2 years ago
Posted on 11th Jan 2022 by Mrs Neal

Applications for Reception 2022

The closing date for school applications for Reception 2022 is 15th January 2022. If you have not already done so, please apply using the link below as soon as possible.

http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

3 years ago
Posted on 04th Mar 2021 by Mrs Johnson

News from Nursery

We are really looking forward to seeing you back in Nursery next week!

Please check the school website for any updates. (The latest risk assessment has been emailed out to parents today.)

Just a reminder that we are open 8.50am – 2.50pm. Morning session 8.50am – 11.30am.

Please bring a drink of water, your lunch if you are having a packed lunch, a bag with spare clothes, and a warm coat.

We are now using Tapestry, to upload photos and observations of your child’s time in Nursery. It will be great if you can look at this and comment or upload photos and information about your child too. There is a video below with further information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=espJ96TJHV8

On Wednesday morning March 10th, we are taking the Nursery children and Willow class into Forest School, so please bring your child in suitable warm outdoor clothing and a change of clothes too.

(We have got waterproofs and wellies your child can wear as necessary.)

Please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns about your child returning next week.

See you soon.

Love Miss. Stone

3 years ago
Posted on 11th Jan 2021 by Mrs Bowes

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

Good Morning Acorns and Willow Class. Ms Stone, myself and staff hope you have all had a super weekend.

Thank you for all the lovely feedback from last week’s story, we especially enjoyed seeing photos of some of the delicious Gingerbread Men that were baked.

This week our story is Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, once again presented by Ms Stone. Enjoy, we hope you have a good week.

Mrs Bowes & Ms Stone

3 years ago
Posted on 07th Jan 2021 by Mrs Bowes

The Gingerbread Man

The children in Acorns and Willow Class have enjoyed activities based around the story of the Gingerbread Man this week.

Ms Stone has made a super recording of the story using props. Enjoy.

4 years ago
Posted on 04th Sep 2020 by Miss Stone

Welcome back!

Hello to all our Nursery children and parents,

It has been very exciting to welcome all the children back into Nursery and meet our new children.

We are very proud of all the children, coming into Nursery happily with big smiles. We have had lots of fun playing inside and outside.

Please can we remind you to bring a labelled water bottle, spare clothes, any toiletry needs, and a coat for your child.

We will be sending a copy of the 3 week menu home, please can you choose your child’s preferred options of food, circle this on the sheet provided and return to Nursery. This will help us with your child’s selection of lunch in the mornings.

This does not apply if your child is having sandwiches. You still have an option to alternate as you choose between school lunches and sandwiches.

We will continue to observe the children playing and encourage learning and development following the Early Years Foundation guidance. We will share these observations with you and ask for you to share your child’s interests and development with us, later in the term.

We appreciate communication between home and Nursery is now more difficult, as drop off and collection has changed in order to follow Goverment guidelines and to keep us all safe.

If you have any questions regarding your child’s time in Nursery, please email me

Nursery@bicton.Shropshire.sch.uk

4 years ago
Posted on 08th Jun 2020 by Miss Stone

Home Learning week beginning 8.6.2020

Hello everybody,

We hope that everyone is keeping well, and enjoying your time at home.

This week we have planned around the story, ‘The Snail and the Whale’.

If you have fun doing any of the activities it would be nice to hear from you. You can send an email to nursery: Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

Take care,

See you all soon

Love Miss.Stone, Mrs.Ryan, Mrs.Walker, And Mrs. Mcormack

Listen to story – The Snail and the Whale

Linked books – Snail Trail Matisse’s Magical Trail

Watch the Movie ‘The Snail and the Whale

Understanding of the World

Find out about snails, whales and other creatures shown in the book. Where do they live? What do they eat?

· Snail PowerPoint

· Watch Andy’s Safari Adventures with Humpback Whales

Take your child on a snail hunt around the garden. Can they think about the places a snail might want to live?

Show your child a picture of a sea snail. Ask, how is it different buy cheap tramadol from the snails they found in the garden?

Make a snail house

Snail Enclosure

· Watch this video. Create a simple under the sea obstacle course or draw an obstacle course on a piece of paper. Children have to guide an under-water robot (Parent/sibling/toy) through the obstacles by shouting out simple instructions. E.g. forwards, right, left, backwards.

