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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.

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:

Friday 12th January

Friday 19th January

Friday 26th January

Friday 2nd February 

Friday 23rd February 

Friday 1st March

Friday 8th March

Friday 15th March

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.

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 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

Friday 6th October

Friday 13th October

Friday 1st December

Friday 8th December

Friday 15th December

 

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

13th January 2023

24th January 2023

Autumn 2022

28th November 2022

11th November 2022

7th October 2022

23rd September 2022

16th September 2022

Summer 2022

Our visit to Freightliners Farm

Learning Slideshow 27th May 2022

Learning Slideshow 20th May 2022

Learning Slideshow 13th May 2022

Learning slideshow 6th May 2022

Learning Slideshow 29th April 2022

Learning Slideshow 22nd April 2022

Spring 2022

Learning Slideshow 25th March 2022

Learning Slideshow 11th March 2022

Learning Slideshow 4th March 2022

Learning Slideshow 25th February 2022

Learning Slideshow 11th February 2022

Learning Slideshow 4th February 2022

Learning Slideshow 21st January 2022

Learning slideshow 14th January 2022

 

Autumn 2021

You can see our curriculum map for the autumn term here. 

Learning slideshow 5th November 2021

Learning slideshow 12th November 2021

Learning slideshow 19th November 2021

 

Summer 2021

You can see our curriculum map for the summer term here

Learning slideshow 18th June 2021

Learning slideshow 11th  June 2021

Learning slideshow 21st May 2021

Learning slideshow 14th May 2021

Learning slideshow 30th April 2021

Learning slideshow 19th April 2021