Class Teachers: Sally Eustance, Andrea Clover and Kirsty Spittle
Welcome
PHONICS CORNER
Week beg 1.6.20 – ‘i’ sound
Introducing ‘i’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Make an i-i-i-insect::
i-i-i in the woods – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Week beg 18.5.20 – ‘t’ sound
Introducing ‘t’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Can you build a ttttower? – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Week beg 11.5.20 – ‘d’ sound
Introducing ‘d’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Letter formation game – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Forming ‘d’ and making a ddddark dddden – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Week beg 4.5.20 – ‘s’ sound
Introducing ‘s’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Twinkle, twinkle little sssstar and a sssssneeze – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Sssssuperhero activities – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Forming ‘s’ – click here to see Sally’s video
S song – click here to see Sally’s video
Ssss activities – click here to see Sally’s video
Week beg 27.4.20 – ‘a’ sound
Introducing ‘a’ – click here to see Sally’s video
10 a-a-apples in a tree song – click here to see Sally’s video
Bouncing a-a-a – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Playing a game with mmm and a-a-a – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Bounce a-a-a – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Week beg 20.4.20 – ‘m’ sound
Introducing ‘m’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Making a sound picture – click here to see Sally’s video
Writing ‘m’ – click here to see Sally’s video
Mark making ‘m’ in salt – click here to see Sally’s video
MMMMMog story – click here to see Sally’s video
Mmmmany Mmmmoons story – click here to see Kirsty’s story
a-a-a-apple story – click here to see Kirsty’s video
VE DAY
VE celebrations 1 – click here to see Jill’s video
VE celebrations 2 – click here to see Jill’s video
CATERPILLARS CORNER
Day 1 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 2 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 3 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 4 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 5 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 6 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 7 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 8 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 9 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 10 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 11 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 12 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 13 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 14 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 15
Day 16 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 21 (part 1) – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 21 (part 2) – click here to see Andrea’s video
The caterpillar opening his wings:
Picture of butterfly:
Day 22 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Day 23 – day before release – click here to see Andrea’s video
Release of butterflies – part 1 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Release of butterflies – part 2 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Release of butterflies – part 3a – click here to see Andrea’s video
Release of butterflies – part 3b – click here to see Andrea’s video
Making your own caterpillar – click here to see Kirsty’s video
Making caterpillars – click here to see Andrea’s video
The Very Hungry Caterpillar story – click here to see Zehra’s video
Caterpillar necklace activity
Catterpillar numbers activity – click here to see Andrea’s video
Feeding the very hungry caterpillar game
Making a caterpillar – click here to see Andrea’s video
Measuring caterpillars – click here to see Sally’s video
Counting with the hungry caterpillar – click here to see Sally’s video
Caterpillar pencil pots – click here to see Andrea’s video
Toilet roll caterpillar – click here to see Andrea’s video
Writing name on caterpillar – click here to see Andrea’s video
Writing name on caterpillar 2 – click here to see Andrea’s video
Number caterpillar – click here to see Andrea’s video
Make your own ‘If I were a caterpillar’ storybook
Look what Kirsty found (part 1) – click here for her video
Look what Kirsty found (part 2) – click here for her video
Caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly – click here to see Andrea’s video
Butterly – click here to see Andrea’s video
Life cycle of a butterfly – click here to see Andrea’s video
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar story – click here to see Sally’s video
Printing caterpillars with wine corks:
10 little butterflies song – click here for Kirsty’s video
How to make a very healthy caterpillar – click here for Kerry’s activity
