Mrs Chilton's Sing Along

Hi Nursery,

Mrs Chilton here! I have recorded a special sing along for you to take part in! I am missing you all so much and am looking forward to seeing you all soon! I can't wait to hear your songs!

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Love

Mrs Chilton

Hungry Little Minds - simple, fun activities for your children.

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all keeping safe and well!

I have found a link to a campaign called ‘Hungry Little Minds’ which is a Department for Education campaign that encourages parents and carers to adopt positive activities and behaviours to boost children’s communication, language and literacy development.

It includes lots of simple and fun ideas and activities to try out with your children at home.

“Many little things light up hungry little minds. Kids take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference.”

Hungry Little Minds

Take care and stay safe,

Love, Miss Woods 🌈

Nursery Emails

Miss Woods' story time 🧸

Happy Monday! 

I have heard that lots of you are enjoying listening to our stories on YouTube so I have recorded another one which I think you might like!

It’s all about a boy who has lost his teddy – have you got your teddies ready to listen to the story with you? Here is the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kewCSM5kOA 

I hope you enjoy it!

Love, Miss Woods 😊

A special message from Mrs Hayes

A special message from Mrs Hayes because she is missing you all so much

Mrs Hayes

"We have created our own little family in school and thank everyone for keeping us safe."

Hello Nursery,

We hope you are staying safe and well. We thought we would share with you some of the exciting things that our lovely children have been up to this week with Mrs Roberts, Miss Wilcox and Mrs Shaw, in case you wanted to try out any of them!

1. Building masks from cardboard and paint.

2. Making balloon models using modelling balloons and you tube tutorial, 

3. Making hugs to send to someone who needs one. 

(Mrs Roberts sent one to Mrs Rodgers and Miss Wilcox sent one to Miss Hanson) Even grown ups need a hug sending!

4. Made a rainbow of hands which we have displayed in the hall window for you to see when you enter via the hall doors,

5. Playing on the gym equipment and shark attack. 

6. Today we had our very own sports day with everyone receiving a certificate and an ice pop in the sun.

“We have created our own little family in school and thank everyone for keeping us safe.”

Are the words that have been shared this week.

Week 6 learning.

Hi everybody 😊

I hope you have enjoyed seeing some pictures of your friends on the blog and what they have been getting up to at home. Don’t forget to ask your grown-ups to email some pictures of your learning and activities to nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk and I can share these on the blog so your friends can see what you have been doing too!

I hope you have your brainboxes ready for this week’s challenges; Mr Bear and Jenie have worked together as a team to set some fabulous activities for you!

Here are your phonic challenges for the week (Scroll further down the page to see some practical Maths activities for this week):

You could begin your days by singing the ‘Days of the week’ song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

You could also talk to your grown-ups about the weather and if you are feeling up to a super challenge – name the day that it was yesterday and the day it will be tomorrow!

Monday:

Phonics – Warm up by singing the ‘Jolly jingles’ song on YouTube (you don’t have to sing them all in one go, you could sing a few each day)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxN7LGOoLc

Today, your grown up is going to show you some pictures.

One at a time, see if you can say what the picture is. Can you hear the initial sound? (You could use the jolly jingle action to help with this) As a challenge, you could have a go at writing the initial sound for the object. Repeat this activity for each of the pictures below:

Challenge: Can you have a go at writing each sound in the word that you can hear. Try with your grown-ups to segment the word and break it down into single sounds e.g.

d    o   g and then blend it back together = dog

Tuesday:

Phonics – log on to phonicsplay.co.uk. Play flashcard speed sounds (phase 2) and practise saying all of the sounds. How many could you remember? Are you getting faster at naming each sound?

I hope you are ready for a hunt around your house today! Ask your grown up to choose between 2 and 4 different sounds like in the picture below. Ask your grown-up to lay the sounds out into different piles (you can use baskets if you wish). You will have two minutes to focus on each sound. When the timer starts, see how many items you can find for each of the initial sounds. Which sound did you find the most items for?

Challenge: Ask your grown-up to take a picture of you doing this learning and email to me – nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Wednesday:

Phonics – Sing the phonics song 2 on YouTube and see if you can spot any of the sounds in your name when they come onto the screen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

Challenge: Today your challenge is to have a go at finding words that rhyme. On phonics play, there is a super game called ‘Cake bake’ where you have to find 3 words which rhyme with the word on the cake bowl. If you find all of the rhyming words, your cake is put into the oven to bake! https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/CakeBake.html

Thursday:

Phonics –  Using your log in for Oxford Owl, choose a new story to read. Look at the front cover and guess what you think might happen in the story. Can you spot any letter sounds that you know in the title?

Can you spot the characters in the story, how might they be feeling/why?

Challenge: Can you recall the events that happened in the story? Tell your grown-up your favourite part of the story – you could even draw a picture to show your favourite part if you want to!

Maths activities for the week:

You could choose one of these activities to do each day to make your Maths brainbox grow big and strong – have fun!

 Fun Fridays:

Well done for completing the tricky challenges for Phonics and Maths this week Nursery – I hope you have a super fun Friday and I cannot wait until we can share those fun times together again!

Creative time:

This week, your challenge is to have a go at making a musical instrument with the things you have in your home. I would love for you to have a go at playing your musical instrument along to your favourite song. Ask your grown-ups to film your performance to send it to our email address – I cannot wait to see them!

