Headteacher: Anna Moss

Forest School Activity

Scarecrows

In preparation for the Blackwell Scarecrow Festival, you have all been working with Mrs Allen to create our very own Nursery story character scarecrow.  It was hard to imagine at the beginning of the week that wrapping two sticks in a cross position would end up looking like he does today.  We hope you all have the chance to come and visit him and his beautiful wife next Saturday 21st…..

Write Dance

(Gross Motor)

Wheels on the Bus

Our shoulders have been given a workout this week as we have been doing some “big arm” movements with circles, side-to-side and a two-hand push forward.  We talked about how wheels, windscreens and horns on buses need a lot more movement than a smaller vehicle – this has helped us to work harder with our Write Dance arms.  

Listening Game

Kim’s Game

Being able to spot objects, people that are missing from a row of up to five when our eyes are closed has been fun.  We started the week with some of our favourite soft toy animals on the five frame.  It made my heart bigger when I spotted Freya and Harriet playing the game with a friend’s face during Indoor Play and I stole (Mrs Allen says “magpied”) the idea and we enjoyed playing with my friends’ faces – can you remember who my friends were?  One you meet every morning when you arrive.

Maths

Pattern Parrot

The pattern parrot has finally arrived and the song becomes a loop in your head!  Pattern parrot is always a popular nursery song as he likes making patterns with two objects, actions, colours.  As we all arrived from Forest School, you had a chance to make a two-colour repeating pattern and the pattern parrot checked it!  We started to spot to “pattern parrot patterns” on our clothes and have decided we would like a stripe week next week.  Dig out those stripy clothes and wear them every day and pattern parrot can check!

Communication and Language

Scarecrows Wedding

Well we couldn’t make scarecrows without sharing our favourite scarecrow story could we?  You had fun with Mrs Allen making paper flowers for Betty’s dress and getting a wedding list ready as part of your story activity.

Forest School Game

I wrote a letter to my love

We continued our “postie” theme as we took it in turns to write a letter to our loves and take a walk following the path around our friends.  Dropping the letter and hoping a friend hears the sounds and rescues it for us was fun.  Who would you choose to write a letter to?

Dough Disco

(Fine Motor)

Ready for the Ride, Oh Hush and Jeff Lewis

Thank you Lily!  Lots of us hadn’t heard of this song but a great choice for a disco song!  We have learnt two new dough actions of pinching the dough flat into a pancake, popping onto our frying pans (our hands) and passing it.  Flattening the dough with just our fingers and thumbs when it is cold (it lives in the fridge) is an excellent workout for those handwriting fingers! 

A message for parents – the children might be coming home with a few new French words on their vocabulary.  French is our Blackwell modern foreign language and we start as early as we can so it becomes part of our everyday speech.  French club begins after half term for nursery and reception children with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Mander.  It takes place on Wednesday after school (3.15-4.00) and is a popular early years’ club.  Letters on how to sign up will be coming out on parentapp and in bags next week.

Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X