Welcome to Nursery
We are ‘The Little Stars’
We follow the Cherry Fold values: Enjoy, Respect, Succeed!
Welcome to CherryFold Primary School's nursery class where you will find Mrs McDonnell (Nursery Teacher) and Mrs Cullen (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 2024-25
have been having fun over the last few weeks making friends and trying new things.
We have been enjoying a spring themed stay and learn with parents, decorating Easter eggs, and Easter bonnet parade and a sponsored bunny hop for charity as well as an Easter egg hunt and lots of fun at Forest School.
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
- Jaspers Beanstalk
- Titch
- The Hungry Caterpillar
- The Bean Diary
Also the poem The Little Seed by Mabel Watts
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Raheema, Nevaeh and Akolade who will turn 3 and Eva-Leigh, Lily, Alaina, Darci and Arlo who will turn 4 this half term.
Key Dates
Graduation photos Wednesday 24th April
Bank Holiday Monday 5th May
Nursery playgroup for 1-3 year olds – Tuesday 6th May 1.30pm-2.30pm
VE celebrations Thursday 8th May
Half term Friday 23rd May
PE
PE this half term will be on a Monday for morning sessions and Tuesday 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
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.
Don't forget if you would like your child to have milk you have to complete an online form. Information is available from the office.
Topic- Amazing animals
This half term we will be learning all about how things grow and change. We will continue to watch the frogspawn that has now turned into tadpoles as they turn into frogs. The children will be observing caterpillars growing into butterflies and stick insects emerging from eggs. We will be growing seeds and beans as well as planting flowers and herbs. We will be looking at how we have grown and changed and how to have a healthy lifestyle. The children will be sharing stories like Jaspers Beanstalk and The Hungry Caterpillar as well as information text like The Bean Diary. We will also be learning poems and songs related to growing. The children will be further developing their number knowledge and number recognition of numbers up to 10 as well learning the names and properties of 2d shapes and how they can combine shapes to make a new one. We will be exploring our environment at Forest School 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 2024-2025