Welcome everybody to the Nursery section of the website.
Class Teacher: Mrs Saini
Learning Support Assistant: Mrs Costa
If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Nursery team.
Autumn 1
Welcome to Nursery!
Our theme for this term is 'Marvellous Me!' We will be having conversations about who is in our family and we will share our interests.
Key Person
In Nursery, all of our children are special and unique and we appreciate the importance of building strong relationships with the children and families that we work with. Your child will be allocated a 'Key Person' during their time in EYFS. The role of the Key person is to ensure quality care, offer a settled relationship for your child and build a relationship with parents/carers. You will be informed of which staff member is your child's Key Person. Please do share with them any questions you may have and how we can support you with your child's development and care. We can also support you with your child's learning at home. As a parent, there are lots of things that you may want to share about your child with us at the beginning of the day such as if they are feeling poorly, if they haven’t slept properly, or if something has upset them, for example. Please share this with us and we will ensure that your child has a settled start to the day in Nursery.
Water bottles, snacks and spare clothes
Don’t forget to bring water bottles in each day - it is important for the children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please put a label on bottles and refill them every day. Please only fill your child's bottle with water. We are a healthy school. Water bottles are available to buy at the school office.
We provide a healthy snack and milk during the day for all children. If your child has any allergies that we are unaware of, please let a member of staff know.
Please provide your child with spare clothes clearly labelled that can stay on their peg in one of our spare bags in case of any accidents. This should include: pants, top, bottoms and socks.
Due to the limited space we have in the cloakroom in our classroom, please can children refrain from bringing in large rucksacks. This is to allow space for children to hang up their coats. Instead, we encourage them to bring the green school reading book bags to put their belongings in.
Reading at home
We want to encourage every child to develop a love for reading!
Every child will choose a library book from school to take home on Thursday which they will have for a week. We ask parents to share this with your child over the week and write a comment in their reading record. We recommend for the book to be shared a minimum of 5 times a week as it is important for their development. This could be reading a few pages each day or re-reading the story several times in the week.
Seesaw
We will share your child's learning journey via Seesaw which will include photos, activities and homework. Please see a member of the Nursery team if you are struggling to access your account.
P.E
Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing their full P.E kit on P.E days; Our PE day is Thursday and Friday. Children will not be getting changed into their P.E kit during school time.
PE kit consists of: a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and black PE pumps. Children may wear black jogging pants and a jumper in the colder months if they go outside.
Maths
This term, we will focus on numbers to 3. We will also be sorting objects into groups, comparing groups and say which has more and which has fewer items. We also will be singing number rhymes using actions and props.
Literacy
We will be exploring texts that are linked with our theme;
Hug by Jez Alborough
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney
Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill
Where’s my Teddy? By Jez Alborough
Elmer by David McKee
The Journey Home From Grandpa’s by Jemima Lumley
We will also be looking at non-fiction texts linked to families. We will be focussing on our listening skills, learning how to take turns to share our ideas with a small group. We will begin to understand that own marks represent meaning and we will learn to recognise our names.
Phonics
This term we will be tuning into sounds within our environment. We will learn to recognise the sound and talk about loud and quiet sounds.
R.E
This term, we will be looking at the concept of prayer and understand what prayer is and the different ways people of faith talk to God.
The children will learn to value everyone and celebrate differences.
Joshua 1:9
Be strong and courageous!
