Welcome to Danescourt Primary School
Croeso i Ysgol Gynradd Danescourt
Additional Information
Croeso/Welcome to Nursery
Dydd Llun: Making Nursery playdough
Dydd Mawrth: Making Nursery snack
Dydd Mercher: Book Club (Please remember your book bags)
Dydd Iau: Busy Feet
Dydd Gwener: Pirate Ship/Dough Disco/Creative Music and Movement
Please keep us advised of any changes/upsets that may affect your child (Mrs Deek will be available for the first 10 mins at the beginning of each session)
Please ensure your contact details are correct and up to date
If your child is unwell please keep them at home and remember the 48hr rule relating to sickness and diarrhoea
Please ensure all your child’s belonging are clearly labelled with their name
Remember to ask your boys and girls about Learning Larry. What did Learning Larry say today?
Remember to use the Talk Cards as a prompt to promote talk at home
Remember to ask your boys and girls about Thinking Maps and Hats
Oak (Nursery)
Meithrinfa
Oak Class: Mrs Deek
Our Context for Learning this term is called: Wonderful Me!
School begins at 09.00 and ends at 11.30 (morning sessions)
School begins at 12.45 and ends at 3.15 (afternoon sessions)
Snack money £1.50 a week
Snack can be paid weekly/half termly/termly.
Please post snack money or messages in the Nursery post box
Autumn Term 1: 8 weeks £12.00/Autumn Term 2: 7 weeks £10.50/whole Term £22.50
Spring folder: Wizards and Wands
Summer folder: All Creatures Great and Small
Nursery Favourite Book Box: We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Nursery Rhyme Fun, Peepo, Each Peach Pear Plum,The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Language, Literacy and Communication
To enjoy non-fiction/fiction books
To develop early preparations/routines for GGR sessions and phonics groups
To learn how to record their ideas, feelings and experiences through mark making and drawing
To watch short video clips/slides and talk about them
To use Nursery telephones to talk to friends
To develop language by singing songs and rhymes
To develop pencil grip and control
To share and enjoy books at Book Club (every Wednesday)
To use books to find information
To take home Suzie/Sandy and tell my friends about their adventures
To bring the Talk Box back to Nursery and talk
To listen to stories from our Favourite Book Box
To use talk cards (sent home) to promote talk about my day at Nursery
To create a Circle Map on what we know about ourselves
To particiapte orally in our Thinking Schools activities
To participate orally to our Nursery P4C sessions
To make mini books and do special writing
To participate in singing/action songs
To begin to indentify some letter sounds using tactile letters and multi-sensory play
To talk about their experiences
To talk about ourselves
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
To identify what they want to find out
To ask questions and listen to answers
To ask 'Why?'
To explore the environment
To listen to the ideas of others
To make observations about each other
To make comparisons and identify similarities and differences
To become familiar with Nursery daily routines
To follow instructions/directions
To make/record observations
Physical Development
To develop control with body movements when performing
To visit the pirate ship and climb
To develop fine motor and gross motor skills with specific, tailored activities
To develop skills in: throwing, kicking, bouncing, catching and pedalling
To particpate in Balance Bike sessions
To particpate in Dough Disco
To use a range of small and large equipment and stimuli
To be able to climb over obstacles
To participate in Busy Feet sessions
Mathematical Development
To develop mathematical vocabulary
To recognise my numerals
To recognise 'the same, the least and the most'
To develop number formation in the sand/ foam trays
To develop number recognition with lotto games, number lines and puzzles
To begin learning about amounts
To understand the concept of one more
To develop saying numbers
To join in with number songs and rhymes
To sort and classify numbers using a Tree Map
To count objects
To develop mathematical language when making play dough/snack
To compare sizes of ourselves
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PSE, RE, Well-being, Cultural Diversity
To take responsibility for our personal needs
To take care of our plants and flowers in the garden and allotment
To take risks and become confident explorers of the indoor and outdoor environment
To become familiar with routines and new surroundings
To become familiar with peers and adults in the setting
To have their views listened to and listen to the views of others
To become familiar with the visual Nursery class guidelines
To recognise the need for personal hygiene
To be aware of personal safety
To share and take turns
To participate in R time
To participate in You Can Do It!
To respond to social greetings from familiar/unfamiliar people
ICT
(A holistic approach across the curriculum)
To draw and paint using the Paint Program
To develop mouse control
To use the interactive whiteboard
To use the use ipads to support learning
To use the Story-nories
Creative Development
(A holistic approach across the curriculum)
To make junk model creations
To become confident using the Nursery performance stage
To talk about my creations
To move to music during Busy Feet sessions/Creative Music and Movement
To participate in our Home School Task
To work in small groups to develop their own ideas
To sing songs
To listen and respond to music
To develop an understanding of colour, line, tone, texture, pattern, shape and form
Welsh Language Development
To explore Welsh books
To listen to poems and stories in the Welsh language
To learn new Welsh vocabulary related to ourselves
To develop language by singing in Welsh
To respond to incidental Welsh commands
To sing days of the week and number songs in Welsh
To count in Welsh
To ask and respond to 'Pwy wyt ti?'
To ask and respond to 'Beth wyt ti eisiau?'
To converse simply, sometimes replacing English words with Welsh words
