Nursery 2019 2020

Knowledge and UNDERSTANDING of the world

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Learning the letter sound 'v' can be very tricky. What begins with the letter sound 'v'?
A Very Hungry Caterpillar and a bird of prey called a Vulture. Listen to the story below (I'm sure most of you already have as it's one of my favourites). Next have a think about what the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate. Do you think he had a healthy diet?

Click on the caterpillar to listen to the story

Try sorting the food into the two groups, Healthy and Unhealthy

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What is a Vulture?

Download the power point presentation to find out more about Vultures then have a go at writing the letter sound 'v'.

Vulture information

We write the letter sound 'v' by saying 'Down a wing, up a wing'. Have a try and look at the vultures wings to remind you.

v - vulture sheet

mathematics and Numeracy

The very Hungry Caterpillar number recognition, counting and repeated patterns.

Can you draw a line from the number to the correct amount of fruit and add the two amounts of fruit together and write the answer in the circle?

These beautiful and very hungry caterpillars have lost their pattern. Can you help them by finishing off their pattern using the correct colours please?

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Click here to downl;oad the worksheet

Personal,social and emotional development

Sometimes we can feel very sad and the people we love try to think of ways to cheer us up. A big bunch of flowers can help. Can you remember - What do flowers need to stay alive? That's right, we need to put them into a vase of water. Can you count out seven purple violets and place them in your vase?

Digital competency

The Very Hungry Caterpillar loves to sequence, order and count numbers. He loves the very challenging games. Click on the links below to practice your number work.

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physical development

Fine motor skills - Try water painting outside – encourage your child to use brushes dipped into water to paint their numbers, letters or their name very carefully. You can use chalk to help them..

expressive arts/creativity

A vegetable face
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 – 1593), is famous for his extraordinary series of portraits in which the facial features of his sitters are portrayed as arrangements of fruit, vegetables, flowers, fish and other objects

You can make your own face using vegetables....

...or you can click on this link to make your own vegetable face online.

Click here to make you own vegetable face

Language,Literacy and Communication

Y Lindysyn Llwglyd Iawn -The very Hungry Caterpillar

We have read the story The very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This book is the same story in Welsh. Have a go at following the story using the words and pictures. Each picture should help you to follow the story.

Click here for the welsh version of The very hungry caterpillar

This weeks letter sound is 'u'

6th July 2020
Down and under the umbrella, up to the top and down to the puddle -u

Listen to the story 'Aliens love underpants' by Claire Freedman then download the Alien description activity and the Tracing task.

Click here to listen to the story

Click here to download the sheet

Click here to download tracing practice

Expressive Arts/Creativity

Under the sea, what can you see? Take a look at the power point and try to guess which sea creatures are hiding. Next match the creatures to the correct shadow.

Click here for the underwater power point game

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Mathematics and Numeracy

Under the umbrella numicon number game. Count with the aliens.

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Design your own Alien underpants
Using a variety of materials see if you can make a pair of underpants for the alien.

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OR you could create your own alien wearing a special pair of underpants picture.

Personal, Social and Emotional

Listen to this story about The ugly Duckling. Have a think about how the Little Duckling must have felt. He was different to his brothers and sisters, just like we are all different from each other.

What things make us special? What do you have that no-one else has?

click here to hear the story

Digital Competence

The Alphablocks letter sound -u

First watch the Alphablocks 'u' video clip and see how the letter sounds are blended together to make words.
Next watch the Ruth Miskin Read, Write inc video about 'Fred Talk'.
Lastly watch the phase 2 clip about blending sounds to make words. Please have a go at Fred Talk with your child at home.

1-Alphablocks video

2-Ruth Miskin Read, Write inc clip

3- Phase two video clip

Language, literacy and communication

Mr Urdd is a lively, fun-filled, mischievous little character who encourages us to speak and understand the welsh language. Download this sheet and follow Mr Urdd's special instructions.

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This weeks letter sound is 't'

29th June 2020
Down the tower, across the tower - t

The Tiger who came to Tea. By Judith Kerr

Make a list of tea party food you would like to have if a tiger came to your house for tea. Choose 1 of the following activities:-

You can draw you party food pictures on a paper plate.
Get help writing and tracing a list of party food.
You can cut out pictures that you find of tea party food you would like to have with your tiger friend at your tea party.

Click on the tiger to listen to the story

Knowledge and understanding of the world

Finding out about tigers

In our nursery we talk about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This week we are focusing on the goal is based around 'Life on Land'. Watch the information clips and download the investigating work sheet.

Click here to find out about tigers

Click here to download

Click here to find out how the tiger got his stripes

All Aboard for Global Goals! - Thomas & Friends

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by all 193 United Nations Member States aim to end poverty, ensure prosperity and protect the planet. Thomas & Friends have collaborated with the UN to teach children and parents about 6 of these Global Goals. On this site, you will find video Life Lessons from our favorite blue engine, Thomas, as well as Parent Tips with activities to help talk to young children about why achieving these Goals is important for everyone in the world.

Click on Thomas to watch the video

Mathematics and numeracy

Triangle trees

Can you make different shades of green by mixing these colours-green, green and white, green and black, and blue and yellow. When they are dry you can cut out the triangles and glue them down to make a forest.

Below are some beautifully mixed green colours. See how many shades of green you can mix before you cut out your tree triangles and make your own forest.

How many tree triangles will you have in your forest?

expressive arts/creativity

Tiger sculptures

Make a model of the tiger who came to tea using
play-dough. Think about the colours you can use.
How many legs does a tiger have?
Does a tiger have a tail?
Look at the tigers head, what do you need to add?
Will your tiger have a name?

personal, social and emotional development

A big 'Thank you', from the Tiger who ate all of your tea.

How would you feel if you were the tiger? You were feeling very very hungry? Where were you going to find food? Then you had a lovely tea party and a great time eating and drinking everything. To say thank you, could you draw a special picture for the family to put up on their fridge to say thank you for feeding me?

