Welcome to the Early Years

EYFS leader and Nursery Teacher: Miss Lizzie Pascall

Nursery Teaching Assistant/ Early Years Practitioner: Miss Emma Owen

Nursery Teaching Assistant 30 hours: Mrs Sarah Bayliss

Reception Staff: Mrs Sophia Probert and Miss Amelia Brown

Reception Teaching Assistant: Miss Izzy Fellows

A28 - I have the right to an education.

A29 - My education helps me to develop my personality, talents and abilities. 

A31 - I have the right to rest, relax, play and take part in cultural activities. 

The EYFS staff will be adding content to this page for you to enjoy throughout the year that will link to the subjects we are covering. We hope you have lots of fun exploring our page.

Spring Term

Spring Term 1- Builders

In Reception,  the children will be learning about:

• Different types of materials;
• Different types of houses and homes;
• Different structures around the world;
• Where materials come from;
• Animal homes and shelters.

You can support your child in this topic by asking them about the features of your home and showing them the materials used, such as bricks.  Books to support:

• A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson.
• The Three Little Pigs.
• The Three Billy goats Gruff.
• Meg and Mog visit Egypt by Helen Nicoll.

Visit Simple City on Purple Mash and visit the builders yard for more builder’s themed activities.

https://www.purplemash.com/#app/games/simplecitydest/builder

In the Nursery, the children will be learning about:

• Our homes.
• Types of buildings.
• Builders and their tools.
• Vehicles used by builders. 
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You can support your child by looking at the shapes of houses and matching them to 2D shapes e.g. square windows or a rectangle door. 

Books to support: 

• The Three Billy goats Gruff. 
• Topsy and Tim help the builders.
• A new house for mouse by Petr Horáček

Make your own shape house using items at   home. You can use Tapestry to upload any work completed at home. 

Spring Term 2- People who help us

In Reception, the children will be learning about:

• Types of jobs
• What we want to grow up to be?
• Jobs in the community
• People who help us.
• Types of travel.
• Travel around the world.
• Travel beyond this world (Space.)

You can support your child in this topic by talking about jobs in the family or house. Discuss how we help each other and people who helps and how.

Books to support:

• Mr Gumpy’s Outing
• Emergency Service Books
• Aliens love underpants.
• Q pootle 10.. 

In Nursery, the children will be learning about:

• People who help us. 
• Fire Services
• Police Services
• Hospitals and doctors.

You can support your child in this topic by talking about jobs in the family or house. Discuss how we help each other and people who helps and how.

Books to support:

• Emergency service books.
• Topsy and Tim visit the doctors.
• Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson.

• Percy the Parkeeper by Mick Inkpen. 

Easter celebrations

The children will be singing and performing in a bonnet parade.  Please send your child in with their completed bonnet in a bag labelled with their name. We cannot wait to see the designs created at home.

Chinese New Year celebrations

 Later on in term, will be looking at celebrations from around the world. Children will take part in fun Chinese New Year themed activities, learn about the traditions and customs  and even try some Chinese food. 

Reception Story Cafe

Join us every Monday for our family story cafe. Each week we will share stories with you and your child and give you chance to enjoy exploring stories together. Sessions take place in the the library at 2:50pm. Please enter via the main school office. 

Nursery Story Cafe

Join us every Monday for our family story cafe. Each week we will share stories with you and your child and give you chance to enjoy exploring stories together. Sessions take place in the library at 11:20am. Please enter via the main school office. 

Forest Session:

Our Muddy sessions focus on developing the children's physical skills. We explore how to move around the forest and also the animals that live in our forest. Children observe the changes to the environment each season. 

Forest sessions take place each Monday. 

Homework Story Sacks:

Story Sacks will be sent home every FRIDAY and must be returned every TUESDAY. Each sack includes a task sheet to choose from, key words, a storybook and resources to support you complete the tasks. Please upload any work or photos completed from your child’s story sack onto their Tapestry account. You will have received your activation email over the 6 weeks. Please contact the school office if you need to reset your account.

Parent Workshops and Trips

In Autumn Term, we have planned the following parent workshops and trips. Dates will be added and letters sent out closer to the time. 

Reception Parent Workshop

We would like to invite Reception parents/carers to take part in a Road Safety  workshop on Monday 12th January at 1pm.

Nursery Parent Workshop

We would like to invite Nursery parents/carers to take part in a Phonics workshop in Spring 2. . 

Reception Think Tank Trip

Reception pupils will visit the think tank to March to take part in an engineering trip linked to their people and communities topic. . 

Rights Respecting School

As a UNICEF Rights Respecting School, we believe in educating children about their rights from the UN convention. Our Early Years environment helps to educate pupils about Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) “Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.”

Yearly Overviews:

Nursery:

Reception: