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Cherry - Nursery
Cherry class is a fantastic classroom that is full of learning opportunities for our younger children. Mrs Harris, our incredibly talented and experienced Nursery Nurse, ensures that the continuous provision in this classroom and the adjoining outdoor space enables our children to learn through play and develop their:
- Communication and language
- Physical development
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the world
- Expressive arts and design
Cherry class projects for term 1 are Let's explore and Build it up!
Let's Explore
In the Let’s Explore project, your child will explore their class environment and school grounds so that they feel settled and happy in their new surroundings. They will learn about the local environment and find out about places they have visited on holiday. They will look at and create maps for journeys.
Supporting your child at home
- Use Google Earth to explore the locality.
- Go on a walk around your local community and talk about the things that you see.
- Encourage your child to talk about the activities they enjoy doing at school.
- Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.
| Maths | 2D shapes; Number; Numerical Patterns |
| PD | Tennis; Developing gross and fine motor skills |
| PSED | Families; Friendships |
| World | Seasonal changes; Past explorers; Exploring the community and creating maps |
| Exp A&D | Exploring colour; Construction and building bridges |
| CL | Listening, attention and understanding; Speaking |
| Literacy | In Every House on Every Street; The Owl Babies; Name Writing; Letter formation |
| Memorable experience | Let's explore! - An exploration around our village |
| Innovate challenge | Helping Theo |
Companion project: Build it Up!
In the Build It Up project, your child will explore structures in the world around them. They will learn about materials and their properties, and will have the chance to work independently and in groups to design and make marvellous structures.
Supporting your child at home
- Take a walk in the local area. Look at and talk about the buildings and other structures you see.
- Talk about the materials from which their house is made, such as brick, stone or wood.
- Take a large cardboard box and see what you can create together.
- Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.
Our PE days this term are: Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor)
RE
In term 1, our theme is Special People and our Big Question is "What makes people special?". We are learning about Christianity and Judaism.
In Collective Worship, our current value is Trust. We have started to reflect on stories from the bible that demonstrate examples of trust. We have thought about why it is important to tell the truth and how this affects others.
‘My God is my strength in whom I trust’
Psalm 18:2
What have we been learning?
Reflection Area
Children in Cherry Class are encouraged to access our reflection area when they would like a quiet moment to sit and think. If they choose too, they can light a candle to help them think about our Collective Worship value. This term our value is Truth and Truthfulness.
Creative Area
Children can access an assortment of creative and fine motor activities in our creative area. A range of materials are available at all times to encourage their imaginations. Enhanced provision activities linked to our current topic are provided for the children to engage with.
Maths Area
Maths is taught daily to challenge and inspire all. Maths resources are available for children to access at all times and enhanced provision activities linked to our weekly maths focus are provided to encourage children to develop their skills independently.
Phonics and Mark Making
We take part in daily phonics sessions every morning. Children are grouped based on their phonetic understanding, ensuring each child is challenged and makes fantastic progress. Our children particularly enjoy involving phonics as part of their play.
Outdoor Learning
We have a wonderful outdoor area that extends across two levels and has a range of equipment to encourage the development of gross and fine motor skills.
Tapestry
Weekly observations of your child will be recorded on Tapestry. Any home learning ideas and messages from the class teachers will be left on here. Please aim to access Tapestry at least once a week to ensure you are up to date with your child’s learning.
If you need help with accessing Tapestry then please talk to Miss James or ask in the school office.
Prayer Space
We have discussed what prayer is, what people may pray for, and the different ways in which people pray. We have a collection of activities to access, or we simply sit and reflect.