Click here to download the tiger thank you sheet.

Together and apart

These animals have lost their young, they are apart. Can you use a pencil and draw a line from the adult to their baby and bring them together?

Click here to download the welsh animal worksheet

Digital competency

Teddy numbers challenge

Click here to take on the teddy number challenge

physical development

Traffic light game

As a warm up in gym in nursery we love to play the 'Traffic light game'. The children have to listen for the instructions, this game promotes good listening skills. INSTRUCTION - Green light = run around Yellow light = walking red light = STOP!
Try it with you child. You can also challenge them and say coch-red light/ melyn- yellow light/ gwyrdd- green light.

Traffic light collage -Draw three circles on a piece of paper outlined in red, yellow, and green. The children can tare pieces of the correct coloured paper and glue it into each circle.

This weeks letter sound is 's'

Slither down the snake - s

Knowledge and understanding of the world

Same, Same but Different
by Jenny Sue Kosteckie-Shaw

Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. These two pen pals realize that their lives are more alike than they thought. They both have pets, they both like to climb trees, and they both go to school. While their worlds may look different, they are also much the same.

Once you have listened to the story 'Same,Same but Different, Watch this super song about speaking different languages.
See if you can join in and say hello using a new language.

Slither down the snake

Place your finger on the snakes head to start. Follow the letter 's' down to the snakes tail. Slither down the snake.

Click here if you want to download a copy

NEXT....Can you practice writing your letter sound 's'?
Here are a few fun ways to write 's'.. in....

Shaving foam Sprinkles Sand Salt

Mathematics and Numeracy

Sorting Socks

Can you match the correct coloured and patterned socks to make a pair?
Can you count the pairs?

Click the socks to download the activity

Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown

Sunflower seeds need to be planted before they can grow. This little counting book shows what can happen to seeds after they are planted. Click on the image to find out how many sunflower seeds grow big and tall.

Click here to listen

Can you count out 10 objects? (we will pretend they are seeds) As you listen to the story you can take one away each time a little creature finds a seed. Make sure you follow the story and count how many you have left after each one is taken. How many sunflowers end up growing big and tall?

Sequencing sunflower seed instructions
Do you know what a seed needs to grow into a healthy plant?
Challenge:-
First, watch the power point about the Lifecycle of a sunflower.
Next, you can cut the pictures out from the sheet and stick them into the correct order.

click here for Sunflower powerpoint

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Physical development

How to make a Strawberry, star shaped sandwich- follow these instructions to make your own.

Click here to see the instructions. How to make a jam sandwich.

expressive arts/creativity

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh

Listen to this delighful story about Vincent Van Gogh.
Click on Vincent below to hear the story.

Click here to watch how you could paint a sunflower.

After the story, it is your turn to have a go at creating your own sunflower masterpiece.

Music -We all sing with the same Voice

This is a wonderful story which is about children from all over the world creating music using a common instrument, their voice.

Click on the picture to hear this beautiful song.

Welsh language

Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw? - What is the weather like today?

digital competency

Super smoothie

To play the Super smoothie game you have to click on this image below and enter the log in User name and password. It will the allow you to access the PHASE 1 games - this is where you will find the super smoothie game. Please enjoy!

How to play:-

Choose a starting word. A picture of this starting word will appear on a blender.
Click on the picture to hear the word spoken. Encourage children to say this word out loud and listen to the way it sounds.
Say the initial phoneme and ask children to repeat this sound. Above the blender are pictures of six other words. Again, click the pictures to hear the words spoken. Encourage children to say one of the words and identify the initial sound.
Ask them if they think this word has the same initial sound as the word on the blender.
When the children have found a word that they think has the same initial sound, drag it into the blender. If they are right, the ingredient will be added and blended into the smoothie mix. If they are wrong, they will have to try again. There are three words to find. When they have all been found, the smoothie will be served up.

personal,social and emotional development

Mr Hapus ydw i- I am Mr Happy

What makes you really happy. Have a think about things and people you know. What or who gives you happy thoughts and feelings?
Click on the image below to download the activity.

This weeks letter sound is 'r'

Down the robots back and curl over his arm.
15th June 2020

LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND COMMUNICATION

Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who lived on a farm....

The little red hen was friends with a lazy dog , a sleepy cat , and a little mouse.
This is a wonderful story about how important it is to work hard if you want to succeed, helping others and not being lazy.
We all need to ask for a little help now and again. Click on the image below to hear the story and to find out which animals have kind helpful hands and which ones were lazy and selfish.

Click here to hear the story

Here is set of small images for you to colour, cut out and use as stick puppets to retell this traditional tale.

Click here to download

Expressive arts /Creativity

Little Red Hen Handprints

Using these instructions below have a go at making your own little red hen.

You can also make your little red hen using recycled materials

mathematics and numeracy

Robots love to match shapes. Can you recognise any of these robot shapes?
Download the sheet below to match the shape to the correct robot.

Robbie robot number puzzle.
Cut up the numbered strips and then mix them up. Re-order the numbers to make the robot puzzle.

Click here to download

knowledge and understanding of the world

What is a rainbow?
A rainbow is an arc of colour in the sky that can be seen when the sun shines through falling rain. During the lockdown we have been using the rainbow image to say a big thank you to all those keyworkers who have been helping and supporting us during this tricky time.

Click here to find out more about rainbows.

Click here to hear a rainbow song

Making a rainbow

Take a sheet of paper towel and cut them it into the shape of a rainbow.
Next draw curved lines with markers/felt pens. Red, orange, Yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
After you have finished drawing the lines of your rainbow you can spray the lines with water from a small water bottle.
As the water lands on the paper towel, the colours of the rainbow will begin to spread out creating a tie dye effect.

Personal, Social and emotional development

Races!
The story of the Tortoise and the Hare. Watch this video clip below:-

Click here to watch the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.

