Welcome to Nursery!

There are 3 classes in Nursery ; Class NP, Class NS and Class NT.  The Teachers are Ms Papatheodorou (Class NP), Ms Morrison on Monday/Tuesday, Mrs Cooper on Wednesdays and Ms Sarwar on Thursday and Friday (Class NS) and Mrs Tate (Class NT).  Teaching assistants also working with us; Ms Kaur, Miss Qamar, Ms Lucy, Mrs Rooney and Ms Aisha.

Summer Term 2024

This half term, our topic will be 'Growing'. We will be reading stories such as 'Jasper's Beantstalk' written by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen, 'Oliver's Vegetables' by Alison Bartlett and Vivian French and 'Ten Seeds' by Ruth Brown.

Communication and Language: We are going to be exploring and talking about planting seeds and learning about what plants need to grow. We will continue with our 'helicopter stories' and we will be beginning early phonics with the RWInc programme which is used across the school.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development: We will be talking about our similarities and differences between ourselves. This will be delivered through circle time and stories such as 'Lara the Yellow Ladybird' using our 'Think Equal' programme. 

Literacy: We will be learning new vocabulary about planting and what plants need to grow. We will be sharing many stories to encourage a love of reading and practise turning pages in books and looking at the words and letters on each page, identifying the difference between text and illustrations. We will continue to explore a range of mark making both inside and outside the classroom using various resources such as brushes and water, painting, chalk, pens, pencils and crayons. We will begin to label our work with initial sounds, giving meaning to the marks we make. 

Maths: This half term we will be exploring shapes, size, capacity, weight and length. 

Understanding the world: We will be planting seeds and taking care of our new seedlings, learning about what plants need to grow. We will also be exploring healthy eating and why this is important for our bodies. 

Expressive art and design: This half term we will be loking at Van Gogh's Sunflowers, linked to our work on planting seeds and flowers. We will also be looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy and his sculptures.

Physical Development: This half term we will continue doing gymnastics. In these sessions we will be learning how to jump safely, how to balance and how to use our bodies to move in different ways. Please can your child come to school wearing suitable clothing (leggings, t-shirt, jogging bottoms) on the following days - 

NS - Monday

NT - Tuesday

NP - Wednesday

Reminders

Please remember to...

• always bring a spare set of clothes in school at all times. This is in case of messy or water play as well as toileting accidents (also, please label all clothing)
• send in a warm, waterproof coat with your child every day as the weather can change during the day
• make sure your child has a labelled water bottle in school every day to keep them hydrated throughout the day
• bring a pair of wellington boots for your child. These can be kept in your child's locker