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Nursery pick up and drop off
Please discourage your children and older siblings from using the Nursery outdoor area during pick up and drop off times. Children are not allowed to use the outdoor play equipment unless they are supervised by a member of the Nursery Team. Thank you for your help and support.
Settling into Nursery
Settling into a new setting will take time but you will be glad to hear that for the majority of their day the children in the Ladybird and Dragonfly class are happily exploring the indoor and outdoor areas. They are learning all about us and we are learning lots about all our Nursery children. Thank you for all your help and support during the settling in time. We know it can be hard when your child/children are upset when they are dropped off at Nursery. As we grow into the Autumn term the children will grow and develop with learning our routines and gaining confidence. For some of our children the settling in process can take time but they get there in the end.
Wow notesAs part of the children’s development in the Nursery, we collect examples of how they are progressing through the Seven Areas of Learning: Language and Communication, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design. To support your child’s development and to help the accuracy of our judgements, please try to complete four of these ‘wow’ moments per half term. A ‘wow’ moment would be your child doing something for the first time or showing confidence while taking part in an activity with you. Write a brief description of what your child did on one of the cards, cut it out and bring it into Nursery. We will then stick the ‘wow’ moment into their learning journey and use it to support our understanding of their development |
Values AmbassadorsTo reward the Nursery children when they continue to make 'good choices', we place a picture of them on the 'Values Ambassadors' board. At the end of each week, we choose one girl and one boy who have been showing and demonstrating our Values and also following our 'Golden Rules'. Each child then receives a sticker, a small certificate to take home and a round of applause from their friends. With so many amazing children in the Nursery, it is always a hard choice. |
Forest SchoolForest School sessions are led by Nursery Teachers and Mrs Watts who is a certified Forest School teacher as well as the class teacher for RF Reception class at Fielding. You will receive a message via your MCAS account on a Friday/Wednesday to let you know if your child is attending Forest School on Monday/Thursday. If you child is due to attend Forest School then please send them to Nursery with wellies or waterproof shoes. They will also need a raincoat/shower jacket as the weather does not stop us. The Fielding Forest School is located on our school field. Children will have the opportunity to explore the forest and take part in themed and seasonal activities. For more information about Forest School please click on the link below. https://www.forestschoolassociation.org/what-is-forest-school/ |
Children Bringing Comfort Toys to NurseryWhile the children are settling into the Nursery we understand that some children need to bring comfort toys to the Nursery to help them in their settling on process. We encourage the children to keep comfort toys in their bags so that they do not get lost. If children mislay any items which they bring to Nursery we will attempt to find them and return them. Unfortunately we are unable to spend time looking for items during busy periods in the Nursery. If a child looses an item we will then look for it at the end of the session or at the beginning of the next day. We ask parents if they can please be patient to have items returned and not expect staff to look for items during the session |
Using CutleryWe are encouraging to children to use a knife and fork when they eat lunch and tea in the Nursery. Children of Nursery age are able to use cutlery and with help they soon learn how to use a knife and fork correctly when eating. Some foods are harder to cut that others and they will still need help cutting up food before they eat it. Please encourage your child to use a knife and fork at home and model good cutlery use. Thank you for your support. Supporting your child during toilet training.Please find links to a supporting document and website to help support your child with their toilet training. Please view the document and website and continue to encourage your child to use the toilet at home. |
Supporting Children with Additional NeedsAll children may experience some difficulties in learning from time to time during their school life. We aim to provide equal access to the whole curriculum for all children including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). All nursery staff are involved in the learning and development of pupils with SEND with Parents/Carers involved at all stages. Mrs Chadwick is the school SENDCo, and she works closely with nursery. We place great emphasis on identifying pupils with additional needs as early as possible, therefore ensuring a differentiated curriculum to accommodate individual needs and allow maximum access to the curriculum. Where a child has a particular individual need, we will make reasonable adjustments to help them overcome their difficulties which may include additional support. Depending on the identified need this support may take place in class, in a small group or on an individual basis. On occasion, additional support is sought from an external agency such as;
You can also see an overview of our Special Educational Needs support by clicking here to see our whole school provision and local offer. |
Early Pick Up during PM SessionsIf you are picking your child up from Nursery before 3.30pm please inform us by passing a message over to a member of our Nursery Team on the door or by phoning or emailing us. If you are picking up from the Ladybird class at 3.30pm then please be aware that the Ladybird children go to tea at 3.30pm till 4.00pm. We will have the children ready to go at 3.30pm if we know in advance. If we are unaware that you are collecting your child at 3.30 they may be on their way to tea and may be disappointed that they will miss tea. Thank you for your continued support and consideration. Key Oral Health Messages: |
What will my child be learning about this week?
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We will be using the listening skills of the NELI program: - 'Look.' -' Listen.' -'Sit still.' -'Be quiet'
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Phonics Packs
NELI weekly information
Nursery Curriculum Challenge
What does my child do at Nursery?We give feedback about your child's progress during our Parent Consultation meetings. We will not be able to give parents daily feedback due to the numbers of children we have attending each day. If we need to chat to you about anything we will always phone or email. |
A day in the life of a Nursery childWe thought you might like to know what an average day is like for your child. All timings are approximate and will change sometimes according to the needs of the children. 8 am -9.10 am Children arrive in Nursery. 9.10am - 9.15am Dough Gym 9.15am -9.30am Carpet Story/ Mathematics 9.30am-9.40am Milk 9.40am-11.15am Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring. 11.15- 11.30 Wash Hands 11.30am-12.30pm Children Eat Lunch 11.50am -12.45pm Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring. 12.45-1.00pm AM children go home, full time children story time. 1.00pm-1.10pm PM Children arrive. 1.10pm-1.20pm Dough Gym.(Dragonfly Class) 1.20pm -2.45pm Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring. 2.45pm -3.00pm Children Wash Hands. 3.00pm-4.00pm Children's Tea Time 3.30-3.45pm: Story Time. 3.45pm-5.00pm Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring 5.30pm -6.00pm -Tidy and story time. |
Our Golden Rules |
Fielding Nursery Staff
Tracy Cherry Nursery Manager & Operations Lead (DDSL)
Terry McEvoy Assistant Head, Nursery & Ladybird Class Teacher
Sam O'Neill Dragonfly Class Teacher
Jenny Eastwood Nursery Admissions & Attendance
Dina Malil Early Years Practitioner, Ladybird Class
Neelma Ahmed Teaching Assistant, Dragonfly Class
Regina Belaid Teaching Assistant, Ladybird Class
Sarabjit Sahota Teaching Assistant, Ladybird Class
Jolanta Serrano Teaching Assistant, Dragonfly Class
Karima Dahbi Playworker, Ladybird Class
Afiya John-Charles Playworker, Dragonfly Class
Bushra Noordin Playworker, Ladybird Class
Nalini Ramnath Playworker, Dragonfly Class
Savannah Wong Playworker, Dragonfly Class
Michelle Nem Early Years Practitioner, Dragonfly Class
Emelia Boyd-Joseph Early Years Practitioner, Dragonfly Class
Sabirah Kaur Hayre Teaching Assistant Dragonfly Class
Suvita Kumar Teaching Assistant, Ladybird Class
Neide Da Silva Playworker Ladybird Class
Martina Drury-Hunte Playworker Ladybird Class
Samra Farooqi Playworker Dragonfly Class
Reema Rathod Playworker Ladybird Class
Laxmi Singh Playworker Ladybird Class
Hazera Rahim Nursery Cover Teaching Assistant |