What do you think about this story? Should we always race ahead without thinking, like the hare? What do you think about the tortoise?

Can you think of any races you could try at home?
My favourite is the egg and spoon race.

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

In Penyrheol nursey class we always talk about how we need to have have 'Kind, sharing hands'. This is a lovely story about a beautiful fish who learns the importance of sharing and how good it can make you feel. Click on the rainbow fish to hear the story.

Discuss the different characters throughout the story (e.g. Rainbow Fish, Little Blue Fish, the octopus). How are they feeling? Why? Why might Rainbow Fish not want to give away his sparkly scales?
Circle time game – pass a small toy between you and encourage you child to discuss friendship. What makes a good friend?
Think about sharing and being kind and helpful.
Discuss what it means to feel ‘lonely’ and why Rainbow Fish felt lonely. What can we do to stop people feeling lonely?

INVESTIGATION - Can you find any shiny, sparkly or twinkly materials to stick onto your fish picture or painting to make it look like the 'Rainbow Fish'. The shinier the better.

Little Robot is going to school. He is feeling a little bit nervous about going to a place he's never been before.

What will it look like?
Who will be there?
Will he be ok without his dad robot?

Watch this clip to find out some of the answers. Begin to think about what it will be like starting in reception class. Talk about this with your little one.

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Enfys - rainbow
A rainbow has 7 beautiful colours.
Can you think of a coloured object to match each welsh colour?

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Digital competency

Have fun with George the monkey building special robots designed to do special jobs!

Click here to play Build a Bot!

This weeks letter sound is 'qu'
Round her head, up past her earring, down her hair,and flick.
8th June 2020

The word quiet begins with the letter sound 'qu'.
This week we are learning the letter sound 'qu'. Can you think of any times when we need to be quiet? Below is a book called 'A Quiet Night in' by Jill Murphy. Have a listen and think about a time when it has been too noisy for you. How did it make you feel? What did you do?
There is also a video clip about libraries. In our school we have a class library and we have 2 important rules. NO NOISE and NO TOYS. Watch the video and see if you can remember what activities we can do, and how we need to behave in a library.

Click here for the story

Click here to find out more about libraries.

The word queen also begins with qu.

Does the queen have a job? How does the queen travel? What does she have for breakfast? Where does the queen live?

This lady in the picture is very special. Do you know who she is? That's right, she is queen Elizabeth.

Click on the queen to download the sheet

When we need to find out something, we can ask a question. Click here to hear a song about questions.

EXPRESSIVE ARTS/CREATIVITY

Night time is a time for quiet. It is a time to sleep for most people and especially these zoo animals. The zoo keeper has to say 'goodnight' to the zoo animals quietly. In welsh we say 'Nos da - Good night! Listen to this story and each time the zoo keeper says "Good night" you can say it in welsh too, "Nos da"! It is good to practise your welsh phrases.

Click here for the story

Click here to practise your welsh phrases.

Now you have listened to the story, can you remember how the zoo keeper had to tiptoe quietly around the zoo? All of the animals tiptoed after him. The zoo animals were so quiet he didn't even hear them follow him. Each animal quiety crept into the zookeeper and his wife's bedroom. Here is a challenge for you:-

STEM Challenge: Can you build a bed that holds the most zoo animals?

Objective: Use the materials to build a bed for the most amount of animals.
Materials:

Plastic Zoo Animals
Craft Sticks/twigs/anything you can find
Wooden Blocks

First:-
Listen to the book, “Goodnight Gorilla”.
Book Discussion
Ask your child to describe what they see in the pictures and what is happening.

What are the names of the animals.
Who is the man with the flashlight?
What is his job? (Zookeeper - what does he do at the zoo?)
What time of day is it, daytime or night time?
Where are the animals going as they get out of their cages?
Why are two pages all black with surprised eyes?
Who takes the animals back to the zoo?
What happens next

MAKING YOUR ZOO ANIMAL BED
Using the materails you have collected, build the animal bed.
NEXT
Test your design. How many animals did your bed hold?
THINK ABOUT
Can you redesign your bed to hold even more animals? How many animals could fit on your bed?

MATHEMATICS AND NUMERACY

Mathematics and numeracy always starts with a question. How much? How far? How many? What shape? Can you..?Here are two questions for you to look at:-

Another qu-question -What shapes are these foods? This sorting worksheet gives your child the opportunity to show how much they've learned about shapes in their environment

Another qu-question we ask you in school is 'Have you written your numbers around the right way?' This video shows us a clever way to remember how to write our numbers the right way around.
Take a look and try it out!

Click the food to complete the activity

The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts.
Watch these two video clips to hear the nursery rhyme about the queen of hearts and to see how to make jam tarts. You can either have a go at making them with an adult or you could make some jam tarts using play dough.

Click here to hear the Nursery rhyme

Click here to see how to make Jam Tarts

PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

We all love to get along and be friendly to one another. However, sometimes we disagree and can end up quarrelling. The word quarrel means to have an arguement or disagreement. When you quarrel with someone it doesn't make you feel very good. Watch this video clip and think about how the little boy is feeling. Can you think of something nice to say to cheer him up? What would you say to the little girl?

Click here to watch

When we see that someone doesn't look very well, we can ask them a question - 'Beth sy'n bod? - What is wrong?

Role play - Can you set up your own doctors or hospital role-play asking your patients "Beth sy’n bod?" "What is wrong"? Use your toys, dolls or action figures as patients.

language, literacy and communication

Quickly
When we move we can change how fast we go.
Can you think of 10 things you can do quickly?

This couple are dancing the quick step. It is a very fast dance. Can you dance quickly?

Click here to watch the Quick step dance

Digital Competency

Question time again - Are you a friend or a stranger?

We are always talking about 'Stranger Danger' in nursery. When you click on the link below you will see photos of your class friends - these people are 'not strangers' there will also be pictures of people who are strangers.
We don't know these people so we say 'Stranger Danger'!

