It was great to have so many parents come and join in the fun at Forest School during the last two weeks of Spring Term. The children used their observational and mathematical skills to complete a variety of ‘treasure hunts’ – demonstrating great teamwork and perseverance.
Read MoreForest School – Spring Term 2023 – Superworm (Julia Donaldson)
Nursery are big Superworm fans! We have found lots of worms and carefully studied them and where they live. We have made Superworm ‘belts’ using lots of brown leaves and pine cone bees to join Superworm on his adventures. Whatever the activity may be, they will always find the mud!
Read MoreSongs For The King’s Coronation
Please find below the words and music we are learning for The King’s Coronation. True Colours – Lyrics Sing For The King – Lyrics
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nursery@stcatherines.barnetmail.net – Please use this email to communicate with your Year Group Teachers. Nursery Curriculum Letter Nursery – Going places EYFS RE – Week 1 Summer 1 – New Life EYFS – Week 3 RE
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In phonics we have been focusing on voice sounds. We have experimented with different ways of using our voices, exploring the different speech sounds that we can make, and tuning into different voices. We played a game called ‘Apple Pie’ where we had wear a blindfold and guess who said apple pie. We have also […]
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In phonics we have been exploring alliteration, and trying to distinguish the initial sounds in a word. We played I Spy and gave clues by using the initial sounds. We also played digging for treasure, and we had to sort out the objects using their initial sounds. We thought of lots of words that start […]
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In phonics we have been exploring rhymes. We have been distinguishing between different words and continuing rhyming strings. We have listened to some of our favourite rhyming stories, such as The Gruffalo, Room On The Broom and Some Dogs Do. We gave each other silly rhyming names, and created our own silly rhymes such as […]
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In phonics we have been exploring body percussion. We have been distinguishing between different body sounds and trying to create patterns of sounds. We have also been learning words to describe different sounds and distinguishing between long/short, fast/slow and loud/quiet sounds. In maths we been learning about the composition of numbers 1-5, and we have […]
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It has been a delight to welcome the Nursery children back this week. We have thoroughly enjoyed hearing all about their Christmas holidays and sharing what they got up to during news time. In phonics we have been recapping our listening skills. We know that to be a good listener you should keep your lips […]
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This week we have been using our phonic knowledge to write some Christmas cards. We have practised writing ‘To’ and ‘From’ and our names. We have also sounded out ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ and had a go at writing those too. We designed some of our own Christmas cards, and have been really improving our scissor […]
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