St Thomas' C of E Primary School

Nursery

Parents as Partners           

Week Commencing: 16^th March 2020

 Dear Parents/Carers,

We have done some lovely learning for Science week and the children have really enjoyed it. We had to free animals from ice and predict which method of melting the ice would be the quickest, we had to observe the world around us an find items to match the colours of the rainbow and we had to do an experiment and test which liquids made bubbles with our bubble wand and record the results. Thank you to those parents who attended our science morning – I hope you enjoyed it as much as I know the children did.

Next week we will be doing the following:

Literacy – we will be introducing our new narrative immersion text ‘Paper Dolls’. We will meet Tilly who will tell us about her paper dolls and we shall draw some of our own.

Letters and Sounds – We will be joining in with the rhyming book ‘Oi Duck-Billed Platypus!’ as we identify the rhyming words.

Mathematics – We will be focusing on separating a group of objects (to 5) in different ways but recognising that the total is still the same.

Little Reminders:

• Spare clothes: your child should always have some on their peg, but if your child has used some of our Nursery spare clothes please could you wash and return them ASAP as our stocks are getting low because people are not returning them. Thank you.

Important dates:

• Parents evening – Thursday 2^nd April 3:15-6:00 – look for a sign-up sheet nearer the time.
• Easter service in church – Friday 3^rd April at 2:00
• Break up for Easter – Friday 3^rd April. We return to school on Monday 20^th April.

Thank you for your help and support
The EYFS Team

Additional Home Learning

Please find below a list of activities that you can do indoors at home with your child.

Crafts

1. Make paper airplanes
2. Salt painting
3. Make sun catchers
4. Make salt dough
5. Make sponge stamps
6. Make a cereal box aquarium
7. Make scratch art
8. Make your own bookmark
9. Paint pet rocks
10. Make recycled crayons
11. Make paper boats
12. Finger paint
13. Make friendship bracelets
14. Make a bird feeder
15. Make paper bag puppets
16. Make handprint art
17. Make a scrapbook
18. Decorate a t-shirt
19. Make a thankful jar
20. Paint leaves
21. Make a time capsule
22. Make button art
23. Paint with watercolours
24. Colour in a colouring book
25. Make paper crafts
26. Build a cardboard castle
27. Make tissue box monsters
28. Make a toilet roll butterfly
29. Make chalk ice
30. Draw a self portrait
31. Paint a recycled jar
32. Make a superhero costume 

Activities

1. Make playdough
2. Make slime
3. Make play mud
4. Make fake snow
5. Make a sensory tub
6. Build a fort
7. Have a pillow fight
8. Make up/write a story
9. Have a film day
10. Put on a fashion show
11. Bake cupcakes/muffins
12. Do yoga
13. Build an obstacle course
14. Make dinner together
15. Build something with lego
16. Build a stack of cards
17. Put on a puppet show
18. Make a treasure hunt
19. Indoor bowling
20. Learn to draw something new
21. Put on a play
22. Make indoor hopscotch
23. Do a family chore together
24. Have a dance party
25. Have a tea party
26. Water play in the bath
27. Set up a toy shop and play
28. Make a sock toss game
29. Keep a diary 

Games

1. Play would you rather
2. Play I-spy
3. Play Simon says
4. Play a board game
5. Play hide and seek
6. Indoor scavenger hunt
7. Play bingo
8. Play card games – e.g. snap
9. Do a jigsaw puzzle
10. Play charades
11. Build your own game
12. Play musical statues / bumps / chairs
13. Play hot potato
14. Play marbles
15. Keep the balloon up
16. Play dominoes
17. Play hangman

Have fun doing some new activities together.