Nursery Newsletter 11th September

Dear Parents,

Our Week

• The children settled into Nursery very well and had a great first week.
• We learnt classroom expectations and played games to get to know each other.
• We enjoyed stories about starting school, including The Kissing Hand.

 Literacy – Phonics

• We explored different environmental sounds and enjoyed guessing what they were, and we made our own “listening ears” and went on a listening walk.
• The children enjoyed their first library visit, listening to a story and choosing a book to take home. Please return your child’s library book by Monday each week.

Mathematics

• We explored weight, using balance scales to compare objects and identify which were heavier, lighter or balanced. 
• The children enjoyed their first baking session, making honey cake and taking turns to weigh and mix the ingredients.

Understanding the World

• Children explored the garden and enjoyed digging for potatoes.

PE

• In PE, Nursery began the new school year focusing on developing their agility, balance, coordination and hand-eye coordination skills, through different activities and games. 

Music

• We had a lovely first music lesson, and it was lovely to get to know your children. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, we sang "The Shofar in the Shul" and "Dip the apple in the honey." The children loved using the egg shakers to accompany their lovely singing. We are looking forward to our music journey together this year. 

Ivrit

• It was such a pleasure meeting your lovely children this week!
• We started by learning to say Shalom, using our Yad (hand). We had lots of fun playing games with our hands!
• As we began learning about Rosh Hashana, we discovered some special words: Tapuach (apple) and Dvash (honey). 
• We also met the Dvора (bee) who makes the honey, and learned about the Shofar and Rimon (pomegranate).
• It was a fun and exciting week of learning together!

 Jewish Studies

• Painted beautiful honey-coloured Shanah Tovah cards.
• Decorated their own honeycomb stones.
• Learnt about the sounds of the shofar and created colourful mosaic shofar pictures for display in the EYU.
• Used real apples and sponge shapes to decorate special Rosh Hashanah apple and honey mats.
• Tasted delicious simanim at a festive Rosh Hashanah Model Seder.
• This week Gabi and Avital were on the Shabbat table.

Reminders

• Monday 14th September: Please send your child in a favourite or meaningful outfit for our “This Is Me” topic. Please avoid best clothes as we may do messy play. Talk to your child about why they chose it so they can share with the class.
• Please email us a baby photo of your child and some holiday pictures by Monday 14th September.
• Curriculum Evening: Tuesday 15th September at 7:30 pm.

Shabbat Shalom!
Miss Cowen and the Nursery Team