Welcome to Nursery
We are ‘The Little Stars’
We follow the Cherry Fold values: Enjoy, Respect, Succeed!
Welcome to Cherry Fold Primary School's nursery class where you will find Mrs McDonnell (Nursery Teacher) and Mrs Farrar (Learning Support Assistant). We are also sometimes known as the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
During your time in our nursery you will meet new friends, develop your independence skills, grow in confidence as well as learning lots of new exciting things.
In nursery you can attend the morning or afternoon session. We also offer 30 hours education. In nursery we learn lots of new things and we like to learn through play. We build confidence and develop relationships with our friends and teachers. We take part in small group work to learn phonics, numbers, sing songs and lots of other things. We focus on speaking and listening skills, fine and gross motor skills and working as a team.
To support you on your learning journey, we hope that you will get help from your parents and carers. They can talk to you about your nursery day, encourage you to be independent in your personal hygiene and dressing, such as putting on your own coat, and they can read a story to you before you go to bed.
We use Class Dojo to send pictures and messages home about what you have been doing and all the fantastic achievements you have made!
We want you to have fun whilst learning. Remember - Enjoy, Respect, Succeed!
The Little Stars of 2026-27 have settled into nursery really well.
They have made new friends and been learning new routines. We have investigated magnets and been to the hall in school for PE. At Forest school we saw lots of fruits on the trees. Each week we are learning a new Nursery Rhyme. We have made Incey Wincey spider chocolate biscuits.
KEY SKILLS
Please encourage your child to hold any mark making tools in their dominant hand and between their thumb and index finger.
Please sing songs with your children and ensure they have a story each night before bed.
Please encourage daily counting with your child and looking at shapes in the environment. Talk about the sides and corners the shapes have.
Please have daily conversations with your child about what they do at Nursery each day. This encourages their conversational skills.
Please talk to your child about the importance of brushing their teeth and ensure this is done twice daily.
Independence is a key skill in Nursery. Please encourage your child to put their own coat on and take it off.
Key Texts
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Twinkle Twinkle little star
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Incy wincy spider
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Humpty Dumpty
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Peace at last
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You choose
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Malakai and Dyzon, who will turn 4 this half term.
Key Dates
School photograph day, Individual photos – Wednesday 23rd Sept
Macmillan coffee morning – Friday 25th September 9am -10.30am
No rules day, every child who attends this day will get a golden ticket into an Xbox prize draw – Thursday 1st Oct.
Harvest Assembly – collecting groceries all week – Monday 5th Oct.
Open afternoon for Reception children 2027 3.30-4pm
Halloween disco EYFS & KS1 Tuesday 20th Oct 3.45-4.45pm
Book fair Weds 21st Oct – 4th Nov.
Nursery closes Friday 23rd Oct 3.30pm and reopens Monday 2nd November.
PE
PE this half term will be on a Monday for morning sessions and Thursday for afternoon sessions. Your child DOES NOT need a PE kit on this day. We will go to the hall and take part in games to build our fundamental skills. These are:
Running
Throwing
Catching
Jumping
Hopping
Climbing
Please make sure your child does not have earings in on their PE day. Thank you.
We have outside time every day to practice these fundamental skills. We enjoy learning how to play team games, negotiate space and practice our balancing.
SNACK
We continue to ask that you pay a weekly contribution of £1. This helps to pay for an additional daily snack, baking activities and any special occasions we may celebrate. You can pay this termly or weekly. Thank you.
Your child will receive subsidised milk and fruit daily.
Topic- All about us
This half term we will be learning all about us, our families and our community. The children will be learning the rules and routines of Nursery and how to be a good friend to all. We will be encouraging the fundamental skills of sharing, turn taking, using manners and expressing our feelings appropriately. The children will be learning about similarities and differences between themselves and others. We will be learning about our friends and their families. The children will be sharing key stories, including Peace at last. This is about a family of Bears and a Daddy who cannot sleep due to all different noises in the house. We will be learning about the sounds we hear around us and in the community. The children will be practicing early counting skills and linking numbers to actions, learning how to show numbers using their fingers. We will be exploring our environment indoors and outdoors and welcoming new friends to Nursery.
In Nursery we encourage positive behaviour and talk about what is acceptable and unacceptable. We also use a star chart system and when your child receives 10 stars they will get a prize.
Nursery curriculum map - Summer 1
Skills progression and long term plan 2026-2027