St Christopher Primary School Welcome to Nursery 17

St Christopher Primary School Welcome to Nursery 17 th June 2019

Aims for tonight • To collect completed documentation • To share some information about your child’s time in Nursery • To inform you about Induction

Staffing • • Miss Henry – Nursery Teacher and Early Years Phase Leader Mrs Watson- Nursery Teacher Teaching Assistants • Mrs Mitchell • Miss Burdett • Mrs Kooner

Learning in Nursery

Characteristics of Learning • Playing & exploring • Active learning • Creating & thinking critically Prime areas Specific areas • • Personal, Social & Emotional Development Physical Development Communication and Language Literacy Mathematics Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design

Parent / Carer Partnership • • • Regular communication On-going liaison with the team Sharing learning School website and Twitter feed Keeping us informed

Learning in Nursery Records and Reporting • • • On entry assessments On-going assessment Two year old progress check Five Sessions or more • Phone call in Autumn Term • Face to face meeting in Spring Term • Face to face meeting / end of year report in Summer Term

GDPR (Data Protection) • • Policy is available to view on the school website Google Forms – consent for photos/website/twitter/local trips

Timings for Sessions • Morning Session is 8. 45 am until 11. 45 am • Afternoon Session is 12. 30 pm until 3. 30 pm • Wraparound (lunchtime) is 11. 45 am until 12. 30 pm We will open the door 5 minutes before

Current Nursery Children Return to Nursery from week beginning Monday 9 th September

Induction – New to Nursery Wednesday 3 rd July – Not part of Induction 3 rd – 6 th September - One to One Meeting New to St Christopher Red Book and 2 year old Progress Check 9 th – 13 th September – current Nursery ( full sessions as per offer letter) 16 th – 20 th September - Stay and Play Sessions Sign up for two sessions 23 rd – 27 th September - Induction Sessions Sign up for two sessions 30 th September- Begin Nursery Sessions We may feel it is best for your child to have a longer induction process.

Funding Form

Additional Sessions • • Additional sessions are allocated on a termly basis subject to availability) Requests need to be put in writing to the office by the end of the half-term. Eg. By October for extra sessions beginning in the Spring Term Sessions will be allocated in-line with our Admissions Policy which is available on the Website. Reminder- 15 or 30 hours are not automatically allocated. These need to be requested.

Before you leave…. • Please complete your Parent Declaration form (Funding) • • Sign up for one to one meeting – 3 B Sign up for two stay and play sessions Sign up for two Induction sessions Take your pack! • Uniform and Play. Pals

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See you in September! Thank you