Nursery

This Spring Half Term will be about:

Space Adventures

 (Please scroll down this page for information on our Early Years Unit)

In the Foundation Stage Unit we will be exploring our world, our universe and out into deepest space.  So many of the children have shown an interest in rockets, spaceships and planets in their play.  We have therefore decided to take their ideas and plan this into our working curriculum. All aboard… then off we go!

We have been learning about earth, the planets, space craft and of course aliens!  The children are loving this topic and we plan to continue after the holidays with space.  We will then come back down to earth looking at our world.

Please remember if anyone has any queries, concerns or just wants a general update, just ask.  I am always available at the end of the Nursery session or can arrange a specific appointment if required.

With thanks on behalf of the Nursery Team.

Yvonne Hamilton

Nut Allergy

We have a child in Nursery with a severe nut allergy. Please could you bear this in mind when contributing items to the junk modelling box eg No nut boxes, muesli type cereal boxes etc.

Parent Helpers

Thank you to those parents who have applied for CRB clearance to help in our school. Your help is very much appreciated and adds to the children’s learning on that day.

PE

Thank you to everyone for ensuring your child has a full PE kit. The children are enjoying their PE and we are working hard at trying to minimise changing time and maximise exercise time! To help us further please consider carefully the clothes your child wears on a Monday and (when time allows) encourage your child to try independent dressing at home. We are encouraging the children to adopt a ‘have a go’ attitude but will, of course, help any child who needs assistance.

Story Sacks

Building on the success of the library book scheme, we have a set of story sacks which can be taken home for a two week period. These contain a story book with accompanying props/game/activities. If you wish to take part in the scheme you will need to sign a form agreeing to the conditions. Story sacks will then be handed out alternate Fridays.

Early Years Unit

At Wylam Nursery we are very proud of all our children and how they achieve and develop through play within our Early Years unit.  The role of Nursery is vital in the education of the children providing basic skills for their future learning.  Key learning skills are developed, via the Early Years Foundation Stage, which gives the child positive building blocks for their future education as well motivated, independent, life long learners.

Our Nursery provides rich and stimulating experiences through a well planned and organised environment – indoors and outdoors.  This provides structure for teaching within which children can explore, experiment, plan and make decisions.

Children are given rich stimuli to help them use their imaginations and develop further their strengths. Learning for each half term is planned after observing childrens interests and motivations.

In Nursery all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage  are covered.

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Physical Development
• Creative Development

The Children also have a regular PE lesson, ICT lesson and have the opportunity to participate in the library book and story sack scheme.

Please click here on The Classroom to see what our school theme is for 2011/2012.