About us:
We have our own designated site for our Nursery children, providing an exciting area for them to settle and develop during their early stages of life. The classroom is equipped with a range of activities that provides a multi-sensory environment to give them the best start in life.
Early Years Curriculum
The children develop through playing, exploring, active learning, creating, and thinking critically. There are 7 areas of learning which are divided into the:
Prime Areas:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
- Communication and Language,
- Physical Development and
Specific areas:
- Literacy,
- Maths,
- Understanding the World,
- Expressive Arts and Design.
The prime areas are fundamental throughout the EYFS, and the specific areas include the skills and knowledge which provide important contexts for learning, and they develop more fully towards the end of the early years. The children carry out many practical experiences through which they are encouraged to explore and experiment.
The children use both the indoor and outdoor classroom during teacher-directed and child-initiated times. We love outdoor learning and come rain or shine, we explore and play outside in our outdoor environment.
To learn more about our Curriculum in the Nursery, have a look at our Nursery Overview.
We use the EYFS statutory framework and ‘Development Matters’ to guide our learning. Our EYFS Curriculum goals are what we would like the children to aspire to become and achieve by the end of their time with us. We provide a thorough and vast range of experiences that actively encourage child-initiated, purposeful learning to help inspire this.
Starting Nursery
Starting nursery is a big step for most children. That’s why we think settling-in is really important. The time you spend helping your child to settle in will really benefit them in the long run – it will mean your child will be happier, more confident, and learn better and enjoy nursery more.
We start children slowly, so they can get lots of support and attention. We do not want them to have a bad first experience of school. Different children will settle in at different rates.
The absolute minimum amount of time you need to stay and help to settle your child will be 3 sessions. Most children need more than this – some a lot more.
During the home visit and the nursery meeting, we will ask you some questions about your child and their health and development. This information will help us to settle your child in, and help us to make sure we meet your child’s needs in nursery.
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Spring has arrived in Carle Class
This week Carle class have been on a spring walk to find out what has changed in our outside environment now that the season has changed. On our way to explore the playground Joe showed us around the garden and explained what is growing now the weather is getting...
Making Sandwiches
On Monday Carle Class received a letter from The Little Red Hen. She told us that she had baked us some bread and that we could make sandwiches with it. She told us that she had also delivered butter, jam and cheese. We were very excited to use The Little Red Hen's...
. . . And ACTION!
One of the school's STEAM Day activities was making movie trailers. The activity helped the children explore the A (arts) in STEAM, and it was a busy afternoon of costumes, cameras and acting. We had the opportunity to think about what makes a good trailer then...
STEAM DAY
For my activity (Miss Bogue) we made fruit volcanoes! It was so popular we used up all our fruit! After this, our next activity was to make paper craft! Lots of us made tall towers. Today we had a great day with STEAM DAY. Here are some of our pupil's reflections on...
Floating and Sinking
Today for STEAM Day we have been learning about floating and sinking in our water tray. First we had to find out what floating and sinking actually meant. We realised that if something floats, it will stay on top of the water and if something sinks, it will go under...
Making Bird Feeders
Lately in Carle Class we have noticed that we don't see many birds in our playground and we wondered why. Some of the children thought it might be because that there is no food for them here, so we decided to make some bird feeders. We threaded Cheerios on to pipe...