Have a look and see if you can guess who the friends are and who the strangers are. We do thumbs up for friends and thumbs down for stranger danger.

This weeks letter sound is 'p'
Down the pirates plait and around his face.
1st June 2020

Protecting our planet

We all live on the Planet Earth. In nursery we always try to protect our planet.
This is a lovely book explaining how we can all protect our planet together.

Click here to listen to the story

When you have listened to the story 'I can save the Earth' Download the activity worksheet by clicking on the image above.

Once you have listened to the story and completed the activity, have a think about what you can do to Save your planet. Do you already recycle? Could you make sure the lights are turned off in a room, if your not using them? Every little thing helps!

Pets- Why do we have them?

People say having a pet is one of the best things they have ever done! But why? When you own a pet it can help you in lots of ways. Firstly they can become a great friend, they are someone to talk to, someone to enjoy exercise with, it can teach you how to care for someone else. A pet can become a very special member of you family.

This book is all about a class activity where the children are invited to bring in a pet to school. Click on the image to discover what pet Violet actually has, it's name is Sid!

If you could choose a new pet, which pet would you choose and why? You can click on this image to download the activity sheet to draw your new pet or you can make a 3D pet of your own. What name would you choose for your pet?

Click here to listen

Come one, come all, to the pet show! With dogs and cats, horses and chickens, hamsters and chinchillas—and many, many more!—this book celebrates animal friends of all shapes and sizes. Who will take home the coveted Best in Show ribbon? Join the fun to find out!

Mathematics and numeracy

Pirates

Which one is different?
Have a look at at these pirate pictures below .
Can you spot the odd one out?

Counting and Recording
You are all such clever counters now. I think you should have a go at counting the pirate objects below and with help, colour in the right number of boxes below it.

Click here for sheet

Pizza Shapes

Pirates love to eat pizza. Can you name these pizza topping shapes and colour them in the correct colours listed below?

Click here to play the shape pattern game.

Expressive Arts/Creativity

I know for a fact that Penyrheol nursery class love to have a party.

Why not dress up as a Pirate and join in with this pirate party online. You could also make your own pirate picnic. Can you think of any other foods beginning with the letter sound 'p'?

If you click on the image here you can download the sheet and design your own pizza for your picnic.

You don't have to just draw the pizza, you could also make it using a variety of art materials or even food.

Click on these pirates to hear the pirate party music.

Paper Plate Pirate Puppet

Click on the picture to watch a video - How to make a Pirate plate puppet

Create your very own pirate puppet out of paper plates!
You will need

Two paper plates
Scissors (grown-up use only)
Glue
Coloured pens
Coloured paints (white, skin-coloured and another colour for the bandana)
Wool for the hair
Sticky tape
Optional: Coloured fabric

Instructions

Ask a grown-up to help you cut one paper plate in half (keep both halves)
Stick one half paper plate onto the back of the full paper plate - leave room for your hand to fit in-between!
Paint the front of the full paper plate with skin-coloured paint to make a face and leave to dry
Paint the other half paper plate with your bandana colour
Paint white spots onto the bandana and leave to dry
Ask a grown-up to help you cut the wool into two clumps for hair
Use sticky tape to stick each clump of hair to the back of the bandana
Glue the bandana to the top of the paper plate face
Make a face for your pirate - you can draw it on with coloured pens, or glue on bits of coloured fabric to make a pirate face!

Here is an episode of Peppa Pig. Its about 'Pottery'. Pottery begins with the letter sound 'p'. We have made many beautiful objects out of clay just like Peppa in our nursery.

Click here to watchThe Peppa Pig episode about pottery.

Click here to watch the video

You could watch this short clip on how to make a pinch pot. Then use play-dough instead of clay to make a pot just like Peppa and her friends. Remember how we rolled the clay onto a ball, then we pushed our thumb into the middle and pinched the clay all the way around to make the hole bigger.

Personal, Social and Emotional

What do people and pets need to be happy and healthy?

We all need certain things to be happy and healthy, don't we?

Have a think and a little chat about what you need to be healthy and happy. (food, water, love, a bed etc)
Now think about pets. Are they the same as you? What does a pet need to be happy and healthy?

Click here to play the 'What pet am I?' game'.

Thinking about getting a pet? Watch this short video to see what a pet needs to be happy and healthy.

Click here to find out more about pets.

This is our family pet. Her name is Luna. She is alsmost 2 years old. She is a Minaiture Schnauzer. She was very hot so we made her a 'PUPSICKLE' to keep her cool.

If you were a pirate what colour (par liw) would you paint your pirate ship?

Click the picture to download the sheet

If you would rather play the pirate colour hunting game here is what you need to do:-
You take it in turns to call out a colour in welsh and the person you are playing with goes to find something which is that colour as quickly as they can.
Then it's your turn and they shout out a welsh colour and you have to go and find something that colour. Do this until you have matched all the pirate colours to the same coloured object.

Digital Competence

Time for some bubble popping fun. Click on the link below to play.

Click here to play Bubble POP.

For added fun you could also blow and pop your own bubbles. Count them as they pop. Can you take a picture of your bubble before you pop it?

Play exciting CBeebies pirate games, sing along and watch fun pirate content.
Get creative and enjoy a variety of CBeebies pirate makes.

Click on this image to take you to the CBeebies Pirate page

This weeks letter sound is 'o'
All around the orange
18th May 2020

Click here for the letter 'o' song

We are learning the letter sound 'o' this week.
In Nursery we are always thinking about our 'Sustainable Development Goals'(S.D.Gs) .

Octopus begins with our letter sound 'o'.
We are learning about the S.D.G number 14 -

'LIFE BELOW WATER

Click on the octopus to find out some interesting facts

This week we will also being looking at 'Old and new' toys.
Your child can discover old-fashioned toys that used to be played with in the past and compare the difference between them to the new toys that they have now. This activity includes pictures of different toys that your child needs to sort into either 'old' or 'new'. A great way to relate history back to them personally!

