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Summer Term

A warm welcome back to our Summer term! We are looking forward to a new term full of wonder and discovery as we begin to think about the topic of growth. We will be sharing all sorts of wonderful texts relating to this theme. The curriculum map showing all the oportunities that the children will be able to access can be found here. There are also hard copies avaliable on request, As with other terms, you will be able to see the current text we are exporing on the welcome board in the Nursery cloakroom, there are some really great texts to base our learning around this term and we are excited to share them all with you! Please make sure you do not share the entire text with your children at home until we have reached the end of the topic, and uploaded a version of the story to Seesaw. Please continue to access the Seesaw app at home as a way of helping your child continue their learning journey with you at home. If you are having difficulty logging in please let me know and I will povifr you with a new QR code.

(Please watch this space for some diary dates.)

Our weekly learning powerpoint on a Friday afternoon is very popular. We know that many of the children love to share their learning with you. We are aware that not all parents and carers can make these slideshows and for this reason also we make the powerpoints available here:

Spring Term

Hello! and a warm welcome back to Nursery in this new year! We are also welcoming a number of children into the main Nursery space from the 2 year old room, and some new starters coming to join the fun too!

We are so excited to share lots of learning with you again this year, this term our topic is Travel and transport and we will be sharing all sorts of wonderful texts relating to this theme. The curriculum map showing all the oportunities that the children will be able to access can be found here. There are also hard copies avaliable on request, You will be able to see the current text we are exporing on the welcome board in the Nursery cloakroom, Please do not share the entire text with your children at home until we have reached the end of the topic, as we draw lots of learning from the text and sometimes we want the children to predict and create their own stories based on the text, and this is tricky if they are already familiar with the story plot!

Each child in the class also has access to an online learning tool called "Seesaw" which allows us to send links to songs and stories home to you, and allows your child to easily share their learning with you, it is also possible to send messages and photos of what your children are getting up to at home back to us in school so we can share them on the interactive whiteboard with the rest of the class. Please take time to talk to your children about their learning and support them as they build a repetoire of songs and stories they enjoy. We find its a really helpful way for you to help your child talk about nursery and chat about their day. If you are in any doubt about your login for this website please let me know and I will provide you with the login details!

We will be starting out core texts with the story "The everywhere bear" and children will have the opportunity to bring the class bear home to spend the weekend with them. If the everywhere bear comes to your house we ask you to record some of the activities that your child completes with the bear through taking photos or videos and uploading them onto their Seesaw account.

(Please watch this space for some diary dates.)

Our SCIENCE MUSEUM TRIP is Wednesday 26th March

Our weekly learning powerpoint on a Friday afternoon is very popular. We know that many of the children love to share their learning with you. We are aware that not all parents and carers can make these slideshows and for this reason also we make the powerpoints available here:

Autumn Term

A warm welcome back to the Nursery to all those returning this year, and a big hello to all those children starting with us this term. We are so excited to have you all with us and look forward to a wondertul year of fun and creative learning!

We have already been busy exploring the classroom and garden areas, and our focus this term will be "Ourselves" as we begin to get to know each other better, think about what makes a good friend, and as we begin to learn how to use our classroom. The curriculum map showing our planned learning opportunities can be found here.

The welcome area in the children's cloakroom has this information displayed too, however if you would like a hard copy I can give you this on request. You will also see information on this map of the core texts we are basing our learning on- please ensure you do not read these texts with your children until our learning has been completed and we have moved on!

During the second half term our topic will be Light and colour.

One of the highlights of many of the children's weeks is our weekly learning recap powerpoint. We show this in all Early years classes at pick up each Friday afternoon. We know that many of the children love to share their learning with you. We are aware that not all parents and carers can make these slideshows and for this reason also we make the powerpoints available here:

Friday 27th September

Summer Term

Welcome back to the Summer term! We are looking forward to sharing stories about the summer with our new teaching series based on the topic of water. We will be exploring a range of stories and non fiction texts from different people and places. The core texts are brilliant stories and we can't wait to share them all with you! I have attached a curriculum map here which shows the planned learning opportunities in class, I also have paper copies on request. As always, if your children are not yet familiar with these stories, please do not share them at home until we have finished the book in class and we have sent links to videos of the texts home to you via Seesaw to share together.

As with the previous two terms, we will be sharing our "song of the week" through the website "Seesaw" If you do not currently have access to your child's account for any reason or need a replacement code please see me at the door.

Some dates for your diary

4th June Trip to Camley Street Nature Reserve

11th July Early years + Y1 trip to Legoland!

