Nursery: Blog items
Phonics and Maths Daily Challenge - Wednesday 10th June
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:24am
Good morning,
Now we’re going to look at the next page of ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’, that’s page 2.
Watch the video of me reading page 2 and talking about my page.
Phonics: What two words rhyme? Create a rhyming string and draw pictures for your page
Maths: Use your counting skills to check how many you need to draw and then practice writing the number 2.
Challenge: Draw page 2 for your book. I drew 2 snakes with 2 cakes. You can draw other pictures that rhyme with 2 snakes like 2 lakes or 2 snowflakes! Send photos into
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Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:19am
Have you ever noticed that minibeasts can look very different from each other? As well as different shapes and sizes and colours, they have different body parts. Look at the minibeasts in the picture.
Can you spot a head, a body or does the minibeast have some wings, legs and antennae? Tell your grown-up what you can see on the pictures below:
Now watch the video of me drawing my own creation and using the key word cards (they’re at the bottom of this blog) to describe it.
Challenge: Can you create your own minibeast and describe it?
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Send a photo of your poster in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
10th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 10 🦋💧
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:12am
Hello Wild Things!
Today is all about being blue. NOT feeling blue (that means feeling sad) but looking for blue in the wild. Can you take photos or draw all of the blue things you see outdoors today?
Enjoy your wonders of the wild outdoors today
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Our latest ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ have sent in photos of themselves throwing their litter away, bird spotting and using their art skills to create very realistic representations of wildlife. I’m really impressed with what they are discovering in their wild outdoors. Thank you for joining in.
By the way – so far The Foundation Stage are wildest of our school (FIST PUMPS AIR!) They’re wilder than KS2 who are wilder than KS1.
Challenge on for those of you who haven’t sent in photos yet…
Phonics and Maths Daily Challenge - Tuesday 9th June
Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 8:44am
Today we’re going to look at just the first page of ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’.
Watch the video of me showing you my first page:
Phonics: What two words will you choose that rhyme? Create a rhyming string and draw pictures for your page.
Maths: Use your counting skills to check how many you need to draw and then practice writing the number 1.
Challenge: Draw a page for your book. I drew one mole holding a bowl. You could draw a foal in a hole or scoring a goal! Send a photo in to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 8:39am
This week Bear is going to share with us some of the things he likes to do that make him feel happy. Watch the video of me reading his story then create a ‘My Happy Things’ poster. My poster is at the bottom.
- When something makes you happy this week, tell someone what it is and then draw it on your poster.
- Copy the words from my poster, ‘My Happy Things’
- At the end of the week think about how lucky you are to have all of these things that make you happy.
Send your photos in to:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
9th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 9 🗑
Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 8:30am
9th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 9
Good morning,
Today sees a challenge that we should do every day. Litter is a big problem for wildlife. It can hurt them and so I’d like to see if you can pick up litter to make your area tidy and safe for the animals that live close to us.
- DO NOT pick up anything that could hurt you.
- ALWAYS do this activity with an adult.
- WEAR protective gloves if you have any.
- USE a litter picker if you can.
Send me your litter picking photos in to:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a great day
From Mrs Ganner
Daily Update:
We’ve had some amazing photos in from children in the Foundation Stage. Look at how happy they are looking after the wildlife they have found. They are being really careful too. Read what they say about their learning:
‘We have been out in the parks and garden looking for wild life. We saw some ducks with babies and a spider in the garden. We also have 3 snails which we look after and feed them every day.’
‘This is my friend the worm. I have been watering it and feeding it. Worms don't have any legs because they wiggle.’
You really are ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’
Phonics and Maths Daily Challenges - Monday 8th June
Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 9:47am
Over the next few days we are going to create a rhyming number book! You can send in your photos of one page or the whole book if you complete every activity.
Watch the video of me reading ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’:
Phonics: Listen out for rhyming words.
Maths: Listen for the number word in the title. Use clever counting and look for numbers to help you say how many.
Challenge: Make a front cover with me by watching the second video
Connected Curriculum Weekly Challenge
Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 9:29am
How do you want to learn about minibeasts this week?
