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Welcome to Nursery

Our teacher is Miss Walker and our Nursery Nurse/HLTA is Cindy.

We are lucky to have the support of Tash at dinner time and during afternoon activities.

We always try our best and have lots of fun while we learn through play!

Drop off and pick up

Children should be brought up to the Nursery door at 9.00 am and be collected from the door between 3.00 - 3.15 pm.

Important dates this half term

Tuesday 18th March - Nursery to wear a colourful top or accessory for Neurodiversity week.

Thursday 20th March - Children to wear a colourful top or accessory for Neurodiversity week.

EYFS Curriculum

The new Early Years (EYFS) curriculum focuses on the learning and development of the whole child. It ensures that children learn and develop well, are kept healthy and safe and provide children with the knowledge and skills they need to start school

See the link for development matters below.

Development Matters

Independent Learners

In Nursery we encourage our children to be independent learners. We encourage them to choose activities, tidy up after themselves and attend to their own needs such as toileting and accessing snack. We ask that you support us by encouraging your child to become more independent at home e.g. going to the toilet independently, helping with jobs around the house, putting on their coat etc.

Outdoor Learning

Outdoor learning is an important part of the early years curriculum so the children spend a lot of time outside. Please ensure your child has suitable clothing for the changing weather e.g. a cap for sunny days or a suitable coat, hats, scarves, gloves etc. as the weather gets colder. Thank you.

Home/School Link

Your child will be given a reading book to take home each Wednesday to share together. It is a great opportunity to develop their speaking and listening skills and imagination.

The teacher will provide activities and next steps for your child to work on at home with your support and return the following week.

Phonics

Phonics is a very important aspect of the Early Years curriculum which supports the children with their reading and writing skills ready for school.

We spend lots of time reading stories and singing rhymes and songs which is vital to the childrens early development of literacy.

We then move on to oral blending of words and objects before beginning the first set of 'Read Write Inc' sounds.

Here are some phonics games to play and support your child with.

Rhyme and Climb games

Sesame Street Rhyme Time

Roy the Zebra rhyming games

Phonics Play

Phonics Bloom

Phoneme Pop

Initial Sounds

Termly Topics

In Early Years we base our learning around the children's needs and interests, however we start off with a general topic overview that our activities stem from. These are the topics we begin with in Nursery.

Autumn 1 - Colour

This half term is very exciting in Nursery as it is the time where we all get to know our new teachers and friends. We will spend time exploring and investigating in our new classroom and finding out all about ourselves.

Our first main topic is all about 'Colour', which the children will engage in a variety of fun and creative activities to base their learning on.

During maths sessions we will playing games based on number, shape and colour, looking at pattern and size and working with jigsaws.

Literacy is mainly based around stories and songs, forming recognisable shapes when drawing and working on our fine motor skills so we are ready for writing. We will read the stories 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See' 'The Little Red Hen' and 'The Rainbow Fish.'

Autumn 2 - Traditional Tales

This term in Nursery we will be reading and learning lots of traditional tales such as 'The Three Little Pigs', 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Gingerbread Man.' I'm sure you can chat to your children about traditional tales you know.

In Literacy we will be using key words and phrases from the stories, sequencing parts of the stories and describing characters we meet.

In maths we will focus on size and comparison and building on our understanding of number.

We will plant our own 'beanstalks' and keep a diary of how they grow each week; making sure to water them frequently.

This half term is also a really exciting time as we will be getting ready for our Nativity and enjoying lots of fun Christmas activities.

Spring 1 - Weather

This term in Nursery we will be learning how different weather types happen, think about what we need to wear during different weather and getting creative with a variety of tools and resources.

In maths we will focus on shape and pattern and counting objects to match their corresponding number.

In literacy we will continue to build on our formation of objects when drawing and writing the letters in our name.

It is an exciting half term as we have Chinese New Year, to celebrate.

Spring 2 - Animals

This half term in maths we will be focusing on size, pattern and shape; looking at the distinct patterns animals have.

We will read and base lots of activities on the story books, 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and 'Dear Zoo', and have World Book Day to look forward to.

We will have lots of fun celebrating and learning about Easter towards the end of the half term.

Summer 1 -

This half term is a big step for our older children as they will be introduced to the Read Write Inc phonics scheme where they will learn a new letter sound each week.

Summer 2 -

We are looking forward to our park visit at the end of the year!