• This week in the classroom...
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• Meet our Learning Powers!

Welcome to Nursery

We are proud to welcome you to our wonderful nursery here at Sandbach Primary Academy. Our Nursery is the first steps of the journey for our children and we strive to ensure that all of our children have nothing but the best start in their ‘school’ life. Click here to find out more about our learning journey and to see some of our wonderful children developing their 'curiosity, awe and wonder' of learning.

In Nursery, your child will be supported by: Mrs Whiteway, Miss Vernon, Mrs Chambers and Miss Walker. We will also work with our Reception team from time to time. 

We are fortunate to be surrounded by some wonderful grounds; we have access to all of the school’s resources and different areas including: a woodland area, a garden area for planting, an outdoor classroom and a large field for endless opportunities for learning and fun. We value the outdoor environment and see this as a continuation of our indoor environment to extend our learning.

We are very proud of the care and support we provide both our children and their families. We understand that all children are unique and learn in different ways. The day to day activities are adapted to suit the needs and interests to make their time with us both stimulating and fun. Our children learn and develop in a safe, happy and exciting environment and will be ready for school at the end of their time with us. We use our 'Learning Powers' to guide our learning, build our resilience and help us to make decisions.

Starting from nursery, we nurture a love of reading books, stories and poems, click here to find out more about our approach to early reading.

General Reminders

• We encourage the children to bring in their own water bottles which they can access throughout the day, especially when it is hot.
• On Tuesday the children will participate in a PE session with B2 Coaching, please ensure they are dressed appropriately, with sensible shoes. 
• The pre-school children will have a session in the Forest School every Tuesday afternoon, during the Summer Term. The younger children will have a session in the Forest School every Friday morning.
• When the weather is warmer, please apply sun cream before your child comes to school every morning and bring in a hat with your child's name on it. For children that are with us for a full day, please provide a named bottle of sun cream daily, so that we can re-apply for the afternoon session. 
• When the weather is colder (and wet), please remember to send your child with a hat and gloves. It is helpful to leave a pair or named wellington boots in school for when we work in the outside classroom, woodland area or school field.
• Library books will be sent home with your child on a Monday (or later in the week if they do not attend on Mondays). It is important that these books are returned every week please. 
• Please try to read to your child as often as possible. This is a great time to bond with your child and create a love for books and reading. Reading together is one of our favourite times in nursery.
• Whilst your children are learning through play, they may get their clothes messy. We therefore encourage you to send them in clothes that are comfortable, practical and that the children can manage themselves. You might like to send a number of changes of clothing with your child each day including socks and pants.
• Keep an eye on our 'This week in the Classroom' page on the nursery website. This is updated every Thursday with all the exciting things that we have shared together in nursery that week. 

Our learning in the Summer term:

Topics:

Summer 1: Amazing Animals/Mini-Beasts and Lifecycles 

Summer 2: On the Move/Journeys

Literacy:

We will show an understanding of some prepositions within instructions – behind / in font of and use language of prepositions – next to / under 

We will continue to talk about rhyming words and begin to create rhyming strings

We will continue to develop phonological awareness, as well as hear and say initial sounds in words

We will recognise our names and be able to write them using the correct formation

Maths:

We will begin to describe a sequence of events, real or fictional, using words such as ‘first’, ‘then...’

We will begin to use positional Language and understand position through words alone for example, “The bag is under the table,” with no pointing.

We will be able to compare quantities using language: ‘more than’, ‘fewer than'

We will talk about and explore 2D and 3D shapes for example, circles, rectangles, triangles and cuboids. we will use informal and mathematical language: ‘sides’, ‘corners’; ‘straight’, ‘flat’, ‘round'

We will explore the composition of numbers to 10 and recite numbers past 5. 

PSED:

We will begin to understand how others might be feeling

We will settle to an activity for some time, sustained learning

We will begin to talk about reasons for some rules

We will begin to understand how to treat a friend 

We will begin to appreciate likes / dislikes of friends

We will continue to develop positive attitudes about the differences between people and demonstrate awareness and appreciate of their own physical features and those of others

We will begin to identify our own personal strengths and qualities

Communication and Language:

We will enjoy listening to longer stories with increased attention and we will remember much of what happens

We will  answer a range of questions (who, what, where and why) with relevant comments.

We will be able to follow a two-part instruction across the day with confidence and independence

We will listen to others in a small group and focus on being a good listener

We will continue to explore and use a wider range of vocabulary in a range of contexts

Understanding the World:

We will begin to develop a sense of a ‘long time ago’

We will begin to recite the days of the week

We will begin to know that some days are different e.g. school days, weekends at home, music day

We will continue to make sense of their own life history

We will continue to develop an awareness of the different seasons – Summer / sun / warm

Physical Development:

We will begin to refine movement of walking and running and adapt speed / direction to avoid obstacles

We will refine climbing and balancing skills using a range of equipment e.g. ramps / tyres / crates 

We will develop skill of skipping in an open space

We will continue to develop riding skills – regulating speed / stopping and starting 

We will continue to develop ball skills by throwing and catching using a range of ball sizes

We will remember some sequences and patterns of movement related to music and rhythm and follow simple repeated patterns e.g. hop / stop; jump / stop 

We will take part in some group team activities 

Expressive Arts and Design:

We will explore with recycled materials to make 3D shapes - Join pieces together using tape

We will explore different materials freely and develop own ideas about how to use them and what to make

We will experiment through colour mixing exploration – talking about observed changes    

We will play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas