Author: Ima Teacher

Nursery

Spring Term

Teacher - Miss Wilding
TA - Miss Marriott

The Spring term is a very exciting time for Nursery. Our main topics will be ‘Houses and Homes and Dragons, Kights and Castles’. We will be using stories, props and our environment to explore this topic and to help our learning. Here is a brief summary of some of the activities we will be doing.

In Literacy, we will be learning how to recognise and write our own name. We will listen to different stories and have a chance to look at books ourselves. We will also be trying to remember events in stories we have read. We will be starting to copy letters. We will be focusing on alliteration and making noises with our voices

In Mathematics, we will be using a variety of number rhymes, songs and props to develop understanding of number and calculation. We will use a variety of resources to help us count, recognise numbers and explore shapes. We will be learning different ways in which we can represent numbers. We will also be looking at the different numbers and shapes in the environment and beginning to talk about these. We will look at different patterns and explore making our own patterns

Our topics this term are..
‘Houses and Homes
Dragons, Knights and Castles
Spring and Easter’

In Understanding of the World, we will be talking about the similarities and differences between houses around the world. We will also be looking at the changes that happen in our environment as we move from Winter to Spring. We will also be learning about Chinese New Year and Easter and how they are celebrated. We will also be exploring different objects by creating experiments where we can explore floating/sinking, magnets and light.

In Personal, Social and Emotional Development we will be learning how to be a good friend and how to follow the rules. We will talking about feelings and trying to name how we feel. We will also be learning how to ask someone to play with us.

In Physical Development, we will be developing our spacial awareness by creating our own obstacle courses and exploring the different ways in which we can navigate these obstacles. We will also be using pencils, scissors etc. to develop fine motor skills. We will be encouraging children to put on their own coat, shoes and socks so that they can develop their own self-help skills.

In Communication and Language, we will be working on our speaking and listening skills in our lessons and whilst we are learning with our friends. In our Literacy and Curriculum lessons, we will be learning new words that we can use, joining in with class discussions, listening to stories and joining in with songs.

In Expressive Arts and Design, we will be drawing and painting pictures of objects or characters in the stories that we are reading and also painting pictures of flowers in our environment. We will designing different objects and then will be trying to make these out of different materials we can find in our Creative Area. We will also be learning lots of new songs to sing in school and at home.

In Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural, children will be encouraged to respect one another and property.
Children will be made aware of school rules and expectations.
We will listen to others and show care for others feelings.
We will find out about the diverse world we live in.

General Information
To ensure that we can plan and deliver exciting opportunities to bake regularly, taste a variety of snacks and have the ingredients for weekly Play Dough we kindly ask for a contribution from parents of £3:00 per half term.
Our children in Nursery may bring home activity sheets and work books to support their learning at home. Please make sure these are returned to school on the following Monday. These will be writing, drawing or speaking tasks.
The Foundation Stage Curriculum has 7 areas of learning which are Personal and Social Development, Physical Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design. These will be discussed with you in the next parents meeting, although you are welcome to chat to us about this at any time.
Please ensure that you are encouraging your child to become independent by letting them try to put on their clothes and shoes by themselves.
Please ensure that all items of clothing, coats, bags and lunch boxes are clearly named as it makes it easier to ensure your children go home everyday with their items.
If your child is a Morning or Afternoon child, please refrain from bringing in book bags as we do not have anywhere that we can store these each day. However, could children that stay for the full day (30 hours), please bring the school bag that they were given to school everyday as they will keep this in their drawer and take home things they have made during the day.
Any Junk boxes or materials that you wish to recycle will be very much appreciated by us, as we use it in our creative area for making amazing models.
We actively encourage children to bring in their achievements, certificates and rewards from outside activities as we enjoy seeing what our children have been doing. However, we do ask for toys and jewellery to be kept at home as we do not want these to get broken or ruined.
Please speak to a member of staff if you have any questions or concerns. Thank-you so much for your support. We are looking forward to an exciting and busy year ahead.