Bumblebees News
 

W/B 23rd September 2024 

This week, our concept in nursery has been ‘colour’. The concept language that Bumblebees have been focussing on within the classroom provision is: red, yellow, blue, green, white, orange, pink and purple.

We have shared Pete the Cat and his White Shoes, Mixed and Mix it Up, which the children have really enjoyed. Within the classroom provision, Bumblebees have been colour detectives in their play, they have also played with colourful balloons and scarves and have looked at some fantastic autumnal objects through magnifying glasses whilst talking about the colours they could see. The children have observed some huge sunflowers and worked really hard to paint them, thinking about the colours they’d use.

As always, we have sung lots of songs this week; our colour song was I Can See a Rainbow.

We’ve had so much fun learning the language around colours in Bumblebees!

 

 

 

 

 

W/B 16th September 2024

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This week, our concept in nursery has been ‘food’. The concept language that Bumblebees have been focussing on within the classroom provision was: milk, hungry, drink, cup, spoon, thank you, please,

snack, breakfast, lunch, dinner, hot, cold, cook, sandwich, cereal, bowl, plate, knife, spoon, beaker

We have shared Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Tiger that Came to Tea and Spider Sandwiches, which the children have really enjoyed. They have mixed porridge oats and made breakfast for the 3 bears in the outdoor area using spoons and bowls of different sizes and have enjoyed making various drinks for the tiger in the water tray outside. Bumblebees have also made toast and have made some pinch pots using salt dough.

We have sung lots of songs this week, including I’m a Little Teapot and Pat-a-Cake amongst other favourites with a number focus, such as 5 Little Ducks and 5 Speckled Frogs.

We’ve had so much fun learning the language around food in Bumblebees.

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W/B 9th September 2024

This week our concept in the nursery has been ‘emotions’ with a focus on the language:

happy, sad, scared, upset, angry, hot and cold.






 

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We have shared the stories The Colour Monster, Hospital Dog and Feelings along with lots of other books related to feelings and emotions. Our songs related to this have been Miss Polly had a Dolly and If You’re Happy and You Know It which the children have been really enjoying learning and singing.



 

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Some of our provision has included using mirrors to look at their faces, explore colours related to how they feel using paints etc, create chalk faces in hoops, bubble play, vet role play, ice play and warm water play. The children have loved joining in with the activities throughout the week, especially playing with bubbles and role-playing being a doctor/nurse with the dolls in the home corner.

We have been thinking about numbers to 5 in Maths and have been singing lots of counting songs such as 5 Speckled Frogs, 5 Little Ducks and 5 Monkeys on the Bed. The children are getting really good at joining in with the actions for these. In Phonics, we have been thinking about the importance of listening and being quiet in our environment to listen out for noises.

 

If you would like to support your child to develop their understanding and use of the above vocabulary, here are some suggestions for you to try:

• role playing doctors/nurses with dolls or teddies or vets with toy animals

• freeze small toys in ice

• go for a walk and talk about the weather and talk about whether it feels warm or cold outside