We have been busy practising the songs and actions in preparation for our Nativity which we will be performing in a couple of weeks time. One of the lines from our first song is 'It was a special night, the stars were shining bright'. With this in mind, we shared one of the books written by our focus author for this term, 'Night Monkey, Day Monkey' by Julia Donaldson. This lovely book not only has an insight into some of the differences between night and day, but shows how by learning about each other's opposite worlds, the two monkeys also learn to be the best of friends. Part way through the story, Day Monkey spotted something . . . "Hey!" said Day Monkey. "There's a banana! How does it manage to fly?" Night Monkey laughed and said, "Don't be daft, that banana's the moon in the sky." Olivers said that this was his favourite part and when talking about the Day Monkey he also recalled that "He was scared of bats." Jesse enjoyed joining in with the repetitive text of 'Don't be daft' which the two monkeys said to each other whenever one or other was confused by something they had seen or heard. Throughout the book we drew attention to the rhyming words and afterwards Jack said "The parrots and the carrots - they rhyme!" We also considered if there were any parts of the story that the children didn't like, and Harry C told us "Monkey likes eating the nanas, I didn't like that bit cause I don't like bananas! I didn't like the nana in the night." Do you prefer the day time or the night time? Or perhaps there are aspects of both that you enjoy, we would love to hear your thoughts!
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We wanted to show our support for Anti-Bullying Week (13th - 17th November) so on Monday we joined the nation in wearing odd socks to Nursery! Odd Socks Day is all about embracing and celebrating people's differences, and accepting one another for who we are. It has also been World Nursery Rhyme Week, with a focus on a different rhyme each day. On Monday we had a range of activities based around 'Jack and Jill', which was followed on Tuesday with 'Hickory Dickory Dock'. As well as working together to sequence the numerals around the clock face and thinking of a rhyme to go with each number as the little grey mouse landed on it, we also compared the length of tails of the different white mice and talked about which one was 'long', 'short', 'longer', 'shorter', 'longest' and 'shortest'. On Wednesday our activities were inspired by 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' which was then followed on Thursday by lots of fun based around different versions of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'. After creating alternative verses for 'The Wheels on the Bus' on Friday, our follow-up activities included designing different routes for the bus to follow, constructing our own bus and taking turns to be the driver or a passenger, and exploring different tyre tracks by driving a variety of vehicles through some paint! Friday was also Children in Need and this year rather than dressing up, the children were encouraged to 'Get Spotted' for being kind. Along with the staff, Puppet John was ready with his coloured spot stickers to award for acts of kindness! It certainly has been a very busy week! Harry C On Friday we talked about why many people wear a poppy at this time of year and watched an animation based on the experience of the animal inhabitants of a WW1 battlefield. We also completed a short quiz together based on information related to Remembrance Sunday before the children then created their own poppy picture. Harry J At the going down of the sun and in the morning
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