Sara Poole

Cutting skills 

Hello Nursery. We hope you are enjoying the sunshine in your gardens or on a daily walk. Many children can't cut properly when they start Reception. I have used this opportunity for my children to practise their cutting skills. Mr Poole thinks it's child labour, either way they had fu...
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Sara Poole

Week 2 working from home

​I have loved receiving photos and emails from the parents of our Nursery children, who have been working from home. I am incredibly proud of all of your achievements.  Here is a selection of the photos I have received this week. Your parents really do have some fantastic ideas. Have a happy Pesach holiday, you've earned a rest from all t...
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Sara Poole

A note from Mrs Poole

 Hi Nursery, I hope you have had a great week at home. I have missed seeing your cheerful faces every day but I am pleased that lots of you are sending me photos via email. It’s lovely to see you happy and settled at home. It is very different working from home and not seeing your friends every day. I’ve added some photos of my first...
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Sara Poole

A maths challenge for you

Build a Tower Race Game You will need: 20 Duplo Bricks or other building blocks. A die or make a spinner, or ask someone to find a Dice-roll app on their phone or tablet.Someone to play with.Remember to count carefully.Look at the photos to see how to play. Have fun! ​Please send me your photos to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. H...
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Sara Poole

Working from home week 1

Dear Nursery,I hope you are all well and settling in to your new routine. I have loved receiving emails from your parents telling me how well you have adjusted to working from home. Here are some of the photos of the amazing work you have shared with me. I am missing you all and I am looking forward to receiving more emails...
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Sara Poole

Short bursts and lots of fun.

I have received an email asking for some advice on how to maintain their concentration and keep their child motivated.Each family is different and you will all find a way to maintain focus and create the magic of learning. In Nursery, we have three, short 15 minute, carpet sessions, in small groups. During this time we learn a new sound (or re...
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Sara Poole

The letter we are learning this week is r

It's Monday morning and the sound of the week is r for robot. Please have a look around the house for something beginning with r. Geraldine has found lots of things beginning with r. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_NgOtt0Htw  Please share the things you have found with Mrs Poole, email me This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Sara Poole

Nursery Mathematics

Tuesday 24th March 2020I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe. This week our number of the week is number 9. Please watch this:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08phbzc/numberblocks-series-2-nine and sing along to the number nine song https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-the-nine-songCan you count 9...
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Sara Poole

Home Learning for Nursery

Good morning Nursery, it is Monday morning so I thought I'd share the sound of the week with you. The sound this week is h. Try to find some things around the house that begin with h. Here is the link to Geraldine Giraffe finding things begining with h. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiu_YmW_Efk Don't forget to try writing a h whilst say...
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Sara Poole

Continuing Ruth Miskin Phonics 

As schools are closed from Friday 20th March until further notice, we, as teachers, will still try to teach your children remotely. Ms Holland found this link.  RWI Phonics lessons at home from Monday 23rd MarchRuth Miskin is scheduling free Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home; these ...
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Sara Poole

Purim in Nursery

​The children in Nursery had a great day celebrating Purim. They enjoyed playing in the water and sand trays, fishing for phonics, colouring fish using a rainbow of colours and creating an under the sea scene. In addition to this we all enjoyed listening to lots of under the sea adventure stories includi...
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Sara Poole

Germs, germs, germs!

In Nursery, we have been learning all about Germs and how they spread. We have been singing a song whilst we wash our hands.  To the tune of Row Row Row your boat:   "Wash, wash, wash your hands, germs are very mean.  Rub them all together, make them nice and clean."  They sing this twice whilst washing ...
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Sara Poole

Nursery Physical Education

 Nursery love Physical Education. They are now becoming more independent at getting themselves changed quickly. Here are some of this week's activities in Physical Education. 
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Sara Poole

Salt Dough Gingerbread Men

The children in Nursery made salt dough Gingerbread Men. They enjoyed measuring out the ingredients correctly, mixing the ingredients, rolling out the dough and then cutting out their Gingerbread men using the cutters. The children waited patiently for their creations to dry out in the microwave. Once they were dry we then decor...
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Sara Poole

The Number 6

This week Nursery have been learning all about the number 6. They children have collected 6 items from around the classroom, counted to and from 6 and we have talked about one more than six being seven and one less than six being five. We have looked at where number six is positioned on the number line. 
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Jackie Halter

Planting for Tu B'shvat

The children in Nursery, have been having fun with Mrs Halter planting sunflower seeds for Tu B'Shvat . Why are trees important to us?
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Shahnaz Rashid

Nursery Phonics

​ Children have been using mirrors to help them correctly form the shape of their mouths, to say the sound they are learning. Well done nursery!!! Mrs.Rashid
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Sara Poole

Mathematics Workshops

To add to this, Mrs Poole mentioned a few websites to use with your child. www.topmarks.co.ukwww.ictgames.co.ukThe suggested resource to buy is "Numicon" as it is so adaptable (approximately £15).     Your log in for Numbots and Times Table Rock Stars will be handed out this week. (Nursery, will receive their...
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Sara Poole

The Three Little Pigs

This week the children in Nursery have been studying the book, The Three Little Pigs. The children have acted out the story, painted pictures, talked about the characters and built houses out of straws, sticks and bricks. In Science, we have been looking closely at the 'big bad wolf.' We pretended to be the big bad wolf and blew the ...
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Sara Poole

Nursery children draw teddy bears

Today, I taught the children in Nursery to draw a simple teddy bear. They followed my step-by-step instructions on their clipboards whilst I modelled drawing a simple teddy bear on the whiteboard. I am so proud of their drawings.  Here are a few of their teddy bears. Mrs Poole
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