Physical Development
•Use a range of tools and equipment with increasing
control, including jugs to pour, dough tools and
mark making tools, appropriate scissors and
threading activities.
•Beginning to draw circles and lines, beginning to
use a 3 fingered grip when using mark making tools.
•Turn pages to look at books, and handle books with
care.
•Run and stop safely.
• Develop confidence on Nursery play climbing
equipment.
•Begin to put on own coat and help with clothing.
Mathematics.
•Counting 1-5 and beyond through play and
through number rhymes and songs.
•Matching 1-1
•Beginning to count objects 1-3
•Comparing quantities, developing language such
as more, and a lot
•Beginning to recognise some numerals, especially
those of personal significance.
•Colour recognition
•Beginning to use language of size.
•Beginning to sort objects using properties such
as size, shape and colour.
Expressive Arts and Design
•Join in singing favourite songs.
•Create sounds by banging, shaking,
tapping/blowing, indoors and out.
•Explore the way that different musical
instruments sound.
•Experiment with colours, blocks and mark
making, including painting in a variety of ways,
rubbings, cutting and sticking, stamping and
printing, chalking and mixing.
•Experience a range of construction materials.
•Make believe by pretending in role play, small
world and throughout play opportunities.
LEARNING GUIDE FOR
NURSERY
Areas of Interest for
Children to Follow –
Nursery Rhymes/Autumn/
Christmas.
Autumn 2014
Literacy
•Share stories, rhymes and songs,
beginning to establish some
favourites.
•Join in with words & phrases from
familiar stories, songs and rhymes.
•Talking about and handling books,
holding them the right way up.
•Mark making in a wide range of
contexts and media.
•Encourage children to begin to talk
about marks they have made.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
•Leaving carer and settling into Nursery.
•Developing relationship with key person, and with this
support, exploring the Nursery environment and becoming
familiar with Nursery expectations and routines.
•Beginning to respond to the feelings and wishes of others,
focusing on positive behaviour, turn taking and caring for
others and for the Nursery environment.
•Begin to manage feelings and behaviour with support,
stopping them from doing something they should not do.
•Staying safe (Things that go on or in our bodies/ when we
are poorly/ bonfire night)
•SEAL – ‘New Beginnings‘ & ‘Say No to Bullying’
Communication and Language
•Developing language use as a means of widening
contacts, sharing feelings, experiences and
thoughts.
•Sharing interest time to develop conversation
skills
•Using simple questions and sentences.
•Listening and joining in with simple stories,
songs and rhymes.
•Listening to and exploring different sounds.
Understanding the World
•Beginning to make friends
•Through pretend play, explore actions and events from
own family and culture.
•Explore and begin to notice detailed features of
environment.
•Through pretend play with small world models, explore
different aspects of the world.
•Explore a range of mechanical toys, and technological
toys.
•Experience the touch screen computer and children’s
digital camera within play.
•Harvest
•Stories from the Bible including Creation and the story of
Noah. The Christmas story
•Judaism – Shabbat
•Begin to understand that we have similarities and
differences to others yet we are all valued, unique and
special.
ST. ANN’S C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL
NURSERY CENTRE AND EARLY LEARNERS
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Lathom Avenue
Warrington
WA2 8AL
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SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01925 632210
01925 624170 (Nursery Centre)
Email – [email protected]
Please let us know as soon as possible if your
child is unable to come to school for any
reason.
SNACK
SNACK MONEY IS £1.20 PER WEEK – THIS CAN BE PAID
IN ADVANCE,OR WEEKLY ON A MONDAY MORNING.
SCHOOL INFORMATION
NURSERY CENTRE HOURS
08.45am – 11.45pm
12:15pm – 3:15pm
HEAD TEACHER
Mrs K. Keen
Deputy Head Mrs R Pimblett
CHAIR OF GOVERNING BODY
Rev. S. Parish
NURSERY TEAM
Class Teachers
Mrs Griffiths
Mrs Williams
Teaching Assistants
Mrs Nicholson
Mrs Jones
Mrs Knight
Mrs Duxbury
Miss Jinks
Mrs Zubairi
Mrs Cannell
SCHOOL DATES
Holidays
SCHOOL VISITS
Christmas Trip – Reindeer Lodge and the
giant Christmas tree
Things you can do to help your child at home
•Naming colours, counting and recognising number 1 and beyond
•Teach them to put their coat on and off
•Reinforce the letter sounds we are doing in Nursery s, a, t, p, i, n
•Help them to hold a pencil correctly to scribble and mark make
•Read stories to your child and sing rhymes with them
•We are aware that the older children may be able to do many of these
targets already.
•All children will be moved along the learning curve at their own rate and level
through play and activities linked to their interests.
•Please come and chat to us if you have any queries, questions or suggestions!
CULTURAL PATHWAY
Author – Michael Rosen
Composer – Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Artist – Jackson Pollock
EXTRA INFORMATION – ST ANN’S WEBSITE:
To access the St Ann’s website & VLE (Virtual Learning
Environment) type in http://st-anns.eschools.co.uk/site
Here you will find Nursery and School information updates, along
with an area dedicated to each class with learning guides,
activities, along with ideas and links on how to help your child.