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Shade Primary School

Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day

  1. Curriculum
  2. Classes
  3. The Nest

The Nest

Nursery and Reception


Ms Parker- Teacher

EYFS Lead

 

Miss O Connor

Teaching Assistant

 

 


  Mrs Johnston - Teaching Assistant 

 

Mrs Greenwood - Nursery Nurse

Miss Clayton 

Teaching Assistant (PM)

 

 

Welcome to The Nest

Please read the Early Years booklet to familiarise yourself with the routines. Click the link below.  

 

The Nest Booklet

Important Information

  • PLEASE remember to label clothes, cardigans, jumpers, coats, bags, lunchboxes with your child's name.
  • Please send spares into school in case of accidents.      
  • PE is Tuesday afternoon. Kit is a white t shirt, black shirts/leggings/joggers & school jumper.
  • Monday is forest school in the afternoon. (Wellies/waterproofs) 
  • Tapestry - your child's online learning journal. Click here for help to set up Tapestry.                                
  • Please have a go at adding your own observations from home or out of school experiences on Tapestry.

  • We record key moments along your child's journey through our foundation stage on Tapestry. 

    “Parents are children’s first and most enduring educators. When parents and practitioners work together in early years settings, the results have a positive impact on children’s development and learning.” The Early Years Foundation Stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children form birth to five (published 2007 by Department for Children Schools and Families

     
  • 30 Hours Funding Visit www.childcaresupport.tax.service.gov.uk to find out. 

Letters 2024-2025 

 

What Happens in The Nest?

Click here for the overview of our 2 year rolling programme.

CURRICULUM

  • In Maths we will be following the thematic cycle as laid out by White Rose maths. (Please see the 2 year rolling programme above) Your child will be supported through adult led sessions and small group work as well as through carefully planned continuous curriculum.
  • Phonics Level 1 (30 week Twinkl scheme) Listening and comparing the sounds of different toys or musical instruments, making sounds a part of storytelling, singing songs and rhymes, clapping along to words or songs, introducing rhyming words, listening out for initial sounds in words.
  • Phonics levels 2 to 4  (continuing the Twinkl scheme) learning to recognise and write letter sounds and becoming familiar with key words.
  • We also take a child led approach throughout their time in our setting.
  • Within topics and child led areas of interest we will also be including a broad range of activities including; art, music, baking, science, the world around us, fine motor skills activities, dance, balance bikes, climbing and balancing as well as other areas of learning provided through resources in continuous provision.

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