Choose ONE or MORE of the challenges to find out about minibeasts.
1. Story Time
Watch and listen to me read this amazing book and soon you’ll be ‘Mad About Minibeasts’ like I am. Draw your favourite minibeasts and send me a photo of the minibeasts you found.
2. Song Time
Listen to my favourite jazzy minibeasts song and join in with the words and actions.
3. Minibeast Hunt Time
Join Jess for a minibeasts adventure and then go on your own minibeasts hunt. Send in photos of what you find (remember to wash your hands after)
4. Minibeast Movers Time
Look at this game and talk about how these minibeasts move. Play the game with an adult by listening to what they are telling you to do e.g. fly around like a buzzing bee, slither slowly like a snail. Can you think of any more moves?
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Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 9:25am
Hello again Nursery!
Mrs Ganner here. It’s great to be back on the blog with you all. Here is the list of our weekly challenges. Try to complete one of each of these each week:
Connected Curriculum Weekly Challenge
I’m going to read you a fabulous book about minibeasts; you can watch videos; learn a song or move like a minibeast. You choose how you want to learn about minibeasts by picking one or more of the challenges.
Vocabulary Weekly Challenge
We are going to learn about body parts so we can talk about mini-beasts and then create our own minibeast.
Reading Weekly Challenge
We are going to meet Bear and learn about the things that make him happy. Then we are going to make a happy poster and do things with our family that make us happy.
Home Learning Weekly Challenge
Send any photos or videos of the challenges you complete at home to me by Friday and I’ll put them all up on the blog for you to share with your friends. This is one of my favourite parts of being part of our virtual school so please send lots and lots of photos or short videos in to:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
The daily phonics and maths challenges will start today. We are going to use one of my favourite books ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’ by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt, to create our own rhyming number books.
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Maths Daily Challenges
This week we are going to find numbers in ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’ and work out how to draw the right number of pictures for our own 1,2,3,4 number book.
Phonics Daily Challenges
We’re also going draw rhyming string pictures using ideas from ‘One Mole Digging a Hole’ for those pages.
I’m so excited about this week of learning together at home. Hope you are too!
From Mrs Ganner
8th June 30 Days Wild - Challenge 8 🐤🐦🦉🦆
Date: 8th Jun 2020 @ 9:10am
Good morning Ravensbury,
I hope your weekend was wild and wonderful. If you have an photos of you and your family finding wildlife in your garden, on the vale or at the park send your photos in so we can share them on our blog.
It’s the start of our second week going wild at school and we have one of my favourite activities
I love to sit in my garden recording the birds talking to each other first thing in the morning. They have so much to say to each other!
Can you hear the magpie chattering away loudly?
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a great day
From Mrs Ganner
Update:
Watch this video to identify bird song in your garden
30 Days Wild - Weekend Challenges 🐞🐛🐝🕷
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 3:02pm
Well done to Honour and Jola for finding this fabulous centipede! It’s safely back outside now. Well done for ‘Going Wild’!
If any of you want a wild weekend then here are two more challenges:
Challenge 1: How do I know it’s a centipede and not a millipede? CLUE: The answer is NOT to do with the number of legs it has.
Challenge 2: Bugs shouldn’t be living in your house so why not make them a hotel in your garden? Stack wood and tubes and crates to make a bug hotel this weekend. Then watch them set up home in all the nooks and crannies. Bugtastic!
Send your answers to my home learning address:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a brilliant weekend! Keep those eyes peeled for lots of bugs
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 10:18am
LET’S CELEBRATE!
Well done to all our amazing home learners this week.
🌟You are all superstars!🌟
Thank you for sending your photographs and videos to us this week. We love seeing your fabulous learning, it makes us feel very proud!
Mrs Ganner will be back here on Monday so make sure you are too!
I hope you have a lovely weekend
From Miss Heritage
June 5th - #30DaysWild – Whole School Challenge 5 🐝🦋🐛🐞🤔📒
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 8:00am
Good Morning Ravensbury,
It’s the end of our first wild week. I’ve spoken to a few of your grownups about what they have seen and done this week. Did anybody find a minibeast in their house yesterday? Send in photos of your minibeast encounters so we can put them on the blog. Here’s today’s challenge:
Whatever WILD THINGS you see today write down a list and send a photo of what is in your local park or back yard or garden. Let’s work out what kinds of wildlife are living in and around Clayton.
