YN Special Page
Welcome to our Special Nursery page!
This is where you will find daily home learning challenges for you and your child to complete together.
Any important messages or events will be shared here.
If you have any questions please feel free to email us: yn@abbey-inf.sandwell.sch.uk
We would also love to see what you have been doing at home, you can upload photos, videos, messages on our Padlet page:
https://padlet.com/sallygaxherri/97mp0oxt7mn0uggs
A message from Mrs Gaxherri
Friday 5th March
Good morning everyone, it is the last day of remote learning! I hope that you have had lots of fun joining in with lots of the activities and lessons that I have planned for you over the past 8 weeks. Myself and all of your teachers can not wait to see you all on Monday! We have missed you soo much, it has not been the same without all the children in the Nursery.
Today, I would like you to have a go at ordering numbers and counting. Please click on the link below to watch my video. After that, I would like you to have a go at ordering numbers or going on a number hunt around your home or local area. Look for numbers in the environment, they are all around us, all the time!
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/ordering-numbers-5321
Counting & Ordering numbers worksheet
Story time 5.3.21
Today, I would like you to listen to Mrs Gaxherri read 'Peace at last' I hope you enjoy it.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-5321
Story:
Here is a link to Miss Supple reading 'The Magic Porridge Pot'.
World Book Day 4th March
It is 'World Book Day' on Thursday, so this week we will be adding lots of activities that you might like to do related to reading and books. Today's activity gives you clues to Fairy Tales or Traditional Stories. Please follow the link below to watch the video. There are quite a lot of stories to guess so you might like to revisit the video throughout the week. Here is the link:
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-quiz-1321
The Masked Reader
On Thursday, it is World Book Day, so you will see lots of activities and links on here this week related to reading. As we can’t all be in school at the moment, we’re doing something a little different this year. All of the teachers have disguised themselves whilst reading a short story or an extract from a book! Do you think you will be able to unmask each of the readers?
Click on this link to find more information and watch all of the videos:
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/playlist/world-book-day-2021
Answers will be revealed on Friday, so you can take your time listening to the stories throughout the week.
Happy reading!
Thursday 4th March
Good morning children! It is World Book Day!
I would love to see any photos of you in your dressing up clothes, maybe today you could enjoy reading a story in an unusual place such as in the garden, in the kitchen, under a table, in a den... Don't forget to look at the videos of the teachers reading stories on the masked reader section of the video resource centre. Can you guess which one is me? which one is Mrs Appleby?
There are some fab resources on the World Book Day website, including links to story telling sessions. Please take a look by clicking on the link below.
https://www.worldbookday.com/event/words-pictures-bring-reading-to-life/
Quiz
Today, I would like you to take part in my Fairy tale and Nursery rhyme quiz. Can you guess the answers? Click on the link below to join in.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/wbd-quiz-4221
Book mark
To celebrate World Book Day, you may want to make your own bookmark like the ones below, or you could design the front cover to your favourite story.
Masks
I have put 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' masks on below for you to print off and colour if you wish.
Make a bridge for the Billy Goats
I would like you to have a go at making a bridge for the Billy Goats to cross, it needs to be strong, able to stand by itself and big enough for the troll to live under.
Yesterday, I asked the children in school to build some bridges using a variety of different construction toys. Take a look below for some ideas.
Re-tell the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
I have used the finger puppets and the bridge that I have made to re-tell the story. You can watch it by clicking on the link below. It would be great if you could have a go too and send your video to me via the padlet or the email address. I'd love to see you re-telling the story!
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/re-telling-the-story-4321
Masks
Story time 4.3.21
Today I would like you to listen to Mrs Gaxherri reading 'Sleeping Beauty' click on the link below to watch.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-4321
You can also watch Mrs Gould reading 'The Frog Prince' by clicking on the link below:
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-4321-the-frog-prince
Wednesday 3rd March
Good morning children. I hope you are enjoying the activities so far this week.
Today, I would like you to watch my patterns video, once you have watched the lesson, have a go at making your own patterns using everyday objects from around your home.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/patterns-3321
Listening game
Click on the link below to play a phonics listening game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGRKZ-tctvM
Yoga
Click on the link below to join in with some Yoga.
Puppets
Why not have a go at making your own Billy Goat puppets? You can print off the stick puppets or finger puppets below or have a go at making your own!
