Nursery: Blog items
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 7:51am
Hi everyone!
Did you manage to find many items beginning with a?
This is what I found...
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There are usually LOTS of ants in my garden but yesterday I had to look very hard to find one (I think they were all hiding!) I did manage to spot one though! Can you see it it the picture?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP
Today's challenge is to find objects beginning with t.
To get you started click on the link below and see if you can guess the pictures in this game - they all begin with the sound t!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN7w90utho
Can you think of any more? Go on a hunt to see what you can find.
Its going to be a lovely sunny day so maybe you can spot some objects outside too!
Draw a picture of the things you find and practise writing the letter.
Don't forget to send your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a lovely sunny day! ☀️
Thursday 23rd April - Counting objects
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 7:14am
Good Morning Nursery!
Lets begin our Maths learning by singing one of my favourite number rhymes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ir_l7qTiZ4
Today we are going to practise counting objects.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP
Can you find groups of objects around your home? You could even make groups of objects using your toys!
Remember to use the success spider criteria to help you do your super counting!
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You could also have a go at counting the items on the Spring Counting sheet using the link below.
Happy counting!
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 11:30am
Good morning, Happy Wednesday everyone! I can't believe it's already the middle of the week.
Since we have such lovely weather today (and for most of the week!) my challenge for you today is to get outside and enjoy the sun and see what you can see!
Some of you may be lucky enough to have a garden and if you do then you can do my challenge from there but a walk would be even better and then you can be more active too. Yesterday I went for a lovely walk to Philips Park as I'm lucky enough to only live a 20 minute walk away, see some of my pictures below.
While you're out either in your garden or your walk, have a spring scavenger hunt to see what you can see. Why not get an adult to take a picture of the list on their phones so you can take it with you and see what you can tick off? Or maybe write them on a piece of paper and take it with you so you can tick off the items as you go!
On my walk I saw grass, bird nests, yellow flowers, clouds, worms, sticks, green leaves, dandelions and some beautiful blossom trees too. I didn't see any bunnies unfortnatey but I did see some cute little squirrels!
Make sure you e-mail your class e-mail addresses to let us know what you found and maybe even some photos too.
Mrs Glover
Here are some pictures of my walk:
Past challenges
Thanks to Mrs Iqbal's son, Adam for his picture of his happy place.
And also to Tomasz in Reception who also sent his picture. They both look lovely and very cosy!
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 8:22am
I hope you enjoyed playing the counting games yesterday.
Are you ready to learn another new game today?
To play this game, you will need to find these items...
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(You need about ten coins!)
Adult: Have the cup and coins ready to play!
Then ask your child to sit facing away from you and the cup.
Then when you are ready, your adult will drop some coins into the cup, one at a time.
You need to listen and count carefully as you hear a coin being dropped into the cup.
When it stops, you must say how many coins are in the cup. (This is harder than it sounds!)
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I hope you have lots of fun playing this game!
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 7:21am
Good Morning Nursery!
I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sound hunt, looking for items beginning with s.
We certainly did! Take a look at some of the items we found...
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We then drew some of the items and wrote the letter s.
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Maybe you found some items that were the same or maybe you found some different ones! Keep sending your learning in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Today's Phonics Challenge maybe a little tricker to find...but I am sure you will have a good go!
Let's see what we can find today!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP
Can you a draw a picture of the items you find and practise writing today's sound?
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Good luck and have fun!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:08pm
Another fantastic Easter home learner!
Your Easter bonnet is fabulous and your cakes look delicious!
🌟 Well done, you're an Outstanding Home Learner 🌟
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 11:45am
Each week we will be posting a Reading Challenge for you to complete.
This week's Reading Challenge focuses on the story 'Topsy and Tim on the farm'.
You can listen to the story by clicking on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xftLYUow1z0
Listen together with your adult and have fun joining in with the animal noises!
Grown ups: Following the story we would like you to talk to your child and encourage them to respond to the story by asking and discussing:
Which animals did Topsy and Tim see at the farm?
Which animal scared Topy and Tim? What did they do?
How did Topsy and Tim help the farmer?
What did Topsy and Tim take home from the farm?
Make a list of the animals at the farm. You can draw a picture or ask an adult to help write a list of the animals.
Now talk about which one you like the most? Why?
Who do you think would be the noisiest animal? Can you draw this animal and talk about the noise it makes?
Well done! Now you might like to have a go at playing this game!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/topsy-and-tim-at-the-farm
Try these Fun-Time Extras
Find out about the noisiest animals in the world at https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39570897
Listen to other animals too...
Listen to a whale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabT1L-nN-E
Listen to a tiger here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_flDZDp-k
Listen to an elephant here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=153xbn1k2H8
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:32am
Hello and welcome back after the Easter holidays, I hope everyone had a good Easter! My husband bought me a delicious unicorn Easter Egg although I haven't finished it yet!
