Nursery

Welcome to Foundation 1

Our 104 place nursery offers place for children aged between 2-4

Meet the Team

Our topic this term is …

We are excited to share what our Nursery children will be exploring during this Spring term. Our learning will focus on understanding the world around us, celebrating different cultures, and thinking about the people who help us every day.

We will start by looking at The Signs of Winter. Even as we enjoy the sunshine, it is important for the children to understand how the weather changes. We will talk about the weather and what happens to the trees. 

Next, we will learn about People who lead us. This topic helps children recognise the important people in our community who keep us safe and help us make good choices. We will talk about people like teachers, police officers, and doctors, and how their leadership helps everyone work together.

The children will also have a wonderful time celebrating Chinese New Year. This is a great way for our youngest learners to experience a different culture through bright colors, traditional music, and exciting stories. We will look at how families celebrate with special food and decorations like lanterns.

Finally, we will talk about Special Places. We want the children to think about the places where they feel happy, safe, and loved. This might be their own bedroom at home, our Nursery classroom, or even a local park. Sharing these stories helps the children gain confidence and learn more about each other.

We are looking forward to a term full of play, discovery, and new friendships!

Our class novels this half term: 

We are going on a bear hunt

That’s not my prince

 Dragon dance

Three little pigs. 

The hungry caterpillar 

We all went on safari

Our behaviour focus:

Know that you must play safely without hurting anyone.

Know that someone who is kind behaves in a gentle, caring, and helpful way towards other people.

Sitting on a carpet- sitting on bottom with legs crossed or put them in front

Using magnet eyes

Using listening ears and not speaking when others are talking

My turn, your turn

Maths Focus:

• Introducing zero
• Comparing numbers to 5
• Alive in 5 - counting to 5 
• Comparing mass - light and heavy 
• Comparing capacity - heavy and light 
• Length 
• Time
• Matching and pairs

English Focus:

• I can make marks and tell you what they mean - ‘That says mummy’
• I can trace circles, dots and lines
• I can write some of my name
• I am starting to write some taught phonic sounds - m,a,s,d
• I know writing goes from left to right

Trips and class events:

 

Useful websites:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks