Mrs S Christy
Teacher
Mrs S Jeffers
Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Nursery!
In Nursery we provide a stimulating and exciting environment where the children have access to both indoors and outdoors every day. We aim to develop children into resilient, independent, enthusiastic learners who are willing to have a go, take risks and keep trying. To ensure our environment is engaging, we plan our topics from your child’s interests and through daily assessment we incorporate what your child needs to achieve their individual next steps.
We work and play very hard every day, with a mixture of whole class, small group, 1-1 and individual activities which can be adult or child led. We always have lots of fun and we do like to get messy at times!
We take part in daily phonics sessions and we visit the school library every Friday.
We value the voice of the parent and we love to hear about any exciting achievements your child has made at home – we have a ‘WOW’ board where we can display these. We also send out observations of each child every half term so our parents can see what we have been up to!
We look forward to welcoming you into our nursery.
Mrs Christy and Mrs Jeffers
Monday 25th May 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all keeping safe and well during this time.
This week we will be focusing on the story of ‘Cinderella’. I have attached a number of activities below that you can complete with your child at home. As always, please do not feel that you have to complete these activities.
If you have not yet managed to return your Reception or nursery information packs then please can you do so. The ‘blue box’ will be back at the Mill Lane entrance to school on Friday 29th May.
I hope that you manage to enjoy your half term holidays and I am hoping that the sunshine will return!
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share, please do not hesitate to email me on
s.christy@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk
I hope to see you all very soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
(please click the blue link above to view activities)
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Monday 18th May 2020
Hello everyone,
I do hope that you are all keeping safe and well during our time away from school. Thank you to all of those who have been completing the ‘Purple Mash’ activities, I have loved seeing what you are doing. Thank you to all the emails that I have received, I love hearing what you are all getting up too.
This week we will be focusing on the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood. I have attached a number of activities that you can complete with your child at home. As always, please do not feel that you have to complete these activities.
Thank you to those parents who have returned their Reception forms too, if you did not receive an email to return your Reception forms, please can you contact school on 01695 622970 and leave a message and I will get back to you to arrange a suitable drop off.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share, please do not hesitate to email me on
s.christy@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk
I hope to see you all very soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
Click the link below to view activities
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Monday 11th May 2020
Hello everyone,
This week we will be focusing on the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. I have attached a number of activities that you can complete with your child at home. As always, please do not feel that you have to complete these activities.
There are a number of websites that you may find to be of interest too, they are:
www.hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2015/03/4Children_ParentsGuide_2015_WEB.pdf
You should all still be receiving the ‘Easy Peasy’ messages too so hopefully they will be giving you some ideas of games to play.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share, please do not hesitate to email me on
s.christy@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk
I hope to see you all very soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
Please click the link below
Learning from Home Ideas – 11th May.docx
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Monday 4th May 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all keeping well and staying safe. At the moment we still do not know what is happening regarding ‘school opening’, I know that I am missing the routine of the school day and all my nursery class. We are hopeful that Boris Johnson shares some positive updates on Thursday so we can begin to prepare to see each other again. However only what it is safe for us to do so.
I have loved seeing all your children’s pictures on Purple Mash. The Gingerbread Men, the birds, the flowers and even the number formation!! Thank you so much for sharing these.
This week in nursery we are focusing on the story of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Below are some activities that you might like to try with your child at home.
As always, these activities are only suggestions and you DO NOT have to complete them.
Thank you to those families who have been sending me photographs, messages and pictures through to my email address, I will print these out and add them to your children’s learning journeys.
Our outdoor Early Years Garden has now finished it ‘revamp’. We have a new path, a new fence and new decking – this should mean that we can explore out outdoors in all weathers. I can’t wait for you to see it.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share, please do not hesitate to email me on
s.christy@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk
I hope to see you all very soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
Please click the link below in blue to view
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Monday 27th April 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all safe and well and are continuing to wash your hands and social distance.
This week in nursery we are focusing on the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Below are some activities that you might like to try with your child at home. The ‘2do’ activities on purple mash this week have all been linked to this story too. As always, these activities are only suggestions and you DO NOT have to complete them.
Thank you to those families who have been sending me photographs, messages and pictures through to my email address, I will print these out and add them to your children’s learning journeys.
