The Nursery team is Mrs Evans, Mrs Nash, Miss Webb, Mrs Beresford, Miss Chamila, Miss Burgess, Miss Nolan, Miss Laffey and Mrs Monali.

If you have any concerns, please come and see us and we will be happy to answer any questions. Alternatively, please do not hesitate to contact nursery.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk

What will we be learning in the Spring Term?

During the Spring Term, our topic is titled  'Amazing Animals!’ and ‘Off we go!'. 

Ducklings (2YO)

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We will be learning to use the continuous provision, being independent in selecting what we need and responding to the wishes of others.

Please bring in a baby photo of your child to discuss and family photos to add to our family wall in nursery.

Rhymes and Stories

We will sing our favourite nursery rhymes, with a focus on Row, row, row your boat, 5 Little Monkeys and The Wheels on the Bus. We will read a range of books including; Polar Bear, Polar Bear!, Monkey and Me!, Oh Dear, We’re going on a Bear Hunt, Bruno’s Box and The Train Ride. Plus a range of going home stories, such as, The Gruffalo, Triangle, Tall and What to do with a box. We will learn to hold books and turn pages.

Specific Skills

During our keywork group times we will be developing children’s listening and attention skills, through stories, listening and turn taking games. We will be singing Nursery Rhymes and songs; joining in words and actions. We will be learning to say number names in order.

Developing Play Skills

We will be playing alongside children in the different areas of Nursery, narrating their play and talking about their activities. The children will be playing within the home corner and familiar activities, such as cars and play people. We will be exploring physical and sensory activities, such as sand, water, messy play, posting and banging and tapping to develop hand eye co-ordination and gain greater control over smaller movements.

Listening and Attention

We will be focussing on developing children’s listening and attention; listening and responding to others and responding to new sounds – animal and environmental sounds.

How can Parents Help?

• Support and encourage your child to do things independently; dressing, putting on shoes and socks, and tidying up.
• Sing nursery rhymes and number songs with your child.
• Talk about your child’s day at Nursery.
• Read stories, encouraging your child to listen to and join in repeated parts of the story and turn pages.
• Encourage counting objects and actions, for example counting as you go up the stairs.

 

Owls, Squirrels and Hedgehogs (3/4YO)

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Begin to talk about feelings and show some awareness of how others might be feeling. Understand daily routines and boundaries. Make some independent learning choices. With reminders, put toys and resources away. Begin to extend and elaborate play ideas. We will also learn about Chinese New Year and Easter.

Please bring in a baby photo of your child to discuss and family photos to add to our Family wall in nursery. 

Reading

We will read a range of books including: I can fly, Monkey and Me!, Hang on, Monkey, We’re going on a Bear Hunt, Not a box and The Train Ride. We will learn to point to the first word on a page and trace the words from left to right and learn parts of the book such as front, back, title and author.

We will share many stories with your child each week, reading one on one, in small groups and all together at home times.

Our home time stories will be - The Gruffalo, Triangle, Where’s Teddy, We're going on a Picnic, Tall and What to do with a box.

Phonics

During our weekly phonics sessions, we will play many games that will help your child tune into sounds and practice orally blending sounds together e.g. ‘c-a-t…cat’.

They will continue to be introduced to phonemes (sounds), exploring objects that have the same initial sound (m, d, g, o, c, k, e). It is important that your child has plenty of experience listening to and joining in with nursery rhymes, stories and poems.

When mark-making we will focus on developing an effective and comfortable pencil grip, begin to write their own name and form recognisable letters. Ascribe meaning to marks they make – shopping lists etc

Writing

Use comfortable pencil grip, begin to write own name and form recognisable letters. Ascribe meaning to marks they make – shopping lists etc

Maths

We will learn to count in order through stories and songs. We will explore numbers 3-6 through counting activities, recording numbers and recognising numerals.We will also practise the cardinal principle (knowing the last number counted represents how many in the set). Through play, we will explore the compositions of these numbers (how numbers are composed of smaller numbers). We will focus on shapes: triangles, squares/rectangles, pentagons and hexagons – counting the sides and making arrangements with them.Support your child at home by playing dice games.

Later in the term we will explore space and measure: comparing tall/long and short. Using scales to compare mass – lighter/heavier, balanced and comparing capacities: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty.

Please visit masterthecurriculum.co.uk for more information regarding the maths scheme we use in Nursery.

Please visit NCETM for more information on the different principles of counting. 

Communication and Language

We will continue to support your child’s communication skills; listening to others, responding to what others say, joining in with conversations with friends and using longer sentences of 4 to 6 words. We will learn the poem ‘Snowflakes, Snowflakes’ and perform it for Mrs Hammond!

We will also focus on the following rhymes: 5 little snowmen, Row, Row, Row, Row your boat, Tommy Thumb, Chinese New Year, The Wheels on the bus, and for our Easter performance - Spring Chicken, Easter Bunny, and Spring in your Toes.

Playing

At Puss Bank Nursery, we learn through play. Children problem solve, negotiate and develop vocabulary and language skills. Through exploration, they develop scientific and technological skills and knowledge and understand about different cultures and ways of life. Plan and think ahead about how they will explore or play with objects and keep on trying when things are difficult

How can Parents Help?

• Read stories to your child; talking about characters, what is happening, pointing to the words as you read.
• Help them to be independent; dressing and undressing, putting coats and shoes on and choosing ways to do things.
• Let them find their own way to do activities and allow them to struggle with things they find difficult.

 

Please share your children’s individual WOW moment and achievements at home to support assessment of your child. WOW forms are available in the cloakroom

 

Nursery Trips & Events

• Transport Walk - Tuesday 17th March
• Easter Eggstravaganza Sing Along - Thursday 26th March / 9:15am and 2:30pm

 

Please note: it is essential that you name ALL your child’s clothes, shoes and wellies. We ask that children do not bring toys in from home as they may get lost or broken!