Asslamulakum (wtb) Parents!

We welcome back everyone after the term break. We hope that everyone had a restful break and now are ready for new learning. Insha’Allah.

PLANTS

This term our Topic is ‘Plants’. To learn about this topic we will read ‘The Little Red Hen’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.
The children will learn about the importance of light, water and temperature to plants. Gardening can be a great way of helping children to feel empowered as they take on a little responsibility for learning about and tending to plants.
The children will learn how to care for a plant and what other important things a plant need to grow such as, water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy

Children will listen and read these stories many times so they can understand the main story theme, settings and story characters.

We will grow cress, beans, and wheat in class so children learn through real life experience to understand growing concept. Children will also have the opportunities to taste what they grow for example, cress sandwiches, bread baking.

Tarbiya

Children will recite Surah Faatiha and knowledge dua every day and will practice saying Salaams and Jazakallah to each other. Please encourage your child at home to practice these manners.

Personal Items

Please provide your child with the following items clearly labelled with their name (to help in returning lost items to their owners):
Change of clothing in a bag ~ Some children do have accidents during the day, get wet from water play or cleaning up after painting, or falling down outside during play
Book Changing Once a Week
please send the books on their book changing days to change. Reading the text and talking about the pictures together helps them to learn new words and how stories are structured. Keep the homework books neat and support your child to complete their work.

Recycling

We always need small boxes, tubes, yoghurt pots, small plastic bottles, ribbons and material for our junk modelling.

Phonics

We are learning phase 1 & 2.

What is Phase 1 Phonics?

Phase 1 phonics concentrates on developing children’s speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase 2. The emphasis during Phase 1 is to get children attuned to the sounds around them and ready to begin developing oral blending and segmenting skills.

Reading Books

It is very important that young children have the opportunities to interact with high quality literature which helps to develop love for reading. Please have a daily story time routine with your child. Bring your child’s attention to the title of the story. Encourage them to say the tile. talk about the author and illustrator and their roles.

Ask your child to say in their own words what they can see? Ask them what might happen next? Who are the main story characters? What is the story setting? Encourage them to retell the story in their own words and own home language.

Reading books will change every week. Please bring the books back on Monday for Morning group and Wednesday for Afternoon group. After the 21st November bring the reading books back by Tuesday to get change.

We are looking forward to work with you and your child in this term. Thank you for your support. Please feel free to talk to anyone of us, if you have any problems or queries.

The Nursery Staff: Ust Khan, Ust Rahid & Ust Maryam.

Jazakha’Allah khayrun.