Good Morning everybody,

This morning after our morning routine, I want you to focus on writing the numbers 2 and 3 again this time you can make the marks on paper, with playdough, in the air finger writing or using the worksheets from Friday again which I will attach below.

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For our focus activity we are going to be making our own cress heads, I hope you all managed to purchase some cress seeds so you can join in, but if you didn’t don’t worry we are going to make a special extra one in class that is for all of you and I will document it’s progress as we continue through this term! If you haven’t managed to get cress seeds but you have grass seeds lying in a shed somewhere then of course you can use those instead!

Below are the instructions for our cress head activity, but it’s very simple and super fun, just draw a face on your yogurt pot or tub, then add watered cotton wool balls, sprinkle on your cress seeds and place on a windowsill to get some sun light.

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This afternoon it is cosmic yoga time!!! so have fun and send me some photo’s of you working out I would love to see them.

Good Morning Everybody,

This morning after you have completed your daily morning routine which consists of counting from 0-10, but if you can continue further that’s amazing, please do so. Colour recognition, Shape recognition. Shape of the Week this week is a ‘SQUARE’, remember to count the sides and corners together, make the number four with your fingers holding them up in the air, then have a go at writing the number 4 on paper, or white board, in sand or even make a 4 using playdough any mark making is fun and super learning.

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• Can you find objects around your house that is a SQUARE shape??

Remember to look at the day and date of the week also what the weather is doing outside?, We have magic weather goggler’s (Binoculars to you and me) in nursery but you can just make your own binoculars by using your hands to inspect the weather further when you look out of the window!

Also name writing if you would like me to email you a template of your child’s name writing sheet, please get in contact and I will forward it straight back to you.

Todays focus activity is measuring Conner the caterpillar please see resources below.

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Conner needs help with sorting out his caterpillar friends into groups of short and long, he also wants help with seeing which of his caterpillar friends are longer or shorter then him or even the same size. ‘Can you help him’???

Don’t worry if you aren’t able to print Conner out, you could draw and colour your own Conner the caterpillar and some friends, then practice your cutting skills and cut them out and then place them in piles of small/short or big/long.

This afternoon is Makaton sign time, the sign to learn together this week is ‘Good Morning’ have fun signing together.

Have a great day ♥

Good morning,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

This morning we are going to look at another story about growth called ‘Titch’ please see story to access on you tube, then with the help of your grown up can you have a go at measuring yourself, lie down on the floor then get your grown up to place next to you either a tape measure or blocks or toy cars in a line, whatever you have at home from your head to your toes, then stand up and look how tall you are from your measurement. You could even then have a go at measuring your grown up! Is your grown up bigger than you??

After you have measured yourself have a think about Titch.

• Do you think you are as tall as Titch??
• How do you think Titch felt being the smallest??
• Did you think Titch knew that his seed would grow bigger than his brother and sister?? Did you know??

The moral of this story is everything can grow in the right nurtured environment, just like everyone working hard at home with their families, its a lovely story.

This afternoon I would like you to go outside and see if there are still any leaves on the ground for treading with you can use a piece of string or a shoe lace, then tread the leaves along the string practicing your pincer grip this will help with holding your pencil when practicing you name tracing/writing during your morning routine.

Have a lovely Monday X

Hello Nursery,

I hope you have had an enjoyable week of learning and have managed to try the activities I have set. Today is Friday so we deserve an easy time.

Don’t forget it’s a Joe Wicks PE session first time beginning at 9am ask your grown up’s to join you!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Then after your exercise, it’s time for your daily morning routine. I’ve added some pizza worksheets below for you to cut up, focusing on your shape of the week which is a triangle. If you can’t print off the sheet please design your own pizza then cut it up into triangular shapes. Pictures please!!

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In nursery we have been struggling a little with our writing of numbers 2-5, so have a go at two of the number worksheets below, only focus on numbers 2 and 3 today! then watch the Numberjacks and see if you can recognise the two numbers you have been working on. Please see link below.

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Pre-Warning For Next Week; on Wednesday  20th we will be planting some cress seeds in a old yogurt pot for our focus activity, so if you have time to purchase some seeds so you can join in with the activity next week, all you will need is cotton wool, a yogurt pot or any small tub that you can draw a face on and some cress seeds!

Right now I think its time for you to have fun as a family. Play a game, go for a walk. just enjoy being together. And can I thank you for all of your hard work this week!

I will speak to you again on Monday, Have a lovely weekend Miss Thelwellx

Good Morning Nursery,

Can I start by thanking you all for working so hard at home with your grown up’s and sending me your fantastic work. The pictures of you we are getting make us miss you all so much and some of you have even earned up to 3 virtual stars!!.

All your work gets placed in your learning journey and I will make a collage of all your pictures for you all to enjoy as we near the end of lock down.

Todays learning along with your morning routine is some more BBC bitesize focusing on maths, please let me know how you found the last one.

Todays is number sequencing, counting and one more, one less songs so please have fun listening then try some number sequencing and counting. See if you can take one away or add one on with your grown up’s helping, this is very hard so its all about just having a go, don’t worry if its too hard this is why we practice, practice, practice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbnm39

I just wanted to send you all a picture of our acorn seed and show you how well it is doing, do you remember when we went for an autumn walk and picked up the acorns that had fallen off the oak tree? Well it has germinated and look what has grown, our very own oak tree sapling amazing!! We will be planting it out when it gets a little warmer and you can watch it grow as you all grow up through the school.

Now have a look at what our oak tree will need to grow! Talk about the pictures and what’s happening.

