Author: Jane Cottle

Nursery Newsletter
January 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,
It has been lovely to welcome everyone back to Nursery after the Christmas break.
This half term our main topic is Traditional Tales and our learning will be themed around these familiar stories. We will be encouraging the children to join in with the repeated words and phrases when we share them in class.
We have already baked Gingerbread Men and created our own wonderful stories about a Gingerbread Man who escaped from the Nursery! This week we have shared Jack and The Beanstalk and thought about what could be at the top of a mysterious beanstalk. Our focus for Goldilocks and The Three Bears will be about comparing sizes and through The Three Billy Goats Gruff we will be learning about the vocabulary used to describe position.
In the week beginning 27th January we will be learning about Chinese New Year. This year it is the Year of the Snake. The children will find out about how Chinese New Year is celebrated and take part in dragon dances!
After half term our topic will be Our World and we will be learning about different countries and landscapes. We will also be learning about different jobs that people do and the emergency services. If you would like to come into school to talk about your job please let us know. The children would love you to visit them!
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Hawkins, Ms Jackson, Miss Longdon and Mrs Calvert

Story Sacks
The Early Years Service at HCC have donated three story sacks for our families to use at home as part of a project. The stories are Superworm, Monsters Play Counting and Commotion in the Ocean. If your child brings a story sack home, please share it with your child and take good care of it. Return the bag with all the pieces to Nursery as soon as possible so that the next child can have a turn.

Coats and Shoes
At home, please can you help your child learn how to put on their coats, do up zips and put on their shoes. This will help them to continue to develop their independence. Thank you!
Thank you!

Book Nook Library
Don’t forget to return your loaned book from the ‘Book Nook’ every Friday so that your child can change it for a different one. Thank you!
Thank you!