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The Oaks Federation

Nursery - Meithrin

2024-2025


Croeso I Meithrin 

Welcome to the Nursery 

Teacher: Mrs Hobbs

PPA Teacher: Mrs Lavington

Teaching Assistants: Miss Watkins, Miss Crothers & Mrs Fletcher-Price

It is lovely to welcome all of our new starters and a welcome back to our returning children. 
 

 

All About Us

Teacher- Mrs Hobbs 

Teaching Assistants- Mrs Wheatley, Miss Watkins & Mrs Fletcher-Price (Monday & Tuesday)

 

General Information

Snack- £1.50 per week. 

We provide a healthy snack, milk and water everyday for our children. 

Please could this be paid Weekly or Half Termly

 

PE- is on a Tuesday, please could children wear shoes that do not have laces in order to help the children learn to put on and take off their shoes. 

Our Topics this Term is

Summer Sensations

During this term, we will be learning about Pirates, exploring the sea and sea creatures, as well as learning all about different sea animals and their environments. 

We will be reading these stories- 

  1. Pirate Pete 
  2. Jake and the Never land Pirates 
  3. Why Pirates love underpants 
  4. Night Pirates 
  5. Captain Jakes Pirate Adventure 
  6. Sammy the Seasick Pirate
  7. Rock Pool Rap 
  8. Lilly and  the Limpet 
  9. Sharing a Shell
  10. Barry the Fish with 5 Fingers 
  11. The Snail and the Whale

'Pirate Pete'

Pirates love underpants

Watch my latest video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doS640ulTyA Books Alive! presents a reading of Claire Freedman and Ben Cort's hilarious addition to the Underpants series is full of pirates, sharks and treasure. You'll be yo-ho-ho-ing until the sails come down!

THE NIGHT PIRATES

Rock Pool - 01 - Welcome To The Rock Pool

☠️ Kids Book Read Aloud: SAMMY THE SEASICK PIRATE by Janelle Springer-Willms and Damien Jones

Sammy can't wait to become a pirate just like his papa. He knows how to swim in the ocean, dig for treasure, and even shoot a bow and arrow. There is just one problem... when Sammy is on a boat, he gets seasick! Will he have what it takes?

sharing a shell by Julia Donaldson

When the little hermit crab finds a shiny new shell he doesn't want to share it - not with a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm. Can the three creatures find a way to get along?

Barry The Fish With Fingers by Sue Hendra

We will be learning our colours and numbers in welsh.

Welsh Rainbow Song

Let's Learn Numbers 1-10 in Welsh

Our Topic Is 

 

Animal Magic 


During this term we will be looking at different animals including Dinosaurs. 
We will be learning about

  1. When they lived

  2. Where they lived 

  3. What they ate

  4. What their names were

  5. How they lived

Here are some of the books and stories we will be reading. 

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 🦕 Season 1 Full Episodes!

The Dance of the Dinosaurs (with sound effects)

Stomp, chomp, BIG ROARS! Here come the Dinosaurs | READ ALOUD | Storytime for kids

Our Topic this Term is:

My World 

Within this topic we will be learning all about ourselves, our local area and about France. We will be looking at other cultures including their music and food. Yum! 
 

These are some of the stories we will be reading. 

Dinosaur School

🍩 DINOS LOVE DONUTS

"The Dinosaur Dance!" 🦖 /// Danny Go! Brain Break Songs for Kids

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2023-24

Croeso I Meithrin 

Welcome to the Nursery 

It is lovely to welcome all of our new starters and a welcome back to our returning children. 
All About Us

Teacher- Mrs Hobbs 

Teaching Assistants- Mrs Shelly, Mrs Wheatly, Miss Watkins & Mrs Fletcher-Price (Monday & Tuesday)

 

General Information

Snack- £1.50 per week.

We provide a healthy snack, milk and water everyday for our children. 

