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 to Wednesday 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.

Spring Term 2024

This half term, our topic will be 'Animals'. We will be reading stories such as 'Monkey and Me ' written by Emily Gravett and 'Walking through the Jungle' by Julie Lacome.

Communication and Language: We are going to be exploring and talking about different animals and countries using some new vocabulary to describe what we can see. We will also be continuing with our 'helicopter stories'

Personal, Social and Emotional Development: We will be talking about our feelings and beginning to understand how others might feel as well as looking at similarities and differences between ourselves. We will be sharing the story 'Is there anyone like me? written by Fred Strydom. These topics will be delivered through circle time and stories using our 'Think Equal' programme. 

Literacy: We will be learning new vocabulary about animals and where they live. 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. 

Maths: This half term we will be exploring number and the number 4. We will be looking at 1-1 cointing, compsing, subitising and matching the numeral to objects. 

Understanding the world: We will be busy looking for signs of spring this half term and visiting our forest school to look for changes over the coming weeks. We will be visiting Manchester Museum in small groups accross the week of 18th March. We will be exploring the animal exhibits.

Physical Development: This half term we will be 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