Nursery (FS1 and Pre School) 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Nursery and Pre School

Our Teachers

Hedgehogs - Nursery Teacher - Miss McPherson (EYFS Lead)

Hedgehogs - Teaching Assistants - Miss Smith and Miss Sandu

Squirrels - Pre School Teacher - Miss Cooke

Squirrels - Pre School Teaching Assistant - Miss Kim

Our School day

Morning Sessions:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

08:30 – 11:30am (15 hours per week)

Afternoon Sessions:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

12:30 – 3:30pm (15 hours per week)

Please be prompt at both drop off and pick up times as attendance matters.

Snack Time 

Your child is offered a healthy snack and water or milk during their morning or afternoon session.

Reading - Believe Avhieve Suceed

Reading is so important and we want to help you, to help your children develop a life-long love of books. 

Try and support your child and share a book at bedtime or during a quiet moment.

The following tips should help make reading less stressful, and help your child feel like they are a successful reader...

1. Before you share a new book, find a comfortable place to sit and realx together in.
2. Talk about the front cover.
3. Model with your child how to turn the pages, hold the book the correct way up and treat it carefully.
4. Read the story and talk about the pictures and what is happening.
5. Allow your child time to share their favourite picture or flick through the pages themselves.
6. Re-read book lots of times to build your child's confidence. Don't change them everyday!

We will continue to send out a weekly 'Talk Time' letter which includes a weekly breakdown of the learning your child will be involved in and also comes with a weekly nursery rhyme for you and your child to sing together

Thank you so much for your support with your child’s learning 😊

Behaviour

At Village we have a simple set of values that ensures clarity for all. Everyone in the school community is expected to respect and follow these values. The children are reminded of the values frequently.

 

Dojo

Across all classes and year groups, we use ClassDojo to share the most up-to-date information including photos and videos of our learning, and resources for you to support at home. You can also direct message your child's class teacher to help maintain strong home-school links.

ClassDojo

Dojo points are earned towards a whole-class reward ensuring that every child's contribution is recognised as helping a common goal.

School values:

Other expectations:

Our Learning

Our topics throughout this year include;

Autumn 1 - Puppets and Pop ups

This creative project explores puppets and pop up books and gives children the opportunity to make puppets and use them to tell exciting stories.

Autumn 2 - Sparkle and Shine

This project teaches children about the celebrations that take place during the autumn and winter seasons, and focus on the significance and symbolism of light at this time of year.

Spring 1 - Big Wide World

This project teaches children about the global community to which they belong and explores how living things, communities and climates differ around the world.

Spring 2 - Puddles and Rainbows

This mini project teaches children about the weather that happens during spring and allows them to explore natural phenomena, including rainbows. It supports them to explore colour in the natural world.

Summer 1 - Can we explore?

Can we explore it? Where can we hide? Explore these questions and more in this project about holes, hiding spaces and great adventures in far away places.

Summer 2 - Sunshine and Sunflowers

This seasonal project provides opportunities for outdoor learning and teaches children how to care for the plants and animals in their local environment and how to stay safe in the sun.