A Day in Nursery

Throughout the day, the children are encouraged to work independently on the activities available in the learning environment. Each child is also given regular opportunities to work with an adult in small group situations. The children are given opportunities to play and explore, to investigate and experience things and to ‘have a go’, both within our beautiful Victorian classroom and the purpose-built outdoor area outside. They are active and develop their own ideas. They are all unique and will have different interests and abilities.

When your child starts with us they will engage in lots of fun activities that are planned and designed to enhance their early literacy skills. 

They will…

• access fine motor activities such as, threading, manipulating play dough and building with intricate parts to build strength in their hands
• engage in lots of different mark making using different media, such as, chalks, paints and water
• develop listening and concentration skills
• listen to and share stories
• develop their communication skills acting and taking on a role in the role play and small world areas 

We balance an enabling mathematical environment which encourages independent exploration of concepts with daily focused inputs to ensure all children are able to access the curriculum. Mathematical thinking is embedded in the daily language of our classroom.  We count our friends in the morning and think about what would happen if one more joined, count our footsteps when we walk around the school and begin to read some times on the clock so we know what is happening next in the day!

We base our teaching around a theme that the children have demonstrated interest in, and ensure that it has meaning to their lives. 

All learning in Nursery is recorded in the children’s learning journey so that they can reflect on them at a later date and be shared with parents.

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