Once you have made your puppets, you could have a go at re-telling the story, dont forget to send it to me on the padlet or email.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff puppets
Story time 3.3.21
Today you can listen to the story 'The three little pigs' read by Mrs Gaxherri
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-3321
And 'Goldilocks and the three bears' read by Mrs Day.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/goldilocks-story-030321
Tuesday 2nd March
Good morning, I hope you are having fun listening to all of the teachers reading stories for World Book Day. Can you guess which one is me? which is Mrs Appleby?
Today, I would like you to listen to and join in with the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' I would like you to listen carefully and join in with the body percussion sounds.
Click on the link below to watch.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/the-three-billy-goats-gruff
Can you find the Traditional tales characters?
Do you know which story they are from? Tell a grown up.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff cut and stick activity
Story time 2.3.21
Today I would like you to listen to the story 'Giraffe's can't dance' read by Mrs Appleby.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-2321
You can also listen to 'The World made a rainbow' by clicking on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/020321-the-world-made-a-rainbow
Monday 1st March
Good morning children, I hope you had a lovely weekend. We have had some beautiful sunshine over the last few days, I hope that you managed to get out in the garden or go for a walk with your families.
This week our story is 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. As it is World Book Day this week, we will be looking at lots of different books and reading activities.
For this morning's activity, I would like you to click on the link in the section above and have a go at guessing which fairy tale or traditional story is being described by one of the Reception teachers.
Spot the difference
Have a go at finding the 6 differences between the two pictures below.
Story time 1.3.21
This week we will be sharing our story time with the Reception children, they will be given the opportunity to listen to the stories read by Mrs Gaxherri or Mrs Appleby and you will be able to watch the stories read by us and/or the Reception teachers!
So today you can watch Mrs Gaxherri reading 'Barry the fish with fingers' and 'Beauty and the Beast' read by Miss Saghir. Enjoy!
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-1321
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/1321-beauty-and-the-beast-story
Welcome back!
Hello everyone! I hope you had a lovely, restful half term. I managed to go out for some nice walks and to the park with my son, even though the weather wasn't great some days. I would love to see what you have been up to, send your photos to the Padlet or email address if you would like to share them with me and the other Nursery teachers.
New Topic
This half term we will continue the theme of 'Land of make believe' but the new topic will be Fairy tales and Forests, we will be reading lots of Traditional stories.
This week our focus story is 'Little Red Riding Hood' we will be doing lots of fun activities and learning using the story as a stimulus. I hope you enjoy what I have planned for you.
Friday 26th February
Good morning! It is Friday again, only one more week of Home learning before we are all back at Nursery. Your teachers have missed you and look forward to seeing you all very soon.
Today, I would like you to watch my video about 'spot the difference'. You need to look very closely at the two pictures of Little Red Riding Hood and find 6 things that are different in the second picture. You will need to do super good looking to spot them and super good speaking to describe the differences to an adult.
Click on the link below to watch the video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/spot-the-difference-26221
Spot the difference
I hope you enjoyed finding the differences, below are some more 'Spot the difference' pictures for you to look at if you like. Enjoy!
Little Red Riding Hood's basket
You may want to have a go at the cutting activity below, print off the sheet, colour the food in and cut out the food to place in the basket for Granny.
You could also make your own basket out of paper, draw the food you would like to put in or cut out pictures from magazines or off food packets.
It is up to you how you make your basket, please remember to send in a photo of whatever you decide to make.
Basket cutting activity
Story time 26.2.21
Today, I would like you to listen to the story 'Keith the cat with the magic hat' read by Mrs Appleby. Click on the link below to listen.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-26221
Thursday 25th February
Good morning. Today I would like you to re-tell the 'Little Red Riding Hood' story. You can print off the stick puppets and colour them in, you could draw your own characters, make a stop motion video or dress up to do this.
I have used stick puppets to re-tell the story with the help from my little boy. Click on the link below to watch the video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/re-telling-using-stick-puppets
However you decide to re-tell the story, please make sure you remember to take photos or record a video to send to me! I'd love to see it.
Here are some ideas of puppets you could make for your story
Stick puppets
Story time 25/2/21
Today I would like you to listen to the story 'The Tiger who came to tea' read by Mrs Gaxherri, it is one of my favourite books!
