Nursery

Our Nursery Team

In the Nursery class we have a teacher and classroom teaching assistant.

Mrs Hooson: Teacher

Mrs Huckle: Classroom Teaching Assistant

Mrs White: Classroom Teaching Assistant

Nursery Sessions

We have a morning and afternoon class and the session times are as follows:

AM – 8.30-11.30am

PM – 12.30-3.30pm (currently for children eligible for 30 hours nursery provision)

30 Hour Provision

Parents living and working in England, 3 and 4 years olds may be entitled to 15 additional hours of free childcare.

(To check eligibility go to: https://www.gov.uk/get-tax-free-childcare)

If your child is eligible, and there are places available, then their day will start at 8.30 and finish at 3.30.

Early Years Foundation Stage

We follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ (EYFS) curriculum which is divided into 7 areas of learning.

• Communication and Language
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Physical Development
• Mathematics
• Literacy
• Understanding of the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

Also we plan our activities to focus on the ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’ as they help the children to develop important life skills and attitudes.

• Playing and Exploring
• Active Learning
• Creative and Thinking Critically

Spring 1

This half-term, we will be exploring both the wonders of Winter and the traditional tale of ‘The Three Little Pigs.’

We will be learning about the changes that occur in nature during Winter. From the colder weather to how Winter affects both the environment and living creatures. The children will also learn about how to stay safe and warm during these chilly months.

The story of The Three Little Pigs will be central to our activities. We will reenact the story, which will help build language and communication skills, and the children will have the opportunity to create 3D models of the pigs’ houses. We will also use the story to support our learning in maths.

In our Maths lessons, through games and hands-on activities, we will focus on developing the children’s understanding of numbers 3 and 4. Activities will include, identifying numerals, counting objects and understanding the composition of these numbers, such as

2 + 1 = 3

3 + 1 = 4

To support early writing, we will continue our weekly Funky Fingers and Squiggle While You Wiggle activities, which help the children develop fine and gross motor skills. Alongside this, the children will have the opportunity to explore free mark-making activities, where they can represent things like snowmen, the three pigs, and their houses.

We will also be focusing on the letters in the children’s names, helping them to learn how to trace and write these important first letters.

As well as this we continue to sing daily, as nursery rhymes and songs are crucial for developing children’s communication, language and literacy skills. Other benefits include early maths skills and physical development through learning and copying actions.

We will continue to follow the Letters and Sounds programme too. In particular, the phase 1 activities as these help to develop the children’s speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for phonics work.

Even though we plan specific activities for the children a lot of what we do in Nursery has a child centred approach. We observe the children in their play and base activities around their interests linking them to the EYFS curriculum.

Finally, this half term we will be continuing with the Bedtime Story Bag.

T​opic Web - Spring 1