Nursery Newsletter

We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks. 

We have been continuing our topic of Transport by looking at vehicles that go on water.  We read the classic book ‘Mr Gumpy’s Outing’ By John Burningham.  This is a story about Mr Gumpy who goes out for a ride in his boat and a collection of animals want to join him until there are too many and they all fall into the river.  We role played this story a number of times with Shiv, Freya and Jacob taking on the role of Mr Gumpy and the other children taking on the role of the animals.  Great fun was had by all, especially when they had to all fall into the ‘water’ at the end of the story!

We have been singing the classic song ‘Row, Row, Row your Boat’, including some new versions of the song.  Maybe you can sing these with your child at home.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

 

Rock, rock, rock your boat,

Quickly up the Nile.

Snap, snap, snap, snap,

Here comes a crocodile.

 

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently to the shore.

If you see a lion,

Don’t forget to roar.

 

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently up the creek.

If you see a little mouse,

Don’t forget to squeak.

 

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the river.

If you see a polar bear,

Don’t forget to shiver.

 

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently as can be.

If you are not careful,

You’ll fall into the sea.

 

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently under the stream.

Ha ha, fooled you,

I’m a submarine!

We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on 17^th March.  The children learned about who St. Patrick was and why he is so important to the country of Ireland.  We made lucky Irish pebbles, learned about Kissing the Blarney stone and even had a go at Riverdancing!

In our SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friends) lessons we have been continuing to use the story Giraffe’s Can’t Dance’ to help us think about developing resilience and perseverance in our learning.  We thought about how Gerald could dance at the end and how he was proud to show what he could do.  We linked this to learning how to do something, getting better at it and being proud of our achievements. 

We wish you and your family a happy and restful Easter break.  See you in the summer term.