Nursery

This half term is definitely the most magical time of the year for Nursery! This half term we will be venturing out on our first educational visits and preparing to shine bright in our first ever Christmas performance! The children will be immersed into our new text ‘Stick Man!’ with a brand new ‘family tree’ role play area to help with re-telling the story, using our amazing imaginations and sharing stories together around the cosy log fire. We are joining in with ‘World Nursery Rhyme Week’ and encouraging our children and families to get fully involved through sharing rhymes and carrying out lots of fun and interactive activities linked to the five focus rhymes: ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’, ‘Doctor Foster’, ‘Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat’, ‘Row, Row, Row your Boat’ and ‘1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive!’We will be learning about ‘Winter’ and exploring the seasonal changes that occur. Throughout the half term we will be developing our ‘Understanding of the World’ and learning about celebrations and festivals and exploring traditions.

Welcome to Nursery! We can’t wait to get started on our learning adventure and share our journey with you. We have a busy half term ahead, packed with lots of fun and engaging activities. We will begin by welcoming the children into school life at the The Crescent Academy and support them in developing a special sense of belonging. We will be discovering ‘friendships’ and what makes a good friend and exploring ‘emotions’. We will be sharing lots of stories and rhymes to support both listening skills and a love for reading from the very start.

Throughout the term, we will be introducing informal Read Write Inc sessions, starting with our phase one phonics and provide lots of opportunities to develop fine motor and pre-writing skills. The children will be introduced to the ‘Ten Town’ characters. This will focus on developing early Maths skills and will support in embedding new knowledge through many fun and practical Maths games; both indoors and outdoors. We can’t wait to roll up our sleeves and get creative this half term as we explore ‘colour’ in a variety of forms. We will investigate patterns and new vocabulary through movement and music and our cosy sensory den will offer a safe and calm space to explore all our senses.