Click on the link below to watch.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-25221
Wednesday 24th February
Good morning children, how are you today? I hope you have been enjoying the activities so far. Today, I would like you to watch my video by clicking on the link below. We will be comparing groups of objects and deciding which group has more and which has less.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/more-less
Once you have watched the video, you could have a go at making two groups of objects with items from around your home and seeing which group has more objects and which has less.
You might also want to have a go at the activity below, print off the sheets and decide which group of objects have more/ less.
More or less
Story time 24/2/21
Today you can listen to Mrs Appleby read the story 'Room on the Broom' click on the link below to watch.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-24221
Tuesday 23rd February
Good morning, I hope you enjoyed listening to the story 'Little Red Riding Hood' yesterday. Today we will continue with some activities based on the story.
Please watch my video by clicking on the link below. We will be thinking of words to describe the main characters.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/character-description
Once you have watched my video, I would like you to have a go at writing some words to describe your favourite character. You can print off one of the sheets below or draw your own picture.
Character description template
Beware poster
Can you have a go at making a poster warning people to be aware of the Big Bad Wolf? You will need to draw a picture of the Wolf and describe what he looks like and why he is dangerous. Don't forget to send a photo to the padlet or email, I'd love to see your posters.
Here is my poster
Beware of the Wolf poster
Story time 23/2/21
Today I would like you to listen to another version of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Traditional tales can vary slightly but the characters and main events remain the same. Please click on the link below, enjoy the story.
Monday 22nd February
Today, I would like you to listen to the story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Once you have watched my video by clicking on the link below, I would like you to talk with your grown up about the story. What happened in the beginning? middle? at the end? Who are the main characters? Where is the story set?
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/little-red-riding-hood
Have a go at drawing a picture of your favourite part of the story and making some marks to write about it. Don't forget to send a photo to me!
You may want to have a go at ordering the events of the story, you can print off the activity below or make your own story map to show the order of events.
Story map activity
Story time 22.2.21
Today I would like you to listen to the story 'Charlie Cook's favourite book' please click on the link below to watch. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEXYAuIP52o
Friday 12th February
Good morning children, it is Friday and the last day of this half term. I hope that you have enjoyed the home learning over the past 6 weeks. I have loved seeing what you have been doing at home and seeing you on our class social sessions. I can't wait to have you all back at Nursery whenever that may be.
I hope you have a lovely half term holiday with your families, go out for lovely walks, spend time baking, painting, playing outdoors, making memories with your families and stay safe!
Today I would like you to do some counting, please watch my video by clicking on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/counting-12221
Once you have watched this you could have a go at counting and recording using the sheet below or practise number formation using the sheet or writing on paper, on a whiteboard, in shaving foam etc...
Happy New Year to all who are celebrating!
Hopefully you have made a Chinese New Year dragon this week, if you have you may want to join in with the dragon dancing today to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Please click on the links below to join in with a song and movement and to watch and join in with a traditional dragon dance. Have fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5sTzh67fU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi95ZTEHoL8
Pancake day 16th February
On Tuesday 16th it is Shrove Tuesday, a day where people traditionally make pancakes in preparation for Lent.
Mrs Appleby has recorded a song for you to join in with, please click on the link below. https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/120221-pancake-song
Counting worksheet
Number formation sheet
Story time 12.2.21
Today you can listen to the story 'Runaway pancake' read by Mrs Appleby.
Click here to listen.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-12221-1
Thursday 11th February
Hello, I hope you are all well. It was nice to talk to your parents yesterday, they are proud of you and how hard you are working at home and so are your teachers.
Well done everybody.
Today I would like you to watch my video about the wishing tree and why it is important to families when celebrating Chinese New Year. Then I would like you to have a go at writing your own wish. Click on the link below to watch.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/wishing-tree-11221
Wishing Tree writing frame
More ideas for home learning
Story time 11.2.21
Today I would like you to watch the story 'Dragon's in the City' about two girls who are celebrating Chinese New Year, click on the link below to listen.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-11221
Wednesday 10th February
Good morning children! I hope you are all well and enjoying the Chinese New Year activities. The children in school have been having lots of fun making Dragons, I'd love to see yours too.
Today, I would like you to watch my video and have a go at guessing what is hiding behind the screen. Talk to your grown up about what you can see and try to guess what it is. Click on the link below to watch the video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/what-can-you-see-10221
I would like you to have a go at some Yoga. You can pretend to be a dragon!
