Hello! Welcome to Nursery Class and our new nursery classroom.

Children can start nursery from the age of 2 years old. Our teachers in every day are Mrs Price, Mrs Perkins, Mrs Davies and Mrs Hatcher.

We take part in lots of activities: drawing and painting, building and construction, gardening, cooking, reading and stories, messy play, role play, junk modelling, singing, music and much, much more! We follow the 2023 Development Matters non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage. It covers three Prime areas of Learning (Communication and Language; Physical Development; Personal Social and Emotional Development) as well as four Secondary areas of Learning (Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the world, Expressive arts and design). In addition, we consider the Characteristics of Effective Learning: - playing and exploring, active learning, creating and thinking critically. These consider how a child is learning. More information about the EYFS and Development Matters 2023 can be found at 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/development-matters--2

Every session we do small group work based upon phonics, maths and “talk time.” At the end of each session we share a whole class song / rhyme and listen to a story. We do physical activities daily, whether it be dancing, wake up shake up or yoga. At least once a week we do a short PE session. We carry out regular Worship times, usually a Bible story, song and prayer.

Each week we have a different focus, linked to the topic for the half term and of course the children’s interests. This year our topics will include:-

• Happy to be me / Autumn
• Colourful Me / Celebrations
• Wheels and Wings /Winter 
• People Who Help us/ Spring
• Lifecycles / Animals (land)
• Minibeasts / Animals (sea / water) / Summer

Each week we have a story and rhyme of the week which we share with our parents and carers at home, via our weekly newsletter or on Google classroom.

The transition process into Reception Class is an important part of the nursery year and throughout the year we meet up for joint activities. In the Summer Term we join together with the Reception class for assembly on a weekly basis.

If you have any questions about nursery life, please feel free to speak to a member of staff. Thank you!