Welcome to Ferney Lee Nursery 

Spring 1 in Nursery

This half term we are welcoming some new friends to our classroom. Our rising threes will be settling in this week and we are so excited to get to know them.

 We are starting the half term by learning about birds. We are using the book Owl Babies to help us think about the people who care for us at home. We will also be using this topic to think about how we can help nature and look after the birds we see around school. 

We will then be moving on to look at People Who Help Us. We will look at books like Zog and the Flying Doctors to help us think about who helps us in the community. We will have a variety of people from the local community coming in to visit us and talk about what they do and using this to help us think about what we would like to do when we grow up. We will be looking at the vehicles the emergency services and other people in the community use. We will also be looking at the traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood to help us think carefully about who we can trust to help us.

We will finish the half term with a lovely week celebrating Chinese New Year and Pancake Day. We will be learning all about both festivals and why people celebrate them and eating lots of yummy food. 

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Autumn 2 in Nursery

This half term we have started our learning thinking about Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day.  We've focused on using lots of different mark making materials to produce collaborative and individual pieces of art.  We've also been raising money for Children in Need and we've been doing lots of counting and size comparison linked to bears.  

We are now starting to focus on seasonal tales - we will be reading 'The Nutcracker', 'The Snowman' and more and using all of our areas of learning to explore these stories.  We'll also be getting ready for our Christmas performance and making our own musical instruments!

Autumn 1 in Nursery

The children are already settling into Nursery so well and beginning to explore their new classroom and outdoor area.  This half term the staff will be focusing on getting to know the children and making sure we are doing everything we can to help them feel safe and secure. Please speak to us if you have any concerns or if there is anything you think we can do to help your child with their transition to our nursery.

We plan thematically but these plans often change in response to the direction that the children take their learning in. If your child has a specific or new interest please always let us know and we will try and incorporate it into the learning.

For the first half term we will be focusing on families and babies, friends and feelings, our homes and Autumn.  Some of the books we'll be reading are, 'The Smeds and the Smoos', 'The Owl Babies', 'The Colour Monster', 'The Paper Dolls', 'Goodnight Owl' and 'Room on the Broom'.

Information about our nursery

All three year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free nursery education. Some, are eligible for 30 hours. However, at Ferney Lee, we have taken the decision to offer 30 hours free Nursery education to ALL families. 

For more information about this please contact the school office. 

School meal - £2.50 (your child can bring a packed lunch if they choose)

To find out if you are eligible for Free School Meals, please contact the school office.

  Mrs Kidd - class teacher

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
   

        Mrs Dumville - Class teacher

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Pitt - Teaching Assistant 

                   Mrs Firth - Teaching Assistant