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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.

Welcome to Nursery

Our timings for Nursery pupils for 2021/2022 are as follows:

AM Nursery

PM Nursery

Full Time Nursery

EYFS framework

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.

EYFS framework

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:

  • Personal, social and emotional
  • Communication and Language
  • Physical

The four further areas of learning:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the world
  • Expressive arts and design

Upcoming Events

Agenda
Agenda
June – July 2022 Jun – Jul 2022
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Jun
29
Wed
Year 2 Parent and Child Tour of Broadway Site – 2SL
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Jun 29 @ 8:45 am – 9:15 am
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Jun
30
Thu
Year 3 and 4 Mass- Year 3 Choir singing @ Christ the Saviour Church
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Jun 30 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Jul
1
Fri
Year 2 Parent and Child Tour of Broadway Site – 2EC
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Jul 1 @ 8:45 am – 9:15 am
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Jul
2
Sat
Summer Fair (Broadway Site)
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Jul 2 all-day
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Jul
4
Mon
5MG and 5SD Residential
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Jul 4 @ 8:30 am – Jul 6 @ 3:00 pm
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Categories: Year 5
Jul
5
Tue
Reception and Year 1 Mass
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Jul 5 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Reception and Year 1 parents are welcome to attend Mass. Please sign in at the Grove Site Office before joining us to worship together in the hall.

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Jul
6
Wed
5AK and 5OC Residential
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Jul 6 @ 8:30 am – Jul 8 @ 3:00 pm
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Categories: Year 5
CtS Prayer Group
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Jul 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Our CtS Prayer Group meets in the Pastoral Centre next to the Main Entrance of the Grove Site on Grove Road. Our prayer group is a place where members of the school community can find spiritual encouragement and sustenance as well as join in praying for the life and work of our school community. The group is organised by Christine Statham (mum to Nathaniel in Year 2) and a local Licensed Lay Minister. All members of our community are warmly welcome and prayer requests can be sent in via the school office: admin@cts-school.org

If you would like to join please sign in at the Grove Office and the admin team will happily show you where to go – tea and coffee on offer too!

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Jul
7
Thu
Year 5 and 6 Mass- Year 6 Choir singing @ Christ the Saviour Church
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Jul 7 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Jul
11
Mon
Last week of Instrumental lessons with Sing Education
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Jul 11 all-day
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June – July 2022 Jun – Jul 2022

Staff

Teaching in the Nursery

Teaching in the nursery is organised through a range of approaches and provides a balance of child initiated and adult-led activities:

  • Planned focused activities where adults work with a small group of children at a time. Teachers will differentiate the activity to meet the needs of every child participating.
  • Whole class teaching for short periods of time such as shared storytime, direct teaching, songs and rhymes, discussions and sharing of work.
  • Opportunities for teachers to work alongside children as they develop their own interests in particular areas of the curriculum.

Curriculum Overview

  • A curriculum map of the Nursery topics and themes is available here.
  • Find more information about Phonics

Knowledge Organisers

Autumn 1 : Marvellous me

Autumn 2: Light and Dark

Spring 1: Food

Spring 2: Traditional tales

Summer 1: On the Farm

Summer 2: Water

Useful Links

Walking to School – Map and Advice

Nursery – Reading with your child

The layout of our Nursery

Our Nursery is an enabling enviroment that encourages the children to explore all different areas of learning throughout the day. There are always a variety of rich and engaging activities prepared for the children, both inside and outside providing a safe and nurturing setting.

Children are always able to access activities linked to expressive arts and design in our creative area. For example; painting, drawing, drama, music and design and technologyOur topic tables and trays offer children access to activities linked to understanding the world. For example; sand, water, and scientific investigation. We also have a designated construction area for children to explore building larger structures with careful adult support and guidance.

Our mathematics area provides children with a mixture of activities covering topics such as number, calculating, problem solving and shape, space and measure.

Our stage area encourages children to develop thier language for communication and literacy. This is supported by our small world and reading corner to further encourage reading, writing and imaginative role-play.Our spacious outdoor area allows children to explore learning on a larger scale. All seven areas of learning are reflected in this space with a water wall for scientific exploration, a role play house for further imaginative play, a climbing frame, obstacle courses, balance bikes and more all available for children to develop their gross motor skills.