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Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Monday, 26 October 2015
Zoolab
On Friday 23rd October 2015 Zoolab came to Nursery to tell us the story of Meg and Mog.
Meg received an invitation to the Great Halloween Spell Party. The children followed Meg on her journey to the party. Along the way they made up magic spells to make party food, however ............ the spells went wrong and instead of party food appearing different animals appeared!!!!!!!!
Meg received an invitation to the Great Halloween Spell Party. The children followed Meg on her journey to the party. Along the way they made up magic spells to make party food, however ............ the spells went wrong and instead of party food appearing different animals appeared!!!!!!!!
Saying our magic spells
Our magic made a Rat!
Our magic made a Bearded Dragon!
Our magic made a Cockroach!
Our magic made a Tarantula!
Our magic made a Giant Snail!
Partnership with parents
How we evaluate our Teaching and Learning
At Parents Evening we informed parents of the process we use to monitor and evaluate our Teaching and Learning in Pre School.
Autumn Term - Baseline assessments (ROSCO, School Readiness, Profile data) - Review children’s progress identifying gaps in individual learning (next steps) - identify gaps within this cohort. This data informs Spring Term planning.
Spring Term - Review children’s progress identifying gaps in individual learning (next steps) - identify gaps within this cohort. This data informs Summer Term planning.
Summer Term - Final Assessments (ROSCO, School Readiness, Profile data end of Nursery achievements) These results are sent to the Local Authority.
Children Leave Nursery.
A Letter is sent to Primary Schools for end of Foundation Stage results for St Mary’s Nursery children.
Conclusion for our 2014 Leavers - We received feedback from 6 primary schools with 41 children’s results.
88% of St Mary’s Nursery children achieved good or above level of development ( The National Average of children who achieved a good level of development is 60%)
If you would like to see the break down of our 2014 end of Foundation Stage results please call into the office and Lisa will go through the process with you.
From Autumn Term 2015 we are going to use the BWD database to monitor and assess our teaching and learning for all cohorts.
Phonics
On Wednesday 21st October 2015 Tracy, Lisa and Steph attended a Phonics workshop in Huddersfield delivered by the ’National Day Nursery Association’ (NDNA).
The most valued message we got from the training was the ‘steps to writing’. Parents are often asking staff to make sure their child can write their name. The following information explains the process to being able to write…..
· The starting point for all writing skills is Physical Development.
· In order to become successful writers children need lots of opportunities to develop their motor skills. Motor skills are motions carried out when the brain, nervous system and muscles work together. Children need to build their Gross motor skills in order to develop their Fine Motor skills.
Children’s muscles need to be developed in the following order for them to become successful writers…….
· 1. Shoulder Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are : Crawling, den building, parachute games, gardening (digging), PE sessions, climbing, self dressing, paint brush with bucket of water making large marks outside, drumming etc.
· 2. Elbow Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Baking, painting, bat and ball, throwing, chalking, shaking instruments, play dough (rolling), zipping up coats, stirring (baking), cars on tracks, small world activities etc.
· 3. Wrist Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: hand washing, cutting up fruit, turning pages in books, mark making, scooping sand, pouring water, self dressing (socks and shoes) dressing dolls, making play dough, using the computer (mouse) etc.
· 4. Finger Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Cutting, threading beads, finger puppets, fastening buttons, jigsaws, keyboard typing, magnetic letters etc.
To help your child to become successful writers provide them with activities to develop these muscles so when they start Primary School they are ready to learn to write.
Letter Sounds - children should learn each letter by its sound, not its name. There are 26 letters of the alphabet and 44 main sounds in the English language. For more information please speak to Tracy, Lisa or Steph.
Friday, 16 October 2015
School Admissions 2016
School Admissions 2016
If your child was born between 1st September 2011 and 31st August 2012 you need to apply for your child's place by Friday 15th January 2016. You can apply online on the following website- www.blackburn.gov.uk/admissions
If you have any queries, please speak to a member of the team.
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