1. Nursery (FS1) Parents’ Meeting
21st June 2017

2. Nursery (FS1) Team Red Nursery Mrs McTear-Mendonca Class teacher
Mrs Metters Foundation Stage Leader
Red Nursery Mrs McTear-Mendonca Class teacher
Miss Terry Teaching Assistant
Yellow Nursery Mrs Taylor Class teacher
Mrs Hughes Teaching Assistant

3. Curriculum Integrated/Interrelated Play based (Indoor/Outdoor) Topics
Seven areas of learning
(Equal Weighting)

4. Communication and Language
Improving listening and talking skills
Learning to enjoy stories and rhymes and use information books.

5. Literacy Linking sounds and letters Beginning to read
Experimenting with writing
Having fun with words.

6. Mathematics Counting and calculation
Discovering shape, distance and measure
Exploring real life problems
Using mathematical ideas in play.
Describing shapes, space and measures

7. Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Confidence and a sense of worth
Making friends and getting on with other children
Caring for other people and for your surroundings
Telling others how you feel and what you like best
Learning to look after yourself and make choices

8. Expressive Arts and Design
Painting, drawing and modelling
Acting out real life situations (role play)
Singing and making music
Movement and dance

9. Understanding the World
People and Communities
The World
Technology

10. Physical Development Active play and becoming confident in movement
Energetic activity
Running, climbing, throwing and catching
Developing fine motor skills with fingers and hands e.g. doing jigsaws or using small tools
Health awareness

11. Assessment
Ongoing and continuous (observations and focus assessments)

12. Parents as Partners
“Parents are children’s first and most enduring educators. When parents and practitioners work together, the results have a positive impact on the child’s development and learning.”
A successful partnership has a two-way flow of information, knowledge and expertise.
Parents’ Evenings
Newsletters
Open door
Parent Helpers!

13. A day in the life of Nursery

14. Full nursery sessions will begin on Thursday 7th September
Information
School Prospectus
Forms to return on 6th July – inside plastic wallet
Yellow - Admission Form (Birth Certificate)
White - ParentMail Form
Pink – Bentley’s Kids Club
Green – Parents as Partners
White – Early Years Pupil Premium
Personalised letter - Induction arrangements for Thursday 6th July
Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th September
Full nursery sessions will begin on Thursday 7th September

15. Nursery Extended Hours & Bentleys Kids Club
Before and after school hours charged childcare provision
Extended 15 hour nursery provision after the morning nursery sessions.

16. Induction Morning: 6th July
Induction session on Thursday 6th July at either 9:15am-10:15am or 10:30am-11:30am (Letter in pack)

17. Building Happiness and Success