Click on the link below to join in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NWzS2xziI4
Paper lanterns are made to decorate the homes of people who are celebrating Chinese New Year. Mrs Appleby has made a video tutorial of how you can make one at home. Click on the link below
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/chinese-lanterns
Story time 10/2/21
Today I would like you to listen to the story 'It's Chinese New Year' click on the link below to listen.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-10221
Tuesday 9th February
Good morning everyone! Don't forget to join us today at 11am for our virtual Nursery social session, we can't wait to see you!
I hope you enjoyed listening to the story of Chinese New Year. Today we are going to find out more about how it is celebrated by Chinese families all around the World.
Please watch my video by clicking on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/chinese-new-year-9221
You may want to watch some fantastic videos from Cbeebies about a little girl called Abbie and her family, preparing for and celebrating Chinese New Year.
Click on the links below.
Preparing for Chinese New Year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ssHXZ9_qU
Celebrating Chinese New Year:
Fine motor control
Today I would like you to practise your fine motor control, that means using your hands and fingers. You can print off the sheets below to practise your cutting or pencil control skills or you can find things around the home to help develop your fine motor control.
Fine motor skills at home
Cutting skills
Pencil control
Story time 9.2.21
Today you can listen to the story 'Peppa's Chinese New Year' read by Mrs Appleby. Click on the link below, I hope you enjoy it.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-9221
Monday 8th February
Good morning children! I hope you had a good weekend, I thought it might snow again, it was very cold when I went for my walk yesterday.
This week we will be celebrating Chinese New Year! Throughout the week we will be listening to the story, watching videos to show you how families celebrate, making craft and joining in with a Dragon dance!!! I can't wait.
Chinese New Year story and song
Today I would like you to listen to the story of Chinese New Year and how the animals had a race to have the years named after them. Please click on the link below to listen.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/chinese-new-year-story-8221
Here is a link to watch a video of a dragon dance, you may want to make a dragon mask or dragon puppet, see below, and join in with the dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKILdeob4E
Mrs Appleby has recorded a lovely dragon song for you to watch and join in with her. I'm sure you will enjoy it!
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/80221-dragon-song
Chinese New Year Craft
Below are some ideas of craft activities that you could do to celebrate. Please feel free to make any of these crafts throughout the week or over half term. Don't forget to send any photos to the email or padlet, I'd love to see what you have been up to.
Dragon mask template
Story time 8.2.21
As you have already listened to the story of Chinese new year, today you can watch an episode of the 'Go Jetters' on the BBC iPlayer. It is a fun episode about dragon dancing.
Click on the link below to watch it. Enjoy.
Friday 5th February
Good morning, it's Friday again! I hope you have all had a good week of learning.
Today I would like you to watch my counting video. Please click on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/counting-5221
You can play a counting game by clicking on the link below. There are lots of good counting games to choose from, one of our favourites to use in nursery is the Teddy one or the Gingerbread man one.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting
Below are some worksheets which you can print off for counting if you wish. You can count anything and everything around the home, how many knives and forks do you need for dinner? How many books do you have? How many slices of apple are you eating? How many steps are there to climb the stairs? Whatever you decide to do,
have lots of fun counting objects around you!
Counting activities
Elmer craft
You may want to do some Elmer craft today or over the weekend. Please send some photos to the padlet or email address if you make anything.
Story time 5/2/21
Today's story is called 'One very big bear' it is a counting book. I hope you enjoy listening to it. Click on the link below to watch and listen.
Thursday 4th February
Good morning children! It was lovely to see you at the Nursery class social event yesterday. Thank you if you were able to join us. I hope you enjoyed the games and seeing your friends. It made me very happy to see your smiling faces.
Today I would like you to watch my video about colour mixing, we can create new colours by mixing primary colours (red, yellow and blue) together.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/colour-mixing-4221
Colour mixing
Colour mixing can be fun, you can use a paintbrush, your fingers, food colouring, put paint in a zip lock bag, freeze food colouring and water in an ice cube tray and melt or drive your cars through the paint to see what happens. Have a go and see what colours you can make.
You may also like to watch the colour mixing song by clicking on the link below and watching the Hey Duggee 'Colour badge' on cbeebies iplayer.