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Can you find pictures of objects beginning with the letter sound 'o'?
Cut them out and stick them around the letter 'o'.

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On top, Over, underneath, next to, besides, behind, above, in front - Where is Olly Octopus?
This resource is a great activity for the children to read different prepositions and then talk about where the octopus is!
A lovely activity to support the learning of positional language.

Click here to download the images

The Wizard of Oz - Somewhere Over the Rainbow song
As we have been learning about the positional language, on top, over, under, next too etc. I thought you might like to hear this beautiful song 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'. It's a cartoon with Dorothy Gail from the Wizard of OZ and special guests Tom and Jerry.

Click here to watch

Mathematical Development

As you will have learnt from watching the Octopus video clip, every octopus has 8 tenticles. On each tenticle they have something called suckers.

Olly the octopus needs you to put the right number of suckers on each tenticle. In school we used dot stickers. You can use anything you like. Cheerios, drawn circles, finger print dots.
Please check your work to make sure you put the right amount on each tenticle.

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This game encourages pupils to look at shapes in their natural environment.

Click here to play the Find the circle game

Expressive Arts/creativity

One of my favourite story books is 'We're going on a Bear hunt' by Micheal Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. Please enjoy this animated story below.

Click here to watch

After sharing this amazing story - 'We're going on a bear hunt', can you make your own obstacle course? You will need to think about how you will need to move. Will you be climbing, walking, balancing, hopping crawling OVER, UNDER AND THROUGH objects. Good luck!

This week we are learning to recognise and write the letter sound 'o'. I thought it might be an idea to watch this video clip on how to actually learn how to draw a circle before we create out masterpiece Kandinsky artwork.

Click here to watch

As we are learning the letter sound 'o' this week I though it would lovely to have a look at this interesting artist called Wassily Kandinsky. This painting below is created using circles, the same formation as our letter sound 'o'. Kandinsky (as he's known)has mixed colours to create new ones. The circles are all different sizes.

Click on the image to find out more about this artist and how to make your own circle painting.

Click here to discover an amazing artist

All around the orange

Can you use your 2 hands to mix 2 colours to make orange? Can you name things beginning with ‘o’?
Put red paint on one hand and yellow on the other, rub your hands together what colour do they make?

Jolly Olly Octopus story
Jolly Olly can't stop laughing and all the sea creatures just have to join in.

Now try and make your own Jolly Olly Octopus you can make him any colour you like. Don't forget how many legs does he have?

Click here to hear Jolly Olly octopus's story

I love painting and making so much I had to have a go myself. I have made Olivia Octopus.

Personal, social and emotional development

Getting on and Falling out

During this Lockdown time we are all missing our friends and family. We all know that we need to have kind hands. Can you think about what else makes a good friend? What shouldn't we do to our friends? Click on this link below to see if you were right!

click here

Now you have had a little think about what makes a good friend you can think about 'Getting on with friends and family and not falling out'! So, what Makes a Good Friend? Can you write one thing that makes a good friend on each of the octopus’ tentacles?

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After thinking about what makes a good friend. Now you can practice your welsh 'Ble mae'r ffrindiau?' phrases. Remember an adult reads the sentence and then the child repeats. (My turn your turn).

Click here to read welsh book

Digital competancy

Click on the link below to take you to the Underwater counting game on Topmarks.

As part of the Digital Competency Framework we try to assess how well the children are progressing in their handling and understanding of devices and educational programs and Apps.

Let us see how clever and careful you can be when using an iPad, laptop, computer or phone to play this counting game.
Can you play this underwater counting game on your own?
Count the underwater creatures and press the right button without help?

Click here to take you to Topmarks website

Ben and Betty Letter sound Activities

This weeks letter sound is 'n'
Down Nobby,over his net

11th May 2020

Language, Literacy and communication

We love to learn about living creatures. One of the 'Sustainable Development Goals' which we talk about in nursery is 'LIFE ON LAND'.
Nocturnal begins with our letter sound of the week 'n'. Do you know what it means? Click on this image below to find out about nocturnal animals.

Have a think! If you had to choose, which nocturnal animal would you be and why?

Noah's Ark

There is a very special man in the Bible called 'Noah'. Can you say what letter sound 'Noah' begins with? There is a story in the Bible about Noah's Ark. Do you know what an Ark is? Click on the links below to listen to the story, learn a super song about Noah and to practice a little welsh language.

Click here to listen and watch Noah's Ark story

Click here to learn Noah's song

Click here to check if your colours are correct with our Lliwiau'r Enfys song.

R.E - Challenges:
Memory Game
First child says “Noah took a ___on the ark. (animal name goes in the blank)
Second person repeats what the first said and adds their own animal. Each child must remember what has been said and add their own animal. How many animal names can you remember?

Getting creative
Can you draw a picture of Noah's ark. You can use any materials you like. Think about adding animals? Noah's family?

Here we have a power point with more interesting nocturnal animal facts.
It can be downloaded below when you click on the owl.

click on the owl

Click on this image to see your Challenge up close.

Down Nobby, over his net.
Can you guess what sport Nobby likes to play?

To download this sheet click on this file. If you don't have a printer you can still practice writing your letter sound 'n' on a piece of paper, using chalks on the ground outside, in shaving foam, a tray of salt, in sand or using paint. The worlds your oyster.