Today's wellbeing challenge is to design your own Happy Place. Here is an online game where you can build your own virtual happy place by just dragging and dropping objects into your room.
https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/build-your-happy-place/
You even get to choose your own wallpaper! Or if you don't fancy that, why not draw and colour a picture of your happy place? Or you could even do both!
Here's a picture of the room that I built, I wish could build a real room like it!
Please send any pictures of your happy place rooms to your home learning e-mail addresses, I'd love to see them.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to Riley in 5CB who has sent in a picture of his delicious looking chocolate brownies, yum!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:52am
Today we are going to be looking at the letter s.
Can you move your hand like a snake and say the sound ssssss.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=gDbt4tc
How many things can you find beginning with the sound s?
Can you draw them and write the letter s to label your picture?
Don't forget to send in your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:18am
Good Morning Nursery!
Today in our Maths learning we are going to practise our counting skills.
Lets start by singing a counting song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNw1SSz18Gg
Here are two new counting games for you to play with your adult…
Game 1:
Start counting to 10 slowly and clearly.
Your adult will stop you by clapping once.
You must then whisper the number you would be saying next. Are you correct?
Continue to count up to 10.
*Repeat the game. You can play it lots of times and your adult will clap and stop you at different points.
Game 2:
You will need a ball to play this game.
Stand apart, facing your adult with enough room to bounce the ball in the middle.
Try to bounce a ball between you and your adult ten times.
Say the number each time you catch the ball.
Bounce, catch (1) bounce, catch (2), bounce, catch (3) and so on...
We hope you have lots of fun playing these new games!
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 6:33pm
At Nursery we love to move and learn with GoNoodle.
See if you can have a go at this weeks GoNoodle challenges and complete a GoNoodle activity everyday!
In your pack you will find a guide to help you navigate the site... Enjoy!
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 6:17pm
We received two lots of home learning over the Easter holidays. Keep sending your photos in to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
🌟 You're Outstanding Home Learners 🌟
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 8:03am
Hello, Miss Heritage here with today's challenges!
Earlier today I read the story 'Peppa the Easter bunny'.
Today's Phonic Challenge!
Your first challenge is to find items around your home beginning with the sound 'p' for Peppa, 'p' for pig.
You could draw a picture of the things you find or ask a grown up to help you write a list of the words.
You could even have a go at drawing a picture of 'Peppa Pig' and write the word 'pig' next to your picture.
Have a look at the 'show me' clip to help you sound out and write the word.
Maths Counting Challenge!
Practise your counting skills by counting the objects in the pictures below.
How many Easter eggs can you count? *Remember to point to each egg as you count and say each number name in turn.
Find and count the items. Count the items in the picture, you can even have a go at writing the numeral to match the amount of items.
Good luck and remember to send any photos of your learning to nureseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Heritage
Date: 19th Apr 2020 @ 3:51pm
Good morning Nursery and welcome back! I hope you are well and have had a lovely Easter!
Mrs Ganner and I are looking forward to seeing your holiday homework or any exciting Easter activities you have done! Check out some of the things we have been doing in the Heritage house over the holidays too!
You can send your photos to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk we can't wait to see them!
This morning I am sharing an Easter story with you. It is called 'Peppa the Easter bunny' I hope you enjoy the story!
Look back on our blog later and I will put on today's challenges!
Miss Heritage
Date: 8th Apr 2020 @ 11:31am
Hello Ravensbury :)
I hope you are all well and enjoying your Easter break!
Take a look at https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/easter-crafts-for-kids/ for loads of fun Easter craft ideas ... using items you can find in your house! There are also some great videos showing you exactly what to do.
So gather up your pens, scissors, toilet rolls and egg boxes and get making!
Miss Bryce
Date: 6th Apr 2020 @ 11:36am
Hi everyone,
Happy Easter holidays!
If you're still looking to stay busy over the holidays then I know the teachers are setting some fun activities but you could also give this exciting project a go!
Liverpool Museum are asking children between the age of 4 and 11 to create their own exhibition or gallery all about you and your favourite things. The project involves creating a project, designing a poster and then creating a video and some of them will even win the chance to have their exhibition feature on their website as well as spending an afternoon at the museum and getting a behind the scenes tour.
There is more information here : https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/my-home-my-museum and in these pictures below. Please send us pictures or links to your home e-mail addresses if you do this!
If you missed any of the wellbeing challenges from last week then why not give them a go too?
Happy Easter!
Mrs Glover
Date: 4th Apr 2020 @ 9:04am
Good morning Ravensbury!
