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Take ten minutes to share stories with your little ones. The Share A Story Corner videos have familiar characters and easy to follow stories, and tips for reading together. Look at the pictures together, guess what the characters are up to and ask your child what they think will happen next. Your child will soon be asking to read together again and again!
It’s never too early to read stories with your child and spending just ten minutes every day enjoying books together can make a BIG difference to their development. Sharing stories boosts creativity and imagination, improves wellbeing, is a positive experience for parents, carers, guardians, grandparents – everyone! – and is great fun!
https://www.worldbookday.com/share-a-story-corner/
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Spring 2
Our new topic this half term will be
"Are eggs alive?"
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 15/03/21
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 4: Ducks
Our song this week will be:
Five little ducks went swimming one day
https://www.worldbookday.com/videos/five-ducks/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038jj3r
Our story this week will be:
The Odd Egg
https://vimeo.com/117401828
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 8/03/21
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 3: Frogs
Our song this week will be:
Five Little speckled Frogs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-five-little-speckled-frogs/zjjbnrd
Our story this week will be:
Oi Frog!
By Kes Gray and Jim Field
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 1/03/21
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 2: Jack and the Beanstalk
Our song this week will be:
Beanstalk Growing Tall
(Sing to the tune of 'Jelly on a Plate')
(Children start curled up in a ball and start growing)
Beanstalk growing tall,
Beanstalk growing tall,
Swishy,swashy,swishy,swashy,
Beanstalk growing tall.
(Children reach up tall)
Reaching to the clouds,
Reaching to the clouds,
Growing taller, growing taller,
Reaching to the clouds
Our story this week will be:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 22/02/21
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 1: The Farm
Our song this week will be:
Old MacDonald had a farm
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some cows
Ee i ee i oh
With a moo-moo here
And a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some chicks
Ee i ee i o
With a cluck-cluck here
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some pigs
Ee i ee i o
With an oink-oink here
And an oink-oink there
Here an oink, there an oink
Everywhere an oink-oink
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Our stories this week will be:
Noisy Farm by Rod Campbell
https://www.worldbookday.com/videos/noisy-farm/
Farmyard Hullabaloo bu Giles Andreae
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
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The Big Schools’ Birdwatch
The Big Schools’ Birdwatch is in it’s 20th year and it is a brilliant opportunity to get out into the garden or the park, do some bird watching and talk about what you see.
The RSPB website has downloadable survey sheets with pictures of birds to look out for.
Whilst you’re out there, here are some ideas to talk about with your little ones:
• Are the birds big/huge or small/tiny?
• What colours are they?
• Model the phrase ‘I can see….’ so your child can copy this and add their own ideas
• The names of the birds you see e.g. Robin, Sparrow, Blackbird
• What are the birds doing? Use specific verbs such as flying, eating, jumping, perching, chirping, drinking.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-teachers/schools-birdwatch
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Spring 1
Our new topic this half term will be
"Do Dragon's exist?"
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 8/02/21
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 6: Chinese New Year
(Sing to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Dragon, dragon, dance around.
Dragon, dragon, touch the ground.
Dragon, dragon, shake your head.
Dragon, dragon, tongue so red.
Dragon, dragon, stamp your feet.
Dragon, dragon, coming down the street.
Our story this week will be:
How to catch a dragon by Caryl Hart
Also we will be reading the story of the Great Race -
The Chinese New Year Story.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/the-great-race
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 1/02/21
Week 5: The Castle Animals
Our song this week will be:
The Castle on the Hill Song
( Sing to the tune of the Wheels on the Bus)
The castle on the hill is old and strong,
Old and strong, old and strong.
The castle on the hill is old and strong,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has tall turrets,
Tall turrets, tall turrets.
The castle on the hill has tall turrets,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has a moat,
has a moat, has a moat.
The castle on the hill has a moat,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has a draw bridge,
draw bridge, draw bridge.
