General Information

Mondays

 Our day begins with settling in before register, the weather and the days activity is discussed. We then do rhyme time as part of our phonics scheme. Every other week after the children have settled we will do our PE. If the children are not taking part in PE then they will have a go at Dough Disco and a fine motor activity. During this session we monitor when we need our own snack and have access to the snack bar to develop our independence skills. Once the children have settled into nursery we will have a 'Listening Time' with Lola / Phonics session and mental maths. We end the day with story / rhymes or peer massage.

Tuesdays 

 Our day begins with settling in before register, the weather and the days activity is discussed. We do rhyme time as part of our phonics. Today we take part in Forest School sessions. We will be outside in all weathers so please make sure your child has appropriate outdoor clothing. They learn lots of new skills such as using loppers, bow saws, fire flints. We have a lovely time and go out in all weathers. When we are not at forest school then the children will access the provision both indoors and outdoors whilst we have the opportunity to have a go at a Woodwork and a Fine Motor activity with a member of staff. Woodwork is a scheme of work that is carried out either on a 1-1 or 1-2 basis with an adult when tools are used. Woodwork introduces us to other skills such as hammering, sawing and screwing We follow on from this  by accessing the provision both indoors and outdoors During this session we monitor when we need our own snack and have access to the snack bar to develop our independence skill. We end the day with a story , rhymes or peer massage session. Once we have settled into the routine we will introduce a mental maths session and Listening/ Phonics session. 

Wednesday

Our day begins with settling in before register, the weather and the days activity is discussed.We do rhyme time as part of our phonics. We follow on from this  by accessing the provision both indoors and outdoors whilst we have the opportunity to have a go at a Literacy lesson This could be listening to story, talking about a picture or making marks with a variety of media such as paint. chalk, foam, pencils. We also have the opportunity to have a go at a maths activity. We have a go at learning lots of ways of making numbers, looking at patterns and basic shapes as well as capacity, weight, height and length. We finish the day with a story/rhymes or peer massage. 

Thursday

 Our day begins with settling in before register, the weather and the days activity is discussed. We do rhyme time as part of our phonics. We follow on from this by accessing the provision both indoors and outdoors whilst we have the opportunity to have a go at Understanding the World session or a creative session. This session will give the opportunity to plant seeds and growing care, looking after the environment and all living things, talk about forces they can feel, show an interest in different occupations and people as well as developing positive attitudes between the differences of people and much more.  During this session we monitor when we need our own snack and have access to the snack bar to develop our independence skills.   Once we have settled we will have a mental maths and   listening/ phonics session before we end the morning with a story / rhymes or peer massage session. Once we have settled we will introduce a 'See Think Wonder Session'. This develops our listening and Attention skills as well as talk partners and questioning skills. A range of pictures are discussed over time. 

Friday

 Our day begins with settling in before register, the weather and the days activity is discussed. We do rhyme time as part of our phonics. We then do our morning exercise. We follow on from this by accessing the provision both indoors and outdoors whilst we have the opportunity to have a go at a Literacy activity with a member of staff. This could entail a story session, puppets, talking about what we see or hear, mark making and much more.  During this session we monitor when we need our own snack and have access to the snack bar to develop our independence skills. We change books with a member of staff and have small group reading time before we end with a story or Peer Massage session. Once the children have settled into nursery we will have a 'Listening Time' with Lola / Phonics session. 

British Values

In Nursery we help promote British values. We celebrate a famous British Person in the first half term This year we have chose Julia Donaldson.  Children are  also taught about different communities and cultures, where we often celebrate festivals from around the world, such as Christmas, Chinese new year, pancake day, Easter etc. We have close links with the local community.  As part of school, children in Nursery strive to  show attributes to be chosen for the TORCH child of that week and take our Bee Buddy home for the weekend