Nursery (AM & PM)
Welcome to Nursery
Our Teachers are:
Mrs Wenban, Mrs Barratt, Mrs Hollis and Mrs Penhallurick
Our Lunchtime supervisors are:
Miss Oxley and Mrs Severn
Nursery session times are:
Morning Nursery 8.45-11.45am
Afternoon Nursery 12.30-3.30pm
Full days 8.45am-2.45pm
Thank you for choosing our nursery to support your child through their early years of education and we are looking forward to getting to know you and your family. We strongly believe in the importance of working together with parents and carers to support young children’s development and so therefore if you have any questions or would like support please email us at foundationstage@cpa.dsat.education
Please click on the following link to see an overview of the learning we will be covering in Nursery this year.
Nursery Curriculum Overview 2024
Summer 1 2025
This term our learning will be focused around the theme My Home is my castle and we will be looking at different types of homes from around the world and in the past. We will also be thinking about the different materials we use to build houses and identifying similarities and differences between them.
Communication, Language and Literacy
This half term we will be continuing to focus on developing the children’s speaking and listening skills. These skills are a crucial first step for children learning to read and write and it is vital that they have a good understanding of vocabulary and sentence structure for them to be able to learn to read and write. Therefore we will be playing lots of listening games, singing songs and rhymes, modelling and encouraging them to speak in full sentences as well as developing their vocabulary through stories, exploratory experiences and imaginative play. You can support this learning at home by singing nursery rhymes, sharing stories at bedtime and talking with your child about the things you are doing at home or the places you visit.
During our phonic sessions we will be starting to listen to the sounds in words, we will be blending these sounds together form words as well as continuing to practice saying the different sounds clearly.
This half term our core stories are The Three Little Pigs and A Squash and a Squeeze. The children will have lots of opportunities to explore the language and vocabulary in these texts as well as sequencing them. We will also be using puppets and props to retell the stories.
Mathematics
As part of the nursery session the children will take part in a short daily maths sessions. During this learning the children will be given lots of opportunities to develop their early mathematical skills for example sorting groups of objects, counting small sets and recognising numbers, as well as talking about the days, months and seasons.
Here is a link to the num ber formation rhymes we use to teach the children how to write their numbers.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development 
As we are a My Happy Mind school we will be continuing to teach the children happy breathing techniques in order to keep their brains healthy and calm. We will also be learning about our new theme Engage, introducing the character Ernie and learning how we can set goals and persevere in trying to reach them.
We will also starting our Enterprise project, Fiver Challenge, thinking about what we are going to be making to sell at our summer fair next half term.
Physical Development
The children will have lots of opportunities to develop both their fine and gross motor skills. We will be teaching them how to hold a pencil using a tripod pencil grip and how to use a pair of scissors safely. The children will also be going outside everyday so that they can develop their running, climbing, rolling and balancing skills using the trim trail and the resources in our outdoor area. We will also be encouraging the children to learn to put their coat on independently and have a try and fastening them up.
Understanding the World
Science –We will be identifying and comparing different materials, thinking which ones would be good for building houses and why.
History – We will be finding out about the houses people lived in a long time a go and comparing them with our homes now.
Geography – As well as identifying seasonal changes and identifying the different types of weather we experience during spring we will also looking at homes from around the world and the different types of houses people live in e.g. house, bungalow, caravan.
R.E. – This half term we will be looking at stories from different religions and how we can learn from these stories. These stories will include The Hare and The Tortoise as well as the Sikh story The Crocodile and the Priest.
Creative
The children will have lots of opportunities to develop their creative skills using the resources in our cutting and sticking area to create models and pictures. They will learn to mix colours and use the painting resources effectively as well as learning lots of new songs and playing with the percussion instruments.
We will also be developing our cutting skills and will be practising cutting along curved lines to cut out circles.
General Information
Nursery Gate
Just to remind you our doors and gates will be opened at 8.45 and 12.30 for you to drop your children off at Nursery. You are welcome to bring your child into the classroom to help them hang their things on their pegs and get settled.
We will be opening our gates at 3.15pm in the afternoon as we are aware that some parent’s have other children to pick up from different classes and schools. You are therefore welcome to pick up you children any time between 3.15 and 3.30pm.
Clothing
Please help us by ensuring that your child is dressed in simple clothes that they can manage quickly and easily when they need to go to the toilet. Remember, sometimes busy children leave things to the last minute. If you would like to bring a spare set of clothes in a bag, which can be hung on their peg, in case of accidents this would be welcomed. However please make sure all bags, water bottles, lunch boxes and items of clothing, especially school jumpers and cardigans, have got your child’s name in them. We have got a box in nursery with lots of cardigans and jumpers that have no name in them.
Nursery children also have the opportunity to play outside everyday and it is therefore important that they bring appropriate clothing, including a sun hat.
Tapestry
We are using Tapestry to create online learning journeys for the children in the foundation stage. To find out more about Tapestry please click on the following power point presentation.
Tapestry parents information presentation 06.10.20
The following guides explain how to download the Tapestry app or to login in to your account using a web browser.
Tapestry for Parents Android Tutorial
Tapestry for Parents IOS Tutorial
Tapestry for Parents on the Web Tutorial
The following videos show how to use tapestry and how to add observations:
30 Hours Funding and Top up sessions
As you maybe aware we are able to offer 30 hours funded places for working parents as well as top up sessions. The prices for top up sessions are:
Cost per Hour: £5
Half a Day (8.45-11.45am/12.30-3.30pm): £15.00
2.45-3.30pm: £3.73 (£18.75 per week)
If you are interested in topping up then please speak to a member of the Foundation Team. More information on 30hours funding can be found by clicking on the following link:
FAQ Parents – 30 Hours Feb 2018
Please remember if you do qualify for 30 hours funding you will need a code and this code needs to be reconfirmed every three months. You will receive a message from HMRC to reconfirm your code 4 weeks and 2 weeks before the code expires.
If you have any questions or concerns please come and speak to a member of the Nursery staff. We would like to reassure you that we will take great care of your children and their safety and welfare is at the centre of all the decisions we make. We are very much looking forward to working with you all this year.
Mrs Wenban, Mrs Barratt, Mrs Hollis and Mrs Penhallurick
(Nursery Staff)