Nursery
Welcome to FS1
2025-2026
Class Teacher: Mrs Anderson
Teaching Assistant: Miss Channing
Welcome to FS1, We hope that you all had a happy and safe holiday. We are very excited to welcome our new children and families and we are sure the children will settle quickly into school life. A big welcome back to those children who have already started their school journey. We are sure they will help us to show the new children what to do.
Please remember the FS1 door is always open and if you have any queries or questions regarding your child or their education please do not hesitate to ask one of the FS1 staff.
Just a few reminders:
- Our morning session starts at 8.45am and finishes at 11.45am. The afternoon session is 12.25pm till 3.25pm. Please inform the office if someone else is collecting your child from school.
- Please make sure the office staff have your up to date contact details.
- Please inform the office if your child is absent.
- Please ensure your child brings a coat as we head into the cooler months, on wet days please also bring wellies for your child. We like to be outside in all weathers!
- Please ensure that your child comes to school in the correct uniform, including a tie and suitable footwear.
- Please inform a member of the FS1 staff each morning as to whether your child will be having a school dinner or packed lunch.
Dear God,
Please show me how to spend this day
Sharing your LOVE in every way
Help me to be kind to everyone
To play and laugh and have lots of fun
Shining your light and giving your grace
Sharing your JOY with a smile on my face!
FS1 - Remote Learning Timetable
Ash Wednesday
The nursery children have been learning about the meaning of Ash Wednesday and why it is an important time in the Church’s year. We talked about how Lent is a special season to grow closer to God through prayer, kindness, and helping others.
The children thoughtfully reflected on what they could do during Lent to strengthen their relationship with God. Together, we shared ideas about being kind — using gentle hands, sharing with our friends, helping at home, and including others in our play. The children reverently received ashes on their foreheads to mark the beginning of Lent.
Stay and Play - Session 4 - Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our latest Stay and Play session, where we celebrated the joy and importance of reading. In Nursery, we work hard to nurture a lifelong love of books, using high‑quality texts to inspire our learning and spark children’s imaginations. It was wonderful to share this experience with you, and we hope you all enjoyed the session as much as we did.
Maths: Number Day
The nursery children had a fantastic time taking part in Number Day! They enjoyed lots of hands-on number activities, spotting and identifying numbers and exploring different representations of 1 and 2. We sang plenty of number rhymes and made learning fun through play. The children all came dressed wearing a number, which added to the excitement of the day.
Phonics : Oral Blending
The nursery children have been developing their oral blending skills. The children listened very carefully as an adult sounded out simple words (for example, c-a-t or d-o-g). Their challenge was to blend the sounds together in their heads and then choose the correct object to help them “cross the river.”
Reading Competition
We are inviting children to create items to enhance our Reading Room and classroom bookcases. The poster has lots of ideas and the children are very welcome to come up with their own creative ideas too.
RE: Galilee to Jerusalem
The nursery children have been learning about Jesus’ love for everyone through the story of The Feeding of the Five Thousand. They learnt about the importance of sharing and looking after the poor and the hungry. As part of their learning, the children made and shared bread and decorated fish, helping them to understand kindness, generosity, and caring for others.
Physical Development - Gross Motor Skills
The nursery children enjoy developing their gross motor skills in the outdoor area. They love using the swing, balancing on planks and stilts, and jumping from crates. The children also enjoy moving around the space in lots of different ways, building confidence, coordination, and strength through active play.
Understanding the World - Lunar New Year
The nursery children have been enjoying learning all about Lunar New Year. They loved discovering how people celebrate the Chinese New Year and exploring different traditions from around the world.
The children had great fun making colourful dragons, learning a dragon dance, and copying Chinese writing. They also decorated beautiful Chinese lanterns, dressed up in traditional clothing, and even tried using chopsticks!
Big Schools' Birdwatch
The nursery children have really enjoyed taking part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch. They learnt about some of the different birds we might see and talked about how to spot them. The children made their own binoculars and had lots of fun using them to look out for birds in the outdoor area, developing their curiosity about the natural world.
Maths:Circles
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The nursery children enjoyed learning all about circles. They looked for circles around the nursery, made circle prints, and practised cutting out circles. The nursery children enjoyed learning all about circles. They looked for circles around the nursery, made circle prints, and practised cutting out circles.
Expressive Arts and Design : Musical Stories
The nursery children enjoyed using actions to retell the story The Sleeping Princess through music. They also loved singing and performing a song together as a group, building confidence and having fun while learning.
Expressive Arts and Design : Junk Modelling
The nursery children have been busy exploring the junk modelling area, learning different ways to join materials together. They have also been practising cutting a variety of materials and particularly enjoyed cutting pasta. Through these activities, the children have been learning how to safely hold and use scissors, building their confidence and fine motor skills.
Stay and Play: Session 3 -Let's Talk
Our third EYFS Stay and Play session invited parents to step into a magical world of fairy tales, supporting our “Let’s Talk” focus. Through playful, story-based activities, children and their families explored language together, building confidence, communication skills, and imagination.
Wintery Weather Fun
We’ve been enjoying the wintery weather at nursery, and the children were very excited to explore the snow using all of their senses. They loved touching, crunching, and observing the snow as they played together outdoors. We also enjoyed talking about the ice we discovered, discussing how it was made and watching how it felt and changed. It was a wonderful opportunity for hands-on learning, curiosity, and seasonal fun.
Galilee to Jerusalem – Learning About Epiphany
The nursery children have been learning about Epiphany and the visit of the Wise Men. They enjoyed making crowns and stars and created their own pictures of the Wise Men as part of their learning. The children loved exploring this special story through creative activities.
Maths : Nursery Number Fun!
