Nursery

Learning in Nursery-Presentation

Learning in the Early Years - Nursery 2025.pptx

Welcome to Nursery!

We are so pleased that you have chosen West Town Lane Academy Nursery to begin your child's learning journey. Here you will find helpful information regarding your child's learning, key dates and events.

Nursery Staff

Teachers: Mrs Galliford (M, T, W) & Mrs Lewis (TH, F).

Keyworkers: Full Time: Miss Stephens & Miss Hitchins

Additional Support: Full Time: Mrs Tunnah

As you are aware, Mrs Burchill is currently on sick leave, but we hope to see her back in Nursery in the summer.

Daily Overview

Please note that we will be working towards the Daily Overview as the year progresses and the children settle into Nursery.

		Teacher	TA
8.45-9.00	Nursery begins - Coats off, settling in, continuous provision	Register	Support morning organisation
9.00-9.15	Register – Good morning song, calendar, timetable, wake & shake	Teaching	Support children/set up
9.15-09.30	Key groups	Teaching key groups
09.30-10.00	Continuous provision inc adult directed tasks	Support continuous provision
10.15-10.45	Snack & Phonics	Teaching	Rotate leading snack/breaks
10.45-11.00	Outdoor play	Support	Break/support
11.00-11.30	Continuous provision inc adult directed tasks	Support continuous provision
11.30-12.00	Story and lunch prep inc toilet	Teaching	Supporting lunch prep

12.00 -1.00 LUNCH

		Teacher	TA
01.00-1.10	Register – Good afternoon song, timetable.	Teaching	Support children/set up
1.10-1.30	Key groups	Teaching key groups
1.30-2.15	Continuous provision inc adult directed tasks	Support continuous provision
2.15-2.45	Milk, extra bursts of learning time, outdoor play	Rotate/other duties
2.45-3.10	Home time prep	Supporting home time organisation

NB Wednesday timetable differs because of changeover of Part Time children with lunch time being from 11:30am-12:30pm

Term 5: Who helps me?

Our enquiry this term is 'Who Helps Me?' We will be learning all about real life superheroe's and the people in our lives who help us to be happy and healthy. We will be learning all about various job roles from doctors to dentists and firefighters to police officers. We will be visited by our friends in the health sector and the emergency services.

We will be exploring a variety of texts to enhance our learning including 'Supertato', 'There's A Superhero In My Book!', 'Superhero Like You', 'Real Superhero's' and 'When Your Fast Asleep - Who Works At Night Time?.' We will be continuing to develop our listening skills using Phase 1 phonics. We will be focusing on oral blending and segmenting, initial sounds, name recognising and writing. We will also be encouraging meaningful mark making through our play, e.g. letters, cards etc.

We will continue to master our foundation mathematic skills with a focus on positional language, more/fewer than, sequencing and 2D/3D shapes.

Key Dates:

First Day of the Term: Monday 20th April

Last Day of the Term: Thursday 21st May

Inset Day: Friday 22nd May

Little City Visit: Wednesday 20th May

Stay and Play Dates:

W2 - Tuesday 28th April
W3 - Thursday 7th May
W5 - Celebration Events: Tuesday 19^th May & Thursday 21^st May

Please see below a list of useful links to support you:

FLORA (Families, Local Offer, Resources and Advice) provides information, advice, signposting and support for families who are in the early stages of identifying that their child may have additional needs. Call: 0117 352 6020 Email: FLORA@bristol.gov.uk

ERIC Potty training support https://www.eric.org.uk/guide-to-potty-training

Children's Centre Welcome - South Bristol Children's Centres (southbristolcc.org.uk)