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NurserySummer Term

18th May 2020

Physical – Yoga (Wellbeing)Can you make a bridge with your body? You can do this alone or with a partner. Another family member can push objects under your bridge e.g. a train track and trains, a toy car, a ball, a wind-up toy etc.See the attached sheet for examples of bridge postures you can try.

Creative – Bridge buildingThis is a construction challenge. You can use junk modelling, paper cups, rolls of newspaper, sticks, pegs, Lego bricks etc to build a bridge. Does the bridge stay standing? Can you put objects under the bridge? (e.g. roll a ball under or push a car under). Can you balance objects on top of the bridge? (e.g. stand a small figure on top without it collapsing or falling over). This challenge allows for problem solving. Encourage your child to talk about their ideas and whether they work. If they don’t work, encourage them to think about what went wrong or what the problem might be and work together to solve it.

Story timeCan you share a story each day? Read story books together and talk about the pictures. Talk about what is happening throughout the story and what might happen next.

Enjoy the story of the‘Three Billy GoatsGruff’ here (ctrl and click on the image)

Or visithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiy3a1v9Q2E

Mark-making/Letters and soundsContinue to practice writing your name every day. We began learning our Set One letter sounds. There are great video clips which can be accessed online to support this. Visit the Cbeebies website for letter sound songs here https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/playlist-alphabet-songs?collection=playlist-collection#playlistVisit the Read Write Inc Youtube channel for a daily Set One letter sounds interactive video herehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ruth+miskin+trainingAny opportunity to draw or write is valuable practice for pencil control so encourage free independent mark-making. Encourage

MathsTake opportunities to count as part of your daily routine e.g. counting to ten as you wash hands, counting out the plates, knives and forks as you help to set the table, counting the stairs as you climb up to bed etc. Big, bigger, biggestExplore size this week. Measure your child against a wall or door to show them how tall they are. You could measure other family members in the same way so your child can see the difference in height. Using chalk outside or pens and large pieces of paper draw around your child and then measure the outline using a variety of objects e.g. how many books/teddies/tins etc do we need? Play a treasure hunt game when you each have one minute to find something big. Compare your chosen objects, whose is the biggest? Repeat for finding something small. Compare them, whose is the smallest? Give your child three objects and see if they can place them in size order – small, medium/middle sized, big.

Make sure you share your learning with us on our Twitter page @holyroodcps

Or email photographs or your work to headteacher@holyroodschool.co.ukAny wow moments can also be added to your child’s EExAT observations. Thank you

Sensory – Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge?Let’s explore sound. In this story the big Billy Goat Gruff make a loud, stamping sound with his hooves. The middle sized Billy Goat Gruff makes a gentle, walking sound. The little Billy Goat Gruff makes a whispering, tip toeing sound. You can adapt the word to ‘Baby Croc’ from Song and Rhyme Time to sing‘Little goat trip trap, trip trippy trap (gentle, quiet sounds)Middle goat trip trap, trip trippy trap (medium sounds)Big goat trip trap, trip trippy trap’ (loud sounds)You can make sounds using your body by jumping, stamping, clapping, tapping knees etc. You could also explore household objects to create sounds by tapping or shaking e.g. pots and pans, rice or pasta in a plastic cup (covered with foil or cling film), cereal packets etc. Can your child regulate the sounds they make? (e.g. quiet, medium, loud) Are they able to create a rhythm? Can they copy a steady pulse that you create, playing

Keep checking your 2Do section on Purple Mash – teachers add new tasks weekly! https://www.purplemash.com/sch/holy-s70 Numbots – Keep practising!Look at our school website for more links to amazing online activities! Please email school if you need a password for Purple Mash or Numbots. There are lots of ideas on the Twinkl website, which you can access for free.

Funky fingers – Puppet makingCan you make puppets to retell the story of the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’? Use one-handed toolssuch as scissors, pens, pencils, glue sticks etc to add a face and hair. Can you squeeze pegs on to make the goats horns? Can you make a troll? Make marks on paper to represent a river.Use the bridge that you created (see creative task) and walk your puppets across the bridge asyou retell the story.

Bridge Postures