Send your photos or short videos in and I'll put them up on our school blog
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 7:31am
Good Morning Nursery… its ‘Fantastic Friday!’
Are you ready for some Marvellous Maths learning? Great!
This week you have been very busy doing super counting and recognising numbers.
Today we are going to be recognising some numbers that are special to us.
Can you tell your grown up your special number and say how old you are?
Some of you may already be 4 years old! Whilst others maybe 3 and soon you will be 4 years old!
These are the special numbers that we are going to be looking at today.
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Today’s challenge:
Have a look at the activity sheets below – All about numbers 3 & 4.
Take a look at the number packs too, to spot your special number in different places!
Then see if you can have a go at completing some of the challenges:
- Roll a dice until you throw a number 3 or 4, draw the dotty dice pattern.
- Find 3 or 4 objects around your house, what did you find? Can you draw your objects?
- Can you draw 3 pens / 4 apples?
- Can you see the number 3 and 4 around your house?
- Can you practise writing the number 3 and 4?
Well done! I hope you enjoyed learning about your special number.
Don't forget, we love seeing your learning so send your pictures to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
I hope you have a great weekend!
From Miss Heritage
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 7:16am
Good Morning Nursery!
This week we have been learning and developing our oral blending and segmenting skills.
Today you can have a look at the challenges for oral blending and segmenting on the home learning sheet below.
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Choose one of the challenges from the sheet and with your grown up have a go at playing it.
You may also like to play one of the games from earlier in the week too. Why don’t you have another go at playing the ‘I spy’ game or ‘Metal Mike’ or use your oral blending skills to get your teddy ready for another adventure!
Don't forget to send photos of your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
I hope you have fun with today’s challenges and have a great day!
Miss Heritage
June 4th - #30DaysWild – Whole School Challenge 4 🕷🌿
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 7:57am
Good Morning Ravensbury,
I hope you managed to get out in the WILD yesterday! Send in your splashing photos so we can share the fun. Here’s today’s challenge:
When it gets cold and wet outside, sometimes the wild likes to come inside! If you find a minibeast friend, help them find their way home by carefully scooping them up and putting them outside.
Send your photos or short videos in and I'll put them up on our school blog
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 7:44am
Today we are going to have a go at segmenting sounds in words.
Remember - segmenting is separating the sounds we can hear in words.
To do this we need to talk like a robot!
Watch the video of Miss Heritage segmenting the sounds in words with Metal Mike.
Your challenge today is to make a robot mask like Metal Mike then segment sounds in words by talking like a robot.
Find some objects for Metal Mike to use. Then wear your mask and talk like a robot by segmenting the sounds you hear for each of your objects.
Have fun, talking like a robot to segment sounds in words.
Don’t forget to send pictures of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 7:19am
Good Morning Nursery, are you ready for your Maths learning today?
Great!
Did you find lots of numerals on your number hunt yesterday?
Here are some of the numbers I found on my number hunt. Take a look and tell your grown up the numerals that I found.
Fantastic!
Today we are going to continue to recognise numerals with this fun challenge!
Can you think about or have a look at the front door of your house? What colour is it? Does it have a letter box or a bell? Maybe the door has a window and a door handle.
Have you ever noticed that each home has a number? Do you know why this is? Who does the number help?
Have a look at the pictures of the doors below. Can you see that each door has a number on it? Can you recognise any of these numbers?
Sometimes a home may have just 1 number but sometimes a home can have 2 or 3 numbers to make a larger number.
Today’s challenge is to find the number or numbers that are on your home. Can you recognise and say the numbers you see?
Next draw a picture of your front door and write the number of your house on your door.
You then might like to go on a walk with your grown up to look for numbers on other people’s front doors. Can you recognise any of the numbers? Are any the same? How many different numbers can you see?
Make sure you send pictures of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchestr.sch.uk
Have a great day!
Wellbeing challenge page is moving !
