Nursery 2025 - 2026

Mrs Rowling

Welcome to Nursery!

Class teacher – Mrs Rowling

Teaching assistant – Mrs Clark

A big welcome to our new children this term!

Our Autumn topics are:

Autumn

Who am I?

How will we celebrate?

In Autumn 1our topic is ‘ Who am I?’. The children will begin to put their own belongings away and start to recognise their name card in the morning to self registrate themselves. We will be introducing the children to lots of new stories and rhymes and providing them with a language rich environment. The children will be encouraged to respond to stories and rhymes through talk, pictures, and marks which they can give meaning to. We will introduce and model new vocabulary and use it in our talk. In maths the children will be counting forward to 5 and beyond, counting out 3 objects from a group, exploring 2d and 3d shapes through construction and sorting objects by categories. We are focusing on ourselves and our families in this half of the term, the children will be learning about each other and understanding that everyone is different. Alongside this the children will explore the world around them in particular noticing the changes to the environment as the seasons change. Our core texts this half term are ‘Winnie the Witch’ and ‘The Little Red Hen’.

In Autumn 2 our topic is ‘How do we celebrate?’, the children will continue to gain independence by being responsible for their belongings, accessing the snack table and washing their own hands. We will be adding to our library of books and rhymes by sharing more stories and will use small world to act them out. In our talk time we will continue to model new vocabulary and talk in sentences. The children will be developing their fine and gross motor skills. To help with our fine motor skills we will do regular dough disco and ‘Squiggle as you wiggle’ sessions to help us strengthen the muscles we need to hold our pencils correctly and comfortably. In PE we will be using our bodies to move in different ways and use equipment safely. Our maths will be understanding the value of numbers to 5 and beginning to to subitise to 3. The children will be learning about different celebrations as we lead up to the Christmas festival. We will take part in celebrations such as Diwali, Bonfire Night and Christmas and look at how we take part in festivals. Our core texts for this half term are ‘Winnie the Witch’ and ‘One Snowy Night’.

We use the Development Matters guidance document to plan our curriculum. Please click here for Development Matters

In the Summer term our PE lesson will be on a Tuesday morning.

Celebration Assembly

Celebration Assemblies will be on Friday at 9 am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

Tapestry

Each week you will be able to see photographs of your child's learning on Tapestry

Home Learning

Each week I will be asking children to complete a short activity . I will also send a rhyme of the week that I would like you to share with your child. If there is a specific book that we are sharing in class I will send a link home to allow your child to become familiar with the story.

Important DatesS

Owl Visit - 5th November

Forest school - 8th December

EYFS Nativity - 12th December 9.10am and 2pm

If you need to get in touch with us please phone or email the school office, speak to one of us when you collect your child, or send a message via Tapestry.