Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope that you are all well and enjoying this lovely weather. Please find attached a letter from Derek Brown, Executive Director of Education and Families.
Kindest regards
Mrs Paterson
Baby Owls
READ ALONG
The story is
Owl Babies
Author:
Martin Waddell
Illustrator:
Patrick Benson
BEFORE YOU READ
You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What animals are on the front cover? What noise do owls make? Do you know any other stories about owls? What do you think will happen in this story? Where do owls sleep? What colour are owls?
DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.
On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.
On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.
AFTER THE STORY
To extend the interest and learning further there are some downloadable resources below that you could explore together. We would love to see what you get up to, so use the SHARE button from the main toolbar to send us a picture, video or comment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPQRiSTYFHo
Owl-themed-word-mats-
Numeracy – Feeding-the-owlets-sharing
How-to-Draw-an-Owl-
Owl themed-2d-shape-matching-activity
Tuesday 26th May 2020
Hello boys and girls,
This week your challenge is to complete a spring scavenger hunt. We are in the last days of spring and season is about to change – do you know what comes after spring? You’ll find some extra resources linked to seasons below.
Mrs Johnston has created the video below with what you need to find. Look high and look low, but remember to share with us. Have fun!
Additional Resources
Colouring Seasons Sheets
Seasons Handwriting
Cut and Stick Months of the Year
Four-Seasons-Wheel
Summer Colouring Sheets
Seasons counting sheets
Did you enjoy your holiday?
Hello boys and girls,
We hope you had a lovely May weekend holiday, the sun had gone away for a couple of days, but fingers crossed it is back to stay! It’s always so much better when it is sunny outside – especially for a scavenger hunt! .
Have a look around this week, we have added new content for you:
- Mrs Blevins is reading a new story to you called “Owl Babies“ it is all about 3 little baby owls who are looking for their mummy. We hope you enjoy.
- On Friday at 7pm Mrs Brown is reading you a bedtime story! We are very excited to have two stories this week and what a lovely way to end another busy week. So, get your pyjamas on, settle down in bed and let Mrs Brown drift you off to sleep.
- This week, Mrs Johnston has challenged you to a scavenger hunt. Can you find all the items? Remember to share your findings with us and have lots of fun.
- Finally, on Sunday it is the Christian holiday of Pentecost and our local community Church, Bellshill Central Church, have asked if the boys and girls could make some crafts for them to share at their service on Sunday.We hope you will get involved with this, just tweet us a picture or video with your creations on Twitter or upload by pressing the Share button on the top menu bar within the Nursery Zone by Friday. We will then get them sent over to the Church.
You can find ideas on the Church website: https://bellshillcentral.church/2020/05/25/pentecost-craft-activities/
And we added some more here:
Tongues of Fire Role Play
Story Sequencing
Jigsaw Puzzle
Story Writing – Flap Book
Word Mat
Remember to keep in touch and keep sharing your work on Twitter or within the Nursery Zone. Stay Safe.
From,
All the Nursery ladies
What a busy week we have
Hello boys and girls,
We are missing you all very much, but have loved seeing all the ribbons and hearts that children have been putting on the railings of our school and nursery. This cheers everyone up, so thank you very much.
Have a look around this week, we have added new content for you:
- Mrs Blevins is reading a new story to you called “Guess how much I love you“ and it a little reminder about how much we are thinking of you and missing you.
- You can use the story with the three read approach and we have uploaded LOTS of resources to go along with it that you can use over the week.
- Mrs Smith has set the weekly challenge for this week and it is to make paper butterflies. You could even hang some on our school railings to go with the ribbons? We think you will have lots of fun making these.
- We are working very hard to give you some information regarding graduation celebrations for those children who are preparing to move to Primary 1 in August.
- This week is the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr which will fall in the UK between 23rd -24th May. This is the celebration of the breaking of the fast for Ramadan and is an important religious holiday for Muslims. We have uploaded some resources below that you might want to explore with your child.
