Stegosaurus Class Blog - Spring Term 2

It feels like we’ve experienced all the seasons this half term although the children continue to play outside in all weathers.

We have continued our focus on Nursery Rhymes this half term and the children have really enjoyed singing and acting them out over the past few weeks.

We've learnt ‘5 Currant Buns’ where we had a shop and a very busy playdough bakery. In week 2 we learnt ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ where we had a bus station and an actual bus. We learnt ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ where there were many towers and bridges built and knocked down. We’ve also learnt Hickory Dickory Dock and 5 Little Eggs. The children’s singing is fantastic and I think we can safely say we all know lots of Nursery Rhymes off by heart now.

In phonics we have been continuing to focus on our listening skills and the children are brilliant at counting the syllables in words. We have also been learning to listen for rhyme at the end of words and have loved playing our rhyming bingo games. We have now learnt all our  initial sounds. We have also been working really hard at blending words orally. If we can do this by the end of Nursery we will be ready for Reception!

In maths we have been continuing our work on amounts, counting skills and reading numbers. The children are fantastic at reading and finding numbers all over the classroom now. We have also been working hard at counting out objects, only touching one at a time and lining them up neatly. Our favourite phase at the moment is, ”Messy mathematicians make mistakes!”

The children have loved playing schools and several have been doing a marvellous job teaching phonics to their friends. I going to be out of a job soon children!

As the weather has got better we have seen lots more play and exploration outside again. The mud kitchen has been open for business and we have had cakes, mud paint and soups galore being served up all day.

Finally, we were so proud of our Nursery children taking place in their first whole school performance in the Spring Sing. They sat beautifully and were only a little phased -we promise you, they were singing very loudly in our practices!

 

We all hope you have a wonderful Easter break and we'll see you next term.