It was lovely seeing all the children return to school on Monday and they all came back very mature and enthusiastic for the new term. I am sure they have grown at least 2 inches during the break!
With the seasons changing and the weather warming up, we are now looking at spending more time outside in our garden. We started this term by looking at the story The tiny seed by Eric Carle and the children were fascinated by the story’s explanation of how plants grow. This led them to look at the life cycle of a sunflower 🌻. They watched time lapsed videos of seeds germinating and sprouting into seedlings. They have looked at the different parts of a plant and after planting their own seeds, they researched what we need to give the seeds in order for them to grow.
In maths the children learned about “more” and “less”. They learned the concept of adding and taking away 1 from a given number and then had to record their learning. They really impressed me with their number work and I am proud of the determination they have shown to complete such a tricky task.
As part of our growing topic, the children loved the idea of our sunflowers and we have extended it to include learning about Vincent Van Gogh and his beautiful sunflower paintings. This week the children have used a range of mediums to draw their own interpretations of the famous painting! The children have created some incredible pictures that we will be displaying in class soon.
How you can help at home:
During everyday activities where numbers or counting automatically occur, ask your child to tell you what number will be 1 more or 1 less than the number they identified e.g How many chairs are around the table. How many would there be if we added 1 more? What number is 1 less than… ? Practicing this and making it a n automatic response will benefit children when they start looking at addition and subtraction later in the term.
As always, have a lovely weekend!
The Nursery team xx