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Autumn Term Two

What a busy half term The Little Gems have had.

Our pre-schoolers have been learning about rhyme and how to break words up in to syllables by clapping them out. The younger children have continued to take part in rhyme time sessions and build their repertoire of nursery rhymes up. These are all the early stages of reading and writing.

In maths we have been looking at numbers one and two not just recognising the numeral but the quantity too, we have also begun to look at pattern, using natural objects.

The children enjoyed learning about Vincent Van Gough and looking at his painting Starry Night. They then created their own master pieces, using their skills to mix colours to create light and dark blue for the nighttime sky.

We have enjoyed reading lots of different stories about Autumn and the dark nights, the children got to explore the dark using a dark tent and torches. They enjoyed looking at books in the dark tent, using the torches to see the pages.

We have been strengthening our hands with messy play, small hammers and golf tees and making super sculptures out of playdough.

We have enjoyed looking at different celebrations we all take part in, Diwali, Fireworks night, Remembrance Day and finally Christmas.

We got to share Christmas lunch together, and the children loved having the grown-ups sit and eat lunch with them.

I am so impressed with their skills to learn new songs, they have worked hard on learning five new songs for the Christmas Concert, I hope you are as proud of them as we are. It is very daunting to get up on stage for most people let alone when you are only 2-4 years old. We hope you enjoyed the performance.

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Autumn Term One

Little Gems have all settled back into the Little Gems routine, since returning from the summer.

It has been lovely welcoming new friends and watching new friendships bloom. The children are picking up the routines and settling in lovely.

They have all loved our weekly PE sessions with Mr Fenton and Mr Bachelor where they are learning to follow instructions while learning new skills.

We have been learning lots of new nursery rhymes during our daily rhyme time sessions. During these sessions, the children learn the new rhyme, listen to sounds associated with the rhyme and use their voices to make sound patterns. Our older children are learning what rhyming words are and how to clap out syllables.

The children have loved learning about and recognising different colours during maths, they have enjoyed making rainbows and sorting coloured objects into groups. We have also looked at matching and the same.

They have loved spending time in our garden especially the mud kitchen, collecting leaves and adding them to their delicious recipes they make.