Nursery – Squirrels
Welcome to the Squirrels class page!
Our Teacher is Miss Walton and our Early Years Practitioner is Miss Waggot. Mrs Pickering is the teacher on Fridays.
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This framework specifies the requirements for learning and development in Early Years and provides prime and specific areas of learning we cover in our curriculum.
Prime Areas:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Communication and Language Development
Specific Areas:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding of the world
- Expressive Art and Design
The children in nursery are three and four years old and they learn through play with a balance of planned purposeful adult led and child-initiated activities allowing children to learn, develop and practice new skills. Activities are planned to follow the children’s interests for example dinosaurs, pirates, the weather or a favourite story. Alongside this we investigate a big question every other half term;
Autumn Two: “Are we all the same?”
Spring Two “How do we travel?”
Summer Two “How do we keep our bodies healthy?”
We have a fantastic outdoor area which we use in all weathers thanks to our wellies and waterproof clothing. We also participate in PE and dance lessons in our gym, weekly visits to the ICT suite, as well as engaging in activities in our DT, Art and sensory room. We have specialist teachers who deliver Music and Spanish.
Trips will be planned to enhance the children’s learning and to give them exciting experiences. Last year we visited Jesmond Dene, The Rising Sun Country Park, St Joseph’s Church and Whitley Bay Beach.
From October half term, the children will take home a reading pack each week to enjoy with an adult at home. As their learning progresses, and we introduce Read Write Inc. the children will on have additional activities to complete at home to support their learning.
Nursery Parent Pamphlet – Summer 2026
Hello – Squirrels
Every music session in nursery starts with the ‘Hello’ song. It’s a lovely warm-up song where the musician greets the children by name, getting to know them. This gives the children the feeling of value and partnership in the session.
