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Welcome to Seedlings Class Page

Miss Jones (Nursery Teacher) & Miss Nancollas (Nursery Teaching Assistant)

                                  GENERAL INFORMATION

Nursery Session Times:   9am-12 (AM session)    12-3pm (PM session)   9am-3pm (Full Day)

Sessions and Funding -15 hour funded children (all children are entitled to 15 hours of free Nursery education) - 5 mornings or 5 afternoons depending on availability                                                       30 hour funded children (who are in receipt of 30 hours code) - 5 full days 

School Lunch - If you wish for your child to stay in school for lunch (either at the end of a morning session or if they are in school all day) - you can either send a packed lunch in to school with them OR pay an additional £2.42 for a school meal (menus available online - see school office team for further details).

Additional sessions - If you would like for your child to attend additional sessions, above their 15 hour entitlement, you are able to pay for additional sessions at a cost of £12 per session. 

To enquire about a Nursery place for your child, please contact the school office on 01606 593896 or email [email protected] 

           Drop off: Main nursery door Collection: Via small gate on KS1 playground
                                              (See the nursery doors for maps and further information or see end of page below)

Our Curriculum

In Nursery, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) a curricululum which sets out the standards which all Early Years settings must provide. Learning is split into....

EQUIPMENT YOUR CHILD WILL NEED FOR NURSERY

Please send in the following items everyday to make sure your child is ready for their day.......

Remember your child needs a coat every day. A waterproof coat is best - just incase! Please begin to teach your child to get their coat on and off with independence.	Send your child with a water bottle daily, clearly labelled with their name. We encourage healthy behaviours in school, this means sending your child with water in their bottle. Please try to avoid juice,	A few sets of spare clothes can be sent in a bag, clearly labelled with your child's name. These are useful in event of an accident and can remain on your child's peg until they need changing.

MESSY AGAIN......

We apologise in advance, your child will be messy quite a lot! This is because they are so busy each day they are with us.

You can't have done nothing today......

Your child is not alone in saying this! Tired children are not always interested in sharing to begin with. Sometimes they simply forget! In time, as they as Nursery becomes 'normal' they will share.

Click on this link for some great information to help you at the end of a day

https://edasd.co.uk/why-does-my-child-say-theyve-done-nothing-today/

EARLY PHONICS and A LOVE OF READING

Your child will encounter phonics and reading sessions, guided by our chosen scheme 'Little Wandle'. 

Click the image above to see how we see and hear the phase 2 sounds learnt in Nursery.	Click the image above to see a small snippet of how we teach phonics in Nursery (1min).	Click the image above to see an example of how we develop a love of reading (2mins).

.....WHAT ABOUT READING FOR PLEASURE ???

Over the school year your child will hear a variety of traditional tales and modern stories. They may come home chanting and repeating parts which they have enjoyed!! All of this is great for enriching vocabulary, supporting memory and developing learners who LOVE stories!

Foe examples of what we will be reading - see the Long Term Plan attached below.

WOODLANDS

During the week, weather permitting, we sometimes get the chance to go into woodland area. Children should come to school in their normal daily clothes. Children can bring in and leave wellies, lanelled with thier name.

P.E

Each Wednesday morning and afternoon both the AM and PM children have a P.E session. Your child can come in to school dressed in their P.E clothes OR something else similarly suitable. PE kits are made up of: trainers, red t-shirts, black shorts or joggers and a hoodie (grey with our school logo).

EARLY MATHS
We have a short maths sessions throughout the week. We use White Rose Maths to guide our teaching and the sessions are fun, pacey, active and usually include lots of counting rhymes - of course, our children mainly learn through play and we have resources that support learning in this way.

Here are some fun but educational songs and games that you can let your child use to use atn home.
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CLICK THE IMAGE TO ACCESS THE GAME or SONGS

EARLY WRITING SKILLS: taught through Squiggle time and Wiggle while you squiggle

We follow an exciting scheme that teaches motor skills, core strentgh control and early pencil control through music, movement and squiggling!!! We learn moves that helps children to strengthen their bodies and then we put these moves with music! Aswell as developing strength, the scheme teaches the positional vocabulary needed to understand letter formation (words such as up, down, round, over, under). As we progress onto Wiggle while you squiggle, music remains a key part of the session but children are expected to form shapes using a hand grip which is developing, in order to hold and use writing tools. All of this practise becomes a great foundation for writing!

Click on the images below and watch the videos to see examples of Squiggle time and Wiggle while you squiggle sessions!