Welcome to Nursery

Children have returned to nursery after the holidays and settled really well. Over the next few weeks we will be playing lots of number board games, learning about taking turns and counting numbers on the dice. We will also do lots of planting in our garden and explore our outdoor environment. Children will watch as our outdoor environment changes as we go into Summer and find out about what plants will need to grow.

A big welcome to all of our new children starting this term and of course Miss Fox.

In nursery we know that parents are children's first educators and would like to work really closely with all our parents. We hope, throughout the year to have a couple of stay and play sessions, in which parents can experience what their child gets up to in nursery and hope to see lots of you there. In the meantime, if you would like to talk to staff about anything we are always available at the beginning or end of sessions.

Please can we remind parents that we play out in all weathers so always send your children to school with a coat. We would also really appreciate it if you can send your child in shoes/pumps with Velcro fastenings- no laces as we try to encourage independence and really encourage our children to put on their own socks and shoes.

Please use the main school gate whenever possible and do not press the buzzer on the gate unless you really have to when coming in and leaving nursery. We ask this as staff are involved in working with the children and it can often disturb our session as we open the gate. It would also really help if you could make sure you are on time at the beginning and end of the session. Thanks.

Many of our children will be taking part in the ECAT (Every Child A Talker) programme which is aimed to encourage speech and language development through lots of fun games and activities.