Marston Green Infant Academy Nursery ‘Meet the Teacher’ evening 3’ 20 th April 2015

The Nursery team Miss Davies - Dolphins (and starfish) Miss Taylor – Seahorses (and turtles) Miss King – Turtles Mrs Donnelly – Starfish Mrs Mason – PPA cover

A few reminders… Parent helpers - sign up sheets available Stay and Play Session – every Friday! Parents Evening – 11 th (am) 12 th May (pm) ICT – Tuesday Library - Tuesday PE – Thursday

Sun hats - named Sun cream to be applied before session WE CANNOT PUT SUN CREAM ON THE CHILDREN Water is available at all times and children are encouraged to stay hydrated Shaded area outside Hot Weather

Daily timetable 8.25am – 8.40am/12.25pm – 12.40pm Nursery doors open. Self registration. Free choice activities. 8.50pm-9.00am/12.50pm-1.00pmRegister. 9.00am-9.15am/1.00pm-1.15pmTeaching time (groups of 20) Outdoor open. Focus activity with teacher/TA. Free choice activities. Observations am-10.20am/2.00pm-2.20pmPhonics/Mathematics (in groups of 10) Outdoor open. Focus activity with teacher/TA. Free choice activities. Observations am-11.15am/3.00pm-3.15pm Key skills 11.20am-11.30am/3.20pm-3.30pm Prepare for home-time.

What has changed? Maths/Phonics – ability-based groups Snack – Free flow (adult led for first few weeks) Foundation Stage Assembly – Thursday

Key Skills Short session before home time Monday – sound of the week (introduce and look at objects) Tuesday – library (target children to talk about book) Wednesday – Finger gym Thursday – Oral skills Friday – Sing Out!

Summer 1 (to May half term) ‘Growth and Growing’ topic Develop care and concern for living things and for the environment Planting seeds and understand what they need to grow and flourish Looking at the lifecycles of different animals Talking about how we have changed since we were babies RE – The Mustard Seed

What can you do? ‘Growth and Growing’ topic Look at baby photographs with your child and talk about how they have changed. What can they do now that they could not when they were a baby? Look at different plants and flowers when you are out and about. Talk about how they grow and how you can help to look after them. Allow children to help with gardening and also with recycling.

Spring 2 (to Summer holiday) ‘Transport’ and ‘People who help us’ topic Looking at different types of transport Comparing transport ‘now’ and ‘then’ Talking about journeys that we have been on RE – The Good Samaritan TRANSITION PROJECT – People who help us stay safe/People who help us at home Continued in Reception – People who help us at school

What can you do? ‘Transport’ topic Look at holiday photos and talk about journeys that your child has been on Talk about the different types of transport that you see whilst you are out and about Talk about safety (road, train, water) with your child

‘ People who help us’ topic Point out ‘People who help us’ when you are out and about (and their vehicles) Talk with your child about ‘Stranger Danger’ and ‘Safe Strangers’ Start to talk with your child about their move to Reception…be positive! What can you do?

RECEPTION ‘ DON’T PANIC!!! Continuation of the EYFS 2 year journey ‘Age-expectations’

Transition to Reception ‘ What we will do Reception children will visit the setting to talk to the children about how wonderful Reception is Reception staff will visit Nursery to get to know the children and to help the children to become familiar with them Begin some Reception routines (snack time, assembly) Visits to new classrooms with peers Stay for dinner Individualised support for children not attending our setting

Transition to Reception What can you do? Talk about moving to Reception in a POSITIVE way Address your child’s anxieties, share these with staff members Talk about school and Reception during the summer break. Try on uniform, look at book bag, countdown the days until school starts. Work on targets…

Literacy - Writing MUSTs Pencil grip (tripod) Name writing Give meanings to the marks they make Track from left to right, and top to bottom Extension: use familiar letters to represent meaning Extension: hear and represent initial sounds correctly

Literacy - Reading MUSTs Hold book correctly and turn pages one at a time Talk about the pictures (use these to tell the story) Know that print carries meaning, and is read from left to right (track with finger) Talk about story characters, settings, events Extension: recognise the initial sounds of some words Extension: recognise some simple words

Mathematical Development - Numbers MUST Recognise numbers 0-5, then 10 Count at least 6 objects using accurate 1:1 correspondence Find one more/less, use the language of more/less Extension: know 1 more/less Extension: count two groups to find total (simple addition) Extension: write some numbers

Mathematical Development – Shape, Space and Measures MUST Compare sizes (long, short, bigger, smaller) Follow and use positional language 2D shape names (and 3D) Extension: describe properties of shapes

We would like the children to be able to… Recognise their name (peg, snack-time) Write their name (or at least the initial letter) Undress and dress for PE Eat using a knife, fork and spoon Peel an orange/banana Use the toilet independently (including wiping and hand washing) Hold their pencil correctly Recognise numbers 0-10 From the Reception staff…

Homework?! School reading book – fill out book card Name writing Number recognition and writing numbers

Any questions?

Thank you for coming. Staff are available to talk with you before you leave. Please take time to have a look at the ‘Nursery’ page on our school website DATE FOR YOUR DIARY- 9 th June – New Reception Parents’ Evening 10 th July – School Reports