Nursery Groups:

Butterflies - Mrs Hodkin

Ladybirds - Mrs Brightmore

Bumblebees - Mrs Spooner

Hoverflies -Mrs Spooner

Caterpillars - Miss Leivers, Miss Sharpe and Mrs Cooper

We have six different themes throughout the year, and these are related to the class books we explore together.

Every 2 weeks we focus on a new book which will be introduced to the children on a Monday morning, wrapped as a present along with a question which we will be reflecting on throughout the week.

Our Learning Labs are where we learn to investigate, solve and explain, through an amazing array of resources and this occurs inside and outside. We spend the majority of our time in the labs, as we enable the children to explore and develop.

In Nursery, the children take part in a 10 minute daily maths and phonics session. On Fridays, we visit the school library and choose a book to take home and share with our family.

Each week the children have a pe session in the Hall with Miss Swift, our Pe teacher.

We link with our parents/carers through Dojo, and message families each Friday to share who is the Star of the Week, and share what we will be exploring the following week.

Read what Nursery is doing this term by downloading their newsletter below.

Fireflies teacher is Miss DeLuce Coulthard

Dragonflies teacher is Mrs Buckland

In Reception we provide a vibrant, creative, vocabulary rich and nurturing learning environment for every child. We understand that every child is unique and through our learning environment, we encourage the children to make their own discoveries, spark their curiosity and support them to become confident, self-assured and resilient individuals. Reception is the beginning of each child’s learning journey through to Key Stage 1 and 2 and into Key Stage 3. We want the children to be happy, successful and develop a love of learning so that they can reach their full potential.

We have so much fun in Reception exploring, learning and playing together. We really enjoy getting to know the children and seeing them develop new friendships, that will move with them throughout their school years. We work hard to establish routines and nurture independence. We are so proud of all our children and how they show such enthusiasm and perseverance with their learning. Our first topic in Autumn 1 ‘Inside Out’ enables us to explore how unique and special we all are through the use of a range of books and stories including ‘The Colour Monster’, ‘Only One Me’, ‘Super Duper You’ and ‘Amazing’. This learning helps us to understand ourselves and our classmates and work together as part of a team.

The classrooms are set up to promote different areas of learning and we have learning labs both inside and outside. Activities are planned weekly for the different learning areas to either enhance or develop the children’s learning. Children can access the learning labs during continuous provision and rainbow challenges are set up to ensure that all children access different areas of learning throughout the week.

Phonics is taught daily using The Little Wandle Program to support Early Reading. We want the children to develop a love of reading, so we have chosen texts carefully, to ensure that the texts support children with their learning, introduce them to new vocabulary and develops their imagination and enjoyment of books.

Early Writing is developed throughout the year, starting with funky finger activities and dough disco to develop the children’s fine motor skills, before progressing to daily handwriting using the letter family formation. We have chosen to use Drawing Club as an approach to Early Writing as it encourages the children to use their imagination and become illustrators and writers. It also develops their vocabulary and language.

Our Maths learning shows us how we can be ‘Maths Magicians’ and use our super knowledge of numbers and shapes to find patterns and solve problems. The children are real superstars, showing us how they can use these skills in different parts of their learning, discovery and play throughout the day.

Discovery time and continuous provision gives the children the opportunity to develop and build on their Characteristics of Effective Learning which is ‘Playing and Exploring, ‘Active Learning’ and ‘Creating and Thinking Critically’.

Every day is full of new discovery, questions and challenges. Fireflies and Dragonflies amaze us every minute of every day!

We are also really looking forward to exploring our other topics throughout the year:

Autumn 2 - Let’s Celebrate

Spring 1 – Out of this World (Superheroes)

Spring 2 – Natural Wonders

Summer 1 – Into the Woods

Summer 2 – Sea to Sky

Class 1 teacher is Miss Sentence

Class 2 teachers are Miss Mulligan and Mrs Rodgers

In Year 1 we love to have fun whilst we are learning. We have a big focus on developing our children as readers, writers and curious learners - we love to find things out! Our curriculum is designed to engage children and let them explore and learn new things. Our topics are:

Autumn 1 - Wonderful Us

Autumn 2 - The Box of Forgotten Toys

Spring 1 - Paws, Claws and Whiskers

Spring 2 – Under the Sea

Summer 1 - The Scented Garden

Summer 2 – The Enchanted Woodlands

We work very hard to inspire children to love books and quality texts are threaded through our whole curriculum (our children quickly become bookworms if they aren't already!) In our whole class reading sessions we explore a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We want our children to become familiar with a wide range of authors and texts. 

Phonics is an important part of Year 1 so our children are enabled to continue on their journey of being readers and writers. Dough Disco and other fine motor skills activities are done daily to encourage strong fingers! Our maths is very practical - we do lots of counting, sorting, problem solving and work within numbers to 100. 

In the afternoons our learning is focused on curriculum areas such as science, PSHE, history, art, geography and music to name a few. Afternoons are also a time to explore and learn through varied and creative tasks.

Read what Year 1 are doing this term by downloading their newsletter below.