3D caterpillars – click here for Andrea’s video
Butterfly plate garden – click here for Andrea’s video
A flower for the butterflies – click here for Andrea’s video
Toilet roll butterflies – click here for Andrea’s video
Apple lacing activity part 1 – click here for Donna’s video
Apple lacing activity part 2 – click here for Donna’s video
Butterfly poem – click here for Kirsty’s video
ST GEORGE’S DAY
EARTH DAY
What a wonderful world (story) – click here to see Sally’s video
SALLY’S CORNER
Fairy Garden activity – click here for her video
Making a House – click here for her video
5 little ducks song – click here to see her video
Blossom tree activity – click here for her video
Owl Babies Story – click here to see her video
The Tiger who came to tea story – click here to see her video
Biscuits in the oven song – click here to see her video
Baby Beluga song – click here to see her video
Stone painting – click here to see her video
Easter chick pictures – click here to see her video
Sleeping bunnies song – click here to see her video
Counting chicks/numbers – click here to see her video
Easter bunny counting – click here to see her video
Tractor Ted in Springtime book – click here to see her video
Old Macdonald had a farm song – click here to see her video
See how they go – Chicks (book) – click here to see her video
Nursery rhymes sing-a-long – click here to see her video
Cornflour Fun – click here to see her video
10 Red apples (story) – click here to see her video
In the garden – click here to see her video
KIRSTY’S CORNER
Easter display activities for the home – click here to see her video
5 Bunnies in a Bed session – click here to see her video
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears storytime – click here to see her video
If you’re happy and you know it song – click here to see her video
5 things that make her happy – click here to see her video
3 Billy Goat’s Gruff story – click here to see her video
Giraffe’s Can’t Dance story – click here to see her video
The 3 Little Pigs story – click here to see her video
Little Shark story – click here to see her video
Easter picture and Easter rainbow hat
Easter hats – click here to see her video
Easter Story – click here to see her video
Counting Story – click here to see her video
Book about being 4 – click here to see her video
Peace At Last story – click here to see her video
Art with Mr Badger – click here to see her video
It’s MMMMMine story – click here to see her video
New baby story – click here to see her video
10 little men in a flying saucer – click here to see her video
This Is Not a Book – click here to see her video
ANDREA’S CORNER
Sock Bunny activity – click here for her video
5 Speckled Frogs – click here for her video
Nursery songs – click here for her video
5 monkeys in a bed song – click here for her video
Making a spider – click here for her video
Making a maze – click here for her video
Easter activities – click here for her video
Easter egg hunt – click here for her video
Rabbits Don’t Lay Eggs story – click here for her video
Making an octopus – click here for her video
Making an Elmer – click here for her video
Shapes – click here for her video
Number game – click here for her video
Number game 2 – click here for her video
Mr Rainbow story – click here for the video
Make a 3D rainbow
JILL’S CORNER
Little Mousey Brown song – click here for her video
The Train song – click here for her video
Worry dolls – click here for her video
Silly Billy story – click here for her video
Below is Kirsty (when she was a little girl) with the author of the book Jill is reading in the link above.
The Best Chip story – click here for her video
Making bird feeders (part 1) – click here for her video
Making bird feeders (part 2) – click here for her video
Making a bird nest – click here for her video
Supertato, Veggies in the Valley of Doom – click here for her video
Supertato activity:
DONNA’S CORNER
Days of the week song – click here for her video
Message – click here for her video
Song – click here for her video
Lunchtime song – click here for her video
ANNA’S CORNER
Counting in Italian – click here for her video
Italian phrases – click here for her video
Colours in Italian – click here for her video
Days of the week song in Italian – click here for her video
Animals in Italian – click here for her video
KERRY’S CORNER
Making chocolate nests – click here for her video
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat poem – click here for video
Cloud Dough – click here for her video
Making squashy bags – click here for her video
Ouch Pouch story – click here for her video
Counting activity – click here for the activity
ZEHRA’S CORNER
Chewy Hughie story – click here for her video
Can you find something around the house which begins with all the letters of the alphabet? With nursery we recommend you use lower case letters, e.g. a, not A.
