Early Years - Acorns Nursery Class & Reception

Acorns Nursery Class

Early Years Leader and Nursery Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCO): James Hughes hughesj@wps.org.uk

Nursery Teachers: Mrs N Hutchinson (hutchinsonn@wps.org.uk) (Mon-Weds) & Mrs L Gowland (gowlandla@wps.org.uk) (Weds-Fri)

Nursery Practitioners

Mrs L Cook, Mrs L Davies, Miss N Jethwa, Miss R Louis

Acorns Nursery Timetable can be found here. 

Information on how nursery children learn and how we can help them can be found here.

Parent Information PowerPoint can be found here.

Reception

Early Years Leader and Nursery Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCO): James Hughes hughesj@wps.org.uk

Apple Class Teacher: Miss V Hart (hartv@wps.org.uk)

Cherry Class Teacher: Mr J Hughes (hughesj@wps.org.uk) 

Reception TAs: Miss M Smith and Miss G Pritchard 

Parent Information PowerPoint can be found here.

Reception Timetable can be found here. 

End of Year Expectations for Reception can be found here.

Ladybird Words for Reception can be found here.

Phonics Information can be found here:

Useful Documents

Our Themes

 Autumn 1

Can I Have a Dog?

At the heart of this topic, children will develop an awareness of different animals and pets in the world around them and what they need to be healthy and looked after. They will also discover ideas around handling things with care, what animals eat, looking at human and animal features and understanding self-care such as washing hands.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Autumn 2

How Do Buildings Stay Up?

Children will develop an awareness of different materials and textures, there properties and what they are used for. They will ask questions such as how does that building stay up? How many windows does it have? They will explore these questions and more while investigating buildings, structures, and the properties of materials. This topic will develop the children’s reflective and investigative thinking.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Spring 1

Where Does Snow Go?

This Interest provides ideas for stimulating children’s curiosity, understanding, knowledge and imagination about snow and the winter season. Children will observe the winter weather and properties of snow, ice and frost. Whilst exploring the outdoors we will see how we as humans adapt to colder weather including keeping safe and how to keep warm as well as how animals and birds adapt to colder weather. Finally, they will investigate what happens to snow and ice when they melt.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Spring 2

Why Do Spiders Eat Flies?

How many legs has that got? Whilst investigating this topic children will be learning how spiders and other mini beasts feed and grow. We will be investigating life cycles and the way some creatures change over time. How spiders and other mini beasts move to find food, water, shelter and to escape from danger. Children will learn about different environments, habitats and the small creatures who live there.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Summer 1

Why can’t I have chocolate for breakfast?

This Interest provides ideas for stimulating children’s curiosity, understanding, knowledge and imagination about the things we eat and how they can affect our health and well-being including the changing the state of foods by cooking, melting, mixing or freezing. Throughout their experiences children should, as part of a small or large group, take turns to share ideas, conversations and materials, understanding that playing and working together can help them get on better, build good relationships and develop thinking.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Summer 2

What Can You See In Summer?

‘We’re all going on a summer holiday!’  Days are long, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are in bloom!  What can you see in summer? What can you smell? What are shadows?  What lives in a rockpool?  Why is it hot?  This topic explores these questions including the changes that happen in the natural world and things people do during the summer months.

Nursery PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.

Reception PSHE information leaflet for parents can be found here.