Nursery R & V 2024 - 2025

We would like to begin by saying 'Welcome Back!' to our Nursery class we have a busy and exciting final half term to look forward to.

On this page you will find information about the current topic, news and updates regarding special events and dates to remember as well as access to photographs of the children and the fun things they have been doing whilst in school.

The class teachers for Nursery this school year are Mrs Roche (class NR) with Miss Davies and Mrs Brewster (class NV) with Mrs Hodge. Also, Miss Calvert works with the children throughout the week.

Let’s Learn through Changes

Our topic for Summer 2 is ‘Changes’ this topic supports the children to have a greater understanding of our living world around us and how we as humans change and grow over time. We will also be looking ahead at the changes that will be happening in our near future as we transition into Reception and also possible futures as we look at different careers and what we might one day like to do for a job. In investigation lessons we will also explore changes we have experienced over the year by looking at our recent history and looking at ourselves as babies and when we first joined Nursery, carrying out some fun experiments including changes from solid to liquid and how our day changes from daylight to night time.

For our Literacy lesson we will be focusing on 2 text ‘As we grow’ written by LibbyWalden and Richard Jones;‘When we grow up’ by Melanie Walsh and ‘Fireman Piggywiggy’ by Christyan and Diane Fox. Literacy lessons will build and develop children’s love of stories and extend their book knowledge skills. As always, we will place a large emphasis on ‘Communication and language’ by supporting children to use ne vocabulary, speak using simple sentences and be confident to ask and answer questions. This half term we are continuing to use our new ‘FANTASTIC Foundations’ scheme.  In line with the rest of the school. 

In Maths children will be developing their confidence with number composition, the use of number lines e.g. what comes before? What comes after a particular number. Knowledge of number to 5 by counting making narks placing on number lines and matching to numerals.

Following the foundations scheme of ‘Little Wandle Letters and sounds’ the children will be learning the following phonemes playing different games and practising their blending skills.

This term the sounds we are learning are:

Week 1: x

Week 2: qu

Week 3: ch 

Week 4: ck

Week 5: sh

Week 6: th

We will continue to use our 'Rainbow challenge’. This is used by the children during their ‘continuous provision time’ after adult input lessons. It is broken up into different areas/tables for the children to learn and play e.g. the ‘Construction area’ or the ‘Writing table’ or the ‘Reading corner’ and each are associated with a specific colour. Children are encouraged to explore their whole environment throughout the week and in doing so gain a coloured lollipop stick for each area they have engaged with. If they complete the Rainbow they are rewarded with a sticker and a prize at the end of the week.

We continue to place a large emphasis on children’s personal, social and emotional development skills and will endure to support them to be resilient, independent and confident learners that enjoy coming to school, learning and playing alongside their friends.

In addition, we will continue each week to engage in a ‘Music Assembly’ whereby the children sing songs and explore sound and instruments. We will also have a celebration assembly each Friday to award our ‘Stars of the week’ and our new certificates that reflect on our characteristics of effective learning. During this half term parents and carers will have the opportunity to come into school for Celebration Assembly and see their child receive their certificate on Thursday 19^th June in the School Studio at 9am.

Please see the 'Files to download' section below to find out more about your child's daily timetable and curriculum.

Reminders:

As we are now into Spring please send a coat with your child everyday as the weather can change and be sunny in the morning but may rain in the afternoon.  Please make sure your child is bringing a water bottle to school which they can access throughout the day to stay hydrated.

As the weather is changeable please also make sure with improving weather you are sending appropriate sunny weather items e.g. sun hat, water bottles and applying sun cream to your child in the morning when required.    

Please remember to send in a pair of Wellington boots for your child. We play outside in all weathers and the children really do love to splash in muddy puddles.

We would like to remind all parents that as part of your child’s school uniform.  Please have a spare set of clothes in school at all times. This is in case there are any toileting accidents or messy play mishaps. It is an expectation that children come to school toilet trained but we appreciate this isn’t always so easy and will support them as best we can in school.

Homework – Once all the children are settled we will start to send home their homework book which is sent home on a Friday and must be returned by the following Wednesday AM.  

Thank you for your support, we look forward to our continued work with until then end of the year and beyond!

Diary dates: 

Monday 16th Nursery Phonics Workshop

Tuesday 17^th June Class Photos

Thursday 19^th June Celebration Assembly. 

One final message...

Here in Early years at Ashbury meadow primary school we put every effort into building strong relationships with our pupils so that school is a place they not only enjoy, and feel safe but THRIVE and communication and Language forms the foundation of this, please take a few minutes to watch this TED talk which encompasses our ethos

How Every Child can Thrive by Five by Molly Wright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aISXCw0Pi94