Sunshine Nursery – Spring Term Topics 2017 to Share with Parents
Personal Social & Emotional development
Communication and Language
Building Friendships with
The Nurture Group - supports
Special People
children’s speech, language and
 Transition of Babies to the toddler
social communication skills.
room, building secure relations with
 Turn taking and ready
key staff.
steady go games support Understanding.
 Transition visits to pre-school for
 Speech, exploring and making new sounds.
those children moving on.
 Listening and Attention, talking about
 Stay and Play sessions for parents to
environmental noises e.g. dog barking,
join in with fun craft activities.
horns beeping.
Why not stay and play, ask staff about “Stay
and Play sessions” and the “What’s on Guide”.
Literacy
“A Journey of Discovery Celebrating the Power
of Imagination in a Vibrantly Illustrated Storey”
-Favourite Story Books.
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The Hungry Caterpillar.
Dear Zoo.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Aliens Love Underpants.
Join the library, discover the joy of books.
Understanding the World
People and Communities- Celebrations,
Festivals, Special Events, "Showing
interest in different ways of life, cultures
and traditions”
 Shrove Tuesday.
 Mothers Day.
 Easter Sunday.
At home you could help your child make a card
for someone special.
Pick up a leaflet for ways in which you can help your
child – Speech and Language.
Spring Term 2017
Up Coming Events
World Book Day
2nd March 2017
Red Nose Day
24th March 2017
Mother’s Day
26th March 2017
Easter Sunday
16th April 2017
Physical Development
In nursery we will be promoting Health and
Self-Care.
 Developing likes and dislikes.
 Trying New Foods and Textures.
We will be making and trying a variety of
traditional and continental foods from
round the world.
If you have a favourite or traditional food you
would like to share with the nursery.
Mathematics
We are promoting Numbers, Space, Shape
& Measure through a variety of activities.
 Recognising Big and Small objects.
 Categorising objects.
 Use Blocks to create structures.
At home you could practice
categorise your toys into big and small objects.
Expressive Arts and Design
Effective learning for children starts
from their interests. In nursery we are
going to embrace role play.
 Super Hero Play.
 Disney Princes.
 Favourite TV.
characters.
At home you could celebrate favourite superhero
characters and get creative.
Sunshine Nursery – Spring Term Topics 2017 to Share with Parents
Handprint
Daffodil
You will need:
Paper
Yellow, orange and green paint
Black pen
Instructions:
Keeping your fingers together, print 4 yellow handprints, with their
fingers overlapping. These are your petals.
Print an orange handprint with spread fingers, overlapping the palm
with the fingers of the yellow prints.
Add a green stem with the side of your hand.
When the paint is dry, use a black pen to draw on the lines of the
petals.
Easy Hot Cross Buns
For The Buns:
For The Crosses and Glaze:
500g Strong White Flour
3 Table Spoons of Plain Flour
½ Tea Spoon salt (optional)
Honey or Golden syrup for
2 x Tea Spoons Mixed spice
Brushing.
50g Caster Sugar
50g Butter (chopped in cubes)
200g Mixed Dried Fruits
7g Sachet Easy-Blend Dried Yeast
200ml Milk
2 Eggs
Method:
1. Tip the flour into a bowl and stir in the salt, mixed spice and
sugar. Rub in the butter with your fingers. Stir in the dried fruit,
then sprinkle over the yeast and stir in. Gently warm the milk so it is
hot, but still cool enough to put your finger in for a couple of
seconds. Beat with the eggs, and then pour into the dried
ingredients.
3. Using a blunt knife, mix the ingredients to a moist dough, then
leave to soak for 5 minutes. Take out the bowl and cut the dough
into 8 equal pieces.
4. Shape the dough into buns on a floured surface. Space apart on a
baking sheet cover closely with cling-film then leave in a warm place
to rise. This will take 1 to 2 hours approximately depending on how
warm the room is.
5. When the buns have risen, heat oven to 220C or 200C (fan), gas
mark 7. Mix flour with 2 tea spoons of water to make a paste. Pipe a
cross onto each bun. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes till golden brown,
glaze then leave to cool.