Nursery 2024 - 2025

Class Teacher: Mrs Duckitt

Teaching Assistants: Ms Main, Mrs Waring

We are delighted to have your child in our class and look forward to being part of their learning journey.  See below some useful information regarding our class.  

Latest Class News

Please see everything we have been up to in the 'Gallery' section at the bottom of this page or conveniently accessible via our School Spider App!

Class Gallery  

Throughout the year, please be sure to visit our class gallery regularly as it will contain updates regarding our class activities, including photographs for you to see for yourself how our exciting curriculum engages and stimulates your child.   The easiest way to access our class gallery is via the School Spider app, however you can also click on the gallery picture below. 

Our topic this term is: 'All About Me'

Personal, Social & Emotional Development - We will be settling into Nursery life this half term, growing in confidence as we explore our new setting. We will focus on building relationships with our peers as well as the staff in our room. We will begin to learn how to manage our emotions and understand the feeling we have as well as others. 

Communication & Language  - We will ensure all children engage in high quality conversations with adults and peers throughout the day. Our classroom is a language-rich environment. We are constantly commenting on what children are interested in or doing, and echoing back what they say with new vocabulary added, practitioners will build children’s language effectively. 

Physical Development  - We will be using our fantastic outdoor learning environment as well as our Forest sessions to explore and build our gross motor strength, learning how to safely take risks and move our bodies. We will also build our fine motor strength by taking part in activities such as baking, playdough and using small manipulatives. 

Literacy - We will be using various media and materials to showcase our mark making skills. We will also have access to high quality focus texts based around our topic such as 'Peace at last’ and ‘Colour Monster’’. We will also introduce our focus Nursery rhymes and practice them daily. 

Maths  - We will be exploring our pre counting skills by looking at pattern, comparison and colour this half term. We will use lots of time in our environment to consolidate our learning from our small group sessions.  

Understanding the World - As part of our 'All About Me’ topic we will be learning about what makes us special. We will explore our likes and dislikes, our identity and our family. We will also take inspiration from the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo to create our own self portraits. 

Expressive Arts & Design - We will learn how to use various media to join materials together and develop our independence when using paint. We will also take inspiration from the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo to create our own self portraits.

Woodland Learning

We are very proud of our ‘Woodland Learning’ offering, where your child will be experiencing a range of new skills in our forest every week. We want you to make the most of every session whatever the weather, so you will need to be appropriately dressed. Please make sure you wear PE/Woodland uniform on your ‘Woodland Learning Day’. 

Nursery's Woodland Learning day is Wednesday

PE is Friday 

Your child will also need to bring in waterproof clothes in a waterproof, draw-string bag and wellington boots. As the weather becomes colder they may also want to bring an extra jumper/fleece, an extra pair of warm socks, waterproof gloves and a warm hat.

Please ensure your child does not attend school wearing their wellies and arrives in alternative footwear as this ensures the spread of mud around school is kept to a minimum.

Class News

Please visit our class gallery regularly to see what we have been learning at school.

Home Learning

It is expected that your child is reading a minimum of 3x per week.  However, you are encouraged to read every day. 

Code of Conduct

We will be looking at our 3 character traits: Look after yourself,  Look after each other, and Look after our School.  Any children following our code of conduct will be presented with ‘Dojo points’ which will enable them to receive a reward. Any children breaking any part of the code of conduct will be given a warning, which may be followed by a sanction.

At TPS we have a code of conduct that all children are expected to follow. We need your support to implement this.  Please also see our Behaviour Policy.

Lost Property

Any named items will be returned to your child’s class.   Please ensure all items of uniform are clearly marked with your child’s name (not just initials).  All lost property is collected by each year group and is available for checking at each home time for parents/carers to claim any lost items. If you cannot attend at this time, please speak to your child’s teacher.  Alternatively another parent/carer may claim lost uniform on your behalf.   

How to Help at Home?

Please read with your child as often as you can, ideally every day.  Bedtime stories, nursery rhymes and engaging in role play will help significantly with your child's language development.  

Any concerns?

If you have any queries or concerns about your child or school, please do not hesitate to discuss these with your child’s class teachers in the first instance.