The Nursery team is Mrs Evans, Miss Ridge, 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 Summer 1?

 

During the Summer 1 half term, our topic is titled  'Life-Cycles' 

Ducklings (2YO)

 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We will learn the names of our new friends and verbally name them (or through gesture) when playing turn taking games.

Continue to develop independence with care routines e.g. using the toilet, putting on own coat...

Begin to play collaboratively with another child/small group.

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: Incey Wincey Spider, One Finger and Thing Keep Moving , This is the Way we … , Caterpillar, Caterpillar

We will read a range of books including; The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Plant the Tiny Seed, Baby Animals on the Farm. 

Plus a range of going home stories, such as, Jack and the Beanstalk, Japer's Beanstalk, Lola Plants a Seed, Duck in a Truck 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.

Communication and Language

We will be focussing on developing children’s listening and attention;

Recognise and respond to a range of sounds and responding to new sounds – Environmental, Instrumental and Body Percussion sounds. 

Joining in with New rhyme and song time. (including Number)

Listen to, repeat and use new vocabulalry.

Answer 'who', 'what', 'where' questions and begin to ask own questions - who/what/where/why

Continue to develop conversation

 

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. 

Communication and Language

We will continue to support your child’s communication skills; pay attention to what others say in small groups, listen to and engage to a range of rhymes and poems, listen to longer stories, listen to and follow a two-part instruction, Understand a wider range of questions - who/what/where/why.

We will continue to learn and use a wider range of vocabulary, confidently use longer sentences of 4-6 words, begin to join sentences with and/because, learn new rhymes and songs, engage and talk about books 'I like...because' and use talk to organise themselves during play. 

Word Aware:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Caterpillar, egg, cocoon, butterfly, stomach, ache, built, hatched, spun, nibbled.

It's Mine! - Egg, wheel, wobble, crunch, crack, born 

Watch the Bean Grow - Bean, seed, root, sprout, label 

 We will also focus on the following rhymes: There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, I'm a little Bean, Mary Mary quite contrary, The Farmer Plants a Seed, Incey Wincey Spider and for our Summer Performance - One year older and Little Seed.Reading

We will read a range of books including: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, It's Mine! and Watch the Bean Grow. We will focus on Concepts of Print - revise how to hold books correctly, point to pictures/words, revise what a letter/word/sentence are and locate in a book. Learn and locate labels in a book. Revise point to the first word on a page and trace the words from left to right and revise parts of the book such as front, back, title, author and learn illustrator. We will also continue to develop their comprehension skills - talk about key events/characters, answer a range of questions, begin to talk about the beginning/middle/end of a story

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

At home time, we read the same story each day for a week.

This provides the children will the opportunity to embed their knowledge of the story - helping them to understand story characters, settings, events and sequencing at greater depth. It also allows them to become fluent 'readers' as they orally read the story that they have remembered and builds their confidence and LOVE of reading.

Our home time stories will be - The Very Lazy Ladybird, Tadpoles Promise, Jack and The Beanstalk, Jasper’s Beanstalk, Lola Plants a Seed, Duck in a Truck 

Phonics

During our weekly phonics sessions, we will continue to 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 begin to orally segment words e.g. 'cat...c-a-t'. 

They will continue to be introduced to phonemes (sounds), exploring objects that have the same initial sound (f, l, j, v, w, y). It is important that your child has plenty of experience listening to and joining in with nursery rhymes, stories and poems.

Writing

Continue to use comfortable pencil grip and attempt a tripod grip. Write some or all of own name, with some letters formed correctly. 

Engage in early writing: Use some print and letter knowledge, ascribe meaning to the marks that they make. 

Mark-make for a purpose, including in role-play: Point to and talk about/orally label the marks that they make. 

Maths

During our number sessions, we will look at:

Sequencing – Sequence nursery rhymes, daily routines and familiar stories.

Positions – On and under, In and Out, Infront and behind

Comparing Groups – More than, Fewer than, Comparing more/fewer than

2D Shapes – Recognise and talk about their properties. Circles, Triangles and Rectangles

3D Shapes – Recognise and talk about their properties. Cubes/Cuboids, Cylinders, Spheres

Consolidation – Sequencing, Position, More/fewer than

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. 

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

 

Useful documents and Links

Dummy Advice - https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GetRidofthatDummy_V2.pdf

Best Start in Life - https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Support with Toilet Training - https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/children-young-people/parents-carers/continence-support-under-5-years/toilet-training/

ERIC - Toileting advice https://eric.org.uk/potty-training/

 

Nursery Trips & Events

 

New to Reception Coffee Morning –  Thursday 14th May 1.45pm-3pm For parents and children 

New to Reception Storytime sessions - Thursday 11th June and Tuesday 16th June –  All at 2.45pm – 3pm. 

New to Reception Parent’s Evening - Wednesday 17th June at 5.45pm KS1 Hall 

New to Reception Transition Visits –  Thursday 25th June and Tuesday 30th June  Either 10.30am – 11.30am or 1.30pm-2.30pm 

Nursery/Reception Sports day  (Squirrels, Hedgehogs and Owls Only) - Tuesday 19th May 9.20am  

PTA Summer Social - Friday 3rd July (after school)  

Monkey Forest Trip - Tuesday 7th July (pay via Arbor) Nursery still open for usual Tuesday register 

Move up morning–  6th July 9.30am-11am 

 

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!