Nursery 2024 - 2025

Mrs Rowling

Welcome to Nursery!

Class teacher – Mrs Rowling

Teaching assistants – Mrs Clark

Miss Palmer

A big welcome to our new children this term!

Our Autumn topics are:

Autumn

Who Am I?

How Do We Celebrate With Our Family ?

During Autumn term 1, we will be becoming more confident at leaving our family in the morning and coming into Nursery independently. We will learn where we are to put our belongings and start to recognise our names to help us self registrate. We will be encouraging the children to become more independent at snack time by washing their hands and helping themselves to food and drink. The children will learn different routines and with support begin to follow them. The Children will be learning all about themselves in the first term, we will be encouraging them to talk about themselves and their families. We will be using the text 'Elmer' to help us explore that we are all very different but as special as each other. In Nursery we will share lots of different stories with the children and we would like the children to respond to stories through talk, marks or drawings. In maths we will be singing and acting out number rhymes to 5, the children will be able to see visually groups with more or less. We are going to be exploring the outside environment and noticing the changes that happen as we enter the season of Autumn. We will begin phase 1 phonics, focusing on sounds around us and why it is so important to listen.

In Autumn 2 we would like the children to be more confident at entering Nursery independently and puting their belongings away. The children will be encouraged to ask for help if they are finding things tricky in the environment. We will be playing lots of games to help children develop friendships and learn the importance of sharing and taking turns. Our topic 'How do we celebrate with our family?' enables us to think about the different celebrations that will be taking place over the half term and learning how people celebrate all around the world. Our core text to start the half term is 'Room on the Broom' the children will make their own silly spells! We will continue phase 1 phonics and introduce rhythm and rhyme, and sing lots of nursery rhymes to help support this. In maths the children will recognise numbers 1 and 2 and begin to subitise .

We use the Development Matters guidance document to plan our curriculum. Please click here for Development Matters

In the Autumn term our PE lesson will be on Wednesday morning.

Celebration Assembly

Celebration Assemblies will be on Friday at 9 am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

Tapestry

Each week you will be able to see photographs of your child's learning on Tapestry

Home Learning

Each week I will be asking children to complete a short activity . I will also send a rhyme of the week that I would like you to share with your child. If there is a specific book that we are sharing in class I will send a link home to allow your child to become familiar with the story.

Important Dates

Wednesday 18th September - Meet the Teacher

If you need to get in touch with us please phone or email the school office, speak to one of us when you collect your child, or send a message via Tapestry.