Welcome to Nursery!
Mrs Kerrie Wood Doyle Nursery Teacher
Mrs Rachael Kennington Nursery Teaching and Learning Assistant
Mrs Hazel Walmsley Nursery Teaching and Learning Assistant
Miss Zara Rowbottom Nursery Teaching and Learning Assistant
Nursery Key Information
Our daily routine in Conkers class
8.40 Arrive, settle and hang up coats and bags.
8.45 Carpet time to register and discuss our learning project.
8.55/9.00. Adult led activities connected to our project and free choice of play.
9.40. Tidy and then Literacy time on the carpet.
10.00 Snack time.
10.15 Small outdoor area.
10.30. Maths input on the carpet.
.10.45 Free choice, indoors or outside
11.30 Storytime
!!.45 Home or dinner
Our daily routine in Catkins class
8.40 arrive and settle
8’45 until 10.00 playing and adult led choice activities, inside and outside
10.00 snack time
10.15 until 11.30 play and adult led choice activities
11.30 Story and singing
11.45 home time or dinner
Nappies and toilet training is done throughout the morning
Dates for the diary
18th September Forest school trip
3rd October Library visit
18th October Stay and Play
24th October Halloween Party
14th November library visit
12th December Pantomime visits school
13th Stay and play
16th December Christmas Sing a Long
19th December Christmas Party
7th February Stay and Play
March Pony Patch trip
3rd April Easter Party
July Formby beach trip
11th July Stay and Play
17th July Summer party
What’s happening in Autumn 1?
During this half term the children settle into their new room, explore their immediate surroundings, gaining confidence and independence.
The project entitled Let’s Explore teaches about the environments that they share with others, including their homes, school and places in the local community. They follow their own interests, playing and investigating a well facilitated class environment. They also start to learn in small groups, sharing ideas and making links with things that they already know.
The wider school environment is used throughout this project, taking walks around the field to observe the Autumnal weather, plants and even the school chickens! A highlight is also a trip to local Forest school during which the children gain a fantastic experience of exploring a woodland environment.
Build it Up is a shorter project and gives the children opportunities and skills for building structures using a wide range of materials, working individually or collaboratively.
Key texts this half term include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and The Three Little Pigs.
What’s happening in Autumn 2?
Marvellous Machines and Puppets and Pop ups and projects
This interest-led project teaches children about the technology that is part of their daily lives and how machines help us. The project gives children the opportunity to build and create marvellous machines.
Starting with a tour of the school. Looking for machines that help us, we aim to make links between home and school. The children develop their knowledge through play, such as pretend shops and a hairdresser. We use everyday machines such as a toaster and take the opportunity to talk about safety around household machines.
As Christmas approaches, we have a mini topic, during which we make pop up cards, puppets and enjoy a visit from a Pantomime.
What’s happening in Spring 1?
Long Ago and Stories and Rhymes
The project Long Ago teaches children about how they have grown and changed since they were babies and how life in the past was different from today.
Stories and Rhymes
This project teaches children about traditional stories and rhymes and gives them the opportunity to play with words and learn new vocabulary.
What’s happening in Spring 2?
Ready Steady Grow and Signs of Spring
This project teaches children about food and farming and explores themes, including where food comes from, what plants and animals need to grow and survive and what constitutes a healthy lifestyle.
Highlights of this half term are a trip to Pony Patch and to The Easter Experience at the local church hall.
What’s happening in Summer 1? Animal Safari and Creep, Wriggle and Crawl
This project teaches children about the animals that live around the world, how to look after animals and the importance of caring for our local and global environments.
The mini project of Creep, Wriggle and Crawl teaches children about invertebrates that live in their gardens and local environment.
The children always love hunting for mini beasts as well as learning about animals that live across the globe.
What’s happening in Summer 2?
On the Beach and Move it
This project teaches children about the plants and animals that live at the seaside. It also explores holidays in the past and the importance of keeping safe
in the sun. Planning a teddy bear’s picnic is a great activity on the school field and the term is ended with a very exciting trip to Formby beach. The mini project Move it teaches children about the importance of exercise, sleep and a balanced diet, and explores outdoor, summer games and activities.