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Early Years
Welcome all families and their children to Early Years.
Reception class teacher and EY Lead
Mrs. J. Garside
Nursery teacher
Miss. K. Wilkins
Teaching Assistants
Mrs. Goodwin
Mrs. Cunningham
Mrs. Curran
Miss. Rowland
Mrs. Kershaw
Midday Supervisor
Mrs. Wood
P.E Days
Monday. Please ensure that your child has black shorts, white T-shirt and pumps. (Reception children only.)
Parent’s Meeting
March 2026
Yearly overviews.
Termly topics:
Autumn 1: Marvellous me.
Throughout this topic, we will learn about ourselves. This includes where we are from, our emotions and all about us, our friends and our families.
Autumn 2: Let’s celebrate.
Spring 1: Down in the jungle.
In this topic, we will learn about jungle animals, amazing apes and things with wings! we will read books such as Walking through the jungle and Dear zoo.
Spring 2: Travel and transport.
Throughout this topic, we learn about different modes of travel, traffic and road safety.
Summer 1: Our world
Throughout this topic, we will learn about the environment and different ways to help and look after our wonderful world. They will have opportunities to learn about growing plants, animals including life cycles, seasons and recycling.
Summer 2: Holidays
Termly topics:
2024-2025
Autumn 1: Ourselves
Throughout this topic, we will learn about ourselves. This includes where we are from, our emotions and all about us, our friends and our families.
Autumn 2:- Once upon a time.
Through our topic, the children will learn about story settings and characters. We will share and retell many traditional stories and create props for children to use in their play.
Spring 1: Powerful people.
Through our topic, children will learn about people who help us. They will talk about and share their ideas about similarities and difference. Lots of visitors have helped us to learn about people who can help us.
Spring 2: All aboard.
Summer 1: Old McDonald had a farm.
Summer 2: Big and small.
Family engagement:
We had a lovely time at the spring-a-ling where families were invited to enjoy a drink and cake to celebrate spring.
We also had a wonderful time at our recent EY Ugly Bug Ball.
Parental Help
If you are interested in becoming a classroom helper, please see Mrs. Garside.
Observations
All children in our mixed Nursery and Reception unit have an online learning journey on 'Seesaw', which we use to record observations of their achievements in school. Staff regularly upload photos and comments to showcase some of the activities and experiences your child has been involved in, helping you to share their progress.
Our team are highly skilled in capturing meaningful learning moments. These observations enable us to better support your child's development in school, whilst also helping families to continue that support at home.
Children have a weekly ‘Show and Tell’ session on Monday, which is a wonderful opportunity to talk about and share knowledge and experiences. You will receive further information about this once your child has settled in.
Useful Links
Useful educational apps.
- White Rose Maths – 1 minute maths – free. Helps children to build number confidence and fluency through engaging, 1 minute tasks.
- Meet the Numberblocks – free. Each Numberblock has its number of Numberblobs to count, the child has to tap on the Numberblobs to count them and when they have all been counted, a video clip plays the Numberblocks song.
- Maths, ages 3-5 – Free but with in-app purchases. Simple games practising key maths skills such as matching and sorting, comparing and counting.
- Lego Duplo World – free. Simple games and open ended play experiences and games featuring animals, buildings and vehicles.
- Numberblocks card fun – £2.49. Lots of different games to play with Numberblocks 1-10.
- Numberblocks Hide and Seek – £2.49. This app helps your child get to grips with addition, number bonds and other key number skills.