🦕Nursery 27.4.2020🦕

Good morning and welcome to a new week.

I am back staying with Mrs Forth this week after a busy week with Mrs June and Neve, I’m still not very sure of that big tiger that lives in their house.

Boys and girls did you know that although we are great friends I’m not the same as you all. All you children are humans and I am a dinosaur, do you know what that is? Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that used to roam the earth but now they are all extinct (apart from me Haggis, but I’m a bit special!) I thought for the next few weeks we could learn about dinosaurs as a topic.

When we are all together at the start of a topic we make mind maps. So today we will start with that. All you need to do is get two bits of paper and some pencil or pens. On one write down “Dinosaurs what I already know” and on the other “Dinosaurs what I want to learn”. Just like I’ve done below.

Parents can you please ask your child what they know about dinosaurs, 2 or 3 words or bits of information is plenty. It doesn’t matter what they say just note it down, they could say “big” thats great it isnwhat they associate with dinosaurs. Even if you don’t think it’s suitable, still pop it down, it shows you value their ideas. Then for the other mind map write down what they want to learn, again 2 or 3 ideas is plenty. Once you have done this please take a photo and send it to Mrs Forth, when we have them all in we can put them all together to make a class mind map. I would love ALL the children to join in with this, it shouldn’t take very long and will spark your childs interest in the topic. Please let your children draw and write on the mind map, it lets them be part of the planning and feel like they are contributing. Oh and don’t forget to put your name at the top of your mindmaps.

This will give us a start to our Dinosaurs topic, I am very excited for you to learn all about us!

Once you have done your mind maps I would like you to find out two things for me.

1. What does the word Dinosaur mean?

2. What does extict mean?

You can find out this information in books, by asking someone who might know or looking on the Internet.

Please send your mind maps and your two pieces of information I’ve asked you to find out to Mrs Forth at emma.forth79@gmail.com

Have a very Happy Monday and don’t forget to check in.