Nursery and Reception make up the Foundation Stage of your child’s education.
In the Nursery, we aim to provide a friendly, happy and secure environment in which the children may settle easily and where learning can take place. The curriculum covers six main areas under the headings of:
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Mathematical Development
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Creative Development
all of which establish literacy and numeracy, sociability and self-confidence in a child.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Toys - sometimes we ask children to bring in a toy as part of a topic, or on a special occasion, but generally we do not encourage the children to bring toys into school.
We hope that by now each child has a book bag in which to carry school books and letters. In Nursery it is necessary to have book bags in school every day.
NOTICEBOARD
There is a class notice board on Nursery’s window. Check this for any items needed to help with your child’s learning.
A summary of the following week’s activities will be sent home each week.
If you have any queries, please write us a note on the clipboard outside Nursery. We will come back to you with an answer as soon as we are able.
LITERACY / ENGLISH
Reading
Sometimes we ask children to bring in an object to put onto the Sound Table e.g. if the letter of the week is ‘a’ you may send in an apple.
To help your child at home you can:-
1. Use flashcards of letters
2. Read comics and books –encouraging your child to tell a story
3. Use flashcards of words
4. Encourage your child to point at words in books
Writing
Encourage your child to write independently e.g. letters, cards, shopping, lists, menus, etc. When teaching your child to write their name, it is very important that it has a capital letter at the beginning only.
Library
Our Library day is a Monday. Please return books on the Friday before.
NUMERACY /MATHEMATICS
At this age, children learn more easily through practical experience using various, suitable materials within the home.
To help at home: -
Encourage your child to be able to recognise colours.
Let your child count up to ten and recognise numbers themselves.
Play number games e.g. snakes and ladders, snap and ludo. This helps with sequencing.
Encourage your child to recognise shapes around them e.g. square, rectangle, circle and triangle.
P.E.
Our P.E. lesson is on a Friday. Please remember plimsolls / trainers. Nursery children will regularly practise using the large climbing frame in order to develop their gross motor skills.
Please note that no jewellery is allowed in school.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD
You can help your child by making them more aware of the world around them.
Help to develop their powers of observation by talking and discussing things of interest.
The Topics we cover in our school year are as follows: -
Autumn Term
• Myself
• Colours and Traditions
Spring
Term
• Traditional Tales
• Toys
Summer Term
• Nursery Rhymes
• Growth and Journeys
VISITS / SPECIAL OCCASIONS
We aim to have a visit each term.
The Chessington Lodge Christmas Celebration will take place on Thursday 7th December at St. Mary’s Church, Ewell at 2.00 p.m.
The Christmas Parties will take place on Thursday 14th December.
We will give you more details about these events nearer the time.
If you have any concerns or problems during the year please do not hesitate to come and see Miss Hewitt or
Mrs Crossley.