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4LTc4mWkw
Hey Duggee: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09hv4q0/hey-duggee-series-2-30-the-colour-badge
Design your own Elmer
You may want to design your own Elmer the Elephant, you can print off one of the sheets below or ask an adult to draw a large elephant for you. You can cover your elephant in patterns, shapes and different colours. You could mix paint to create new colours to use on your elephant too! Don't forget to send me a picture.
Story time 4/2/21
Today you can listen to the story 'Elmer and the stranger' read by Mrs Appleby, please click on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-4221
Wednesday 3rd January
Good morning! How are you all today? I can't wait to see you all later at the Nursery class social session, please join us by clicking on the link at 12.30!
Today we are going to do some phonics activities, we will be looking at words which rhyme. Please watch my video by clicking on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/phonics-3221
I would also like you to watch the video of me reading 'Fox's socks' and see if you can hear the rhyming words in the story.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/foxs-socks-3221
You can have a go at playing the bake a cake game on Phonics play, it is a fun game, where you have to find the words that rhyme and add them to your mixing bowl to make a rhyming word cake. Please remember you can log in for free using the username: jan21, password: home
Story time 3/2/21
You can listen to the stories 'Rabbit's nap' and 'Hide and seek pig' which are both stories with rhyming words in. Enjoy
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/rabbits-nap-story-time-3221
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/hide-and-seek-pig-story-time-3221
Tuesday 2nd February
Good morning Nursery.
I hope you enjoyed the colour activities yesterday, did you go on a colour hunt? I did, you can see my photos on the padlet.
Today we are going to look at Elmer the elephant and talk about how he was different and that we are all different and special in our own ways.
Please click on the link below to watch my video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/we-are-all-different-2221
Once you have watched the video, I would like you to think of some things that make you special and unique, what are you good at? what do you enjoy doing?
You can print off and use the sheet below or design your own.
I am unique writing frame
Story time 2/2/21
Today you can listen to the story 'Elmer and the rainbow' by clicking on the link below.
Monday 1st February
Good morning children! I hope you are all well. It was soo lovely to see lots of you on Friday, it made your teachers very happy to see you at our first virtual social session. If you were unable to join us, please try to this week as it was a lovely opportunity for the children to see the staff and their friends. 
Today we are going to be learning about colours, colours are all around us.
I would like you to watch my video about colour.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/colours-1221
Then have a go at a colour hunt around your home. See if you can find one object of each colour- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, black, brown, white and grey.
Colour song
Here is a link to one of our favourite colour songs that we sing in nursery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGa3AqeqRy0&list=RDBGa3AqeqRy0&start_radio=1
Story time 1/2/21
Today you can listen to Mrs Gaxherri read 'Elmer' He is a patchwork elephant who is covered in lots of different colour patches. Enjoy.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-monday
Friday 29th January
Good morning, it's Friday! And it's the day that we are holding our first class social session, I can't wait to see you all at 1.30pm. You can join the session by clicking on the link sent to you via email, just before 1.30pm. The children will have a few minutes to say hello and wave to each other before we start the session!
Did you enjoy the story 'Don't hog the hedge' that I read yesterday? Well today, we will find out more information about hibernation and hedgehogs. I would like you to watch my video about Hedgehogs, click on the link below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/hedgehogs-29121
Once you have watched my video, I'd like you to paint, draw or make a hedgehog. Have a go at writing about hedgehogs using the sheet below or on a piece of paper or a whiteboard.
Hedgehog craft ideas
Hedgehog writing sheet
Story time 29/1/21
Today you can listen to Mrs Appleby reading the story 'Snow bears'.
Click on the link below to watch the video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-29121
Thursday 28th January
Good morning! How are you today? I hope you are having a good week, the snow has all gone but I am sure that you got to have lots of fun in it before it melted.
Today I would like you to watch my video and guess what Winter picture or item is hiding behind the screen. You will need to describe what you can see to an adult and have a guess at what it is. Here is the link.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/what-can-you-see-28121
You might want to have a go at making some Winter crafts such as these below:
Further activities
Below are some further Winter activities for you to print off at home if you wish to.
Winter counting activity
Winter clothes cutting activity
Song time
Today you can join Mrs Appleby singing the snowman song.
Click here to watch the video.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/snow-man-song
Story time 28/1/21
Today you can listen to Mrs Gaxherri read the story 'Don't hog the hedge'
Click on the link below. Enjoy
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-28121
Wednesday 27th January
Good morning!
