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Caterpillars and Butterflies (Nursery)

Welcome to Caterpillars and Butterflies

Our teacher is Miss Clough, who is accompanied by Mrs Pedersen-Wylie and Mrs McNally.

We like to explore and have fun.

Information for Nursery Class parents and carers about the structure of the school day and staffing. If you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Click on the link below to access it or should you require a paper version then just ask at the office.

Please remember to…

  • Name all of your child’s clothes, shoes and any items that they bring into Nursey.
  • Drop off and collect your child on time.
  • Encourage your child to look in their tray for pictures, letters, jumpers and models.
  • Hand lunch time cover money in every Monday in a named envelope (30 hour children).
  • Resist the temptation to do everything for your child and encourage them to try and do it for themselves. E.G. dressing and toileting.
  • Remember that no worry is too small, if you are concerned about your child please let us know so that we can help.

Resources:

Early Years Book List

A fantastic family learning session!

A fantastic family learning session!

This morning, Michael from family learning came into work with the children in Early Years with their parents. The children and their parents enjoyed a fun packed morning with various craft activities linked to King Charles III Coronation. Article 3     All...

Wonderful Worms!

Wonderful Worms!

We have started to learn about worms this week. We focussed on the story, Yucky Worms which informed us that worms are very important as they help our plants and flowers grow and they are not yucky as the tile of our story suggests! We have found out lots of...

Celebrating the Kings Coronation

Celebrating the Kings Coronation

What a fantastic day we all had celebrating the Kings Coronation. The children came to school dressed in red, white and blue. They made some flags and crowns to wear when they had a coronation picnic and a whole school disco at the end of the day. They had a visit...

Celebrating King Charles’ Coronation in Nursery

Celebrating King Charles’ Coronation in Nursery

We have had a brilliant week preparing for and celebrating the King Charles' coronation, incorporating maths, speaking and listening and understanding the world within our activities. We found out lots of facts about King Charles and what will happen during his...

Parent support for transition

Parent support for transition

Information for parents of Nursery and Y6 children: Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people. Article 28: You have the...

Another busy week in nursery!

Another busy week in nursery!

On Monday we introduced our new friends to the wider classroom by having a fabulous music and movement session in our school hall. Once again, it was wonderful to see our 'original' pupils set such a good example. For maths this week, we focussed on spatial awareness....

Composting and much more!

Composting and much more!

A warm welcome to our new friends in nursery. We are very proud of the way in which they have settled into nursery life. We are equally as proud of our 'original'  children who have showed genuine care and empathy towards their new friends and helped them to follow...

Support for Parents – SEN information

Support for Parents – SEN information

If you have a child with Special Educational Needs or a disability you may be elegible to apply for a MAX card. You can also apply if you are caring for a looked after child. The MAX card offers discounts for venues such as bowling alleys, trampoline parks and zoos....

Exciting Easter Activities in Nursery!

Exciting Easter Activities in Nursery!

We have continued to focus on Easter this week. During our group time we made some tasty egg shaped biscuits and decorated them by applying some icing in the shape of a cross and adding raisons on top. We worked extremely hard to finish off our Easter cards by writing...

Easter Cards and much more!

Easter Cards and much more!

This week in nursery, we have been learning about Easter. We shared The Easter Story and produced Easter related art work, computer pictures and made play dough crosses. We started to make our Easter cards which have chicks on and discussed 'new life' and that our...

Down’s Syndrome Awareness

Down’s Syndrome Awareness

To raise awareness about Down's Syndrome, Matthew Atkinson, a young adult who has Down's Syndrome presented an inspirational assembly this morning. He talked about what it is like to have Down's Syndrome and the amazing things that he has achieved with his life so...

Mother’s Day and much more!

Mother’s Day and much more!

This week we have continued to focus on the book, Titch. We made some beautiful Mother's Day cards and discussed the different heights of the stalks/flowers on the front of the card.  During maths we continued to use the balance scales to find heavy and light items...