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Fun ways to Practice Name Writing:-

1. Highlighters are awesome for tracing anything! Add in glue and wool and it’s a hands-on experience
2.   Children love to rainbow write their names! Writing their name over and over again in different colours to make a rainbow.
3.   Another twist on rainbow writing is rainbow name painting Paint over and over in different colours!
4.    Discover Explore Learn traces letters with paint and Q-tips, put this to their name and the kids will love it!
5.    A little bit more sticky uses glitter glue to practice name writing
6.    Practice writing their name on the chalkboard, but with water to erase it away!
7.    Make a sensory bag to practice pre-writing skills to write the letters of their name
8.    Fingerpaint their name! This idea is a great one for children who are struggling to grip a pencil yet.
9.    Practice writing their name in a salt sensory tray  Try flour!
10. Get out the watercolours and trace the letters of their name with a paintbrush!
11. A fun name writing game to do on the whiteboard.
12. When all else fails, break out a can of shaving cream. Write their name in a tray!

Dance along with Kristi to this country song about animals in the desert and what they do at night. This song has great educational lyrics for young children and also helps build balance and coordination skills.

Click image to follow link

Nobby loves to play football. He is a goal keeper. The goal keepers job is to stop the ball from going into the net. Can you practice your football skills?

To develop the skill:

Make a mini slalom course and ask the children to dribble the equipment around the obstacles – this is challenging as both feet must be used .
Create a goal or target that must be aimed at.
Introduce the concept of a ‘team’ – how many balls can each group get into the goal?

Creative Development

During letter sound 'n' week we will be looking at and learning about nocturnal animals. The wise old owl hunts at night. You could follow these instructions to make a paper plate owl or you could think your own way to make an owl.

Here is a fun song about nocturnal animals and what they get up to at night.

Click here for the nocturnal animal song

Maths Development

In nursery we always try to help ourselves when we are stuck. If we can't do something we don't give up, we say "I can't do it...yet!" and then we keep trying.
When we are learning about numbers we sometimes need a little help. This is when we use numicon tiles.

Activity 1 - If you click on the image here you can download a numicon and number challenge counting game that I have made for you.
Have a go and most of all have fun!

Click this image

Activity 2 - If you would like to challenge yourself further here are 3 number numicon sheets for you to download. Each one gets harder.

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Activity 3 - A nocturnal animal number game.
It's so dark at night the nocturnal animals need help. Can you match the numbered badgers to the same numbered hedgehogs?

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Personal, social and emotional development

So far you have learnt about nocturnal animals. Below you can see a picture of the daytime and a picture of the night. In the middle are a selection of activities which you might do. Can you talk with your child about the activities and ask them..."Where would they place the picture? During the day or during the night?" and why?

Digital Competencey

Listen and Play - Nursery Rhymes This BBC link includes familiar songs, Nursery rhymes, stories and sound discrimination games to develop children's letter sound recognition and confidence with spoken language.

Click on this image to follow the link

In our nursery class we love to share the 'Joio Dan 5' Welsh reading books. Mrs Dindorp reads the sentence and the children repeat the words. We call this "My turn, your turn".
Click on the image below to practise your Welsh reading.

Click here to download the book

Nos in Welsh means night. Nos da, Beni Bwni - Goodnight Benny Bunny. You could practice saying "Nos da" to your family every night before you go to bed.

A night time story about nocturnal animals with Peppa Pig for you to share.

Scroll down to see Ben and Betty letters which we have been learning these past few weeks...

Mrs Dindorp's 2.6 London Marathon Challenge for 'l' and 'm' week

Mrs Dindorp's Two point six Marathon challenge is set in motion.

Day 1
Let's get raise money for UK charities!

Day 2 Mrs Dindorp A,K.A Spiderman
run's to raise money for U.K charities.

Day 3
Let's fly through today!

Day 4 Decided as it had stopped raining to complete my distance on a local woodland walk 4miles completed!

Day 5 Pink power gets me through!

Feeling the force on day 6!

A special message I received from Olivia's mum:-
Olivia was inspired when she watched the videos of you running on the treadmill and decided to do 5 miniutes of exercise a day for 4 days.

ARDDERCHOG OLIVIA! I am so proud of you! Together we can keep our minds and bodies healthy. Keep sharing your home learning with me....you are a star! Un merit.

Day 7
Today I completed the 2.6 challenge. It has taken me a whole week to run the 26 miles which is the length of the London Marathon. I have really enjoyed the experience and I think I'm going to keep running every day.

Ben and Betty Letter sound Activities

This weeks letter sound is 'm'
Maisy mountain, mountain
4th May 2020

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

In our nursery class we like to use the 'Busy Feet' resource. It provides a ‘creative, active and inclusive’ approach in promoting happy, healthy, active children via simple techniques and fun activities that the children love.

Click on the image to get moving with your Busy Feet.

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

In nursery we love to explore new art materials. Colour is very important to us. We learn to recognise and name the colours in english and in welsh. Please read this story 'Monsters love colours'. I hope you enjoy the monster colour mixing activity!

Click on this picture to read the story

Now, click on this picture for your Monster colour mixing activity.

When I think of music and the letter sound 'm' I think of the magnificent song
'I am the music man'. This clip includes makaton. It's presented and performed by the 'Singing hands'. Please, listen, watch and then have a go at joining in.
Why not post your performance on twitter @Penyrheol2

Click here to hear the music man

Maths Development

We all need to know about money. We use it every day and children need to identify the coins as well as have a little fun with them.
You could try :- Mark Making/Writing
·        The children will enjoy dipping coins into paint and rolling them across large pieces of paper.
·        Provide wax crayons and tracing paper for the children to make coin rubbings.
·        Encourage the children to write out their own price tags.
·        Press coins into playdough to make prints.
·        Splash buckets - glue a coin to the bottom of the bucket. Can the children drop other coins in and try to get one to land on the
coin?
Take a look at these two links below. They show you the coins and talk about what they are called and how much they are.

Learn the UK coins with Dougie click here for link

Click on this picture to practice money

When you are ready you can download these worksheets -Focus - counting pennies .

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The Shape Monsters need to be fed their favourite shapes. Can you help?

