Useful information for Parents and Carers of children in our Nursery classes.
Welcome to our Nursery class page.
Nursery Staff
Nursery’s class teacher is Philippa Gibson supported by Brogan Ewens and Chaima Mezelzel.
Classroom Locations
You can find the Nursery class inside the main building, on the ground floor, to the far left as you enter from the playground.
Parent-Teacher Times
Philippa, holds a regular weekly parents’ time when she will be available speak to you. Please email the office and let them know when you’d like to catch up, or drop in. Of course, any short messages can be conveyed at drop off or pick up.
Nursery – Philippa : Monday 3.30pm-4.00pm.
If meeting or speaking at these times is not convenient for you, then please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.
Topics
Autumn: All about me
Spring: People who help us
Summer: Plants and animals
Please see below links for information on spring term topics
Nursery Topic Plan 2023 – Nursery
Spring knowledge organiser – Nursery
Water Bottles
All children must bring in a water bottle, clearly labelled with their name. These will be used by the children throughout the day, so please try and ensure that they are able to open these independently. These will be sent home each afternoon for cleaning and refilling for the following day. Please encourage your child to take responsibility for remembering their water bottle every day.
Clothing
Please send in your children with suitable clothing and footwear for learning and playing in all day. During the summer months, please ensure your child wears items that cover their shoulders, as well as coming in with sun cream already applied.
PACT Bags/Show and Tell
Please make sure your child brings in their PACT bag every week. We will provide bags for children new to the school.
Curriculum
We follow the Early Years Foundation Framework.
Phonics
Flipchart for Phonics – Link to follow
How you can help
If you have any knowledge, skill, or artefacts related to what we are learning in school, then please do get in touch with your child’s teacher. We lobe having our parents and carers come in and help us all to learn.
PPA cover
All teachers are required by law to have Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time during the week. This is usually covered by the same person every week to ensure consistency for the Children. The PPA cover for Nursery will be Andrea Littlewood.
Medicines
If your child requires an inhaler, EpiPen, or any other regular medication, please could you ensure the school has two of each medication from day one, as we will require on for the classroom and one for the school medical room.
Weekly Update
At the end of every week, Yerbury sends a Weekly Update to all parents who have signed up for it (see the bottom of the website home page to sign up). This includes a lot of information both on a school level and for individual class information. We strongly encourage all parents to sign up to it so you are kept up-to-date.