Welcome to Nursery

Welcome back! We hope that you had a wonderful Easter break and were able to enjoy some of the lovely weather that we had. 

As we step into our final term together, get ready for more fun, more discoveries, and plenty of smiles. We have exciting activities ahead and we can’t wait to see the children continue to grow and shine.

On Monday 28th April, Mrs Butler will be bringing something very EGG-citing in from home. As some of you may know, I visitied the farm before the holidays to pick up some eggs, they have been incubating at home and are due to hatch next week. Will they be chicks? ducks? or dinosaurs?

Our literacy this half term ties in with our science unit, 'Minibeasts and Growing.' We will listen to some poems with the beautiful book, Watch me bloom; learn about minibeasts with ‘Mad about minibeasts’ and see what Jack and Jasper get up to with their beanstalks.

In maths, we will explore patterns in art, before moving on to exploring the next stage in the shape, space and measure progression. The children will move on from inset puzzles to completing simple jigsaws with between 4 and 6 pieces. Children will also match shape resources, such as pattern blocks, to templates. Repeating patterns will be introduced for the first time in this block. At this stage, these patterns will be simple and will repeat using two different objects. Finally, the children will gain more confidence and subitise for a purpose through activities and when playing games. An effective way to do this is to use meaningful contexts for activities, such as feeding an animal a certain number of food items.  

To find out more about what we will be learning, please see our 'Curriculum on a Page' document which will give you an overview of our learning across the year. Additionally, our Summer 1 Newsletter has been posted under News.

As always, if you have any questions or queries, don't hesitate to ask.

Mrs Butler and the Nursery Team.

Key Information

Please label all items of uniform.

Spare Clothes

Please provide spare clothes for your child in a draw string bag (this does not have to be full uniform). These will be left in school, in case your child has an accident or simply gets wet/muddy within our outdoor provision. If your child does have an accident, these clothes will be sent home and we would appreciate it, if you return the spare clothes as soon as possible. We will be spending lots of time enjoying the outdoor provision so please send in a spare pair of wellington boots if you have any and again these can be stored in school. Please label all of your children’s belongings.

Sunscreen

As the weather gets warmer, please ensure your child has a 'once a day' sunscreen applied before they come to school.