If you have any queries or anything you would like to share, please do not hesitate to email me on s.christy@st-thomasmartyr.lancs.sch.uk
I hope to see you all very soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
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Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all keeping well.
I have put together some more activity ideas to keep you and your child focused and engaged during this ‘lock down’. You do not have to complete these activities, they are just ideas and suggestions.
Thank you to those of you who have completed the ‘Purple Mash’ activities, I have uploaded three new ones for this week and you can also access Mini Mash too.
Please keep checking the school app for lots of great website links and ideas to keep us all motivated.
Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
Thank you
Mrs Christy
| Physical | How many touches can you do in 1 minute, using 2 cones (or similar) 2 metres apart? | Grab a skipping rope – how many skips can you do in 1 minute? | Bounce and catch a ball in 1 minute – how many times can you do this? | Stand on one leg with the foot of your other leg placed against the inside of your knee. Can you balance whilst counting to 10 and back again? | Create an obstacle course in the garden. Do you have things to run around, jump over, climb under, dribble a ball around – how quickly can you complete it? |
| Maths | 5 little monkeys
Play the song ‘5 little monkeys jumping on the bed’ (please follow the link below) Encourage your child to get 5 teddies and take one away each time. How many do they have now? |
Socks
Gather as many socks as you can around the house and mix them all together. Make your own washing line using string and two chairs (or maybe the clothes airer). – Match pairs of socks and peg onto the line next to each other – Talk about pattern, size, colour etc, as appropriate – how many socks do you wear? Show me that number – How many socks can you see? |
Shape hunt
Play some music and when it stops, the parent calls out a shape and the child have to find that shape around the house (some children will need a visual prop, please find the shape sheet below). Ask your child to tell you a fact, or something they know about the shape, or ask them to count the corners or sides. |
Baking
You will need 100g butter. 200g flour, 100g dark brown sugar, 1 egg, water and shaped biscuit cutters Cut up the butter in the flour; rub the butter into the flour; add the sugar; stir in the egg and water to make a dough. Roll out the dough. Talk about the different shapes that you can cut from the dough. Place the biscuits on a tray and cook at 190oc for 10 minutes. |
10 Easter bunnies
Watch ’10 bunnies counting song’ and sing along counting up to 10, representing the numbers using your fingers and doing the actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyyh8rhwKQ8 |
| Phonics | Zoe the Zookeeper
Zoe wanted to name some of her animals in the zoo. She wants the names to starts with the same letter sound as the animal. So far she has thought of ‘Charlie Chimp’ and ‘Tommy Tiger’. Can you help her to think of some names for her lion, snake and panda? |
Go on a letter sound hunt! Look around at home or in an outside area and find things beginning with the same letter sound. Can you find 3 things beginning with ‘t’? what other letters can you choose? | Silly Soup
Charlotte the Chef is making some silly sound soups! Each soup needs 3 ingredients that start with the same letter sound. She has already made the ‘t’ sound soup with toffees, tomatoes and toast! Can you think of 3 goods to put in the ‘c’ sound soup? |
Rhyming
Read rhyming stories with your child. Pause when you get to a rhyming word and allow your child to fill the pause with the word they think comes next. |
Rhyming
Challenge your child to gather a collection of rhyming objects. Focusing on one rhyming sound at a time may be easier for your child. For example, their collection might include a cuddly toy cat, a door mat, a hat and a cricket bat. |
| Literacy | Look out of a window and choose an object
such as a car. See how many words and sentences you can use to describe it e.g. ‘red, big’ and ‘It has 4 round wheels.’ |
Gather together 6-8 small objects such as toys and a cloth or tea towel. Have a good look at all the objects and name them. Ask an adult to cover them up and take one away. When the cloth is removed can you say which one is
missing? |
Use chalk to write your name onto an outside
wall or path, make it big! Now use some water and a brush (or a squirty bottle filled with water) to clean it all away! |
Stick a piece of paper onto the underside of
a low table or chair. Think of some healthy choices you can make e.g. eating vegetables, washing your hands etc. Now lie on your back and draw yourself doing one of those healthy things! |
Ask an adult to hide some objects – they can be toys, magnetic letters or numbers, or even squares of paper with some letters or numbers written on. Now go on a treasure hunt to find
everything and go and tell your adult where you found them e.g. under the bed, beside my chair. |
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