Main Themes – Continuing to Settle In
| Small World Corner & ’Belly Play’ Carpet Using imaginative play & language Understanding the world | Vehicle Table Using fine motor skills with co-operative play & language Using imagination to create scenarios | Home Corner Imitating everyday experiences in role-play scenarios Communicating through language & actions Collaborative interactions with peers Doctors Surgery, Hairdressers |
| Construction Tray Using fine/gross motor skills & imagination to build, create & assemble Exploring shape, pattern & size | Puzzles Using critical thinking to match shapes & patterns Using fine motor skills & manipulation to assemble & complete peg, inset & table top puzzles | Understanding the World Experiencing different textures & materials Exploring using descriptive language Finding out about the animals, plants & technology of the world around us Planting daffodil bulbs to observe growth |
| Literacy Table Creative mark-making & early writing Development of tripod grip for control Free drawing & Mark-making Using scissors | Craft Activity Creating with different materials Using fine motor & cutting skills Sponge Painting Leaves for Display Board | Mathematics Tray Exploring numbers, counting & comparisons Understanding shape, pattern & measures (SL-2026) Show finger numbers up to 5 (using one number count per finger) (SL-2027) Take part in finger rhymes with numbers (hickory dickory dock, once I caught a fish alive) |
| Painting Area Free painting & mark-making Developing brush control Exploring colour mixing | Malleable Materials Table Manipulating materials using hands, tools & equipment Creative model-making Playdough with various tools, cutters, rollers | Book Corner Handling & exploring story, picture & non-fiction books Listening to, understanding & interacting with stories Developing awareness of rhyme & initial sounds Picture Books & Stories |
PSED – Select & use resources, with help when needed (SL-2026) : Managing transitions eg, from parent to key person (SL-2027)
Dear parents,
Curriculum Plans
Please see attached our plans for the next two weeks.
All our new children are making the transition into nursery so well, some need more support from the nursery staff than others but all children come with different prior experiences of life so this is exactly as we would expect.
Morning start times
We offer start times in the morning of 8am, 8-30 am or 9am, if you would like your child to start earlier than they are booked for please speak to Stephanie or Nicola and we are very happy to accommodate that. Otherwise we respectfully request that you wait outside until the time that your child is booked in. Many thanks.
Naming belongings
Please can all items including hats, gloves, scarves, coats, lunchboxes, water bottles etc and any other items that your child brings in please be clearly named.
Side gate
Please can I remind everyone to shut the side gate as you arrive or leave nursery. This is a very important safety barrier for all of your children and their siblings. Despite many campaigns to introduce traffic calming measures along this stretch of Western Road it remains a very significant safety hazard to us all. Please be vigilant and keep the gate shut AT ALL TIMES.
Choking hazards
Please can I remind parents to look up the latest guidance on choking safety, in particular food safety awareness. We have noticed some children have popcorn in their lunch boxes which is a choking hazard and we ask that this is not brought in to nursery.