Our Spring 2 topic is homes....

This half term’s topic includes talking about our homes and local area, making models of homes and thinking about houses in other countries. We will also be finding out about ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘The Three Little Pigs’. If you wish to support our work at home, you could…..

• Talk about your house – what is kept in each room? How many rooms are   there? Which is their favourite room?
• Look at house numbers as you walk along the street. Can they see any numbers that they recognise? What number is their house?

• Play at building/decorating with play tools. Which jobs need to be done?
• Arrange dolls’ house furniture in different rooms.
• Read books about houses, building and towns e.g. A squash and a squeeze, Coming to Tea, Three Little Pigs.
• Make their own houses using boxes or construction sets
• Talk about different buildings in Goffs Oak, the surrounding area and other places that you visit. What are they made of and used for?

At the end of term we will talk about Easter traditions. If there is any parent who would be happy to come in to talk to the children about Greek Orthodox Easter traditions, please let me know.

Dates for this half term….

2^nd – 6^th March – Book week – Children dress up as a book character on Friday 6^th March and attend a special assembly in school. See photos on nursery window for inspiration!

3^rd March – Walk to Goffs Oak library for a visit this week. See separate letter.

Wednesday 18^th March – Open morning for current parents/carers. 11:20-11:50 in nursery. Come and play and look at what we’ve been doing.

20^th March – PTA will be selling Mother’s Day presents in nursery – details to follow on newsletters.

23^rd-27^th March – This week we will be making houses from cereal boxes – please bring in a box by 20^th March. Please don’t send in any boxes which have contained nuts or raw egg.

30^th March – Phonics meeting for nursery parents of children due to start Reception in September 2020. 11:20-11:50 in nursery.                                                                         

w/c 30^th March Visit from a local minister to talk about Easter.

Friday 3^rd April – Break up for Easter. Back to school on Monday 20^th April.

What is nursery doing this half term?                                     Homes

This half term our topic is ……Food

Over this half term, our themes are The Gingerbread Man, The Gruffalo, Chinese New Year, birthdays and fruit and vegetables. Our role play area will be The Gingerbread Man, a Chinese Restaurant and then a birthday party (watch out for pretend invitations and cards!) Outside, we will have role play areas for ‘The Tiger who came to Tea’, a bakery and a fruit and vegetable stall. If you would like to, you can follow up our work at home by trying some of the following…

• Borrow food books from the library e.g. Spot bakes a cake, Handa’s surprise, Oliver’s fruit salad, Kipper’s birthday, Pass the Jam Jim, I will never, ever eat a tomato.
• Cut out pictures of food from magazines or leaflets to make their own menus or plates of food.
• Try new fruits and vegetables and talk about how they feel, smell and taste.
• Set up their own play food shop or café so they can role play ordering, buying and eating food.

• Organise a teddy bear’s picnic.
• Look at the colours and type of food in shops and talk about which foods help us grow strong and healthy.

• Cook together and discover how food changes as it is heated or cooled.

We will also be talking about their personal achievements and goals so if they have any certificates or photos of things that they are proud of or really like to do, please add them to Tapestry so we can celebrate with them and share their interests with the class.

***Current nursery back to school on 8th January, new nursery children on 9th***

****Half term week is 17th-21st February****

What is nursery doing this half term?              Food