Welcome to

Our Lady of the Wayside

Nursery  

With Mrs Reilly and Mrs McGrillen 

Welcome to our Summer Term in Nursery!

Our curriculum is designed to stimulate and inspire our children through real context that excites and engages them in learning. We use a knowledge based curriculum that is underpinned by our school values and catholic social teaching. The curriculum is designed sequentially to build on prior learning and prepare our children for the next stage in their education. Through visits, visitors and real life learning we develop cultural capital. Communication and language is at the heart of our curriculum; it underpins all aspects of learning to equip children with the knowledge, skill and confidence to share, develop and extend their learning.

We are really enjoying exploring our seasonal changes into the season of Spring! 

We will also be continuing to explore our different sounds through sound play, oral blending games and initial sound games. This half term we will be exploring the letter sounds b,f,i,j,v,w and x 

Our Maths focus will be recapping on our numbers 0-5 and moving onto larger numbers. We will be exploring these numbers further through one more, one less, comparison and number composition.

Our PE Unit will be focusing on Ball Skills, this will prepare and support the children with their fundamental skills ready for Year 1.

Our Topic will be "On the Farm" where we will be exploring farm animals and learning all about how we get different products! We are even going to have our own Farm shop!

Below our Curriculum map shows how we will develop our skills and knowledge across the areas of the EYFS.

 The Nursery Team

EYFS at Our Lady of the Wayside

At Our Lady of the Wayside our curriculum is designed in a sequential way from when children join us at the start of Nursery until they move into KS1 at the end of Reception. Below details the skills, development and knowledge we want our children to know, understand and do at the end of each term. This follows the progression within Development Matters. 

Little Wandle Foundations

In Nursery we follow Little Wandle Foundations, this focuses on oral blending, sharing stories and singing rhymes. It is part of the Little Wandle Foundations program that helps get children ready for the main Little Wandle program as they enter Reception. 

We have a real love for learning through our story time sessions, please find below our core texts for our Summer Term.