Today we are going to do some maths. We will be counting and adding two groups of objects together. Please watch my video, the link is below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/addition-27121
Then have a go at the addition game on Topmarks and see if you can find objects from around the home to make your own addition sums. Have fun!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10
You may also like to join in with some, counting rhymes on the BBC website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-one-two-buckle-my-shoe/zkvtqp3
Practical maths at home
Story time 27/1/21
Today you can watch 'Kipper the dog- Snowy Day'
Tuesday 26th January
Good morning! I hope you all had lots of fun in the snow yesterday. Thank you for sending your snowman photos, did you like the one I made with my son? Take a look on the padlet if you haven't seen it yet.
Yesterday I did an experiment with the snow, you can find out all about it by watching my video, the link is below.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/snow-experiment-26121
My snow experiment
You may want to have a go at doing your own experiment with snow and ice, here are some examples of what you could do before it all melts away.
Freeze some ice outside overnight and paint it.
Find out the quickest way to melt snow and ice.
Make a snow volcano by mixing bicarb of soda and vinegar with food colouring.
Story time 26/1/21
Today you can listen to the story 'Snow friends' read by Mrs Gaxherri and a little helper. Here is the link.
https://abbey-federation.primarysite.media/media/story-time-26121
Monday 25th January
Good morning children! I hope you had a good weekend in the snow. Did you make a snowman? or go out on a sledge? I'd love to see the photos, I'll put mine on the padlet for you to see.
As it is snowing and freezing cold, I thought we could do some Winter activities today.
Please watch my video in the video resource centre and have a go at some of the Winter activities.
Winter cutting activity
Winter pencil control
Winter craft
You might want to have a go at some Winter crafts today, here are some ideas.
Fun in the snow
Don't forget to get outside and enjoy the snow too, build a snowman, have a snowball fight. Below are some other things that you can do in the snow for ideas.
Painting the snow
You can either bring some snow inside or take your paints outside. This works just as well using food colouring mixed in water too!
Snow Angels
It is lots of fun to lay down in the snow and move your arms and legs to make a snow angel.
Frozen bubbles
If you blow bubbles in the cold weather it can freeze. If you don't have bubble mixture you can use washing up liquid mixed with water. You can also make your own bubble wands using pipe cleaners.
Story time 25/1/21
Today I would like you to listen to the story 'Robin's winter song' on the bbc iplayer
It is a lovely story about the Winter season and the changes that take place.
Friday 22nd January
Good morning Nursery! We are at the end of another week of home learning. It has been nice talking to lots of children and their parents on the phone this week. All of your teachers miss you, but it has been good to hear that you are enjoying the activities at home.
Today, I would like you to watch the video 'Monsters not allowed' in the video resource centre. I will read a story to you about a monster who goes to school, but the Deputy Headteacher sends him away. The children made 'Missing monster' posters.
Once you have listened to the story, I'd like you to have a go at making your own poster.
Below is the one that I have made.
The Monster shuffle
Today you can join in with the monster shuffle dance on YouTube.
The link is below, I hope you enjoy the song.
Story time 22/1/21
Today's story is 'Walking through the Jungle' read by Mrs Appleby.
Thursday 21st January
Good morning! Today we are going to do some phonics activities. I would like you to watch my phonics video, then please watch the silly soup song and have a go at making your own silly soup at home with any objects that you can find. Both videos can be found in the video resource centre.
Don't forget to send a video or photo to the padlet or email.
Below are the words to the silly soup song.
Rhyming activities
Below is a rhythm and rhyme home challenge sheet with ideas of activities to do at home to promote an awareness. There is also a rhyming activity sheet for you to complete if you wish and a counting syllables activity sheet.
Rhyming activities to do at home
Rhyme activity sheet
Counting syllables activity
Blob monsters
Today you could have a go at making a blob monster using paint and either blowing the paint with a straw, using a fork to spread the paint in different directions or you could marble paint, finger paint or use a sponge to make a monster picture.
Here are some examples:
Story time 21/1/21
Today you can watch Mrs Appleby read the story 'Owl babies'. The video can be found in the video resource centre.
Wednesday 20th January
Good morning! I hope everyone is safe and well.
