This is a farm themed number activity, where the learning is all about counting out the correct number of animals from a larger group, onto an object.

You will need:

Number cards to 10, two cowsheds, some cows to count with, some scissors to cut them out and a tray to put them on. If you have plastic farm animals you could use those, or you could even make playdough farm animals.

This is what I used:

Place a number card at the side of each cowshed. Cut out the cows and place them on a tray in the centre. Then count the correct amount of cows onto the cowsheds. Remember the number of cows must be the same as the number on the card at the side of the cowshed.

Take the cows off the cowshed. Swap the number cards over with different ones and repeat the activity.

Count carefully, one cow at a time, onto the cowshed. Check that the total number of cows on each cowshed matches the number on the card at the side. Repeat with all of the number cards to 10.

Which cowshed has got the most cows on it?

Which cowshed has the fewest cows on it?

Can you read the number at the side of the cowshed at the top?

Can you read the number at the side of the cowshed at the bottom?

Have fun counting the cows and send us pictures of your learning to:

ContactNursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

Our theme this week is all about farm animals. Let’s remind ourselves what kind of animals we may see at the farm.

Join in with Old MacDonald

We found another nursery rhyme that has an animal from the farm in, it is baa baa black sheep. Join in nursery!

Now you have joined in with both baa baa black sheep , what words rhyme with ‘baa and sheep?’ Here are some to help you.

• Car
• Jar
• Far
• Par

• Sleep
• Weep
• Creep
• Beep

Send in your ideas – contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

For our talking activity today we are going to think about a visit to the farm.

Now you have watched this video about a trip to the farm. Can you answer some questions?

• What animal did the eggs come from?
• What animal does milk come from?
• What animals do you like best chicken or the goat?

Now it’s time to play a game and see if you can guess what animal you can hear?

Copy and Paste this link into your address bar-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/down-on-the-farm-animal-sounds-quiz

Have fun children lets us know if you guessed all the animals correctly – contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

Let’s get our arms, hand and fingers warmed up with our funky fingers, today we will do Tofa Tofa.

Remember your pinchy pinchy fingers.      

When you have finished your cow face can you hear the sound ‘c for cow?’

Let’s practise the sound c c c!

You can practise this with a ribbon or tea towel in the air ‘start at the top and curl around the caterpillar.’

Well Done boys and girls, send in your work to – contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

Enjoying story time with Miss Woodward

Today Miss Woodward read a story to the children. We hope the children enjoyed it as much as Miss Woodward did. Good listening boys and girls.

Funky fingers time

For funky fingers today the children were using their pinchy pinchy fingers to create colanders using objects in their own homes. The children were very creative and really thought about what they could use. Well done everyone!

1 minute challenges

LET’S GET PHYSICAL, that is definitely what the boys and girls did today! You have all really challenged yourself to keep fit and healthy throughout this topic and today you have shown just how much energy you have. YOU SUPERSTARS!

The ball and the bucket game

WOW! The children have really enjoyed number time today as it involved getting all the family to play and have some fun. They were using a new skill by creating a tally chart to see who got the best score. They were all using their adding and counting skills in a active physical way. Well Done Nursery

The finished daily exercise diaries

To finish our happy and healthy topic the children have been taking part in a daily exercise diary throughout the week, here are the children’s chosen Friday exercises and the finished diaries.

Happy with their Certificate

Well Done to this child for his best certificate.

Children you have all worked so hard this week and all term, we are so proud of how many of you are interacting with the activities on the blog. We hope to see you very soon, have a brilliant half term holiday and we wish you all a happy Eid.

Enjoy the sunshine but remember stay safe!

Here is a nice story read by Miss Woodward to end a brilliant week. You have all worked so hard and we have all enjoyed seeing your amazing work, sit back and relax!

Can you answer some who and what questions from the story?

• What animal did the polar bear hear?
• What animal did the lion hear?
• Who was yelping in the leopard’s ear?
• Who was whistling in the walrus’s ear?

Send in your answers boys and girls – contactnursery@holrbook.coventry.sch.uk

Thank you for a lovely week of learning children, I hope you all have a nice half term holiday. Remember stay safe and we hope to see you really soon.

Your Nursery Teachers

The Ball and Bucket Challenge

Today for number we are going to use a bucket or anything in your garden you can use to throw a ball into. Miss Woodward used a mop bucket

Using the skills from Monday and using the under arm throw we are going to have the bucket for the target and each bucket is going to get further away.

You will need 3 socks to mark out your position of throwing.

For sock number 1 you get 1 point

For sock number 2 you get 2 points.

For sock number you get 3 points.

Use a tally to mark who gets the most points , get your family in your house to join in and go out in the sunshine!

Watch this video to help you.

Let us know how you got on with this activity and most importantly who won!

Send in your pictures – contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

To end our happy and healthy theme today we are going to use all of the knowledge you have learnt throughout the topic and talk about how our body feels before and after we have exercised.
Watch this short video before you start the activity.

How does your body feel before you exercise?

Now we are going to take part in some 1 minute challenges.

– Plank

– Star jump

– Squats

– Toe rises

– Jog on the spot

– Arm circles

You can choose to do all of these challenges or you can just choose 3.

Here is your 1 minute timer … Ready , Steady , Go!

Now how does your body feel after you have exercised?

Send in your talk about how your body feels and your videos or pictures of you taking part in this activity. Contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk

Let’s get our arms, hands and fingers warmed up with a wake up shake up!

Now we are all warmed up, we would like you to make a colander with some straws or sticks or even spaghetti. Can you have a try at this activity?

You can use anything in your house that you can push through the colander. In this image we have used crisps, pasta and little elastic bands. Be creative nursery!

Send your teachers your pictures – contactnursery@holbrook.coventry.sch.uk