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 9:19am
Good morning !
Thank you to everyone who has sent in a photo of themselves exercising for our exercise challenge this week . Here are some of the photos ( and some photos of previous challanges too)!
From tomorrow, our wellbeing challenges will be moving - you will find it under the 'wellbeing' tab on the website .
Let me know how you get on with our exercise challenge today!
Mrs Harriott
June 3rd - #30DaysWild – Whole School Challenge 3 🌧☔️
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 8:01am
As you know this month our school is going WILD! Here’s today’s challenge. I found this challenge on the free 30 Days Wild app. You can download it on the App Store or Google Play Store.
Just because it’s raining out there it doesn’t mean you can’t go wild! Get your Peppa on and pull on some wellies to dance in the rain.
Send your photos or short videos in and I'll put them up on our school blog
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:42am
Good Morning Nursery!
This week we have been practising our oral blending skills.
Watch the video of Miss Heritage prepare teddy for an adventure by blending sounds together.
Today’s challenge is to prepare your TEDDY for an adventure too.
Can you help your TEDDY pack some objects in their bag by blending sounds in words?
Sound out the words below, blend the sounds together then find the object and put it into your teddy’s bag.
You could draw pictures to help your TEDDY know what they need to take with them too!
Here are some suggestions of objects teddy might like to take:
m-a-p
c-u-p
p-e-n
h-a-t
t-i-n
I hope you enjoy playing this game with your teddy.
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:41am
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Numbers, numbers all around… which numbers can be found?
Today we are going to be looking at numbers around us and practise recognising numerals we find.
Take a look at the ‘Numbers all around us’ clip, by clicking on the link below. See if you can guess and say where you might find these numbers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqt45vZ7--Y
Today’s challenge is a Number hunt!
Can you go on a hunt to find lots of numbers?
What numbers can you see around your house or outside when you go for a walk?
You could look at numbers on doors, number plates on cars, road signs, numbers on food packets, clocks, or in magazines or books.
You could take photographs of the numbers you find or draw pictures of the objects with their number on.
Can you find the numerals 0,1,2,3,4,5? Where did you see the numbers?
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning and send them to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch .uk
Good luck and have fun!
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:14am
Good morning!
How did day 1 of our exercise challenge go ? Here's one of our exercise superstars playing basketball.
Well done to you if you also did some exercise !
If yesterday didn't quite happen for you, that's ok . Today is your day ! Let me know how you get on:
Ealhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Harriott
June 2nd - #30DaysWild - Whole School Challenge 2 🐛🌲☀️🕷🐾
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:09am
Hello again,
Just a reminder - This month our school is going WILD! Here’s today’s challenge
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WILDLIFE TRUST WEBSITE
I found this challenge on the free 30 Days Wild app.
Today why not look for signs of new life when you go out for a walk. I saw some ducklings at our local pond over the weekend (see short video) and look closely at the photo. What baby can you see? What is this baby animal called?
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Send your photos in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk and I'll put them up on our school blog.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
We have some fabulous photos below, just in from Alissia and Keira. Great bug spotting!
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 7:04am
Good morning Nursery!
Can you remember the sounds we have been looking at? Have a go at playing this ‘I spy’ and see if you can spot objects beginning with s, a, t, p, i, n.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4YaF-jXWuY
You can also play I spy using the pictures on the sheet attached.
Now we are going to play a game of I spy by saying the sounds in a word and blending the sounds together to say the word.
Success spider says: Listen carefully, blend the sounds, say the word.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP
Today’s phonic challenge is to play a game of ‘I spy’ with your grown up.
To play this game you will need to find some of the following objects: hat, cat, cup, mat, dog, hat, zip, peg, pan, pig, sock, can etc.
Place the objects on a tray.
(Adults – name each object with your child to check they can name each one.)
Adult say ‘I spy with my little eye a c-u-p'
Ask your child to say the name of the object and hold it up.
Then encourage your child to say the individual sounds and blend them together ‘c-u-p, cup’.
Repeat for another object. Continue playing the game saying the sounds and identifying the object for all the items on the tray.
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Good luck playing this game and have fun!