Can you now have a go at drawing your own oak tree, you can use the template provided or draw and colour in your own, you can sponge paint on leaves, use your fingers in paint, cut and stick on the colour green its up to you. But don’t forget to send me some pictures!

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Enjoy your learning, Have a lovely dayx

Good Morning Nursery,

You have made it to half way through our second week and I’m sure you are all trying really hard. Keep it up!

After your morning learning of number, shapes, colour and name writing (Concentrate on practicing your pencil grip today) also don’t forget about the day of the week, month and weather, it’s important that we keep going over these daily! I would like you to spend a little time cutting with scissors, I have included some cutting out worksheets or if you have some pictures at home you would prefer to uses then please use them. Firstly start with making snips in the paper, then cut out whole lines and then try to cut out a picture that is on the paper, it is really important that we keep using this skill as it helps with our fine motor movements.

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This afternoon I would like you to create a picture using vegetable printing, cut a few different vegetables in half and see what marks they make on paper when dipped in paint. Can you make a face?? Don’ worry if you haven’t got any spare vegetables to cut up or paint! how about making a face using fruit or vegetables you find in the kitchen, use a banana for a mouth, tomato for a nose etc… please send me some pictures of what you have created.

E-mail address: admin@shawburystmarys.co.uk

Yoga time is at 2.30pm please join in fitness is fun.

Don’t forget anything I can help with please let me know.

Miss Thelwellx

Good Morning,

Today alongside our morning routine I would like you to focus on our shape of the week a triangle, Please use the worksheets below.

Dragon

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How have you all got on with number recognition and quantity please let me know if you would like more help with this?

Today I would like to introduce some Makaton for you to learn together. In nursery we do signing to songs which the children really enjoy, so I thought it would be a nice idea to have a go at learning some specific signing words together at home. Our first sign is ‘Hello’.

Once you have practiced together please click on Mr Tumbles theme tune below and have ago.

Happy learning x

Hello Nursery,

I hope you have all had a great weekend and are ready to get started with some more super home learning.

Remember to continue with the morning routine looking at numbers, shape and colour. For numbers today you can use the number line I have sent you below or even better make your own! a great way to practice your number writing. Once you have done that see if you can count all the way up to 10, also see if you can recognise the numbers not in order.

Once you have done all that, try and place the same amount of objects over the number so you can start recognising number as a quantity, e.g. 1 lego block on number 1, 2 lego blocks on number 2 and so on.

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Our shape of the week this week is a triangle! look for a triangle shaped object around your house, count the sides and corners of a triangle, see if you can count the same number on your fingers, write out the number 3, this can be on paper or making the number 3 in the air or shaping playdough into a 3 whatever makes learning more fun.

Our story of the week is ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Alison Bartlett and Vivian French, click on the link below,

It’s all about Oliver not liking any other food than chips until he plays a game with Grandpa.

• Watch the story and have a think about your favourite vegetables??
• What’s your families favourite vegetable??
• What vegetables do you have in your fridge??
• Draw your favourite vegetable.

https://www.google.com/search?q=olivers+vegetables&rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB926GB927&oq=olivers+vegetables&aqs=chrome..69i57.5731j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I’ve also included the link to Joe Wicks first work out its at 9am and is on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday so if you would like to have ago please do, keeping fitness fun.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Have a lovely day.

Hello Nursery,

Well done for making it through your first week, I hope you’ve had fun learning at home with your family and I do hope you have listened well to your grown up’s.

Alongside our morning routine I’m going to start introducing activities that I would like you to have a go at:-)

BBC bitesize has some wonderful activities and games to make learning fun, the activity I would like you to have a go at this morning is to help with your numbers it’s called Buds-Number Garden, the link is below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkphbk/articles/zd4b382

I also can’t help but get excited about this weather, it is very important that you get out and enjoy it so I have found a fantastic activity that you can do, it’s also a bit of science which is always fun. Have a go at making an Ice Bauble. all you need is a dish, water, sticks, leaves or whatever exciting things you can find out side and some string, please see picture example below.

Ask questions like:

What happens to the water when it gets cold??                                                          What happens when the ice bauble gets warm??                                                              What shape is your ice bauble??

Can I thank you so much for the lovely pictures I have already received, you are being super learners earning your virtual stars, please keep it up!

Have a lovely weekend Miss Thelwellx

Good morning nursery:-)

All the staff here in Nursery really miss you all and hope that you are all ok, it makes us feel better knowing you are safe at home even though we miss learning with you.

I know some of you like to do special nursery tasks so I will run your grown up’s through our morning routine so if you feel like you want have a go at some home learning please do, and don’t forget to send us anything you have done since we have been apart as we would love you to keep in touch.

E-mail admin@shawburystmarys.co.uk

Right to start our day we look at numbers and recognition on our number caterpillar, we are only concentrating on numbers up to 10, but if you can recognise numbers higher than this please keep going. an example of our 1-5 caterpillar is below.

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Then we look at the days of the week, ‘What day is it today?’, What the weather is doing outside? today is a super day to investigate that! and what month and date we are on today.

Then we look at colours we hunt around the nursery for objects of our favourite colours naming each ones we find, after that its our shape of the week we look at how many sides and corners the shape we have chosen has and count on our fingers, e.g. so if a we have chosen the square we hold up 4 fingers to count and then have a go at recognising and writing the number 4.

Finally before we go off for a well deserved playtime, we look at our name cards, we have a go at copying and writing our names in class, either by tracing over the letters or writing them independently.

If you would like to have a go at our morning routine please see some links below, but more importantly keep safe and warm x

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