Early Years at Peterhouse

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Nursery Spring Term Family Cafe

Thank you to all of the parents, carers and family members that came along to our Easter and Spring themed Family Cafe. We had a great time! We read the story Peely Wally.

We loved making bird feeders. It was a bit tricky threading the cereal on to the pipe cleaners but we kept trying and made some fantastic bird feeders. Thank you to the parents who shared photographs of their bird feeders in action on Tapestry.

We decorated Easter eggs and made them absolutely perfect just like Peely Wally's egg.

We made our very own Peely Wally's.

As it is Spring we carefully drew beautiful yellow daffodils.

Acting out the story.

We can't wait for our next Family Cafe in the Summer Term. Hope you can join us.

Thursday, 5 March 2015

World Book Day 2015

We loved dressing up for World Book Day in Nursery. Look at all of our fantastic costumes!

We enjoyed lots of books and stories at Nursery today.

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Chinese New Year

This week in Nursery we have been learning all about Chinese New Year.

We watched Chinese Dragon dancing. The children noticed that they were not really dragons but people dressed up. We also listened and danced to Chinese music.

We set up our own Chinese restaurant and explored Chinese food. We enjoyed trying to use Chopsticks, even though it was a bit tricky.

We also set up a Chinese Restaurant outside.

Yummy noodles!

Chinese Writing

We wrote good luck messages and learned that red is a special colour in China because it means 'Good Luck'.

Here are some links to some of the videos we watched whilst learning about Chinese New Year:

Celebrating Chinese New Year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/lets-celebrate-chinese1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/lets-celebrate-chinese2

The Story of Chinese New Year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-chinesenewyearperformance

Dragon dances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7k-8njwvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipvjaV9qcJw

Chinese Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EXypmkfhbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TcVJViSksY

Friday, 28 November 2014

Nursery Family Cafe

The Way Back Home by Oliver Jefferes

Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came to our recent Family Cafe. We had a great time and here are some photographs of the fun we had!

Making and decorating Paper Aeroplanes.

Making spaceships with junk modelling materials.

Making rockets and areoplanes with wooden bricks.

Exploring Space Dust!

We will be having a Christmas themed Family Cafe during the last week of time. Information will be sent home soon. We hope you can come!

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Engaging Boys in Reading

All children are different, but typically boys are more naturally drawn to physical play rather than sitting down with books and stories. At nursery we use the boys interests to engage them in stories such as pirates, space or superheroes.

At home your child's interests are the best starting point for engaging them in books. It doesn't just have to be picture books you could always share comics or information books about football or cars, whatever interests your child!

The main point is that you share the experience with your child in a positive way. Talk with them about the pictures, ask them to tell you what they can see or what they think will happen next in the story. Don't be afraid to be a bit silly! Use silly voices or make animal noises. If your child enjoys the experience they will want to do it again and again.

Reading with Dad

Boys look up to their dads and the male role models in their lives (grandads, uncles, big brothers) and will often want to do what they see you doing. By sharing books with them and showing them that you enjoy reading (whether you read for pleasure or not) they will see reading as a positive thing!