Please could this be paid Weekly or Half Termly

 

PE- is on a Wednesday, please could children wear shoes that do not have laces in order to help the children learn to put on and take off their shoes. 
 


 

 

 

 

Our Topic this Term is…


             If you go down to the woods today. 
 

We will be looking at mini beasts and exploring the Nursery and school grounds. 
 

The Books we will be reading are…
The Gruffalo 

Bugliest Bug 

Superworm

Goldilocks

The Hungry Caterpillar 

The Perfect Ribbit

The Tiny Seed

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

The Snail that lost his Shell. 

The Gruffalo (audiobook with text and animation)

The Gruffalo is a British children's picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, taking a walk in the woods. Along the way he meets different predators and has to use his wits to outsmart them.

The Gruffalo

Read Aloud of The Buggliest Bug

Do you know the difference between an arachnid (a spider) and a bug (an insect). Luckily Dilly does!

Fine Motor Skills

Comparing Bear Habitats

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks And The Three Bears | Fairy Tales | Gigglebox

When Goldilocks sneaks into the three bears' cottage, it seems there's no one home. So she helps herself to their porridge; she sits in their chairs; and she lies down in their beds. But then the bears return home from their walk! What will happen next ?!!

Making Porridge 

We used the Beebots to learn about directions and programming.

Superworm | Bedtime Stories for kids

Never fear, Superworm's here! He can fish Beetle out of a well, and rescue Toad from a busy road. But who will come to Superworm's rescue, when he's captured by a wicked Wizard Lizard? Luckily, all of Superworm's insect friends have a cunning plan...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Animated Film

In the internationally acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar eats and eats...and eats his way through the week. Taken from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories collection. Based on Eric Carle's picture book. The full 5 stories including children's favourite The Very Hungry Caterpillar are available to own on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/very-hungry-caterpillar-other/id826374687 Want more?

We went to Walnut Tree Farm. 
It was fun.We saw lots of different animals and we fed them. 
We also went on a tractor ride. 
 

Our Topic this Term is...

Once Upon a Time 

Over the next 10 weeks we will learning lots of Nursery Rhymes. 

We will be learning to-

  • sing songs and rhymes
  • understand rhyming words
  • make up our own rhymes
  • count numbers forwards and backwards
  • weigh and measure objects
  • compare sizes 
  • all about opposites
  • creating 2D and 3D pictures and sculptures
  • using role play to act out rhymes and songs
  • learn new Welsh songs and rhymes 
  • recognise colours in Welsh 
  • use new moves and shapes in order to travel 
  • recognise a beat and learn to play African Drums . 

Here are some of the Nursery Rhymes we will be looking at during this Term. 

Baa Baa Black Sheep - Nursery Rhymes and Kids Songs

We listened to the Nursery Rhyme and made our own sheep. Then we sheared them and dyed the wool to make our own woolly jumpers. 

Baa Baa Black sheep

The Three Little Pigs - Read aloud in fullscreen with music and sound effects!

Humpty Dumpty | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs

We explored different ways to build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. 

Incy Wincy Spider with Lyrics | LIV Kids Nursery Rhymes and Songs | HD

The Story of Jack and The Beanstalk

Ask Series | What is St David's Day?

In this series, we ask Olivia interesting questions about special events, everyday items or questions that puzzle us. In this video, we will learn some interesting facts about St. David's Day, what it is, how it started and why it's celebrated. Watch this fun and interesting Ask Olivia video now to learn more about St.

I'm A Little Teapot

Five Currant Buns | NURSERY RHYME | Counting Song | @rainbowrabbitsongs | #rainbowrabbitsongs

We have been having drumming lessons. It is fun!

 

UpBeat

We use the IPad to create our own pictures of each other and also to try pointillism

Our Topic in the Autumn Term is... 

TWINKLE, TWINKLE 

These are some of the books we will be reading over the next few weeks. 
 

We’ve also been busy outside in the edible garden, picking lettuces and eating fresh tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber. They were very tasty. 

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