Welcome to Abbey Nursery

Things you need to know!!

Our Day – Morning children

O 8:30 – 8:45 Toast and juice £1 per weekO 8:40 Whole class teaching timeO 9:10 – 10:25 Child Initiated Learning

and adult-led teachingO 10:25 Tidy-up timeO 10:30 Family group teaching timeO 10:50 Fruit & milkO 11:20 Family group generalO 11:30 Children leave.

Our Day – Afternoon children

O 12:20-12:35 Toast and juice £1 per week

O 12:40 Whole class teaching timeO 1:00-2:15 Child initiated learning &

adult-led teaching timeO 2:25 Tidy-up timeO 2:30 Family group teaching timeO 2:40 Fruit & milkO 3:10 Family group generalO 3:20pm Children leave

CurriculumO Follow EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)O Prime areas: Personal, Social & Emotional –

helping children to share and play together; helping them to deal with feelings; helping them to become confident.

O Physical development – helping them to move confidently on large equipment; helping them to acquire fine motor skills e.g. threading, painting, drawing, writing.

CurriculumO Communication & Language –

helping children to develop speech and vocabulary; helping children to understand and answer questions and follow instructions; helping children to sit & listen.

CurriculumO Specific areas – O Literacy – reading stories and talking

about them, singing songs and rhymes, early phonic skills.

O Writing – encouraging fine motor skills and mark making. Using ‘Talk For Writing’ to model speaking, writing & reading of stories and texts.

CurriculumO MathematicsO Number – helping children to recite

numbers in order, count objects and acquire number skills.

O Shape, space & measure – playing with shapes, making arrangements, creating patterns, naming shapes.

CurriculumO Understanding the world – talking to

children about themselves, their family, friends and the things they do together with their families.

O Talking about nature and natural things; looking at patterns, change and our environment.

O Technology – using CD players, remote controls, lifting flaps, turning buttons and some computer work.

CurriculumO Expressive Arts & Design – using

materials to create pictures and models, responding to music & song.

O Being imaginative – role play and immersing themselves in imaginary play.

FridaysO Library Day.O Children are loaned a library book.O Please take care of our books.O Return books every Friday.

Milk and FruitO All children have milk (or water) and

fruit during the day. O This is encouraged as a quiet, social

time.

Coats/WaterproofsO Please help your child to put on their

own coat.O Children will take off shoes for different

activities, please buy easy-close e.g. velcro. (NOT laces or buckles!)

O Children will have access to the outdoor area throughout the child initiated learning time, regardless of weather.

O We have a full set of outdoor clothing.

Outdoor LearningO We have a vibrant outdoor learning

area and children will get dirty.O Mud kitchen, Digging area, Tyres,

Wheelbarrows, LogsO We have got tee-shirts & waterproof

coats to cover clothing and wellies and we’ll do our best to keep their clothes clean.

O Children will be allowed outdoors if they want to go, regardless of the weather.

UniformO It all looks the same!!O NAME ALL CLOTHING PLEASE!!O Children will get dirty.O Children have accidents – please put

spare clothes in your child’s bag each day.

O Think about what your child can cope with independently e.g. velcro is easy.

ToiletO Please work on toilet training during

the summer if you child is not quite ready.

O Encourage your child to wash their hands without help.

IllnessO Please phone the school office to

report illness.O Sickness & diarrhoea must be 48

hour (2 day) absence.O Please show your child how to blow

and wipe their nose.

Parents in nurseryO Let’s Do It Days – parents invited to

nursery.O Finale Days – parents invited to nursery.O Celebrations – parents invited to nursery.O Achievement assemblies – parents

invited to nursery.O Special occasions – parents invited to

nursery.O Parents consultations – parents invited to

nursery.

O WE LIKE TO SEE YOU!

Parents in NurseryO Newsletters.O Look out for a chance to become a

governor.O Look out for a chance to join The

Friends of Abbey.O Regular ‘wow’ or ‘news’ sheets.O Evaluation sheets.O Letters in children’s bags.

WOW MomentsO Not all development is seen in

nursery.O If your child does something special

at home we want to know.O You will be given regular sheets to

fill in at home.O What made you say ‘Wow!’?

Children’s ProgressO We maintain a folder called a Learning

Journey.O ipad programme that captures moments

of your child’s time in nursery.O We build a picture of their development

and share with you at parent’s meetings (nursery closed to children).

O Development is based on the Early Years Learning Outcomes available on our website.

Health/FamilyO Make sure that we know any health

concerns e.g. allergies.O Make sure we have an inhaler if

needed.O Make sure we have an epipen if

needed.O If you have a change in family

circumstances that we should know about please talk to us in confidence.

Family GroupsO These are small groups within which

teaching & learning takes place.O Mrs Lawrence, Miss Andrews & Mrs

Warhurst will have a family group each.O Supported by Mrs Broadbent & Mrs

Williamson during the Autumn termO Groups will have animal names.O Group leaders will maintain the Learning

Journeys and speak to you at parent's meeting.

Parent’s MeetingsO There are three of these during the

year, usually October, March and July.

O We close the nursery to pupils to allow the key workers to talk to you in detail.

O No written reports in FS1 but we give you a copy of the ipad Learning Journey.

Parent’s MeetingsO Try to avoid the start of the day

unless very important.O Wait 10 minutes until children are in

or agree an alternative time.

ParkingO DO NOT PARK IN MAURICE ROADO DO NOT PARK ON ZIG ZAGSO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE

AdmissionO Stay & Play – really important so that

child is introduced to a new environment.

O Stay for the whole of a nursery session.

O Staggered intake after that – leave children with staff.