Welcome to Nursery
Staff
Miss N Kirkham
Nursery Manager
Mrs G Hampton
Nursery
Mrs G Stretton
Nursery
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Monday.
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
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Snack Money
We provide a healthy snack during both morning and afternoon sessions. This will be a time when the children sit at a table with an adult, share a snack with their friends, develop an awareness of healthy food and nurture conversational skills. This is a valuable opportunity to enjoy learning in a real life context, eg. to use mathematical language when counting to share pieces of cheese or describing the length of a variety of bread sticks.
Please note it is vital we are aware of any allergies or dietary requirements - please talk with us if your child cannot eat or be in contact with certain ingredients.
Please pay £1.50 per week for your child's snacks; you can pay weekly, a few weeks at a time or for the whole half term, whichever you prefer. This half term is 7 weeks long, if you prefer to pay for the whole half term the cost is £10.50
Reading Books
Please share a book with your child every night, this is an incredibly valuable way to spend time together.
Knowledge Organiser
Information regarding specific learning is available via this website; each half term you will be provided with a summary of topic based, experiential learning.
Homework
Our half-termly homework grids contain learning activities for you to enjoy together; these will support & extend your child’s/children’s learning in Nursery. You will receive printed copies of these & they are available via this webpage.
Recent Terms Archive
Welcome to the Nursery
at Bewsey Lodge
Overview
Class Topics For Each Half Term
Topic
Themes to be explored
Autumn 1:
All About Me!
During the first half term, the children will be focusing on settling in to the rules and routines of their new setting. They will spend time developing their social and communication skills in the provision to help build new relationships before sharing about themselves, their likes and dislikes their families. The topic will conclude with a week learning about and celebrating the Hindu Festival of Light, Diwali.
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Autumn 2:
Autumn Lights
This topic focuses on autumn, how the season effects the environment in which we live and the animals in the local area. The children will spend lots of time learning in our outdoor classroom so that they can talk about their own first hand experiences. Towards the end of the half term, the children will learn about the Christian celebration of Christmas, they will hear the Christmas story and carry out a variety of Christmas related activities before putting on a festive show for our families and friends.
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Spring 1:
Wonderful Winter
This topic focuses on winter, the children will observe the seasonal changes throughout the half term as it gets progressively colder. They will reflect on their prior learning and use what they know to draw comparisons between the two seasons they have experienced so far this year. The topic will then move on to find out about how British wildlife survives the winter.
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Spring 2:
A topic for green thumbs, Spring 2, will again take the children outside as they will be planting a variety of bulbs, seeds and beans. Whilst making observations and predictions about what will happen. They will learn about the different parts of a flowering plant as well as where some foods come from. Hopefully we will even be able to harvest our own before the end of the year.
Summer 1:
Looking at life cycles and minibeasts, this topic will focus on different bugs including ladybirds and caterpillars. The children learn about where they live, what they eat and the different stages of their life cycles. The topic will include lots of wonderful books including; Walter’s Wonderful Web, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, What the Ladybird Heard and a variety of non-fiction texts.
Summer 2:
This Literacy and Understanding the World topic will take the children on a journey to Africa where they will learn about African animals, foods and climate. They will share the story of Handa’s Surprise, order pictures from the story and practise retelling it with their friends. The children will also, share their opinions on some less familiar fruits as they taste the fruits from the story themselves.
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