Nursery and Reception 2023 - 2024
Mrs Jones
Mrs Caton
Mrs Partridge
Mrs Strick
Hello and welcome to Nursery and Reception's class page!
Autumn Term 2023
Do keep checking this class page for updates and reminders as we go through the year. Any vital or short-term changes to the school day will be sent out via text or email as usual.
Class Updates:
Song of the week: Click here for We're Going on a Bear Hunt
P.E will now take place on Wednesdays afternoon- please come to school dressed in the correct PE kit on these days.
Forest School will take place on Tuesday afternoon and will commence week beginning 11th September - please come to school
dressed in suitable outdoor clothing.
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General Class Information:
Mrs Jones will be teaching the children on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday am.
Mrs Partridge will be teaching the children on Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday.
Here is a list of our weekly routines for your information:
Morning drop off
Children can be dropped off at the small wooden gate between 8.45 and 8.55 each morning. Mrs. Caton or Mrs Strick will be at the gate and will relay any important messages.
Water Bottles
Children need a named water bottle in school daily. We encourage our children to drink water throughout the day and stay hydrated. Water is freely available from a water cooler by our classroom door. Bottles will be sent home at the end of each day for washing.
Morning snack
Children in Nursery are entitled to free school milk and toast or fresh fruit each morning.
Children in Reception are entitled to free school milk and fresh fruit. Toast is provided at a small cost of £1.00 per week.
Free fruit is available to all children in the afternoon.
School Lunches - Please remember to complete all lunch orders for the coming week before 9 a.m. each Monday morning
Toys
Please note that it is school policy that children do not bring toys to school unless requested to do so by the class teacher.
P.E.
Will be on Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their P.E. kit on these days (black shorts, leggings or joggers, white T- shirt, pumps or trainers). Long hair should be tied back and earrings removed before coming to school.
Forest School
Forest School will be every Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure children come to school wearing suitable clothes for the outdoors; trousers, joggers or leggings, long sleeved top, waterproof coat, wellies, warm hat or sun hat.
Please name all your child's clothing, particularly jumpers and cardigans.
Reading practise book - Your child will bring a reading scheme book home later this term which will be at the correct phonic stage for them to read.
Listen to them read/discuss the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together. Please ensure the books are returned to school each Thursday.
Library book – Children can choose a book to share and enjoy with their family at home. Books can be changed on a Wednesday. In order to encourage your child to become a lifelong reader, it is important that they learn to read for pleasure. The sharing book is a book they have chosen for you to enjoy together.
Please remember that you shouldn’t expect your child to read this alone. Read it to or with them. Discuss the pictures, enjoy the story, predict what might happen next, use different voices for the characters, explore the facts in a non-fiction book. The main thing is that you have fun!
Book bags - Please send books to school in book bags to ensure they do not get damaged. We will provide a free book bag to children when they first join our class.
Click here for resources to support your child with their letters and sounds
A programme overview of our new phonics scheme can be found below in 'Files to Download'
This Half Term's Topic:
Ourselves
Focus texts:
Is There a Dog in this Book?
The Three Little Pigs
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Overview
We will be talking about our families including our pets.
We will be learning about vets and taking care of our pets.
We will be painting portraits of ourselves.
We will be going on a walk to Mow Cop Castle and creating our own map.
We will looking at our houses and different house types.
We will use cameras to take photos and look at Google Maps.
We will create a pop art portrait based on Andy Warhol.
We will learn about 'The Good Samaritan' and 'Be My Guest.'
We will be singing songs and reciting poetry.
PE - Gymnastics (Mrs Partridge)
Music - Body Percussion (Mr Playford)
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If you should need to contact us with any questions or concerns then please use the following email addresses:
georgiapartridge@castleprimary.co.uk
We are looking forward to a fun-filled term!
Mrs Jones and Mrs Partridge
Rhyme/Songs that your child may enjoy;
Click here for One finger one thumb keep moving
Click here for the Animal Boogie
Click here for Here is the Bee Hive
Click here for We All Go Travelling By
'Twinkle, Twinkle, You're a Star'
Twinkle, twinkle, you're a star,
how I love how kind you are.
Saying 'Please' and 'Thank you' too,
putting others before you.
Twinkle, twinkle you're a star,
how I love how kind you are.
'TREE' by Jane Newberry
With my stick I tap the tree with a tap tap, tap tap, tap tap, tap
But the tree says:
‘Who's that tapping on me?’
So I clap clap, clap clap, clap clap, CLAP!
‘Big Green Crocodile’ by Jane Newberry
A great big green crocodile lay down for a nap.
I lay down beside him until he went…SNAP!
A great big brown lion lay down on the floor.
I lay down beside him until he went…ROAR!
A small furry teddy lay down with a yawn.
I lay down beside him and slept until dawn.
Click here for the Spring Chicken song
Five Little Gingerbread Men
Five little gingerbread men in a row
Not going to eat one no, no, no. (shake finger and head side to side)
But they look so sweet from head to toe
Crunch, munch...uh oh!
Continue until...
No little gingerbread men in a row
Wasn't going to eat one, no, no, no
But they looked so sweet that it's sad to tell
Crunch, munch... oh well!
Click here for 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive
Click here for One tomato, two tomato
Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland
Click here for The Big Dinosaurs Song
Click here for One Two Buckle my Shoe
Click here for 'Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush'
Astronaut and Rocket Ship
Put on your spacesuit.
We're going to the moon.
Climb aboard your rocket ship.
We're going to blast off soon.
Put on your helmet.
Strap yourself in tight.
Check your controls and instruments.
Get ready for the flight.
Time for your journey.
The countdown has begun.
Here we go, Get ready, Get set!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Blast off!
(Sung to the tune of ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star’)
It’s Divali, festival of light,
All the divas twinkle in the night!
Salmubarak – Happy New Year!
We’re so happy Divali’s here!
It’s Divali, festival of light,
All the Divas twinkle in the night!
Build a Little House
I'm going to build a little house,
with a chimney tall,
a sloping roof and a garden wall,
a big front door you can open wide
and 2 tiny windows you can peep inside.
I'm going to build a table big enough for 2,
2 little chairs, one for me and one for you,
knock at the knocker and please come in,
my little house is shining like a bright new pin!
Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears
Files to Download
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