The nursery children have been learning all about the number 1. They explored different ways to represent number 1 and went on a number hunt to find it around the nursery. The children practised doing one of each action, had a go at writing the number 1, and learnt a fun little rhyme to help them remember how to form it correctly. A great start to their number learning!
Anti-Bullying Week
Black History: Standing Firm in Power and Pride
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, our nursery children have been exploring the theme "Standing Firm in Power and Pride" in ways that are meaningful to them. We’ve been focusing on the feeling of being proud — of who we are, what we can do, and how we grow every day.
The children have shared things they feel proud of, such as putting on their coats by themselves, eating all their sandwiches, or trying something new. They created their own Proud Medals to celebrate these wonderful achievements and made beautiful Proud Clouds using different art materials to express their feelings.
One of the most special parts has been sharing the Proud Clouds children brought in from home, filled with lovely messages from parents and carers about what makes them proud.
Stay and Play: Session 2 - Magical Messy Play
Parents were welcomed to another stay-and-play session with their children, this time centred around Messy Play. During the session, we highlighted how sensory experiences support children’s development. We also explained how these activities help build the fine motor skills and control needed for early mark‑making and pre‑writing. It was a fantastic session, and parents, children, and staff all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Expressive Arts and Design: Exploring Sound
The nursery children enjoyed exploring sound with their voices, bodies and musical instruments.
Understanding the World: Different Occupations
The nursery children have been learning all about different occupations. They’ve really enjoyed exploring a variety of roles through play, especially taking on the roles of nurses and doctors in our role play area. In the small world provision, they loved pretending to be firefighters, showing great imagination and teamwork as they responded to "emergencies."
Mark Making
The nursery children have been exploring mark making through movement! They created a special dance, moving up and down, and side to side and then turned their wonderful wiggles into colourful squiggles on card and using chalk outside. A fantastic way to develop their early writing skills!
Phonics: Instrumental Sounds
As part of their Phase 1 Phonics learning, the nursery children have been exploring instrumental sounds. They’ve enjoyed discovering the names of different instruments and learning how to play them. The children also had great fun experimenting with playing loudly and quietly, developing their listening and sound discrimination skills along the way.
Expressive Arts and Design: Self Portraits
The nursery children stepped into the role of art critics this week, exploring and discussing self-portraits by a variety of artists. They shared what they liked and disliked, expressing their own ideas and opinions with confidence. The children then created their very own self-portraits.
RSE: Looking after our bodies
The nursery children have been learning that our bodies are good and we need to look after them. We have been talking about keeping healthy and the importance of looking after our teeth and visiting the dentist.
Understanding the World - Using their senses to explore autumn.
The nursery children have been using their five senses to explore the wonders of autumn! They felt the smooth, shiny conkers, looked closely at the changing colours of the leaves, and took in all the sights and textures this beautiful season brings.
Reading: Take 10 to Read
Take 10 to Read is a national reading for pleasure campaign that highlights the wellbeing benefits of reading. Just 10 minutes of reading a day can help reduce stress, improve mood, and support mental health. The nursery children have taken part in the campaign by exploring their favourite nursery rhymes. They used props to bring the rhymes to life, making the experience fun, interactive, and memorable! Reading isn't just for learning – it's for feeling good too.
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RE: Creation and Covenant - Baptism
The nursery children have been learning about how we enter into God's Family through Baptism and that there are special things that we do and say as part of the Baptism celebration.
Maths: TT Rockstars Day
Nursery children have had a fantastic time taking part in our whole school TT Rockstars Day!
They loved dressing up as rockstars, strumming guitars, and most importantly—doing lots of fun maths activities. We’ve been busy matching amounts, singing number rhymes, and exploring all the exciting maths resources in our provision.
Stay and Play: Session 1 - Learning Through Play
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first 'Stay and Play' session. It was lovely to see parents and carers joining their children in discovering the many ways we learn through play - from building and creating to pretending and exploring. Every activity helps support early development and the children thoroughly enjoyed spending time with their grown-ups too!
Understanding the World: Our School
The nursery children enjoyed finding out more about their immediate environment. We went for a walk right round school and visited lots of different places and saw lots of different people.
Class Text: Supertato
The children have been thoroughly enjoying our class text Supertato! They’ve responded to the story in lots of creative and exciting ways. The children used their imaginations to draw Supertato and Evil Pea. There was lots of laughter as the children took part in catching and tying up Evil Pea, just like in the story. The children made their own peas out of playdough and completed lots of other Supertato activities too.
FS1: Marvellous Marks
The nursery children have been exploring mark making with different drawing materials. They have used crayons, felt tips and chalk to draw patterns and pictures.
RSE: Created and Loved by God
The nursery children have been listening to the story of Creation and finding out that they are created by God out of love and for love. The children have started to learn a song, 'God Made Me, God Made You'.
RE: Creation and Covenant
The children have been listening to the story of Creation and how God made our world and everything in it. They have learnt that God made each of them and knows all their names. The children decorated their names and remembered that their names are special. They sent 'Bubble Prayers' to God to say thank you for the things he has created.
Our Environment - Super Me, Super You!
Settling In
The nursery children have been busy settling in to their new environment and exploring all of the continuous provision. Throughout the course of the week we have concentrated on settling in, getting to know each other and learning our nursery routines and structures.
Maths - Colours
The nursery children have been busy matching, recognising and naming colours. They have enjoyed having a colour scavenger hunt around the EYFS unit.
Phonics - Drumming Walk
The nursery children enjoyed a 'drumming walk' as part of their Phase 1 Phonics. The children enjoyed using the claves to drum quietly, loudly, quickly and slowly. They enjoyed exploring the different noises the surfaces made as they drummed on them.