Welcome to Nursery

Class Teacher - Mrs Panesar

Miss Nadia - TA

Welcome to Nursery,

We believe that children learn best when their natural curiosity and love of exploring is fostered. We are a strong team with a care for each and every child. We strive to ensure that every child unique characteristics and love of learning is built upon enabling us to get the very best from your child. At the centre of that is you, their family. We build close relationships so that we can understand your child and help them and yourselves. As a team we carefully observe and assess each child then plan carefully thought out enabling environments that enable your child to learn and practise skills in the best way for them.

Throughout the year we have a range of fun and exciting first hand experiences to enable your child to explore and develop their learning and understanding of the world. These include; celebrating Diwali and Chinese New year, caring for various plants in our garden and watching caterpillars transform into butterflies.

Our creative teaching and learning philosophy ensures children dynamically explore the whole curriculum, using both the inside and outside environment using all of their senses and the Characteristics of Effective Learning.

Children are encouraged to experiment and practise knowledge and skills through the Development Matters subjects.

We use self-initiated learning to:

embed curriculum skills and knowledge
challenge learning
encourage collaboration and co-operation
develop resilience and self-help skills

Self-initiated learning allows children opportunities to:

consolidate learning
problem solve
collaborate with their peers
take risks
learn through play
make their own decisions

Self-initiated learning areas will always have:

carefully chosen fiction and non-fiction books to support the learning
a variety of resources so children are making their own decisions about some of their learning
where practical “real” resources will be used
Clearly defined spaces

Our learning environment – The inside learning environment

Small world related to a curriculum subject
Role play – allowing for imaginative themes, linked to reading or an interest or curriculum area e.g. history role play, retelling of traditional tales, role play real experiences – e.g. garden shop, museum tour guide
Fine Motor area - opportunities to develop fine motor control and skills to enable them to strengthen their finger muscles. This will help children to learn how to hold a pencil/pen in a tripod grip to correctly form letters and numbers
Maths area – opportunities to explore maths in the children’s own way, consolidating what they have learnt in maths carpet sessions
Writing area – opportunities for children to write and draw using a range of resources to help them explore and practice learning in class
Creative area – opportunities for children to express themselves through a range of media and materials.

The outside learning environment

Role play – allowing for imaginative themes, linked to reading or an interest or curriculum area e.g. retelling of traditional tales, role play real experiences – e.g. garden shop, doctors, Tesco's
Physical opportunities - gross motor skills e.g. big art (murals, group pieces), large construction (boxes, bricks, planks, pallets), PE skills (games, assault courses, skills)
Reading – a quiet area for children to foster a love of books and reading
Sand area – using a range of resources this area gives children the opportunity to explore sand play
Mud Kitchen - an area for children to create recipes, cook and explore using mud
Stage – a place where children can use music, dance or drama to express themselves
Garden – a quiet place where children can plant and learn about the natural world around them. This area includes; a planting area changed throughout the year.

Please find below information about our Nursery Curriculum and how you can support your child at home. You will find that we focus on different books and areas of learning each half term:

Welcome to Nursery

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