If you would like your child to have a fruit snack with their milk each day, please pay £1 per week on a Monday.
(Please put your £1 in an envelope with your child’s name
clearly labelled on it)
Wellington Boots
Please can all parents send in a pair of wellingtons for your child as we like to splash in puddles on wet and rainy days. We will also be going on an Autumn walk soon and the children will need their wellies for this adventure.
Bobby and Betsi Bear
We have 2 super bears in Nursery who like to go home with all the lovely boys and girls.
Thank you to all the children who have looked after Bobby and Betsi so well.
Mrs Penfold loves to hear all about their adventures and share your experiences with all the other children in the Nursery
Areas in the Nursery classroom. We have fun as we explore, investigate and discover.
September 2017
A very big welcome to all our new Nursery children this year.
Outdoor fun
We have been collaging pictures of ourselves
We have printed our hands using paint and we have been talking about what we use our hands for
September Welsh Speakers of the week
October 2017
Owl Babies
We have been looking at the story 'Owl Babies'
We have been retelling and sequencing the story and learning to order the owls from biggest to smallest.
We are having lots of fun experiences based around the story.
Have a look at our pictures below and why not watch the story with your child.
Ordering by size
Sequencing and retelling the story
Making owl nests and owl homes
More owl fun
Owl Babies - Picture Book Animation
Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait. Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return.
Shapes
We have been learning our 2D shapes
Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle.
Look at how much fun we had!
Please help your child by reinforcing these shapes at home.
We are learning to recognise our names and write them, trying to form the letters correctly.
We have been finger painting our names
We have been learning about the signs of Autumn and all about the Harvest
Having fun learning about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
We made windmills and bows out of crisp packets
We are learning to recognise, form and write the number 1 correctly. Please have a go of this at home.
We have been making magic potions to help us learn the number 1
We brush our teeth in school every day
Look at one of the songs we brush our teeth to in the Nursery. You might like to try this at home
Brush Your Teeth
It's a song about brushing your teeth. This song was written and performed by A.J. Jenkins Video by KidsTV123 Copyright 2012 A.J. Jenkins/KidsTV123: All rights reserved.
October Welsh Speakers of the Week
November 2017
We are continuing our number 1 work.
We use scarves to help us in our Digit Dance to learn number formation.
We are learning to recognise and form the letter m correctly
We have been learning 2D shapes and we have created lovely shape pictures.
We have had lots of fun with our new Bubble Machine
We have been continuing our work on patterns and we have been sequencing with crisp packets.
This week was anti bullying week. We have been talking about how to be kind to each other and how to be a super friend.
We have been continuing our work on the letter 'm'.
Sewing our Christmas stockings
Making our cheeky monkey calanders
Thank you to everyone who supported the Children in Need Day by making super recycling costumes and dressing up. Thank you to everyone who sent in cakes and for your kind donations.
We have been naming and labelling parts of the body.
We have been learning to recognise and count out 2 objects and we have been learning how to form the number 2 correctly.
We have been learning how to hold our scissors correctly and we have been cutting straight lines.
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With the help of Fflic and Fflac our welsh speaking puppets, we have been learning to speak in welsh and asking the question Pwy wyt ti? and answering with our name and ydw i.
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December 2017
December has been a very busy and exciting time in the Nursery.
We have been learning to recognise and form the letter 'a' Printing with a a a apples.
Making Christmas cards.
Making cheeky monkey calendars
We did some sewing on our Christmas stockings
Making snowmen to eat. Mmmmm DELICIOUS
We made Snowmen hats for our Christmas Party
This year the Nursery and Reception class performed our Christmas concert 'Our First Nativity'
Morning Nursery and Reception-- Our First Nativity Play
Reception and Afternoon Nursery--- Our First Nativity
We had a super visit to Cefn Mably Farm Park.
Guess who we saw there?
We sang a song from our concert for Santa.
We had fun at our Christmas party. we ate party food, played games and danced.
The Nursery staff would like to wish you all an amazing Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We would like to say a big thank you for the lovely gifts and cards.
January 2018
Welcome back to all our lovely boys and girls and a super new welcome to our new starters.
Our theme this term is -
OurWonderfulWorldof Colour.
We are also learning the colours in welsh.
Coch Melyn GlasGwyrdd OrenPorfforPinc Du
We have been learning the letter sound 's' and how to form it correctly.
Our number this week is '3'
We have been learning the 'd' sound and how to form it correctly.
Round his bottom, up his tall neck, down to his feet.
We have been reading the story 'Elmer' by David McKee, investigating colour and designing our own elephants, creating patterns and much much more.
Take a look at the Elmer story below.
Anytime Tales - Elmer
Elmer the patchwork elephant seems to feel very different from the other elephants in his herd, so he decides to fit in, but little does he know, being different makes him special. Recorded from the NSPCC Children's Favourites Volume 2 VHS. Elmer is the property of David McKee.
Revising the formation of the letter 'd'
Dough disco
Outdoor Fun
February 2018
ColourMixing
We have been learning that mixing 2 primary colours can make a new colour.
We have been looking at Daffodils and painting Daffodils ready for our St. David's Day Celebeations.
Nursery Valentine Friends
We made a Valentine gift for someone special.
Chinese New Year Activities
Half Term Home/School Task
We have been learning to recognise and form the 't' sound.
March 2018
Painting the letter 't' with tea.
We have been learning to recognise and form the number 4.
World Book Day
The Nursery children have been very busy making cards and gifts for Mother's Day.
We hope you enjoy your super surprises.
We have been learning ti recognise and form the 'i' sound. Look at our i i i i insects.
5 little ducks went swimming one day.
St. David's Day was celebrated a little late this year as our special day was interrupted by snow.
We completed a home/school task.
We had a writing and an art competition.
We have been learning and performing Welsh songs.
Wew dressed in our Welsh costumes.
Our Eisteddfod competition winners.
Easter Time is here again.
Let's Celebrate
Learning about the Easter story
Making Easter cards
Easter Bonnet Parade
Easter Bonnet Parade
Easter Bonnet Competition Winners
We would like to wish all the Nursery children and their family a very Happy Easter.
April 2018
We have been learning to recognise and form the letter 'n' n for Nemo in a net
We have been developing our scissor skills
Our theme this term is
'The Secret Garden'
We have been looking at the books about
Percy the Park Keeper
We have painted pictures for our new role play area.
We love to play in Percy's Hut
May 2018
We are enjoying the stories about Percy the Park Keeper
We are doing so well writing our names
P.E. Fun
Outdoor P.E.
We have so much fun learning numbers.
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This week we are learning all about planting and how things grow. We are also learning to name parts of a flower.
We have watched 'Come Outside' all about planting.
We have been reading the book `In Wibbbly's Garden` and we have been watching the video.