Author: Bate, Zara

10th March 2025

Redhill Nursery Fortnightly Update Weekly Newsletter

Email us at: nursery@redhillprimary.co.uk

School Gates
Please can we ask that parents do not drop off their children by stopping on the road without parking up. Also, please do not leave your cars in front of the school gates. Can you park your cars safely and then walk to school.
Thank you for your cooperation.

World Book Day
We all had great fun dressing up as our favourite characters for world book day. The children enjoyed sharing their costumes and talking about the book.

Literacy Focus
In Literacy we will be continuing with our Nursery Rhymes and will be singing ‘Teddy bear, Teddy bear Turn around’ and ‘5 Little Ducks’. We will complete different activities based around these rhymes, including drawing teddy bears and ducks, listening and writing initials sounds, finding the rhyming words and acting out the rhymes using
instruments and props. Through our literacy we will also be looking at the life cycle of a duck, using non fiction books to find out information, recording key words using our phonic knowledge. We will discuss vocabulary : non fiction, page number, headings and photographs when looking for our information.

Phonics Focus
Nursery 2 we will be focusing on the sounds ‘ll’ at the end of words e.g. bell, tell, till, and mill. We will then move onto ‘j’. The children will name objects and find these sounds in the environment. We will also practice forming them using sand, chalks and other mark making tools.
In Nursery 1 we will be going on sound walks and listening for different sounds in the environment. We will also be singing Nursery rhymes and practising rhythm using our bodies and instruments.

Down the long ladder, down the long ladder.

Swoop down the tentacles and dot the body.

Maths Focus
In Maths we will be focusing on 2d shapes. The children will be looking for shapes within their environment and using the properties of these shapes to describe them. They will have plenty of opportunities to consolidate the names and the properties of the shapes. We will be using vocabulary such as circle, triangle, square , oblong, sides and corners.

Circle
1 curved side

Triangle
3 sides and 3 corners

Oblong
2 long side, 2 short sides
4 corners

Square
4 sides and 4 corners

Reminders
PE – Tuesday am and Friday am. Please ensure your child is dressed in PE kit.
Welly walk – Wednesday mornings – Please ensure your child comes dressed for Welly Walk in the
appropriate clothing.
Show and Tell – Please check your child’s reading record for their day to bring show and tell.
Parent Consultations : Please remember to book your parent consultation with your child’s keyworker if you haven't already.

Nursery Places
If you are interested or thinking of a place for your child at our nursery, please complete an expression of interest form . We allocate places from the date in which the form is received.
You can collect a form from the nursery office or via the website and can be found here :
https://redhill.ttsonline.net/page/nursery-policies.aspx

Spare Clothes
Please can you make sure your child has some spare clothes as we are running out of our supply. Please bring back any you he borrowed.

REPLY SLIP
Signed: ………………………………………………………………………..
Child(ren)'s name(s) ............................................................................... Class(es) ................................................

Scientists of the Week!
Well done to our Scientists of the Week!
Congratulations!

Chinese New Year
On the 9th February we will be teaming up with Reception, learning all about Chinese New Year and celebrating with a variety of fun activities. We will be bringing some of these home to share with you.

Star Writers!
This week’s Star Writers are :-
Well done - we are very proud of you.
Their work is attached and on the website for you to see.

Diwali
On Monday, we have been celebrating Diwali. The children took part in a morning of exciting activities learning all about the festival with Reception. We made decorations, cards, a diva lamp and had a go at rangoli patterns using coloured rice.

Uniform/Spare Clothes
Please ensure all your children’s clothes are labelled and if you have any spare underwear or clothes that you have borrowed we would appreciate it if you could bring it back.

Show and Tell
Please check when your child show and tell day is. You should find this on a slip within their reading record.
We all enjoy listening to the children talk about the items they have brought in.

From his head to his feet, up and over his back..