Check out this website for some ideas: https://artsycraftsymom.com/diy-musical-instruments-for-kids-to-make-and-play/

PE time:

I hope you are ready for a fun activity for PE today! Our game for today is ‘Magic Beans’

Find a space inside or outside where you have lots of room and ask your grown-up to name one of the magic beans for you to do. Keep going until your heart is pumping fast and you are running out of breath! I wonder how many you can do?

Superstar learners ⭐

Here we have some fantastic photographs of the lovely activities that your friends have been doing at home!


Can you see any of your friends?

Marina has been super busy at home with her family. She has recently been on a long walk where she explored nature; collecting and counting pinecones! Marina also entered an egg drawing competition and was crowned the winner! Well done Marina! 👍

George has also been busy and has been practising lots of writing and number work at home. He has been busy baking golden syrup rice krispie cakes and also some cupcakes! George has also been working with his big sister to complete some Year 2 Science challenges as well! What a superstar. ⭐

Atlee has been keeping busy by planting some peppers with his grown-ups at home! I cannot wait to see how big they grow. Keep up the great work Atlee. 😀

Maisie-Rose has been very creative and has done lots of lovely drawings. She has also been working hard on writing her name and forming her numbers. Well done Maisie-Rose! 😊

Lilly and Alex have been master bakers whilst being at home. They have both worked with their grown-ups to make two delicious chocolatey cakes – one is a dinosaur and one is a unicorn! How fabulous, well done Lilly and Alex! 👍

Sophia has also been busy baking a jam sprinkle sponge cake! As well as this, Sophia has also been busy practising her letter sounds and has made a lovely cut and stick picture of a rainbow. What a superstar! ⭐

Miley has been very busy whilst at home, from baking to making music with pots and pans! I love the rainbow that she made in support of the NHS. She has also been practising her numbers and letter sounds and has planted some flowers for her garden. Keep up the good work!😃

Clark has been working hard with his big brother to make some lovely rainbow pictures. I also know that Clark has been enjoying the activities from the blog and is excited to take part each week. Well done Clark! 😁

Ida has been enjoying mark making in flour and has done an amazing job at writing her name! Keep up the super work Ida! ⭐

Preston has been having fun on a bug hunt in his garden. He managed to find a very wiggly worm! Keep looking after those bugs Preston! 🐛

Darcey has been very busy during her time at home. She has been on lots of walks and is also enjoying the sunshine and making the most of time in her garden with her family! Darcey has been enjoying the daily challenges on the blog too – keep up the great work! 😊

Brandon has enjoyed being creative at home with lots of activities like baking, painting and cutting and sticking. Brandon has also been doing some gardening – keep up the super work Brandon! 👍

I hope you have managed to spot a friend or two in this post – keep the pictures coming and I will update the blog each week with new pictures of your fantastic learning and activities! 🌈

Mrs Macleod's Story Time

Hello everybody!

I hope you are all well and staying safe. I am missing you all so much so I have decided to read you a special story! My special story contains a dinosaur who is very hungry... Can you guess the title?

Clink on the link below to see!

Mrs Macleod's Story Time 

Take Care and Stay Safe

Mrs Macleod

Special messages for Nursery 🐻🧩🐕

Love from, Mr Bear, Jenie Jigsaw and Mabel xxx

🐻🧩🐕

Mrs Ellender's story time 📚

Happy Monday,

We hope you have enjoyed listening to the stories from Mrs Hancock and Miss Woods.

We are in for another lovely treat as Mrs Ellender has recorded a funny story for you to listen to. In this story, there is a super greedy dinosaur, a princess and something that is smelly! 

Click on the link to listen - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0vhk6P0xw 

We hope you enjoy it.  🌈

DT Challenge

DT Challenge

Who is up for a challenge? Who wants to be creative?

Mrs Roberts is setting a DT challenge with awards for each year group – your challenge is to either:

1. plan, make and evaluate a model based on a book using junk/recyclable materials.

2. Plan, make and evaluate a meal based on a book (including recipe and instructions).

Examples:

Lighthouse from Lighthouse Keepers Lunch

Tiger Mask from The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Green eggs and Ham: Deviled Green Eggs and Ham

Mr Popper’s Penguins: Penguin cupcakes

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory: Blueberry Ice cream

Don’t forget to Take pictures!

Cosmic kids yoga

Hi Nursery,

I hope you are all keeping safe and healthy whilst at home.

I wanted to share a link with you and your grown-ups to Cosmic Kids Yoga.

We use Cosmic Kids in school as a calm time, helping our brainboxes to recover from a busy morning or afternoon of learning.

It is very important to make sure that you are looking after your mind, as well as your body, some quiet time is always good!

Follow this link to find lots of short mindfulness videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

You could also have a go at some of the yoga videos to stretch and move your body. Miss Woods’ favourite is the ‘Wizard of Oz’ but there are also some great ones like Spiderman, Trolls, Moana and Pirates to have a look at!

It would be great to hear what your favourites are.

Have lots of fun!

🙂🙂🙂 smiles all round

Just sending a quick message to say how lovely it was to speak to lots of you and also your grown-ups today – you really made me smile! It was so lovely to hear your voices - you have made my week. 🙂

Don’t forget to ask your grown-ups to send me lots of lovely learning on our email address: nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

I can’t wait to see the lovely things you have been getting up to at home!

Remember to stay safe and keep smiling

Lots of love, Miss Woods x

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Thank You Key Workers

Our lovely children have created a video this week for all our wonderful key-workers!

Thank you for all the amazing work that you are doing in keeping our country safe during these unprecedented times.

A big thank you to Miss Hanson, Miss James, Miss Mee and our wonderful children.

Click this link