Today we will be looking at patterns and making patterns with objects from around the home. Please watch my video in the video resource centre and have a go at making some patterns, you can either use the print out sheet of Gruffalo characters below or you can paint, draw or use objects at home. Make sure you remember to send any photos to me on the padlet or the nursery email.
Gruffalo characters- pattern making
Gruffalo cakes
The EYFS key worker children have decorated some Gruffalo cakes in school, maybe you would like to have a go at home too. It was lots of fun to make and they tasted very yummy too! Don't forget to wash your hands before cooking and to ask a grown up to take a photo before you eat your cake! I can't wait to see them.
Story time 20.1.21
Today Mrs Appleby will be reading the story 'Snore' you can find this in the video resource centre. Enjoy
Tuesday 19th January
Good morning! Today we are going to describe some scenes from books and films that you may know about monsters. I want you to watch my video, look at the scenes from the story or film and talk about what you can see, how the characters are feeling, where they are, what might happen next etc...
When you have watched the video you can choose a scene from your favourite book or film and describe it to your grown up. Have fun!
Gonoodle- Smallfoot
Today you can join in with the Gonoodle dance by clicking on the link below. It is from the film Smallfoot who is a Yeti.
Story time 19/1/21
Today you can listen to the story 'Spaghetti with the Yeti' read by Mrs Gaxherri.
Monday 18th January
Good morning Nursery, I hope you had a good weekend. It was nice to see the sun shining even if it was still a little cold.
Today I would like you to watch my video about ordering monsters by size. Once you have watched the video you can find objects around your home to order by size, length or height or you can print off the sheets below and have a go at cutting and sticking the monsters in the correct order from smallest to biggest, longest/ tallest to shortest.
Ordering by size activity
You may also want to play a game on the computer or tablet. This is a great game to practise understanding of the vocabulary of size and to identify the given object.
Have a go it's lot of fun!
Story time 18/1/21
Story time today will be read by Mrs Appleby. The story is called 'Where's my teddy' you can find this in the video resource centre.
Friday 15th January
Good morning everyone! I hope you have had another fun week of learning at home. All of the staff are missing you lots and hope that you are staying safe and well.
Today I would like you to watch my video called ' mood monsters'. Today we will be talking about different feelings and emotions and what makes us feel a certain way. We will also think of ways to help us feel safe, calm, happy etc...
The video is 10 minutes long, you can watch it in small chunks if you need to.
Once you have watched the video, you might want to make a worry monster.
Here are some ideas of what you could do.
You can write or draw your worries on a piece of paper and feed it to your worry monster. They will gobble your worries up and take them away.
Here is a lovely poem to go with the worry monster. I can't wait to see what you make.
Story time 15/1/21
Today, you can listen to the story 'Monsters don't eat broccoli' read by Mrs Gaxherri.
The video is in the video resource centre. I'm sure you will like it.
Thursday 14th January
Good morning children! Today we are going to play a memory game called Kim's game. You can watch the video in the video resource centre. You may want to play the game at home with a brother or sister or a grown up, it's really simple and lots of fun!
Monster Yoga
I would like you to have a go at some 'Monster Yoga' today. You can watch the video by clicking on the link below. Yoga is good for your body, it is good for stretching and building up strength. The first part of the video is for you to do by yourself, the second part is paired yoga, if you want to do that you will need a grown up or sibling to join you.
Have fun!
Monster songs
Mrs Appleby has recorded some Monster songs for you to join in with. These videos can be found on the Video resource centre.
Story time 14/1/21
Today you can listen to the story 'Bedtime for monsters' read by Mrs Gaxherri.
You can find the video in the video resource centre. Enjoy.
Wednesday 13th January
Good morning, today I would like you to watch my Phonics video and play a game on the Phonics play website (grown ups I have done a video tutorial of what to do and where to access the game) These are both in the video resource centre.
Phonics play log in:
User name: jan21
Password: home
I would also like you to watch my Monster describing video and have a go at describing a monster of your choice, it could be one from the video, a monster you have made, painted or drawn or it could be a monster from a film etc..
Think about some words to describe the monster, what it looks like and what type of monster it is for example scary, friendly, grumpy etc... Then have a go at writing some of those words.
Here are some monsters for you to describe if you would like to print them off and label.
Describe a Monster
Story time 13/1/21
Today you can listen to the story "A monster surprise" read by Mrs Appleby.
This story can be found in the video resource centre.
