1. Foundation Stage 1 (Nursery)
Welcome to
Foundation Stage 1 (Nursery)
Positive Pandas

2. Meet the Team  Miss Gilsenan Miss Wright Mrs Iqbal
Foundation Stage Leader
Miss Wright
Class Teacher
Mrs Iqbal TA

3. The School Day
Please be punctual!

4. Enter school through the front gate.
Go through the back gate onto the EYFS playground.
The nursery door is the 2nd along, up the steps.
The school gate is on Gordon Road
Nursery and Reception

5. If you arrive after 9am or 12:30pm , you are late!
Please sign in at the office.

6. Please make sure the teacher knows who is picking up
Mum
Please make sure the teacher knows who is picking up
your child from school.

7. ???
Please inform the office if somebody else is picking up your child from school.

8. What will your child learn?
There are 17 areas of learning:

9. Your child will be assessed on HOW they learn

10. What does a ‘typical day’ look like?
Directed Time
Children have ‘short-bursts’ of teacher-led sessions.
All learning is based on play.
Child Initiated

11. Your child will be playing indoors and outdoors all day, everyday
The importance of play
Your child will be playing indoors and outdoors all day, everyday

12. Outdoor Learning
Children can choose when and where they want to play. We encourage outdoor play (outdoor learning) as much as possible. We go outside in all weathers.
We provide your child with a set of wellington boots (wellies), waterproof coat and trousers.

13. School Uniform

14. Black leggings, trainers and jeans are not part of the uniform.
Big earrings are not allowed.

15. Your child will have a PE lesson every week.
You will need to provide shorts or tracksuit bottoms, a T-shirt, pumps and a PE bag.
You can purchase a red t-shirt and red bag from the office.
Red t-shirt
Tracksuit bottoms
Shorts
Red draw-string bag
Black plumps

16. Attendance Take your child to school every day.
If your child is poorly, please call the school office to inform us.
If you need a day off for any other reason, fill out an Absence Form from the office.
We expect 95% attendance from all children.

17. Give us any medicine or an inhaler if prescribed.
Please inform the office about any medical condition related to your child.
Give us any medicine or an inhaler if prescribed.
We do first aid but we don’t give any medicine without your permission.

18. Being Imaginative
Play is absolutely essential. Children DO NOT need expensive toys.
Please provide your child with daily play opportunities at home.
DO NOT spend lots of money 

19. Talk about everything and anything!
The Importance of Talk
Talking is absolutely essential. The more you can talk, the more your child will learn.
Talk about everything and anything!
By age 3, children should be putting 3 words together e.g. me go toilet; me see mum

20. Talk, talk, talk……(in your home language)
Family
Themselves
Feelings
Animals
Shapes
Colours….

21. How often are you reading with
your child?
Try to provide your child with books at home.
Visit the library!

22. Singing and Nursery Rhymes
Children need good listening skills. Singing will help them to learn.
Look for books with repetition
Sing your own traditional songs and nursery rhymes.

23. Sing your own traditional songs and nursery rhymes.
Mark Making
Children need strong hands before they can write. It’s more than just name writing…
Sing your own traditional songs and nursery rhymes.

24. Please encourage your child to hold pencils, pens, brushes, crayons..
Your child needs strong muscles!
Have paper, pens and pencils at home for them to play with.

25. Finger Gym Make your own playdough! Flour and hair conditioner.
Your child needs strong muscles!
Playdough will really help them.

26. Getting Messy! Your child will probably come home messy!
Please provide your child with spare clothes:
Pants
Top
Trousers
Socks

27. We have “family learning” workshops.
We have different classes for parents: ESOL English, art and craft, cooking…
Come and join-in! 

28. Toileting
At the start of Nursery, toilet training should be well under way. Consistency is key!

29. Help your child to begin to:
Self-Care
Help your child to begin to:
Wipe and blow nose
Wash and dry hands
Wipe self after toileting

30. Getting dressed/undressed
Button and unbutton own clothes
Put on own coat
Find own things

31. Morning and Bedtime Routines
Good bedtime routine
(7pm bedtime at the latest)
Breakfast/Lunch (healthy)
Clean teeth
Please, NO bottles or dummies!
Please, NO pushchairs!

32. Turn-taking and sharing
Listening and attention
Tidying-up
Independent

33. Please visit our school website.

34. Feeling worried? Anxious?....
Tell us if you have any worries or concerns about your child starting school.
If your child has any special needs please tell us before they start so that we can prepare for their arrival and help them.

35. Important Dates
Transition Arrangements: Stay and Play with your child
Morning children
Afternoon children
The team will be carrying out home visits for all New Starters during June and July.
Monday 17th June 2017
Tuesday 18th June 2017
Wednesday 19th June 2017
Thursday 20th June 2017
Friday 21st June 2017
Stay and Play Session
Session Time
Monday 17th June 2017
Tuesday 18th June 2017
Wednesday 19th June 2017
Thursday 20th June 2017
Friday 21st June 2017