- Thursday 21st May would have been Outdoor Classroom Day this year, and therefore we have also uploaded some additional resources below to supplement the suggestions already in our Outdoor Play section of the Nursery Zone.
Finally, remember that Friday 22nd May and Monday 25th May are planned holidays for the May weekend, so new content for the Nursery Zone will be released at 12 noon on Tuesday 26th May.
Remember to keep in touch and keep sharing your work on Twitter or within the Nursery Zone. Stay Safe.
From,
All the Nursery ladies
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Resources
Eid Biscuits
Happy Eid Cards
Ramadan and Eid Cutting Skills
Ramadan Colouring Sheets
Ramadan Paper Plate and Moon Decoration
Ramdan and Eid Pencil Control
Ramadan Lantern Making
Outdoor Classroom Day Resources
Guess how much I love you
READ ALONG
The story is
Guess how much I love you
Author: Sam McBratney
Illustrator: Anita Jeram
BEFORE YOU READ
You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What animals are on the front cover? What size of ears do hares have? What other animal does a hare look like? Can you hop like a hare? What do you think this story is about?
DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.
On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.
On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.
AFTER THE STORY
To extend the interest and learning further there are some downloadable resources below that you could explore together. We would love to see what you get up to, so use the SHARE button from the main toolbar to send us a picture, video or comment.
Guess how much I love you song
Alphabet Strips
Colouring Sheets
Counting Sheets
Bookmark
Matching Mat
Pencil Control Sheets
Playdough Mats
Stick Puppets
Story cut-outs
Trace the Words
Up to 10 Addition
Up to 20 Addition
Vocabulary Poster
Word and Picture match
Word Mat for writing
Colouring Sheets
Word Search
Writing Frames – Lined
Monday 18th May 2020
Hello boys and girls,
This week your challenge is to create paper butterflies.
Mrs Smith will show you how to create the butterflies on the video below and we would love to see where you put yours.
Additional Resources
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
Illustrated by: Eric Carle
BEFORE THE STORY
You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What is that on the front cover? What colours can you see? Is the caterpillar long or short? What do caterpillars turn into? It has big eyes, what other animals have big eyes? It is wriggly, what other animals are wriggly?
DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.
On the second read (not on the same day) you could pause the video and ask questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas. This could be things like:
- “What will happen next?”
- “Why did that happen?”
- “Do you like this character?”
- “Can you remember what the author does?”
- “What is the name of the person who drew the pictures?”
- What does the spine of a book do?
- What is the blurb?
- What does a caterpillar turn into again?On the third read (a couple of days later) you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.AFTER THE STORY
To extend the interest and learning further there are some downloadable resources below that you could explore together. We would love to see what you get up to, so use the SHARE button from the main toolbar to send us a picture, video or comment.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Song
Hello boys and girls . . .
Hello boys and girls,
The sun was still shining last week and we hope you got the chance to go outdoor and play.
We loved all the puppets you shared with us from Mrs Johnston’s challenge last week and your use of the resources from the monster story, they were excellent.
Have a look around this week, we have added new content for you:
- Mrs Blevins has set a new weekly challenge for you, it’s an outdoor one!
- Mrs Weir (P1 teacher) has shared a video with us on pizza wrap making, we thought you might want to give this a go too.
- The read-along story this week is one of our favourites – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We have also uploaded lots of additional resources to go along with this book.
- We have added a link to the new BBC Bitesize Early Years Resources – they are well worth having a look at.
- We have also added details for the North Lanarkshire Council Educational Psychologist service.
Remember to keep in touch and keep sharing your work on Twitter or within the Nursery Zone. Stay Safe.
From,
All the Nursery ladies
Tuesday 12th May 2020
Hello boys and girls,
This week your challenge is to create an outdoor home.
Mrs Blevin’s went a walk with her dog Rosie in the woods and came across some little homes that children had created, it gave her an idea . . .
We can’t wait to see what you create and where you put it!
Remember, share it with us on Twitter or press the share button from the main toolbar.