The castle on the hill has a draw bridge,
For the king!
Our story this week will be:
The Three Wishes
by David Melling
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 25/01/21
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 5: Our Class Dragon
Our song this week will be:
The King in the Castle Song
( Sing to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know it")
The king in the royal castle wears his crown,
The king in the royal castle wears his crown,
The king in the royal castle wears his crown and some dazzle.
The king in the royal castle wears his crown
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour,
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour,
The shiny knight in the castle has a shield. It has a tassel.
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour.
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars,
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars,
The fierce dragon at the castle breathes out fire (it's a hassle).
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars.
Our story this week will be:
There was an old Dragon who swallowed a Knight
by Penny Parker Klostermann.
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 18/01/21
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 3: Knights
Our song this week will be:
Brave Knight Song
(Sing to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Brave, brave knight, brave, brave knight,
With your sword, with your sword.
Wearing lots of armour, wearing lots of armour,
They deserve, a reward.
Our story this week will be:
The Knight who wouldn't fight by Helen Docherty.
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include -
Always tell the truth
Work together
Be Brave
Be Kind to each other
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 11/01/21
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 2: Dragons
Our song this week will be:
Who will fight the fierce dragon
(Sing to the tune - London Bridge is falling down)
Who will fight the fierce dragon,
Fierce dragon, fierce dragon.
Who will fight the fierce dragon?
We need a knight!
Quick, he’s breathing lots of fire,
Lots of fire, lots of fire.
Quick, he’s breathing lots of fire,
We need a knight!
Don’t forget your sword and shield,
Sword and shield, sword and shield.
Don’t forget your sword and shield.
Get them quickly!
Hooray! Now the dragon’s gone!
Dragon’s gone, dragon’s gone!
Hooray! Now the dragon’s gone!
What a brave knight!
Our story this week will be:
The Little Dragon by Heather Amery
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 5/01/21
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 1: Who lives in a castle?
Our rhyme this week will be:
I wriggle my fingers, I wriggle my toes,
I wriggle my shoulders, I wriggle my nose,
Now there is no more wriggles left in me,
I'm as still as I can be.
Our story this week will be:
In the Castle by Anna Milbourne
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Autumn 2
Our new topic this half term will be
" Is it shiny?"
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To help your child learn the Christmas songs, we will send a copy of the words home and this is a link to the tunes from the nativity play "Come to the Manger"
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This week in Nursery- Week beginning 09/11/20
Week 2 : " Is it shiny?"
Some of the Learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Our story this week will be:The Three Little Pigs
Our song this week will be:
Welcome the Baby
Come to the manger
Welcome the Baby
Come to the manger
Visit the King!
Come to the manger
Welcome the little one
Good news for all we sing!
Good news for all we sing!
Come to the manger
Welcome the Baby
Come to the manger
Visit the King!
Come to the manger
Welcome the little one
Good news for all we sing!
Good news for all we sing!
Good news for all we sing!
Nursery Rhyme Counting Songs to enjoy!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-counting-songs/zn67kmn
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 02/11/20
Week 1 : Autumn
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
"We're Going on a Leaf Hunt"
Our song this week will be:
"Autumn leaves are falling down"
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 19/10/20
Topic: Guess How Much I Love You...
Week 6 : People I love
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Our song this week will be:
Begin to learn the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and actions for our Christmas play.
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 12/10/20
Topic: Guess How Much I Love You...
Week 5 : People who help us!
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Our story this week will be:
Emergency! By Margaret Mayo
Our song this week will be:
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 5/10/20
Topic: Guess How Much I Love You...
Week 5 : All about Me!
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Please remember:
Our story this week will be:
"The Way I Feel" by Janan Cain
Our song this week will be:
"If You're Happy and You Know it!"
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 28/09/20
Topic: Guess How Much I Love You...
Week 4 : Babies
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
Our story this week will be:
There's a HOUSE inside my MUMMY by Giles Andreae
Our rhyme / song this week will be:
The Finger Family Song
Daddy finger, daddy finger
where are you?
