Week commencing 12/10/15
High Street Nursery Weekly News
The children enjoyed the story of Mr Pine’s Purple House and how he tried hard to make his house different
from all of the rest in the street. Some of the children have made junk models of their houses and others have
made houses using our construction blocks. We have enjoyed playing the game ‘The House that Jack Built’ which
has helped us with our colour names and turn taking skills.
Through our observations of the children we have noticed a lot of children making bridges. This week following
on from the children’s interests we are going to share the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. We will use our
‘Talk for Writing’ skills to retell the story with actions. We will explore making different bridges and enjoy acting
out the story. We are going to continue to explore shapes, practising the names of shapes and using words to
talk about shapes. We will go on shape hunts around the school grounds.
Thank you for your £1 weekly donations towards snacks, this week your money will be used to purchase:
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Breadsticks
Crackers
Cheese
Raisins
Brioche
Apples
Pears
Bananas
Tangerines
Helping your child at home:
 Sing this weeks nursery rhyme on the back of the newsletter with your child
 Encourage your child to tidy up after themselves at home, putting one set of toys away before getting
others
 Encourage your child to tell you the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff – towards the end of the week
you will notice more and more detail in your child’s retelling.
 Continue to talk about the shapes of every day objects using the vocabulary – circle, square, rectangle,
triangle, cylinder, cube, round , straight, pointy, corner etc.
Additional information:
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Term Dates and INSET days can all be found on the school website - please note the school closes for
half term on Friday 23rd October and re-opens on Tuesday 3rd November (Mon 2nd is a Whole School
INSET day)
Individual Photographs will take place on Thursday 22nd October during school time.
Whole School Photograph rescheduled for Wednesday 21st October – weather permitting
Please check all jumpers/cardigans and bags are clearly labelled with your child’s name
If you have any questions or concerns please speak to a member of the nursery team
Have a great week!
Nursery Team
This Week’s Rhyme:
London Bridge is Falling Down
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair Lady.
Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair Lady.
Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair Lady.