Nursery
2021 - 2022
This year all our class names are based on inspirational British people.
Nursery
Potter Class - Miss King (Class Teacher), Mrs Schofield (Nursery Nurse), Ms Hargill (Teaching Assistant), Ms Wallace (Teaching Assistant).
Spring Term 1
Creative Curriculum
This half term our creative theme is ‘On the Farm’.
The books we will be reading are: On the Farm, Spot goes to the Farm, What the Ladybird Heard and A Squash and a Squeeze.
We will be singing farm related songs such as: Old Mac Donald, This Little Piggy went to Market, Three Blind Mice and we will also be retelling these stories through drama.
We will also be drawing and painting our favourite farm animals.
Prime Areas of Learning
This half term we will be focusing on Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, and Physical Development.
There will be lots of opportunities to support your child’s development in these areas and they will be embedded throughout the continuous provision, through gentle guidance and support of the practitioners in the setting.
The children will have daily teaching of phonics and this will help to develop early listening and attention skills. Your child’s participation in group time
will support them in making relationships and help them to grow in confidence.
Concept Cat
The children will learn a new word each week with the help of Concept Cat. He will tell the children a story all about the word and he will use props to support learning of the new word.
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Autumn 2021
Creative Curriculum
This half term in Nursery our creative theme is ‘Look Under The Sea.’
The books we will be reading are, Commotion in the Ocean, Octopus Socktopus, Rainbow fish, Sharing a Shell, Tickly Octopus and many more.
We will be naming and describing sea creatures and we will be spending lots of time in the water and sand tray.
We will explore colour and use these colours to paint our fish.
We will also explore moving to different types of music.
Prime Areas of Learning
This half term we will be focusing on Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, and Physical Development.
There will be opportunities to support your child’s development in these areas and these will be embedded in the continuous provision and will be enhanced by the gentle guidance and support of the practitioners in the setting.
The children will be taught daily phonics, which helps to develop early listening and attention skills and your child’s participation in group time will support them in making relationships and help them to grow in confidence.
Concept Cat
The children will learn a new word each week with the help of Concept Cat. He will tell the children a story all about the word and he will use props to support learning of the new word.
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50 Things to Do Before You're 5!
Tick-off 50 fantastic things for you and your child to experience together.
50 Things To Do Before You’re Five gives you 50 activities that parents and carers can support their children to try out and repeat.
They are low-cost/no cost experiences that include indoor, outdoor, seasonal, home-based and out-and-about activities, that are not only fun but will get your little one off to a flying start with his/her learning and language development.
You can download the FREE 50ThingsWakefield app via this QR code:
Why not also download the 50ThingsWakefield poster - print it, display it on your fridge and start ticking off those activities!
Click here to download your poster.
The website for this fantastic scheme is:
https://wakefield.50thingstodo.org/app/os#!/whats-it-all-about
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You will by now have all received your copy of the book.
Please share this regularly with your child.
When you are familiar with the text please click the link below for some fantastic ideas on how to support your child's learning across the curriculum using the book as a stimulus!
CLICK ME FOR WONDERFUL OCTOPANTS ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS!
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