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The Gruffalo

The Cherries have enjoyed our Gruffalo themed week this week. They created pictures in the creative area using the resources available and also made Gruffalo pictures on the computers.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt!

This half term, the Cherries have enjoyed exploring the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. They have engaged in role play and creative activities based upon the story and enjoyed retelling the story using Talk for Writing actions.

Dinosaurs!

The Cherries enjoyed exploring during our 'dinosaurs' topic. They made salt dough dinosaur fossils and played with small world dinosaurs in our dinosaur land tuff tray.

Cherry Winter Work

The Cherries have been learning all about 'winter' this half term. We have talked about the colours of winter and they have enjoyed making their own winter scenes in the creative area and on the computers.

Foundation Stage Hall Display- 'Leaf Man'

Here is a photograph of our fantastic 'leaf Man' hall display. The children enjoyed exploring making their pictures using natural resources and materials.

Cherry Heart of Kindness

As part of antibullying week, the Cherry children listened to stories 'The Rainbow Fish' and 'Sharing a Shell'. We talked about sharing and being kind to each other. We made handprints out of paint and added them to our class love heart of kindness.

Odd Socks Day- Antibullying Week- November 2020

Children in Need Non-Uniform Day

The Cherries enjoyed dressing in their favourite clothes and we talked about why we have our Children in Need Days at carpet time.

Our Homework Projects- Growing and Changing

Here is our display of the Growing and Changing homework projects. Well done Cherries!

Remembrance Day Poppy Work

This week, the Cherry Children have been learning about Remembrance Day and have created pictures of poppies at the creative table and on the computers.

Firework Pictures

The Cherries explored the different colours and enjoyed making their firework pictures in the creative area.

Autumn Work

Here is a video showing the Autumn work the Cherries completed during the Autumn 1 half term. They did lots of creative activities and explored the different colours and textures in Autumn.

Useful Websites

Barnsley Speech and Language Therapy Toolkit and Resources

Tiny Happy People Here is a link to the Tiny Happy People page. This website has a lot of activities and information to support your child's learning and development at home.

Singing Hands Makaton Songs Here is a link to the singing hands videos. We sing the nursery rhymes each day and practice using the signs.

Elklan Website Here is a link to the Elklan Website. Elklan activities support the children in developing their speech, language and communication needs.

Letters and Sounds Here is a link to the Letters and Sounds document we use in nursery. We select activities from the document based upon the children's needs and next steps in their phonics journey.

Teddy Bear Counting Game Here is a link to one of our favourite counting games. We play this game to develop the children's number recognition and 1:1 counting skills.

Underwater Counting Game Here is a link to one of our favourite counting games. We play this game to develop the children's number recognition and 1:1 counting skills.

Nursery Rhyme Videos Here is a link to some of our favourite nursery rhyme videos. We sing these in class and during Rhyme Time.

PurpleMash Here is a link to PurpleMash. The children can complete their own activities on here and we also set '2do' tasks each half term.

Early Years Emily Here is a link to the 'Early Years Emily' YouTube page. On here are lots of fine motor activities including dough disco and also lots of nursery rhymes and songs for your Cherries to enjoy.

Useful Documents

Mark maker to writer booklet.pdf

eric-pottyleaflet-2019-web.pdf

Barnsley Speech & Language Therapy Documents & Activities