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Summer Weather

So that children in the Nursery can still enjoy the outdoor area please send them to Nursery with pre-applied sun cream and additional in their bag so that they can reapply. Children should also have a labelled sun hat and sun glasses.

The children love learning in the outdoor area and as long as they have the correct clothing they can continue to enjoy it in the summer time.

Workshop

Thank you to those parents who were able join us for our first workshop session on Language and PSED. I have posted the powerpoint  below for you to view. 

Wow’ notes.

As 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 Star

To reward the Nursery children when they continue to make 'good choices', we place a picture of them on the 'Values Star' 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 School 

Forest 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 Nursery

While 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

This Week 29/05/23

This week the Nursery will be closed for the Half Term break. There is no Holiday Club for Half Term so we look forward to welcoming the children back for the final part of Summer Term on Monday 5th June at 7.30am for breakfast club.

Week Beginning 05/06/22

This week will be starting our next curriculum challenge of 'What happened to Jack's beans?'

This week we will be starting our next 'Talk for Writing' book, 'Jack and the Beanstalk' illustrated by Lorena Alvarez

Our question of the week is : What did Jack need to make the beanstalk grow?

This week in our Phonics lessons we will be learning how to say and write the letters 'r' 'j' and 'v'.

To support your children with these sounds you can print off the document below.

This week we will be learning the poem, ' I'm a little teapot'.

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 child

We 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-11.00am Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring.

11.00-11.20: Phonics- Children learn how to say and write single letter sounds.

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.

1.20pm -2.45pm Free flow. Children explore indoors and outdoors and adults support children in their learning and exploring.(1.20-1.35pm Phonics for afternoon children)

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.

Supporting Children with Additional Needs

All 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 schools SENDCo, she works closely with nursery to ensure that any children experiencing difficulties are able to gain the support needed as early as possible. 

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;

• School Health
• Behavior Support service
• Educational Psychology Service

• Speech and Language 

• Occupational Therapy 

• SEN Inclusion team 

• Early Start 

• Family support

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 Sessions

If you are picking your child up at Nursery at 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 3.30 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 then we may be on our way to tea and unable to spare a member of the team. Thank you for your support and consideration

Fielding Nursery Staff 2022-2023

Tracy Cherry- Nursery Manager

Terry McEvoy- Assistant Head Nursery Ladybird Teacher

Sam O'Neil- Dragonfly Teacher

Dina Malil- EYP Ladybird Class

Michelle Nem- EYP Dragonfly Class

Emelia Boyd-Joseph - EYP Dragonfly Class

Suvita Kumar- TA Dragonfly Class (Maternity Leave)

Sarabjit Sahota- TA Ladybird Class

Neelma Ahmed -TA Ladybird Class

Sabirah Kaur- TA Dragonfly Class

Jolanta Serrano- TA Ladybird Class

Regina Belaid- TA Ladybird Class

Reema Rathod - Play Worker Dragonfly Class

Nalini Ramnath- Play Worker Ladybird Class

Savannah Wong - Play Worker Ladybird Class

Afiya John-Charles- Play Worker Ladybird Class

Bushra Noordin- Play Worker Ladybird Class

Samra Farooqi- Play Worker Dragonfly Class

Laxmi Singh- Play Worker Dragonfly Class

Neide Da Silva- Play Worker Dragonfly Class

Karima Dahbi- Playworker Ladybird Class

Martina Dury-Hunte -Playworker Dragonfly Class

Vacant - Nursery Cover Teaching Assistant