read and discuss ‘My Mum and Dad make me laugh’	Pairing socks	Design patterned socks on board	Gingerbread people	Family trees, bath the dolls & clean the play houses, ‘paint’ the fence, stilts.
20.9	People who help us at school	Environmental sound game	‘People who help us’ board game/occupational misfits	Take & match photos around the school	Rock cakes	Introduce people in school, paint school logo, throwing beanbags, soft blocks. Locate school on map.
27.9	People who help us to keep healthy	Make Dr badges	Match plaster sizes	Set up hospital role play	Fruit salad	Make wind chimes, Teeth brushing paint activity, dentist dough set, visit from medical professional.
4.10	Police	Who can help Andy?	Teddy challenges	Sew a police badge	Toast police cars	Fingerprints, Autumn walk & collage, police role play, 5 senses, use magnifying glasses to find names.
11.10	Firefighters	Fire fighter role play and mark making	5 little firefighters	Paint a fire engine, cut out the ladder	Fire jam tarts	Great fire of London, use hoses, firefighter playsets, Fireman Sam shape game, fire colour paintings,
18.10	Superheroes	Superworm rhyming words	Superhero number matching	Superhero adventure	Cheese straw Super-worms	Rescue play figures from ice, Superhero symbols and costumes, find the letter ‘s’, superhero den, Batman size and colour match.

What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage: a guide for parents The Department for Education (DfE) published ‘What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage: a guide for parents’ to reflect the EYFS reforms.

Guidance on adding Tapestry Observations

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

Here are some photos taken during our 'flight' topic in Summer, 2 2021

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.