Welcome to Nursery! We have over 60 children in our thriving nursery class and we offer a variety of options including full-time and part-time places. Our curriculum is carefully timetabled to ensure pupils who attended different sessions get a full curriculum offer.
EYFS means Early Years Foundation Stage. Our children are encouraged to access a range of learning opportunities throughout the day. In the Early Years Foundation Stage children learn best when they experience learning first hand, through meaningful interactions with others, through physical activity and through play. There are seven areas in the national Early Years Framework.
The three prime areas of learning:
The four further areas of learning:
Teaching in the nursery is organised through a range of approaches and provides a balance of child initiated and adult-led activities:
For details of the weekly Nursery home learning, please go to our home learning page or click on the home learning news post at the bottom of the page.
Our Nursery is broken down into five zones of interactive learning. The children are able to explore all areas of the nursery throughout the day and explore the variety of activities that are prepared for them.
Children can access activities linked to expressive arts and design. For example; painting, drawing, drama, music and design and technology
Children can access activities linked to understanding the world. For example; sand, water, construction and scientific investigation
Children can access activities linked to mathematics. For example; number, calculating, problem solving and shape, space and measure
Children can access activities linked to language for communication and literacy. For example; reading, writing, role-play, small world and the home corner
Children can access all seven areas of the curriculum as well as opportunities for further physical development
