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:

People who help us

In our nursery topic “People Who Help Us,” children will learn about the important roles different helpers play in our community and how they keep us safe, healthy, and happy. We will explore the work of firefighters, doctors, nurses, police officers, teachers, and other community helpers, talking about what they do and why their jobs matter. Through stories, role play, dressing up, and creative activities, children will develop an understanding of how to ask for help, how to stay safe, and how to show kindness and respect to others. This topic also supports early language skills, social development, and an awareness of the wider world, helping children recognise that everyone has a role in making our community a caring and supportive place.

Please click on the link above to see our Knowledge Organiser for this half term. 

Religion

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1)

This half term in Religious Education, our topic is Branch 3: Galilee to Jerusalem. During this topic, the children will hear a range of Bible stories that help them begin to understand the life and work of Jesus.

The children will learn that Jesus is God’s Son, that he came for everyone, and that he loves and welcomes all people. We will listen to and talk about stories from the Bible, including Jesus Calls His First Followers, Jesus and the Little Children, Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand, and The Good Samaritan.

The children will explore these stories in a variety of engaging ways, such as role play, looking at pictures, painting, and creative craft activities, helping them to develop their understanding through play and discussion.

Mathematics

This term in Mathematics, children will be learning about 2D shapes, exploring and naming common shapes such as circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, and noticing them in the world around them. They will also develop their understanding of positional language, using words such as under, over, next to, behind and in front of during practical activities and play. Alongside this, children will continue to practise counting objects carefully, recognising numbers to 10 and beyond, and matching numerals to quantities. They will also begin to learn how to form numbers correctly, building the foundations for confident and accurate early writing in mathematics.

Communication, Language and Literacy 

This half term in English, we will be reading a range of exciting stories about superheroes and people who help us. We will enjoy Superhero Like You by Dr Ranj Singh, exploring the important message that real-life superheroes help others every day, while building new vocabulary linked to our topic “People Who Help Us.” We will also read Supertato by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet,  discussing the characters and whether they are superheroes or villains. The children will learn to describe characters using new and adventurous vocabulary. We will also read the traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood, and through retelling we will begin to understand story structure by identifying the beginning, middle and end of a story.

                 

                                                                                          

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: