Nursery meet the teacher

Mid Calder Nursery Class

Meet the Teacher 2016Thursday 8th September

WELCOME!

StaffWe have 4 staff working in the nursery:-

Mrs Carol Diamond

Mrs Leanne Murray

Mrs Lynn Findlay

Mrs Mary Aikman

Helpful Hints!•Your child has been allocated a peg and a shoe box but items still get mixed up, so can you please ensure that all your child’s belongings are clearly named.•We try to make the children as independent as possible when it comes to dressing themselves for outdoor play so shoes with Velcro are more suitable than laces, unless your child can tie the laces for themselves!•If your child has a nursery bag, hang that up on the peg first with their coat on top, as it makes it easier for them to take their own coat down from the peg without having to wrestle with a bag as well!

Snack•Snack money – remember to mark off on the register that you have paid your snack money. This can be paid weekly (£1) or in blocks.

Nursery Curriculum•Learning in the nursery comes through play and interaction with other children and adults. Literacy and Numeracy are embedded in to these play activities. •Our planning comes directly from the children and the things they show an interest in. They are fully involved in the planning process.

• We provide areas in the nursery where the children play and explore and we aim to provide a balance between free play and structured activities.

Weekly Overview• The following timetables will give

you an idea of how the children’s week is organised, including Enjoy-A-Ball, group times and singing times.

• The weekly timetables are on display in the entrance.

• We have also included a group story time at the end of each session.

Monday

8.05 am – 8.40am

Breakfast

Club(FELC)

8.40am – 9am

Active Free Play(Indoor only)

9am – 9.10am Gathering Time

9.10am –9.25am

Small Group Time

9.25am – 10.45am

Active Free Play(Indoor and Outdoor)

10.45am – 10.55am

Tidy Up Time

10.55am – 11.10am

Gathering Time(Story, song, smartboard

singing)11am Doors open

Tuesday

8.05 am – 8.40am

Breakfast

Club(FELC)

8.40am – 9am


9am – 9.15am

Small Group Time

9.15am – 10.45am


10.45am – 10.55am

Tidy Up Time

10.55am – 11.10am



Wednesday

8.05 am – 8.40am

Breakfast

Club(FELC)

8.40am – 9am


9am – 9.45am

Active Free Play

(Indoor and Outdoor)

9.45am – 10.15am

Enjoy a BallGroup 1

(Free Play Grp 2)

10.15am – 10.45am

Enjoy a BallGroup 2

(Free Play Grp 1)

10.45am – 10.55am

Tidy Up Time

10.55am – 11.10am



Thursday

8.05 am – 8.40am

Breakfast

Club(FELC)

8.40am – 9am


9am – 9.15am

Small Group Time

9.15am – 10.45am


10.45am – 10.55am

Tidy Up Time

10.55am – 11.10am


singing, review of learning)11am Doors open

Friday

8.05 am – 8.40am

Breakfast

Club(FELC)

8.40am – 9am


9am – 9.15am Big Group Time

(review of learning)

9.15am – 10.50am


10.50am – 11am

Tidy Up Time

11am – 11.15am


singing, review of learning)11.15am Doors open

Morning Class

Monday

11.55 am – 12.30pm

Active Free Play

(Indoor only)

12.30pm – 12.35pm

Big Group Time

12.35pm – 1.15pm

Active Free Play

(Indoor only)

1.15pm – 1.45pm

Enjoy a BallGroup 1

(Free Play Grp 2)

1.45pm – 2.15pm

Enjoy a BallGroup 2

(Free Play Grp 1)

2.15pm – 2.45pm

Active Free Play(Indoor and

Outdoor)

2.45pm – 2.55pm

Tidy Up

Time

2.55pm –3.05pmGathering Time

(Story, song, smartboard singing)

3pm Doors open

3.05pm – 4pm

After school additional

Hours(FELC)

Tuesday

11.55 am – 12.30pm

Active Free Play

(Indoor only)

12.30pm – 12.45pm

Small Group

Time

12.45pm – 2.45pm


2.45pm – 2.55pm

Tidy Up

Time



3pm Doors open

3.05pm – 4pm


Hours(FELC)

Wednesday

11.55 am – 12.30pm

Active Free Play

(Indoor only)

12.30pm – 12.45pm

Small Group

Time

12.45pm – 2.45pm


2.45pm – 2.55pm

Tidy Up Time



3pm Doors open

3.05pm – 4pm


Hours(FELC)

Thursday

11.55 am – 12.30pm

Active Free Play

(Indoor only)

12.30pm – 12.45pm

Small Group Time

12.45pm – 2.45pm


2.45pm – 2.55pm

Tidy Up

Time



3pm Doors open

3.05pm – 4pm


Hours(FELC)

Afternoon Class

How to help at home - LiteracyWithin the nursery the children will

experience a variety of literacy skills. These can be supported at home:-Writing•Recognition of their name•Begin to write their name•Encourage correct pencil hold•Painting, colouring in, threading, play dough and finger gym are all activities that help their fine motor control

How to help at home - LiteracyReading

When reading regularly with your child please point out and discuss the following:-•Title, author, illustrator•The front and back of the book •Where to start to read and the direction you follow when reading•Discuss the pictures and story, listen to your child’s ideas about the story and why they liked it•Play letter and sound games

How to help at home - LiteracyGames to play

•Eye Spy•Rhyming songs and stories•Looking at sounds at the beginning of words•Magnetic letters and boards•Use lots of different materials to write withReasons for reading and writing•Shopping lists•Notes•Cards

How to help at home - NumeracyWithin the nursery the children will experience

a variety of numeracy skills. These can be supported at home:-•Counting on and back in ones 0-10, orally, using number tracks and starting and stopping at different points•Reading numbers 0-10 – practice in environment•Begin to write numbers 0-10•Positioning and ordering numbers 0-10•Smaller and larger numbers •Counting collections by touching, moving, putting in to rows and without touching

How to help at home - Numeracy

Suggested activities:-•Count going up/down stairs•Count buttons on clothes•Count red cars•Numbers on buses•Number songs –1,2,3,4,5, Five currant buns, Five Little Men in a flying Saucer•Number Games – Snakes and Ladders, Dominoes, Orchard Toys•Websites – Education City, Top Marks

How to help at home – Listening and Talking

Children learn a lot from listening and talking.As your child is playing ask questions:-•What are you doing?•What happens next?•How did you build/do that?•How can I help you?•How do you feel?

Encourage your child to tell stories or retell an event.

How to help at home – Listening and Talking

Listening Games:-•Stand quietly – what can you hear?•Tap or clap out sound patterns – can your child copy you?•Give your child silly instructions. Can they follow them? – put your gloves on your feet•Put noisy objects out. Can your child tell you what is making the noise with their eyes closed?

Online Learners JourneyWe are about to trial an online system for Learners Journeys. This will replace our old system of paper Learners Journeys.

This means that you will now be able to access your child’s profile any time you want, as long as you have an internet connection.

You will be able to leave comments on your child’s learning and share achievements from home in their journal.

Online Learners JourneyIt is important that you return the permission slip with your email address to the Nursery as soon as possible in order to have this new system up and running by October break

If you don’t have an internet connection at home you are more than welcome to view your child’s profile from within the nursery as before by using our computers/ iPads.

More information will be made available as time progresses.

Other nursery activities!As well as keeping the children busy in and around the nursery we also provide the children with opportunities to:

• Go on walks in the surrounding area and create links with the local community•Visit East Calder Library•Once a year, in the summer term the whole nursery goes on an outing•Take part in a Nativity performance for family and also for the local community in December, as well as an assembly in the summer term performed in front of the infant classes and family.•We aim to attend assembly roughly once a month on a Friday morning for the morning group and a Thursday afternoon for the afternoon group.

Home lending activity sacksWe are hoping to start Home Lending sacks after the October break. These will include:-•Rhyme bag•Busy bag•Number puppies•Adventure teddies

There will be a separate meeting for parents who wish to take part in the story sacks programme before we start this.

Thank you for coming and

showing your support.

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