Welcome to Nursery

#proud

Meet the team

Teacher: Miss Edwards   

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Szmyt

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Dixon

PE Day - Monday

What have we done this term to make ourselves proud?

We are so proud that the children are happy to come to Nursery everyday, they have settled in well and are beginning to follow the Nursery routines. Many of the children can now take off their coats and bags and hang them on their pegs as well as attempting to put coats on during their home time routine. The staff are also proud that the children are beginning to explore the classroom environment freely and can access the resources independently. They are still trying to remember where things go in our classroom and are beginning to use the picture prompts to help them sort the toys out into their correct places. We are super proud of all the children have achieved so far and we can see their progress daily. Well done Nursery!

In Autumn 1 Nursery have been learning about 'This is me'. They have been busy talking about their family members and who lives with them. They have been looking at each other carefully to identify the similarities and differences between them through painting pictures, drawing, making models and transient art. At the beginning of this half term they learnt about Diwali and how Hindu families celebrate it. The children learnt about different feelings through our story ’The Colour Monster’. The children have also taken part in special days such as Bubbles & Broomstick Day and helped to raise money for Children in Need.

Our second mini adventure was all about 'Woodlands' the children have been investigating woodland animals, their names, what they look like and their habitat. The children have been learning about the changes that occur during the Autumn time, especially to the trees and discovered there was a leaf thief! They also took part in a bare foot walk to explore their senses when reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.’ They have been exploring lots of natural materials that you would find in the woods. Our last mini adventure this term was 'Christmas' where we have learnt about what people do during this celebration and being part of the Nursery Sparkle & Sing afternoon.

 

What we will be learning about in the Spring Term.

Reading

This half term we will begin to learn individual letter sounds through the Read Write Inc phonics scheme. Children will learn the sound and start to identify initial sounds in words and around their environment.  In the first half of the term, children will read the book 'Real Superheroes' and a selection of 'Busy People' books to support their learning about people who help us. After February half term we will be reading different traditional tales such as The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The three Little Pigs.

Writing

Theis half-term we will enjoy drawing freely and making marks in lots of different ways including paint, coloured sand and messy play! It is very important for us to strengthen our gross and fine motor skills before we can write, so we will take part in lots of large movement activities as well as strengthening our fingers with play dough, tweezers and other fine motor activities. We will also begin to form our letters through our phonics lessons and begin to recognise and write some letters from our names.

Maths

During this half term we will continue to work on our counting skills, counting to 10 and beyond during our morning routine as well as at snack time. We will also begin to experiment with numbers and symbols to represent amount on paper and solve some real world problems with amounts up tp 5. We will also look at 2D and 3D shapes, naming them and using them for different purposes such as building houses for the three pigs.

Mini Adventures

Autumn 1 - People who help us

During this mini adventure we will:

2-3 years

*To know that brushing our teeth keeps them clean and healthy.

*Know some people who help us through visuals.

*Know a food that is healthy for me.

*Know how to help someone.

*Know who can help me when I’m ill.

*Know a food that is healthy for me.

*Know that washing my hands keeps them clean.

3-4 years

*Know who can help us if we are in danger.

*Know 1 thing a doctor, nurse, police officer, dentist and firefighter does.

*Know how a police officer and doctor can help us

*Know some food which are healthy or not so healthy.

*Know 1 way how to keep your teeth healthy.

 

Autumn 2 - Traditional Tales

During this mini adventure we will:

2-3 years

*Know how to join in with singing a song or rhyme.

*Know who is in the story through visuals.

*Know a word to repeat from a story.

*Know how to use story props in my play.

3-4years

*Know how to sing two songs.

*Know what happens in a story to share with others.

*Know a repeated refrain form a story to use it.

*Know how to sequence a simple story.

*Know how to act out a story using story prompts.

*Know that materials have different properties (hard, fragile, rough, strong).

 

 

Be safe, be kind, be ready to learn.