Click here to follow the link to the Shape Monsters Game

More, less and equal
I would like you to compare the number of objects in two groups.
You will use the words greater than, less than, or equal to.
Follow these instructions:-

Fetch a box of blocks, cars, pencils, etc (any small object will do)
Create two groups of the small objects, one with more than the other.
Ask your child to count each group of objects. Are they the same?
Ask your child to compare the 2 groups using this language:-

equal means that there is the same amount in each group, Are they equal?
greater means more than.

Has this group got more than the other group?

less means fewer. Which group has fewer?
Change the amount of objects in each group and do this a few times.

Click here for worksheet

Once you have tried the practical game above,download this sheet for your child:-
(Use the words from the game - equal/same, greater/more than and less/fewer

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When you have explored the maths tasks you can share this number story.
If you met a magic fairy, what would you wish for?

A beautifully read story about Magical Butterflies. Please click here and enjoy.

Many of you would have worked out that 'mouth' begins with m. Click on the links below to learn about how special your mouth is and to find out what's inside it....

Click here to watch Topsy and Tip visit the dentist

Click here to find out more about teeth.

Can you think - what else can you use your mouth for?
Download the worksheet below to complete this 'mouth' themed activity.

Click here to play the pairs game

Meet the Tooth Defenders Cartoon click here

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Language, Literacy and Communiction

Your chance to read two very funny 'm' books and get creative. Discuss the stories by looking at the fronts cover to begin with. What do you think the story will be about?

They are both creative, design challenges. Think about what materials you want to use...paint, material, glitter, stickers. etc Go wild. Can't wait to see your work!

Click here to hear the story

Click here to complete the Princess Mirror-Belle activity

Click here to download the Design your Monster underpants activity

Click here to hear the story

Maisie mountain, mountain - Masie's Challenge

Find pictures begining with the letter sound 'm' maybe online , in catalogues, photos or even drawings.
Cut out the images and stick them inside the letters sound 'm'.
Now use the phrase 'm' for__________ for each picture on your letter 'm'. Marvellous work!

Personal and Social Development

Mindfulness means paying full attention to something. It means slowing down to really notice what you're doing. Being mindful is the opposite of rushing or multitasking. When you're mindful, you're taking your time. You're focusing in a relaxed, easy way

This PowerPoint is designed to help you start your own mindfulness routine in your home. The activities are designed for young children in a way that make sense to them. Young children usually need visuals to understand a concept. This PowerPoint gives them visuals to help them practice mindfulness.
The room should be quiet and dark if possible. Ensure that children are sitting comfortably.

Click on tis image to practice your Mindfulness

DIGITAL COMPETENCE CHALLENGE

There are many educational websites for you to visit.
Here are two links which will support your child's letter sound recognition.

Click here to play the sound matching game

Click here to match your beginning letter sounds

This weeks letter sound of the week is 'l'
Down the long leg.

Let’s learn a new dance! Have you ever hear of the 'La Bamba?' Here is a beginners lesson for you to try. Can you find out what country the 'La Bamba' comes from?

Click here to learn the 'La Bamba' dance

The London Marathon

On the 26th of April the 40th edition of The London Marathon was replaced by the 2.6 Challenge after it was postponed due to the #coronavirus pandemic.

Last year more than £4.5 million was raised for UK charities. As the Marathon had to be postponed, a campaign to help save the UK's charities was set up.

The #TwoPointSixChallenge

Click here to see how you can get involved.

Click here to donate to UK charities

Everyone was invited to come up with their #TwoPointSixChallenge and Participate/Donate/Nominate.

Yesterday a message was sent out...

Thank YOU for supporting the #TwoPointSixChallenge!
You've ran, planked, baked, bounced, cycled, hopped, skipped & jumped your way to raising millions for UK charities. But it doesn't have to stop now! This is just the beginning.

You too can get involved follow this link to see how you can help to raise money for UK charities.

Total amount raised £5,743,679.78
(So far)
https://www.twopointsixchallenge.co.uk/getinvolved.html

This week we are learning our letter sound 'l'.
I though I would put my 2 legs to good use.

Mrs Dindorp's personal physical challenge this week (starting today) is to walk/run the London Marathon! All 26 miles. (But not in one day).

I will use my running machine and every day I will complete 3.8 miles. If I do this every day I will have completed my 26 miles which is the same as the London Marathon all for 'l' week and to raise money for the 2.6 challenge.

Why not join me and think of a way you could help to raise money. Tweet your fundaraising activities @penyrheol2 Together we can make a difference!
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving/events/twopointsix/donate-now/

Creative Development

What sound does a lion make? How does a lion communicate? Click on this link below to join in with the Lion's Raw song. See if you can learn the words as you pretend to be a roaring lion. You can also download the words to help you.

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Click on this picture to sing and dance along to the Lion song!

Maths Development

Click here to play the Ladybird counting game

After you have had a go at counting ladybirds using "The Ladybird Counting" game above , now download these worksheets.

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Our letter sound this week is 'l'. To help us write the letter sound we say
'Down the long leg'. See if you can measure these long legs.

Download the sheet here!

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Knowledge and Understanding of the world

As most of us are working from home and the weather has been very warm and sunny, I though it might be a lovely idea for 'l' week to talk about where we live and the weather we love! Talk about your home, where it is situated, talk about Gorseinon. What do you love about living there? Ask a friend or family member 'Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw? What's the weather like today? See if you can teach them some welsh weather words.

Download your worksheet here:

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Language, Literacy and Communication and Personal and social Development

Sometimes when we don't feel well or we feel sad we can become a little bit angry, grumpy or even bad-tempered! In welsh we say 'Dwi'n grac' (I'm feeling cross) or 'Dwi'n drist' (I'm feeling sad). This story is about a Bad-Tempered Ladybird, by Eric Carle.
If you click on the image below you can listen to the story.

Click on the picture to listen to the story.

