Early Years
Early Years Curriculum
Early YearsThe Nursery School accepts boys and girls from the age of 2 years 9 months and has a staff ratio of one adult to eight children. In the Nursery children learn to play constructively and co-operatively as they are encouraged to take part in a variety of activities. There are plenty of opportunities for physical play in the outdoor play area. At the appropriate time, the children spend a greater proportion of the day in Pre-Prep where they receive a thorough grounding in the basics of reading, writing and number work. Each child is encouraged to develop at his or her own pace, and small groups ensure much individual attention.
News from Early Years
Early Years
Children in Early Years have been very busy over the last few weeks. Some beautiful art work has been produced for the recent Festival of Arts and a special well done to Reception for this. All classes have been busy planting various vegetables and flowers and we are hoping for a bumper crop this year! Nursery & Pre Prep have planted tomato plants to grow on. We also have some larger plants already producing fruit much to the delight of the children and there is no shortage of little people willing to eat the very sweet little tomatoes!
Easter Bonnet Parade
Art & Design | Early Years | SMC | Key Stage 1
The close of the spring term was marked with the Lower Prep’s Easter Celebration and Bonnet Parade. Classes from Nursery to Year 2 entertained one another with songs, dances and stories celebrating Easter. Children and parents had put much energy and creativity into an amazing array of Easter Bonnets, raising further funds for the Good Shepherd Appeal and making it very difficult to decide the competition winners.
News from Early Years
Early Years
This half term has got off to a very busy start with Early Years children making some wonderful fireworks pictures. There was paint flying in all directions when Pre Prep and Nursery children made splatter painting pictures and they also made some wonderful rockets. We also enjoyed a surprise story time with a recent visitor. Rehearsals are now well under way for the forthcoming Nativity productions and there are many budding actors and actresses hoping for an Oscar! The next few weeks will be filled with lots of activities focusing on Christmas with ever increasing excitement.
Creative Colours Afternoon
Art & Design | Early Years
Today the early years department made the most of the Autumn sunshine and joined together for an afternoon of creativity and fun based around the theme of colours. Children from each of the three classes were encouraged to participate in a range of activities that enabled them to explore different colours and their properties, whilst investigating the effects of colour mixing. The children particularly enjoyed the outdoor activities which included welly boot painting and bottle swinging, whilst opportunities to do marble painting, make a colour wheel spinner and explore light and colour on the OHP were firm favourites amongst the indoor activities.
Early Years Fun Day
Early Years | PE
A marvelous afternoon was spent last Tuesday at our Early Years Fun Day when around 40 Nursery and Pre-Prep children delighted parents and siblings by showing off their sporting ability. The afternoon was a great success with everyone having fun. A circuit of five different activities took place for approximately six minutes per activity, culminating in group races. Afterwards around sixty parents and siblings joined the children and staff for tea and cakes outside. Thank you to everyone for attending and making the afternoon such a great success.