18th July 9:30am Early years assembly

We show powerpoints in Early Years every Friday afternoon to help you talk about the learning that has been happening together with your child. We are aware that not all parents and carers can make these slideshows. For this reason we also make the powerpoints available here:

Spring Term

A warm welcome back to Nursery as we begin our new term! We are excited to welcome new children into Nursery this week, it has been so much fun meeting you all and beginning our learning journeys with you! This term our topic will be "Once upon a time" as we explore traditional and new stories together. I have attached a curriculum map here which shows the planned learning opportuities in class, I also have paper copies on request. The curriculum letter shows some of the texts we will be using as a basis of our learning. As always, if your children are not yet familiar with these stories, please do not share them at home until we have finished the book in class and we have sent links to videos of the texts home to you via Seesaw to share together.

Although there is no formal homework set for Nursery we do send home a planned "song of the week" through the website "Seesaw" If you do not currently have access to your child's account for any reason or need a replacement code please see me at the door.

Some dates for your diary

8th Feb, Movie night after school.
21st Feb, Ash Wednesday Service at St John's Church.
14th March, Danceathon fundraiser after school.
22nd March, 9:30am Early Years Classes assembly.
27th March, Easter Service at St John's Church.

Autumn Term

A very warm welcome back to the returning children! We are so delighted to meet our new starters this term. I hope you have all had a wonderful summer full of fun and discovery, and are ready to continue that back in Nursery! We have already been busy exploring the classroom and garden areas, and our focus this term will be "Ourselves" as we get to know each other better, think about how to be kind friends and learn how to use our classroom well. The curriculum map showing our planned learning opportunities can be found here.

During the second half term our topic will be Food.

Some dates for your diary

26th September: Individual school photographs
12th October: 3:30- 5:00pm Movie night- fundraiser for trips
7th December: 3:30pm-5:00pm Torchlit walk- fundraiser for trips
19th December: 10am School Christmas Nativity play

We show powerpoints in Early years every Friday afternoon to help you talk about your children's learning together. We are aware that not all parents and carers can make these slideshows. For this reason also we make the powerpoints available here:

Friday 15th September

Friday 22nd September

Friday 29th September

Summer Term 2023

We are delighted to welcome Miss Min to the Nursery! She has been working in the school for a few years now and will be at the Nursery door every morning to answer any questions you may have.

This term we are learning through the theme of Growth, We will be learning about the life cyle of frogs, spiders, chickens and ourselves. Please bring/send in a picture of your child as a baby, these will be displayed in the classroom. Curriculum maps have been sent out via parentmail but if you would like a hard copy then please come and chat to Miss Min or Miss Barbara.

Spring Term 2023

This term we will be learning through the theme of Travel and Transport. Curriculum Maps have been sent out via parentmail. You can view the map here and if you would like a hard copy then please speak to Miss Nikki or Miss Barbara. We have some amazing CLPE texts this term and have some great learning experiences lined up for the chidlren. We are planning a trip to the Science Museum and will give you more details as they are confirmed.

Autumn Term 2022

Welcome back to our returning children and a huge welcome to our new children. A warm welcome to Miss Nikki who is our new Nursery teacher. I am sure that you will all make her feel very welcome! I hope that you had a great summer and are ready for the exciting year ahead. This half term we are focusing on getting to know each other, learning how to be great friends and learning how to use the classroom effectively. We will be learning through the theme of Ourselves. The curriculum map for parents can be found here. These were sent out via parentmail but if you would like a hard copy please come and chat to me or Miss Nikki.

During the second half of the autumn term we will be learning through the theme of Colour and Light. Curriculum maps have been sent out via parentmail but if you would like a hard copy then please ask a member of staff.

Some dates for you diary:

Trip to London Zoo - date to be confirmed.
Friday 7th of July - class assembly. All parents/family are invited to come along.

Library

There will be a library each Wednesday in the Nursery classroom. Come along and borrow a book. Books should be returned the following Wednesday so that we can keep the library well stocked and everybody has a wide range of books to choose from. If you would like to run the library please come and chat to Miss Barbara.

Seesaw

Although the Nursery children do not recieve formal homework they will have some activities set over Seesaw that support the learning that has happened in the classroom. Each week we will be sending out a video of the song of the week for the children to learn annd copies of our core text will be sent out vis Seesaw once the text has been completed. If you do not have access to the internet then please let a member of the Early Years team know and we will find a different way getting the information to you.

Toy Library

We are working with Jane at The Toy Project to establish a toy library in the Early Years. We are looking for parents to help us to run the library. Please talk to Miss Barbara if you think you can help.

Learning Slideshows

We create a slideshow of the learning that has taken place each week to share with the children and warmly welcome any parents to come and join us for these each Friday.

We recognise that parents are busy and can't always come into the classroom so we have posted the most recent slideshows below.

Spring 2023

Autumn 2022

Summer 2022

Our visit to Freightliners Farm