WELCOME TO NURSERY
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Nursery Staff

About Nursery

Welcome to Nursery!  
In Nursery we want to develop the children’s confidence, independence, friendships and to learn about the world around them. This is done in a fun hands-on learning environment. Nursery is where children form their first impressions of school and we want them to be happy and enthusiastic learners from the start. In Nursery children are free to choose from a variety of activities and resources each day. Activities are planned according to the children’s interests, the half termly theme and the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum guidance.

Tapestry - we often add photos and WOW moments from the children’s time in Nursery. Please make sure you can log in to celebrate these exciting times with us.  

If you need to speak to a teacher please feel free to catch us after school or through the nursery email address (found on our curriculum letters).

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Curriculum Information

Extra Information:

• PE is on a Wednesday - wear PE kit to school
  

• Learning Outside the Classroom is on a Wednesday
  

• Library visit is on a Thursday - Please return books to be exchanged
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Further Information:

In Nursery we have started our Little Wandle Phonics scheme - Foundations for Phonics. Please use the following link to find out what we will be covering, the nursery rhymes we will focus on and videos of how we say each sound that is taught. It will really help the children if this is consistent at school and home. www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk
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Additional Activities

Additional activities to do at home with your child. ‍

• Look at numbers/ shapes in the environment.
  

• Count everyday items – stairs, socks, knives and forks, pointing to each one as a number is said.
  

• Practise putting shoes and socks on and off.
  

• Practise putting own coat on and fastening.
  

• Share the weekly Wednesday word Gospel reading with your child.
  

• Share a story with your child. Discuss the events, setting, characters.
  Ask questions such as 'What do you think will happen next?' Let your child turn the page.
  

• Ask your child to retell the story from your memory? Do you have any questions about the characters or the story? Answer 'how' or 'why' questions based on the story.
  

• Give your child a challenge. Can they follow more than 1 instruction? They could be silly things such as 'First, find a sock, then, put it on your hand, finally, sing a song with your sock as a puppet with a funny voice'! See if they follow more and more instructions at once!
  

• When doing an activity, ask a 'how' or 'why' question and see if the children can answer them, e.g. 'why do you think the ball floats on the water?', 'why do these bugs hide under a log?', 'how do you think this character is feeling?', 'how do birds fly?'. The children's ideas can be so amazing!
  

• Can you follow two part instructions?
  

• Create and tell a story with your toys as the characters.
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