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We are talking about what makes us unique, what we look like and that everybody is different. We are encouraging the children to identify what makes them special and letting them know that it is ok to not be the same as someone else. For example, we are discussing eye colour or if we have glasses, the different kinds of hair we have or the languages we speak. 

We are also practicing our counting, going up and down the scale as well as counting with a one to one correlation. We will practice this is lots of ways but we find that the children especially enjoy the song "Five current buns". If you would like to do this at home but don't know the words, ask a member of the team and we will be happy to teach it to you. 

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We are talking about our families and differences between families.  We are learning we are all different and unique while we have lots of similarities. ( hair colour, eye colour etc)We all have our own beliefs and  celebrate different events  differently. 

We are learning what letter does our name starts with. Can you name any other letters? 

We are learning about sharing and equal parts, wonder if children can help you cut the fruit or vegetables to equal parts while helping preparing meals. 

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Hedgehogs

We are learning to take turns when we talk and we show we want to talk by looking at the people or putting our hand up. This shows respect to others too. 

We are learning to talk about our feelings and how to express them.  

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Squirrels and Foxes Planning:

Magnets can pull without touching! What objects around your home do you think a magnet can attract?  

We are learning how to split a whole into equal pieces and use words like half, more, less and equal to compare what we see. Can your child show you how they can share something fairly? 

We are now very good at recognising our peg pictures. We wonder if you can recognise your own name? Whta letter does your name starts with? Can you try and write it? 

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Squirrels and Foxes Room

We are learning about Rabbie Burns, yummy supper we eat to celebrate and we are learning about his poems. 

We wonder if you had special supper to celebrate at home too.

We are also joining with big birdwatch and we are learning how to collect data in variety of ways.  Can you count how many different birds you can spot on your way to nursery?  What did you use to collect your data? 

Have you ticked your list, used fingers, drew pictures? 

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Hedgehogs Room

Over the last couple of weeks our children have been talking about thier families and who looks after them. This planning we are going to be looking at what families are and the different types of families that people have. 

We will also be celebrating Robert Burns by making our own tartans and seeing if we can identify rhyming words. 

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Squirrels and Foxes room

We are learning to recognise our own peg label and follow nursery routines independently. 'I wonder if you can find your peg all on your own?'

We are learning about winter and changes in weather. What should we wear?  What happens in winter? Where does ice come from? 

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Hedgehogs room

This fortnights planning is about our emotions, how we can identify them and how to share them. With just coming back from the Christmas break and new children joining our room, this is an emotional time. Its important to know we can share how we are felling with the people who care for us. 

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This fortnights planning is mostly about the run up to christmas and the festive season. 

We have lots to look forward to including our Christmas party, Christmas lunch and festive crafts. We are also looking forward to seeing you all at our Christmas breakfast mornings. 

Merry Christmas!

Ideas to do at home to support learning in the nursery:

While reading a book at home, ask how the story made them feel and what they liked most / least about it. It can also be fun to draw pictures of the story and make props of the characters so that they can play the story out in real life. 

We are looking at shapes and sorting them by size, shape, or colour. When building or creating at home you can use descriptive language about the different shapes and what they look like to support your child's understanding and expand their vocabulary. 

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At nursery we are focusing on rhymes in stories and songs. You can support this but putting extra emphasis on the rhyming words and then repeat the rhyming words afterwords or ask your child "what words rhyme?". 

We are talking about what we do if there is an emergency and who can help us. As part of this we are looking at not only the emergency services but the adults at nursery and at home who help us too. 

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When out for a walk or looking out of the window of your home, car or the bus, point out the different things you can see. This may lead your child to build their curiosity about the world around them and want to find out more. 

With Halloween coming up we are noticing a lot of children talking about how they are going to celebrate it. Please feel free to share photos from home. The children have also been exploring pumpkins and this had led to an interest in what they taste like. 

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We are looking at letter sounds, you can support this at home by repeating the letter sound at the beginning of your child's name before saying their name. For example "L, L, Luke". 

At nursery we are also looking at the different way to describe measurements. For example "That cup has less water than the other cup" or "That tree is tall and that tree is short". 

Spotlight story: Pumpkin soup

Spotlight song: Five little pumpkin's 

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The next two weeks are Stay & Play!

When playing or exploring, use daily opportunities to count using one to one correlation. Asking questions such as "How many cars do you have?" or counting items out with them. 

Spotlight story: Ten little Pirates 

Spotlight song: Heads, shoulders, knees and toes

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Talk about how we take care of ourselves and who helps us to do this. What services can we go to when we need them? 

Look at the different signs in your environment, this might be road signs, signs in shops or at the bus stop. 

Story of the week: Who are you?

Song of the week: If you're happy and you know it 

Ideas to do at home to support learning in the nursery:

Discussing different families, who lives with us and who looks after us where. 

Why do we celebrate Remembrance Day, what happens. Meaning of Poppies. 

Guy Fawkes- who was he, why having fireworks. How do we stay safe around fireworks. Can we touch them, play with them? 

Story  of the week:   Different families

 Song of the week:   Shape song