After you have heard the story I would like you to think about:-
What makes you feel Bad-Tempered sometimes?
Where do you go when you feel angry or grumpy?
Is there something or someone who can cheer you up when you feel like this?
Do you have a special cuddly toy, blanket or person which you like to snuggle up to and have a chat with?

Try talking to someone in your family about what makes you Bad-Tempered like the ladybird. Ask them to help you write it down. Next think about how you would like to make your two ladybirds. You could try :-

Once you have made two ladybirds you can give them each a name beginning with the letter sound 'l'.

Now the first ladybird can ask the second ladybird in welsh 'Sut wyt ti? How are you? The second ladybird can answer in welsh too. They can take it in turns to ask each other.

Once they have answered in welsh they can continue the conversation in english by asking Why? What happened? How can I help make you feel better? To remind you of the welsh phrases please see the Tedi twt images below:-

Digital Competence Challenge

When you log on to your Hwb account you have access to a programe called JIT5. This program enables you to create your own pictures using mark-making, stamps etc. The section of the program I want you to access is the 'Paint' button. Once you are in, you can choose a jungle background for your letter 'l' and your lion stamps.
I want you to write your letter 'l' then using the lion stamp stamp the letter 'l' over it. See below for an example.

How many lion stamps did it take to cover your letter 'l'?

This weeks letter sound is 'k'.
Down the kangaroo's body, tail and leg

20th April 2020
Physical Development

Can you set up your own Kipper the Dog's obstacle course and half way around the course you could pretend to find Kipper's lost present? What a hero you will be!

Creative Development

Have a go at printing the letter sound ‘k’ using 'Potato printing'.
(Remember the letters must be carved the wrong way around to work.
(An adult must do the carving for safety reasons)

Have a go at making a letter ‘k' using twigs, flowers and pebbles.
Can you think of anything else you could use?

You could also make a crown for King Kipper to wear

Click on the King's crown to see a youtube video 'How to make a crown'.

Maths Development

Practicing number formations with Kipper the Dog.

Playing the roll a dice game to colour in Kippers Balloons.

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Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Talking about the Birthday party that Kipper was invited to. Why do we have Birthdays? How do different people celebrate them? Using the worksheet draw a Birthday present for someone you love. Download the sheet below.

Click on Kipper to hear the story 'Pig's Present'.

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Language, Literacy & Communication &
Personal and social development

Talk about Kipper and his new pet Hamster. Think about:-
Why do we have pets?
What kind of pets are there?
How do they make our lives better?
Do you have a pet, or would like to get one?
How would you look after your Pet?
What would you call your new Pet?

I want you to have a go at making a pet out
of either playdough, plasticine, lego or salt-dough. (If you can think of something else,try that too). Use your imagination and get creative.It can be any size.

Post a picture of your creation on twitter @penyrheol2 or upload it to you hwb account. I can't wait to see your amazing pets.

Below are two books you might like to share and discuss:-

Click here to share the story

Thinking time.....

When I think of the letter sound 'k', it makes me think about a special kind of animal. The animal I'm thinking of, lives very far away in a country called Australia. Click on the links below for some fun kangaroo facts and a kangeroo song you'll love!

Click here to find out more about kangaroos

Click here for a kangeroo song

Now it's your turn :-
Can you think of another animal that begins with our letter sound 'k' and lives in Australia?

See what you can find out about this unusual animal and let Mrs Dindorp know using either:
Your personal Hwb account or @penyrheol2 (Twitter)

Find out more about Kangaroos with Leonard and see how Peppa Pig and Kylie Kangaroo impress their friends.

Click here to see Leonard's Kangaroo video

Click here to watch Peppa Pig and Kylie Kangaroo

Check out the BBC Bitesize website for more maths and literacy games.

Check out the Topmarks website for fun maths and literacy games

Click here to play

Click on Image for link to website

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Easter Activities, stories and crafts to explore 13th April 2020

Easter/ Pasg
Below are some Easter activities you may wish to explore over Easter:-

Click on the image to see Our Nursery Easter Story

If you would like to see our Nursery's Easter Story then please click on this Easter Story image.

The children can share the computer drawn images and simple sentences with you and then have a go at retelling the story themselves.

Use the pictures to help you remember!

If you would like to share your Easter story or any of your other creative work please tag @penyrheol2 - Mrs Dindorp would love to see it!

Below are a selection Easter themed activities you might want to download
Design your very own Easter Egg. Be creative, you can use a wide selection of materials to stick onto your easter egg. Feathers, Sparkles, paints. Go for it!

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Lliwiau'r Enfys
In class we learnt a beautiful Welsh Rainbow song.
Click on the picture below to sing along.

click here to play song

Pa liw? What colour?
After you have practiced singing our Lliwiau Enfys – Rainbow colour
Song, you now practice saying and recognising your colours in english and welsh. Can you colour in each Easter egg using the correct colour?
(Download the sheet below.)

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In our nursery class we love to share the 'joio dan 5' welsh reading books. Mrs Dindorp reads the sentence and the children repeat the words. We call this "My turn, your turn".
Click on the images below to practice your welsh reading.

Mrs Dindorp has had a go at making her own counting and number recognition game for you to try. Good luck!

Click on this image to practice your counting and number recognition

I Spy with my Counting eye....something to do with Easter..
Here's a challenge for you. Can you find these Easter objects , count and record the answers?

The ending of the storyWe all love an Easter story. These two books can be shared and discussed. Talk about the front covers of the books, what do you think the stories are about? Who are the main characters in the story? As you read through the stories think about what will happen next? Did you like the stories or would you have changed the ending?

Number Sequencing activity
Cut out each numbered strip, mix them up and then see if you can stick them back together onto a piece of paper in the correct number order 1-10.
You can download the sheet below and print it out.

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Ben and Betty Phonics readiness scheme presents:

6th April 2020

Letter sound 'j' documents for you to download

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Click the image to play the quiz

30th April 2020

Letter sound 'i' document for you to download

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