Tuesday 12th January
Good morning children! I hope you are all staying safe and well.
Today I would like you to watch my Maths sorting video which can be found in the video resource centre.
We will be finding different ways to sort the monsters.
Once you have watched that, you may want to have a go at sorting objects from around your home, please ask a grown up first. You can sort objects by colour, shape, size, pattern, use etc...
Here are some ideas of what you might want to do. Don't forget to take some photos and send them to me.
Monster sorting activity
Story time 12/1/21
Today you can listen to the story “Monsters love underpants” read by Mrs Appleby. I’m sure you will like it.
You can find the video in the video resource centre.
Monday 11th January
Good morning, I hope you all had a good weekend and that your grown ups managed to have time to relax. I know I needed it 😁
This week we will be continuing with the topic of Monsters, we had lots of fun with the Gruffalo last week. This week we will be making our own monsters, sorting them into groups and watching some videos of monsters.
Today I would like you to watch a few clips from one of my favourite films...
Monster's inc. While you are watching the clips, talk to your grown up about the different monsters, how many eyes do they have? do they have a tail? are they spikey? Furry? Slimy? Which monster is your favourite and why?
Here is a link to some clips for you to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1p2mNSSs6w
ICT Monsters
You may want to have a go at making your own monster using a phone or a tablet. This App is a great way to make your own individual monster.
Here are the monsters that I made using the App. Once you have made your monster, you can take a photo of it and send it to the Nursery padlet or email.
Storytime 11.1.21
Today you can listen to the story “Don’t call me sweet” about a little monster, read by Mrs Gaxherri.
You can find the video on the video resource centre. Enjoy 📖
Friday 8th January
Good morning children! Did you have fun labelling the Gruffalo yesterday? Thank you for sending your pictures to the nursery email and padlet.
Today, I would like you to do some maths. I have made a video for you to watch with your grown up, it is in the video resource centre. We will be doing some counting using characters from the story 'The Gruffalo'.
Before you watch my video, you might like to sing one of our favourite counting songs that we sing to at nursery. The link is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glkQwKA5_PU
Maths activities
Gruffalo craft
You might want to make some Gruffalo craft at home. Here are some ideas, of course you can make anything you like using whatever resources you have at home. You could paint, draw, make a model using play dough or lego, you may want to use some of the boxes and containers from the recycling box to make something. Whatever you decide to make, I'd love to see a photo on the padlet or by sending an email to the nursery address. Happy crafting!
Story time 8.1.21
Today you can listen to the story ‘Stomp’ read by Mrs Gaxherri
you can find the video on the video resource centre.
I hope you enjoy the story 💕
Thursday 7th January
Good morning children. Did you see the snow yesterday? I was in school and couldn't believe how quickly it was falling down, covering the playground. Did anybody make a snowman? or play in the snow? I'd love to see a photo.
Monsters
Yesterday I asked you to watch 'The Gruffalo' or read the book with a grown up. I hope you liked it, it is one of my favourite stories. Today, I'd like you to watch the video in the video resource centre of this website, in the Nursery remote learning section.
We will be labelling the Gruffalo today. I have attached the document for you to print out at home to label if you wish.
Label the Gruffalo activity
Story time
For story time today, you can watch the story 'The colour monster'.
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good morning Nursery! I hope you are all keeping safe and well. We will be learning at home again for a while, I know that it is a scary and worrying time for lots of children and grown ups. If you are worried about anything, tell a grown up how you are feeling. We all feel worried or scared at times and it is absolutely fine to feel that way, but it is soo important to talk about your worries.
Here is a nice story about feeling worried, why not watch it with your grown up and talk about the things that make you feel worried.
Monsters
Our new topic is called 'Monsters' we will be reading lots of stories about different monsters, creating our own monsters in lots of different ways and using Monsters to complete maths and writing tasks.
Today I'd like you to watch 'The Gruffalo' with a grown up or read the book, if you have it. Once you have watched or read the story, can you tell your grown up what happened? who the characters were, where the story was set (the place) and if you enjoyed the story and why.
Was the Gruffalo scary? friendly? funny? fierce? Can you tell a grown up what you thought about him and if you think the Gruffalo is a monster.
I would love to see your Gruffalo drawings too, please send a photo of it to the Nursery email or upload to the class padlet.
Here is the link to watch the Gruffalo:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pk64x/the-gruffalo