Welcome to Nursery!

Meet the Staff

Teacher: Mrs Fahy (Monday/Tuesday PM) Mrs Ibbotson (Tuesday AM, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Gill and Miss Francis

PPA Cover Teacher: Mrs Godfrey

What You Need to Know

In the mornings, classroom doors will open at 8.30am for children to arrive. The door will then close at 8.45am and the register will be taken, please ensure your child is arriving on time. In the afternoons, doors will open at 3.15pm for home time. 

We ask that you provide your child with a named water bottle and make sure they bring it into school empty everyday. As we are a healthy school, only water is allowed, your child's water bottle will be filled up in school each morning and sent home for cleaning each day.

Please provide your child with a change of clothes that they can bring into school and leave on their peg. Spare clothes don't need to be school uniform! Please make sure that your child’s name is on all items of clothing so they don’t get lost! Especially jumpers and cardigans as we enter the warmer weather! School shoes should be black and be fastened with velcro fastenings, not laces.

Our Topic this half Term is:

SPACE

Religion

In Religion this half term our topic is Baptism. The children will learn about what it means to become a member of God's family and they will be acting out a Baptism in Nursery. In December we will also start learning about Advent, during which time the children will make their own Advent promises and begin learning about the birth of Jesus through the Nativity Story. They will also take part in the Advent Assembly which will tell the story of the birth of Jesus. 

Mathematics

 In Maths this half term we will continue singing number nursery rhymes and using our fingers to show numbers. In addition we will be learning all about pattern. We will read the story Aliens's Love Underpants and will go on pattern hunts inside and outside. We will start thinking about repeating patterns and begin making our own. We will also begin learning about 2D shapes.

                           

                    Communication, Language and Literacy

 

This half term in English we will be reading the Story Alien's Love Underpants, The Way Back Home and Whatever Next. We will continue learning how to recognise our first names and begin trying to form the letters in them. We will also be continuing our work from Autumn 1 and trying to speak in simple full sentences. 

                                                                                           

Fine Motor Skills

The children will also be developing fine motor skills with mark-making activities to build muscles and control when using a pencil. We will work on these skills through dough disco, paint brushes, chalk, tweezers, and a variety of pencil control activities. It is really important that your child has the correct pencil grip for writing. Share this short video with your child to practise holding a pencil correctly. Encourage them to use their pinchy parrot fingers!

Healthy Teeth

At Christ the King, we want to promote the importance of good oral hygiene. This  term, we will be having a visit from the Dental Nurse who will teach us how to take care of our teeth. In Nursery, we brush our teeth daily after lunch using the 'Brush Bus' and regularly talk about the importance of taking care of our teeth. 

We would appreciate it if you could share this video with your child and talk about the importance of brushing your teeth in the morning and at night. You can also discuss how different foods and drinks can be good or bad for your teeth. With this in mind, please ensure your child only brings water and healthy snacks to school.

Here is a presentation of Top Toothbrushing Tips: