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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
October – November 2021 Oct – Nov 2021
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Oct
25
Mon
Autumn Half Term
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Oct 25 – Oct 29 all-day

School closed for Half Term holiday.

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Categories: Nursery Reception Term Dates Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Nov
2
Tue
Year 1 Mass at the Grove Site
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Nov 2 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

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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Categories: Year 1
Nov
3
Wed
CtS Prayer Group
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Nov 3 @ 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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Nov
4
Thu
Year 3 and 4 Mass, Christ the Saviour Church
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Nov 4 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Year 3 Choir singing at Mass

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Categories: Year 3 Year 4
Reception Parent Information Evening
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Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Categories: Reception
Nov
5
Fri
Parent Tours
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Nov 5 @ 9:15 am – 10:30 am

Prospective parents are welcome to contact the school office to book a place on a Parent Tour. Tours will start at the Grove Site, W5 5DX at 9.15am and parents must pre book these tours in advance. The tours will start in our Nursery and parents will have an opportunity to visit both the Grove and Broadway Site and ask questions to members of school staff. Our Parent Tours usually finish at about 10.30am.

Please contact the School Office: admin@cts-school.org to book a place.

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PTA Fireworks Activities – both Sites
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Nov 5 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Nov
9
Tue
Year 2 Mass at the Grove Site
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Nov 9 @ 9:00 am – 9:30 am

Year 2 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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Categories: Year 2
Nov
11
Thu
Year 5 and 6 Mass, – Year 6 choir singing @ Christ the Saviour Church
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Nov 11 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Parent Safeguarding Training
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Nov 11 @ 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Please contact the admin team if you would like to attend this parent safeguarding training. Parents who had signed up for the original date in October do not need to register again.

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October – November 2021 Oct – Nov 2021

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

Summer 1 KO: On the Farm

Useful Links

Walking to School – Map and Advice

Nursery – Reading with your child

The layout of our Nursery

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.

Green area

Children can access activities linked to expressive arts and design. For example; painting, drawing, drama, music and design and technology

Blue area

Children can access activities linked to understanding the world. For example; sand, water, construction and scientific investigation

Rainbow area

Children can access activities linked to mathematics. For example; number, calculating, problem solving and shape, space and measure

Red area

Children can access activities linked to language for communication and literacy. For example; reading, writing, role-play, small world and the home corner

Outside area

Children can access all seven areas of the curriculum as well as opportunities for further physical development