Here I am
here I am
How do you do?
Mommy finger, mommy finger
where are you?
Here I am, here I am
How do you do?
Brother finger, brother finger,
where are you?
Here I am, here I am
How do you do?
Sister finger, sister finger
where are you?
Here I am, here I am
How do you do?
Baby finger, baby finger
where are you?
Here I am, here I am
How do you do?
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 21/09/20
Topic: Guess How Much I Love You...
Week 3 : Families
This week we will be:
Our story this week will be:
Our rhyme / song this week will be:
I wriggle my fingers,
I wriggle my toes,
I wriggle my shoulders,
I wriggle nose,
Now there are no more wriggles left in me,
I'm as still as I can be.
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Put your finger on your lips, on your lips,
Put your finger on your lips, on your lips,
Put your finger on your lips and seal it like a zip,
Put your finger on your lips, on your lips.
Tune: If you're happy and you know it
At home you could:
Week beginning 14/09/20
The Plan for this week is as follows:
Monday- Nursery session - 2 hours (9.15am - 11.15am) Group A
Tuesday- Nursery session - 2 hours (9.15am - 11.15am) Group B
Wednesday - Nursery Full Session - 3 hours (9.15am - 12.15pm )
Thursday - Nursery Full Session-3 hours (9.15am - 12.15pm )
Friday- Nursery Full Session -3 hours (9.15am - 12.15pm )
Week 2 -
This week we will:
At home you could:
Week beginning 8/09/20
Welcome to Howe Park Nursery 2020 - 2021
The Plan for this week is as follows:
Tuesday- Settling in with a parent - 1 hour (9.30am - 10.30am) or (11.00am - 12.00pm)
Outdoor Meet Ups with Mrs Cullen - appointment in Nursery Pack.
Wednesday - Settling in with a parent - 1 hour (9.30am - 10.30am) or (11.00am - 12.00pm)
Outdoor Meet Ups with Mrs Cullen - appointment in Nursery Pack.
Thursday-Settling in without a parent - 1 hour (9.30am - 10.30am) or (11.00am - 12.00pm)
Friday- Settling in without a parent - 1 hour (9.30am - 10.30am) or (11.00am - 12.00pm)
Please remember:
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Applying for Primary School for September 2021
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This week in Nursery- Week beginning 4/03/20
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 2: Jack and the Beanstalk
Our song this week will be:
Beanstalk Growing Tall
(Sing to the tune of 'Jelly on a Plate')
(Children start curled up in a ball and start growing)
Beanstalk growing tall,
Beanstalk growing tall,
Swishy,swashy,swishy,swashy,
Beanstalk growing tall.
(Children reach up tall)
Reaching to the clouds,
Reaching to the clouds,
Growing taller, growing taller,
Reaching to the clouds
Our story this week will be:
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
This is the way we wash our hands,
Wash our hands, wash our hands.
This is the way we wash our hands,
With lots of soap and water!
With your child at home this week you could:
Talk about stories - does your child have a favourite story? What is it called? Who are the main characters? Where is it set? Can they retell you the story?
Count a variety of different objects at home, slowly and carefully touching each object as you count.
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 24/02/20
Topic: Are eggs alive?
Week 1: The Farm
Our song this week will be:
Old MacDonald had a farm
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some cows
Ee i ee i oh
With a moo-moo here
And a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo-moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some chicks
Ee i ee i o
With a cluck-cluck here
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some pigs
Ee i ee i o
With an oink-oink here
And an oink-oink there
Here an oink, there an oink
Everywhere an oink-oink
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i o
Our story this week will be:
Farmyard Hullabaloo
by Giles Andreae
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 10/02/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 6: The Castle Animals
Our song this week will be:
The Castle on the Hill Song
( Sing to the tune of the Wheels on the Bus)
The castle on the hill is old and strong,
Old and strong, old and strong.