My Zoo story – click here for her video
Making slime – click here for her video
How not to make slime – click here for her video
ANNE’S CORNER
Volume and capacity 1 – click here for her video
Volume and capacity 2 – click here for her video
Language for comparing – click here for her video
CRISTINA’S CORNER
Video 1 – click here to see her video
Video 2 – click here to see her video
OTHER
Our School Values for this academic year are: Cooperation (Autumn 1), Empathy (Autumn 2), Fairness (Spring 1), Forgiveness (Spring 2), Kindness (Summer 1) and Loyalty (Summer 2).
Welcome to Hedgehog Class
Hedgehog class is a full time/part time daily nursery (15/30 hour provision which includes lunch) which is open from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. The class has 30 per session (40 over the course of the week) children with an age range of three to four years. Sessions take place in the Early Years Foundation building which is based near the main entrance to the school. Pupils have access to all our indoor and outdoor learning areas and they have weekly opportunities to venture out into our wooded Spinney area.
Welcome to Woodpecker Class
Woodpecker class is a full time nursery and provides nursery care for 30 hours. The class has 30 children per session with an age range of three to four years. Sessions take place in the Nursery building that overlooks Albert Recreation Ground. Pupils have access to indoor and outdoor learning areas and also have many opportunities to explore the school’s wooded Spinney area.
Aims
We aspire to provide all children with a happy and exciting start to their school life by providing a rich, stimulating learning environment with exciting, explorative learning opportunities. We celebrate success and develop the self esteem of all children regardless of language and ability. We look forward to working with all parents and carers throughout the year, in order to enable each child to have a successful and rewarding start to their school career.
Class Letters to Parents
Autumn newsletter 2019 hedgehog Autumn newsletter 2019 woodpecker
Nursery Information/Booklets
Preparing your child for nursery Nursery Handbook 2019 – 2020 Nursery Curriculum Overview
Tapestry
Parents/carers can track their child’s progress and experience by logging onto your Tapestry Account with the log in code you will receive this week.
Key Person
In both nursery classes, every child has a ‘Key Person’ who provides additional emotional support through your child’s time in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and they are your first point of contact.
Nursery Teaching Team
| Nursery Manager | Sally Eustance |
| Hedgehog Nursery Teaching Staff | Sally Eustance (Mon-Wed) |
| Andrea Clover (Thu+ Fri) | |
| Nursery Nurses | Donna Cade |
| Zehra Davis | |
| Woodpecker Nursery Teaching Staff | Andrea Clover (Mon-Wed) |
| Kirsty Spittle (Thurs+Fri) | |
| Nursery Nurses | Jill Karavias |
| Kerry Colletta | |
| Anna Milic | |
| Teaching assistant | Leonie Rahman |
Curriculum / Learning
The EYFS Curriculum
There are 7 areas of learning with 3 prime areas which build the capacity to learn Communication and Language, Physical Development and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. The prime areas will help them to develop skills in 4 Specific areas; Literature, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and design.
These 7 areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities. The staff teaching and supporting your child will make sure the activities are suited to your child’s unique needs and their ‘next steps’ in learning.
Children learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outdoors. The curriculum is led by play, both ‘planned’ play opportunities and also by child-initiated activities.
The School Values that we will be exploring this year are: ‘Co-operation’, ‘Empathy’, ‘Fairness’, ‘Forgiveness’, ‘Kindness’ and ‘Loyalty’.
To see what we will be teaching this academic year click on this link (Nursery Curriculum Overview in process of updating ) for and overview.
Downloads
‘What to expect, when?’ ( Guidance to your child’s learning and development)
Free 30 hour entitlement
Many working parents of 3 to 4-year-olds in England will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare – rather than the current 15 hours for 38 weeks per year. Not everyone is eligible but you can check whether you can apply by clicking on the links below.
Information about the free 30 hour entitlement
Parent journey for 30 hours free childcare
Extended School Provision
Breakfast club and after school club is available to both part time and full time nursery children. Please contact the school office for more details.
Admissions
Please visit our Admissions page for greater detail for the application process, see link below.
Nursery Media
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