I'm just getting my shopping list ready and was looking up some Easter baking receipes I thought my children would enjoy over these next couple of weeks. There are some lovely ideas on the BBC Good Food website, and thought you might like to have a go at some Easter baking too!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/easter-kids
Really, I'm hoping to make Hot Cross Buns for the first time - but that all depends on whether I can buy some bread flour, and the flour aisle in the shops has been pretty empty! Perhaps I'll find some today!
Wishing you all a lovely Easter (and happy baking!),
Mrs Hodges x
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 7:20pm
To keep you busy over the holidays grab some things from around the house and let your creative juices flow!
Enjoy the time spent together.
send your photos in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 7:15pm
Our final instalment of home learners comes from two children who love to learn in Nursery. They both choose to complete independent challenges in class and they are showing us their awesome skills at home, here in these photos.
Well done to both of you. It’s brillisnt seeing you working so well. Keep it up 😁
🌟You’re BOTH Outstanding Home Learners🌟
Keep sending in your photos over the holidays.
Its been an absolute pleasure putting up blogs over the past two weeks. It’s time for a break now and Miss Heritage will continue blogging after the holidays.
Stay Safe and be kind
from Mrs Ganner xx
Easter Activities from Reception Staff
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 1:47pm
Hi Everyone,
We just wanted to share some activities that you could do during the Easter Holidays.
Keep Safe!
Love From Mrs Iqbal and Miss Williams
Label the characters from Red Riding Hood - Woodcutter and Granny
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 10:59am
This is a BIG challenge for you, a MASSIVE challenge, a HUMONGOUS challenge!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHOW ME VIDEO
You know how we help you at school by modelling how to draw and write words? Well this is what we want you to do for this challenge. The only problem is, I haven't drawn the characters in this one, hehe. You'll have to look at the shapes you can see to draw character and work that bit out for yourself. That's Ok though. You can do it, hip hooray!
If you can draw a character or draw the character and write the name label underneath send your photos to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Ganner
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 10:55am
Happy Friday everyone and well done for learning at home for 2 whole weeks! As strange as I've found it not being at school, the time has flown by for me so I hope it feels the same for you.
I'm going to do one final wellbeing challenge for today and then take a break for the next 2 weeks for the Easter holiday. However, check back on Monday morning as over the weekend I am going to set you a little wellbeing project in case anyone wants an Easter challenge.
Since it's the end of the week, today's challenge is to relax and get ready for the weekend so I want everyone to do a guided meditation. This is when you close your eyes and listen to a lovely soothing voice transport you to somewhere new. They are great for helping you to sleep or if you just want to relax at the end of your learning.
There are plenty available on Youtube, here are a few of my favourites:
Secret treehouse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOHcGF1Tmc
Spaceship to the moon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9BBR1RoGg
Hot air balloon ride - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlv6Y1tq1sQ
Have a great Easter holiday and don't forget to check back for the challenge next week if you think you'd like to do it. I'll be back with a daily challenge from Monday the 20th of April if we're still at home then.
Past challenges
Thank you to Mrs Ganner for sending me a photo of her daughter completing the baking challenge from earlier in the week, it looks amazing and has made me want to bake something chocolately myself this weekend! I think I might make some brownies as a treat for my husband!
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 10:42am
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE COUNTING VIDEO
To move on from our last counting challenge we want you to show us that you can count groups of objects yourself.
Watch the Show Me video to practice your counting skills and as an extra super tricky challenge you can write how many too. That will really see if your number skills practice from the home learning pack is showing progress. If you still find writing numbers tricky, keep trying. You know how we love to achieve things in Nursery:
'If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again'
Send photos of you counting your groups of toys with number labels to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 10:28am
As this is our last day on the blog until after the holidays we're going to set you two learning challenges and then put up a couple of blog posts with lots of fun activities to keep you busy over the Easter holidays. You already have a farm holiday homework sheet in your home learning packs that you can also complete - there's a photo of it attached just in case you've misplaced it.
At the end of the holidays we will put up a Nursery celebration post of all of the amazing work you've done so make sure you keep sending the photos in to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
We've loved seeing everything you are doing at home and we want to say a huge big thank you to all of the families out there that are working at home together. You are all
🌟Outstanding Home Learners🌟
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 9:46am
Good Morning everyone,
What a lovely way to start the day. Here's a few photos of an amazing family who have been working out with Joe Wicks this morning.They've made home learning for one of our Nursery children and that's an amazing thing to do to show you care.
If you missed Jow Wicks this morning, there's no excuse, just grab something fun to wear, click on the video and then send us your photos.
🌟Outstanding Mum Home Learner 🌟 🌟Outstanding Big Brother Home Learner 🌟
🌟Outstanding Big Sister Home Learner 🌟 🌟Outstanding Little Sister Home Learner🌟