The castle on the hill is old and strong,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has tall turrets,
Tall turrets, tall turrets.
The castle on the hill has tall turrets,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has a moat,
has a moat, has a moat.
The castle on the hill has a moat,
For the king!
The castle on the hill has a draw bridge,
draw bridge, draw bridge.
The castle on the hill has a draw bridge,
For the king!
Our story this week will be:
The Three Wishes
by David Melling
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 3/02/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 5: Our Class Dragon
Our song this week will be:
The King in the Castle Song
( Sing to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know it"
The king in the royal castle wears his crown,
The king in the royal castle wears his crown,
The king in the royal castle wears his crown and some dazzle.
The king in the royal castle wears his crown
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour,
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour,
The shiny knight in the castle has a shield. It has a tassel.
The shiny knight in the castle wears armour.
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars,
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars,
The fierce dragon at the castle breathes out fire (it's a hassle).
The fierce dragon at the castle roars and roars.
Our story this week will be:
There was an old Dragon who swallowed a Knight
by Penny Parker Klostermann.
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 27/01/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 4: Chinese New Year
Our song this week will be:
Dragon Dragon Song
(Sing to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Dragon, dragon, dance around.
Dragon, dragon, touch the ground.
Dragon, dragon, shake your head.
Dragon, dragon, tongue so red.
Dragon, dragon, stamp your feet.
Dragon, dragon, coming down the street.
Our story this week will be:
How to catch a dragon by Caryl Hart
Also we will be reading the story of the Great Race -
The Chinese New Year Story.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/the-great-race
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 20/01/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 3: Knights
Our song this week will be:
Brave Knight Song
(Sing to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Brave, brave knight, brave, brave knight,
With your sword, with your sword.
Wearing lots of armour, wearing lots of armour,
They deserve, a reward.
Our story this week will be:
The Knight who wouldn't fight by Helen Docherty.
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include -
Always tell the truth
Work together
Be Brave
Be Kind to each other
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 13/01/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 2: Dragons
Our song this week will be:
Who will fight the fierce dragon
(Sing to the tune - London Bridge is falling down)
Who will fight the fierce dragon,
Fierce dragon, fierce dragon.
Who will fight the fierce dragon?
We need a knight!
Quick, he’s breathing lots of fire,
Lots of fire, lots of fire.
Quick, he’s breathing lots of fire,
We need a knight!
Don’t forget your sword and shield,
Sword and shield, sword and shield.
Don’t forget your sword and shield.
Get them quickly!
Hooray! Now the dragon’s gone!
Dragon’s gone, dragon’s gone!
Hooray! Now the dragon’s gone!
What a brave knight!
Our story this week will be: The Little Dragon by Heather Amery
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 7/01/20
Topic: Do Dragon's exist?
Week 1: Who lives in a castle?
Our rhyme this week will be:
I wriggle my fingers, I wriggle my toes,
I wriggle my shoulders, I wriggle my nose,
Now there is no more wriggles left in me,
I'm as still as I can be.
Our story this week will be: In the Castle by Anna Milbourne
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
With your child at home this week you could:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 18/11/19
Topic: How do buildings stay up?
Week 3: This is the house that Jack built
Our song this week will be: Christmas Play songs
Our stories this week will be: Spot the bird on the building site.
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 01/10/19
Topic: How much do you love me?
Week 4: People I love
Our song this week will be: All of me
Our stories this week will be: How much do you love me? and Love Monster
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 30/9/19
Topic: How much do you love me?
Week 3: All about me
Our song this week will be: Head shoulders knees and toes
Our stories this week will be: All about me!
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include:
This week in Nursery- Week beginning 24/09/19
Topic: How much do you love me?
Week 2: Babies
Our song this week will be: Finger family song
Our stories this week will be: There’s a House Inside My Mummy by Giles Andreae
Some of our learning opportunities this week will include: