WELCOME TO NURSERY
Where learning is fun everyday!!!!
With... Mrs K Oliver (Nursery Teacher) and Miss L Haw (Learning Support Practitioner) who both work in Nursery every weekday session.
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Autumn 2024
Here at Brickhouse, we feel that the transition period into Nursery is important to get right before we can begin educating our children.
For many children this will be their first setting, therefore we feel that it is important to build relationships with the children, get to know them personally and work alongside them in their child initiated play in order to support their settling in phase.
This term our focus will be on: Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), Communication and Language (C&L) and Physical Development (PD).
We hope by focussing on these areas we can support your child to feel settled and more confident to begin their learning journey.
Our aim in Nursery is to deliver purposeful, active, and most importantly FUN learning opportunities!
Mr White's (EYFS Manager) Message:
Here in EYFS at Brickhouse we work very hard to achieve only the highest standards for each child. We believe each child is unique and we believe children achieve best when they have an all rounded balanced curriculum-both indoors and outdoors and when parents and staff work closely together. Should you have any unanswered questions about the running of EYFS please do come and see either Mrs Oliver or myself...
Quality Mark Award
In June 2022 our Early Years Quality Mark was renewed. Our EYFS team, staff, children and parents are delighted to have this award for our school.
This reflects the fantastic Early Years setting we really do have.
Attendance
Learning at Brickhouse is so important every day - please ensure your child is in school on time (08:50) each day as learning starts as soon as they walk through the door!
To promote and celebrate attendance, if your child comes to school for a whole week, their name will be added to our raffle pot and we will draw a winner at the end of each Term.
What's Going on in Autumn 1?
Our main priority for Autumn 1 is that our children are happy, settled and enjoy school life. We spend a lot of time working with the children; this includes encouraging them to become independent through tidying up, managing toilet needs, self-care and doing many things for themselves. Your child will be allocated a family group with friends and they will either be a Brilliant Butterfly or a Fantastic Frog. Children meet in these groups each morning to begin their learning.
In our first Topic is 'Amazing Me' - We will talk about ourselves, our families, our friends and our bodies.
In Literacy we will focus on name recognition, name writing and letter sounds. We will share Traditional Tales and do lots of activities based around them.
In Mathematics we will focus on number recognition, counting and shapes.
What can you do to support at home?
Daily Routine
Your child will also access indoor and outdoor learning daily....please ensure your child has the appropriate clothing for outdoor weather, a pair of wellies will be available to them should these be required. Once a day children will be able to free-flow across EYFS and access both the Nursery and Reception; as we work closely together and cover the same topics.
We focus heavily on Salley/Phonics, Literacy and Mathematics here at Brickhouse and we do this through covering all other areas of learning too..... we will be working closely with Reception to ensure that we can meet all our children's needs even more closely.
During this Term, every day your child will experience daily carpet time sessions for Salley/Phonics, Literacy, and Mathematics, Number Fun and Name Writing.
Reminders
-If you would like a copy of our daily routine please ask a member of the team!
-If you know a topic we should cover - please tell us....
-Up to date information will be on display on our noticeboard-please check to find out what's going on...
-If you have any further questions how you can help your child at home, please ask Mrs Oliver.
-Have you read the 'What's coming up' leaflet?
We do hope your child continues to enjoy their time in Nursery... If you have any further questions please do feel free to see Mrs Oliver or Mr White. We thank you for your continued support.
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