Salesbury Nursery
Spring Term 2 Week 3
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had yet another busy week in nursery. Firstly a huge thank you for providing your children with
costumes on Tuesday. They looked amazing! Thank you too for lending us old household objects; they
helped to bring our discussions alive.
On Monday and Tuesday we returned to our topic about houses and learnt a little about what houses were
like in the past. We began by thinking about our own houses, especially the kitchen, and how many of the
machines we have work using electricity. The children watched a video clip on YouTube called ‘Magic
Grandad’: the granddad in the clip goes back in time about 100 years and tells his grandchildren what life
was like before electricity. On Tuesday Jane came to nursery and told us how the washing was done 100
years ago. All the children got the chance to have a go at scrubbing clothes on the washboard, using a poser
to pretend to get the bubbles out and hanging the washing up on the wooden maiden. We looked at many
old objects including irons, hair curlers, candle holders, shoes, pans, milk jugs and chamber pots. Please
complete a busy bee and tell us what your child told you about the morning.
The children have also practised their cutting skills, making pirate faces, which should be displayed in our
classroom very soon.
Next week the whole school is going to take part in ‘Prevent Day’ on Tuesday: it is about encouraging
children to respect others in their immediate environment and wider world and understand that Britain is
a multi-cultural society.
We will also be reading a story from the bible called ‘The Lost Sheep’ and thinking about the messages Jesus
told his followers when he read this story.
Of course our pirate theme will also be continuing; the children will learn how colours change when they
are mixed together and will use their new colours to create under the sea pictures.
Notices
 Wednesday 18th March-Foss meeting in school at 6.30pm. Everyone welcome.
 Friday 20th March-your child’s electronic learning journal will be emailed to you so that you can
have a look at it before parents’ evening the following week.
 If you have not done so already, please book your parents’ evening slot via parent mail.
Hope you all have a lovely Mother’s Day and are thoroughly spoilt!
Regards
Mrs O’Mahoney, Mrs Bowen and Mrs Lowe