Expressive Art and Design

· Draw / paint your own seaside picture

· Draw / paint a picture of what lives under the sea

· Make your own crafty Snail and Whale –

· Listen and sing along to the song ‘The Snail and the Whale’ with Author Julia Donaldson

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

· Even though the snail is small, he helps to save the whale. Think about your abilities. Is there anything that you thought you couldn’t do, but you managed to when you tried?

Physical Development

· Norris The Baby Sea horse – Cosmic Yoga

· Ocean Movement Cards

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Jun 2020 by Mrs Bowes

Hello Nursery Children

Hello Nursery Children and Adults,

We hope you have had a lovely half term. Here are some messages from us to you.

Xxx

4 years ago
Posted on 18th May 2020 by Mrs Bowes

Home learning activities, week beginning 18.05.2020

Hello Nursery Children and adults, I hope you enjoyed some of the Dear Zoo activities from last week.

This week we will look at the song ‘5 Little Ducks’. Mrs Ryan has also recorded a message for you and she needs your help to find Ted!

Have fun,

Ms Stone – Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

5 Little Ducks went swimming one day

EAD : Sing the song with your child, encouraging them to join in with finger and arm actions.

PSED: Talk about how mother duck felt when she was losing her ducklings. What do you think haopened to the Ducklings?

Maths: Number names to five, more, fewer, duck, duckling, pond, far, away, over

Ask questions –

* There are two ducklings on the pond and three far away. How many are there all together?

* There are only four ducklings on the pond. How many are lost?

Use these counting cards – -Five-Little-Ducks-Countinig-Cards .

Literacy:

Make your own props to retell the story –

Hello and find the Teddy from Mrs Ryan

Have a go at hiding you own Teddy (toys). Give clues how to find him. Send photos of where your Teddy was hiding to Mrs Ryan – Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

Ted begins with ‘t’. Have a look around your home and see what other things you can find that begin with the sound ‘t’.

4 years ago
Posted on 12th May 2020 by Mrs Johnson

URGENT SURVEY for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6

We now have more guidance about what we will be expected to do from June 1st to enable a phased return for pupils to school. We know that we have been asked to open the school for Nursery, Reception, Year one and Year 6 to begin with but these year groups will not all start together on 1st June – these children may well have to attend some days and not others to allow us to keep numbers low.
As you can imagine, we have significant work to do regarding logistics, timetabling, staffing and risk assessments. Some of these measures will include: small numbers of children in classes, staggered start and finish times, using different members of staff and classrooms to space the children out. Children of key workers will still be cared for in school alongside these year groups.

We urgently need to know whether parents of Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 intend to send their children back to school from 1st June or whether they feel it is unsafe to do so due to circumstances at home or school. Please complete the survey below to help us in our planning.

Phased reopening survey

Your responses, and the guidance we are awaiting from Shropshire Council, will support us in making a firmer plan and we will share this with you as soon as we can. Thank you for your support.

4 years ago
Posted on 11th May 2020 by Mrs Bowes

Home learning activities week beginning 11.05.2020

Hi Nursery Children and adults,

I hope you are all well and enjoyed the lovely weather last week. This week I have 2 videos for you – Dear Zoo and The Hello song from Mrs Tan.

Thank you adults who have emailed me over the week, I have loved seeing all the children’s photos, videos and hearing your news. If you haven’t been in touch yet, my email is – Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

Ms Stone x

These two activity books contain plenty of activities for your child to do:

Dear-Zoo-activity-pack

Dear zoo activities 2

Literacy

Listen to me read the story and join in!

Make your own puppets or use your own small world animals to retell the story.

Maths

What animal did the child get first? Second? Third etc? What animal did the child get last?

How many animals were sent to the child? (use your puppets/or small world animals for your child to count).

Which animal was the tallest? The smallest?

EAD

Baking:

Add animal faces onto cupcakes.

Here is a simple cupcake recipe:

INGREDIENTS

125g butter softened/margarine
125g caster sugar
125g self raising flour
2 large eggs, beaten
1tsp vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 180C/gas mark 4.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.
Stir in the beaten eggs and vanilla extract.
Sift in the self raising flour and mix until just combined. Take care not to overmix.
Transfer the mixture into cupcake cases, filling half way.
Bake in oven for 20 minutes.
When the cupcakes are ready they will have risen and be a golden brown colour. If in doubt, check they are cooked though by inserting a metal skewer/cocktail stick and checking if it comes out dry.
When the cupcakes have cooled down on a wire rack, you can decorate them.

Music

Watch the Hello song from Mrs Tan

Watch this musical version of the story

Sing – along to these animals songs