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 Amrit Kaur

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.

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 1- Ourselves

In Reception, we will be investigating:

• Our bodies and how we have grown and changed.

• Our families and people who are important to us.
• Establishing relationships within our ‘School family’.
• Healthy eating.
• Feelings and ways to express their own feelings appropriately.
• Celebrations in the children’s lives.
• We will finish this topic by looking at Diwali celebrations and the story of Rama and Sita.

You can support your child by discussing how they have changed since birth. Books to support: The Funny bones collection of book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. 

You can also visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54m6XOpRgU to learn the skeleton dance. 

 In Nursery, we will be learning and talking about:

• Themselves, their family, key words to describe family members and belonging.

It would be nice if the children could bring in a photo of themselves when they were a baby. Please put your child’s name on the back.

• Our feelings, our relationships with our peers.
• Our friends.
• Our bodies and how we move.

You can support your child by talking about their new friends and names of their teachers. Books to support: Elmer collection by David Mckee and Mum and Dad make me laugh by Nick Sharratt. 

You can also visit https://www.abcya.com/games/make_a_face to play the make a face game. 

AutumnTerm 2- Celebrations

In Reception, we we will be looking at celebrations around the world:

• Bonfire and Halloween
• Diwali
• Holi
• Christmas around the world

Books to support: The Winnie the Witch collection. The first Christmas. 

In Nursery, we will be looking at celebrations we have experienced in our lives:

• Birthdays
• Weddings
• Halloween
• Christmas

Books to support: ‘What's in the witches kitchen?'by Nick Sharratt. The Twelve Days of Christmas and  Peppa Pig's Chinese New Year.

Halloween celebrations

We are going to be celebrating Halloween in the Early Years. Pupils will be taking part in a spooky story cafe and exploring pumpkins.

Visit the link below for some online Spooky Fun! https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/halloween

Send us pictures of your Halloween outfits!

Celebrations

 Later on in term, will be looking at celebrations from around the world. Children will take part in fun bonfire and Halloween themed activities, learn about the traditions and customs of the Diwali festival and also learn about how Christmas is celebrated all over the world. 

Books to support- Meg and Mog, Hansel and Gretel, Mog in the Fog, Meg and the Dragon, Rama and Sita, The Jolly Christmas Postman.

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 Phonics workshop. 

Nursery Parent Workshop

We would like to invite Nursery parents/carers to take part in a Christmas Craft workshop. 

Reception Pumpkin Picking Trip

Reception pupils will visit a real farm and get the opportunity to pick their own pumpkin. 

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.”