Jan 21
As previously mentioned, this year as a school we are working on supporting pupils ability to communicate effectively with one another. One of the ways in which we are addressing this is through the use of the Wellcomm® Screening Tool. This tool provides us with useful teaching strategies and tips for scaffolding pupil talk, language …
Jan 20
Hello everyone! This week in Nursery we have been carrying on with our dinosaur theme. In Literacy we have been reading the book ‘Dear Zoo’ and talking about words to describe the animals; big, gigantic, teeny tiny, grumpy. We used the words to talk about dinosaurs and then we had a go at writing to …
Jan 20
Hello everyone, This week we are revisiting Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. Children love to read familiar stories again and again and again. It’s part of learning how stories are structured and will help them when they learn to write sentences. Their memories are remarkable and they will point out if you missed a word! …
Jan 13
Hello everyone, Our story of the week is Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland. It’s a rhyming story about a variety of different dinosaurs and their idiosyncrasies. In class we have been describing what the dinosaurs looked like using full sentences. Our sentences have ranged from ‘He is big’ to ‘It has a frill around its …
Jan 12
Hello Everyone This week in Nursery we have been learning about dinosaurs. We have been enjoying the story Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland. We extended the describing words in the book with our own describing words. The children thought of words such as “scary” , “kind” and “colourful”. We have explored the different marks that …
Jan 06
Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! It’s the beginning of a new year and a new topic in Nursery, and we’ve started off with a real bang. The children will be learning about dinosaurs and we’ve already made a list of what we want to learn. Questions the children devised and would like answers to ranged …
Dec 16
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas……. Hello Everyone, What a magical week we have had! We have been using our hot chocolate breath in yoga and perfecting our ‘christmas’ tree pose. Hot chocolate breathing is a deep breathing exercise which is good for calming an anxious child, it also helps them to use …
Dec 16
Hi everyone! As it’s our last post of the year, we thought some games and activities for the holidays would be appreciated to help reinforce all the good learning that the children have done this past term. These are simple games that you can use in a variety of situations and contexts, whether you’re out …
Dec 10
This years Nativity has been written using the Talk for Writing approach used at Merry Hill. Nursery make a starring role in Twinkle Twinkle. Thank you to our wonderful team….. Our creative Mrs Summers for writing the Nativity; Mrs Nicoll, Miss Will, Mrs Barnes, Mrs Oldfield and our wonderful Nursery team for all their hard …
Dec 09
Hello everyone! We have been learning about our last festival of light – Christmas. This is a special time in the Christian faith and there’ll be lots of goodies and toys! Christmas songs fill the air and it’s the season of goodwill and happiness for many. The Christian Story of the First …