Personal, Social and Emotional (PSED)

We have been learning all about ourselves and our families. We have looked at our features in the mirror and started naming our physical characteristics. We have shared family photo's and re told events from home.

We all sit down for snack and lunchtimes together - promoting independence with mealtimes and handing out bowls and snack. 

We promote positive relationships between peers - this term we worked together to create coloured hand prints and encourage turn taking and sharing through out play.

We have introduced a new emotions board for self registering in the mornings - the children put their photo on the emotion they are feeling - this may change throughout the day.

Communication and Language (CL)

The children have enjoyed exploring the new role play area. This term we have made this new area into a home corner. The children have been role playing cooking, taking care of the babies and dressing up - beginning to use every day words and talking about people and things that are not present. 

We promote speaking through song time and circle times. The children join in with vocalisations and actions during rhymes. 

The children have been exploring our new story corner sitting on the bean bags and reading stories to each other and the teddies. 

Physical Development

The children have enjoyed their P.E lessons this half term. They have been balancing balls on the tennis rackets, kicking large balls and practicing throwing and catching.

We have practiced our climbing skills using the new wooden climbing structure and practiced balancing using our new balancing stones.

Literacy 

To promote literacy in our setting we have a book of the week. The children sit down on the carpet together and listen well to the stories told. Some children even try to fill in the missing words or phrases of the familiar story. 

We also promote literacy by mark making. The children mark make in lots of different ways such as in messy play with shaving foam, sand or gloop - enjoying the sensory experience of making marks. The children also use pencils and crayons on paper and colouring sheets.  

Maths Development 

The children have really been enjoying our maths tuff trays this half term. In our most recent tuff tray we have been categorising the camels into the correct coloured pots - counting them whilst doing so. The children have also been making their own patterns with the camels. 

The children have also enjoyed playing with the shape sorters and are starting to name the shapes as they push them through. 

Understanding the world (UW)

This half term we have enjoyed going down into the forest school area. Down in forest school the children are curious and interested to explore in nature. One activity in particular the children have enjoyed doing down in forest school is a minibeast hunt. The children work hard together to go and search for minibeasts under the logs. 

Another way to promote understanding the world in our setting is water play. We make sure that all our children have access to water play - investigating low level technology such as washing, cleaning and transporting water using funnels. 

Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) 

We encourage all of the children in nursery to take part in EAD activities as it helps them to gain valuable skills which promotes their creativity, imagination and builds their confidence. On a Tuesday morning our wonderful Miss. Jenn comes in to do art with the children. Some of the activities that Miss. Jenn has done with the children are puffy paint and airdry modelling clay - encouraging the children to work on their fine motor skills.