Nursery

Nursery is an exciting place where we begin our school journey! We make new friends, meet new teachers and learn lots of school routines and rules. Our learning environment is made up of different areas which all support our learning and development. We spend lots of time playing and exploring within our classroom environment alongside our teacher and key workers. Playing allows us to explore, problem solve, work with others and develop our language skills. The staff within Nursery provide us with a range of wonderful experiences and opportunities to help us to learn and embed key knowledge and skills. They help us to become more independent throughout the school day and within the learning environments.

Key Learning

Our exciting curriculum focuses on the following topics which motivate, inspire and challenge us and provides us with a range of skills and a vast knowledge:

Me and my community

Focusing on similarities and differences within families and where we belong in our community. We explore seasonal change and what happens during autumn. We also look at different cultural experiences such as Christmas and Diwali.

Starry night

In this topic we focus on nighttime routines and why sleep is important. We look closely at winter and what happens to snow and ice once it starts to get warm.

Sunshine and Sunflowers

This is a very exciting topic where we start to look for the signs of spring. We plant Sunflower seeds and observe the changes over time. We also discuss the importance of keeping ourselves healthy.

On the beach

We think about our favourite places and special memories we have made. We look at objects that we might find at the beach and what you might do there. We also look back at our time in Nursery and think about what we are looking forward to in Reception and what we can expect in our new class.

Early reading and developing a love of reading is a priority in the Nursery and at the heart of everything we do – we love our phonics lessons, sharing and listening to stories, role playing different events and learning all about new characters.

In the Nursery, we engage in Wonderful Wednesday afternoons which is a character development activity linked to our topic learning. Through our Wonderful Wednesday afternoons, we develop and learn new skills such as simple cooking, gardening, crafts and investigations.

Enrichment Opportunities

Our trips this year:

We will experience a magical inhouse theatre performance of Snow White

Once upon a time

The National Adventure Farm

A trip from the library van

Important Information

• Toast money needs to be paid via arbor by the Thursday before.
• Books for pleasure and diaries will be changed on a Friday.
• PE day is a Friday- children don’t need a PE kit but please send your child in their trainers and remove earrings on this day.

How Parents Can Help at Home

• Practise our taught phonic sounds by completing phonics homework each week.
• Encourage independence e.g. toileting, putting a coat on, using a knife and fork etc.
• Spend time reading with your child, encourage discussion to support understanding and to develop speech and language skills.