Welcome to the Nursery and Reception class page.

The staff in this setting are:

Nursery Teacher and EYFS Lead-Mrs Wilde,

Nursery Teaching Assistant-Mrs Harwood

Reception Teacher-Mr Horan

Reception Teaching Assistant- Mrs Blackburn

Our Cloverlea Nursery and Reception classes are part of a happy, secure and caring school, which aims to provide the highest quality education and care. We are an inclusive setting where all children and adults respect each other, and grow together in order to reach their full potential. Our children love to learn, and our dedicated staff provide an inspiring environment where all children learn through play.

We have high expectations of each child’s ability to learn, and model expected behaviours to encourage the children to be the best they can be. Alongside our effective partnerships with parents, we aim to provide, a safe, secure and stimulating environment. We believe children learn in an integrated way, and we support this, through child-initiated and play based adult- led activities. These opportunities provide an excellent contribution to each child’s early development, stimulating their enthusiasm and imagination, developing a positive attitude to learning.

Spring 1

This half term Nursery and Reception have been covering the topic ‘The Great Explorers.’

We enjoyed celebrating the Big Garden Birdwatch.

We also researched the Arctic and Antarctic.

We even became space explorers!

Literacy

In Nursery, we have been working on our name writing. Some of us have been giving meaning to the marks we make.

In Reception, we have been writing simple captions and sentences. We are also beginning to use finger spaces within our writing.

Phonics

Nursery have been looking at rhyming words and initial letter sounds.

In Reception, we follow the Little Wandle scheme. We have been learning phase 3 sounds and tricky words.

Maths

Reception follows the White Rose Maths scheme. We have been covering the topics; ‘Alive in 5, Mass and capacity and Growing 6, 7 and 8.’