Welcome to Nursery

from

 Mrs Oram and Miss Hatch

If you require any additional information regarding our curriculum, please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or a member of the Leadership Team.

At Kingsley Nursery, we strive to give children the best start to their educational life.

Our fully inclusive environment and ethos means that every child will be encouraged to succeed, form positive relationships and build confidence.

Our indoor and outdoor classrooms aim to be creative and stimulating reflecting the range of topics covered throughout the year which enhance understanding of different animals, people, environments and cultures.

We hope you enjoy looking through our page and we look forward to seeing you in Nursery soon!

Many thanks, the Nursery Team. 

Here you will find photos and information about what goes on in Nursery at Kingsley Primary.  

In 2021 we began a new EYFS curriculum. This has allowed us to reimagine our topics and really think about exciting and engaging ways to promote learning. Our new topics are;​​​​​​

Marvellous Me

Tis the seaon to be Freezin

Explorers

Traditional Tales

Farmyard Stories

Below, you will find lots of photographs of what we have been up to each term along with our curriculum documents and knowledge organisers.

Autumn Term 

It has been a very exciting start to the school year. This term is all about starting Nursery, our family, Autumn, Winter and Christmas!

Below you will find some photographs of what we have been up to this term. 

The children have been enjoying exploring the different areas of Nursery inside and outside. We have been getting to know our new rules and routines.

You Choose

We have been talking about foods we like and foods we dislike. The children had a sheet of different foods

and they cut out the foods they loved and stuck in onto their plate.

Super Duper You

After reading Super Duper You the children were interested in finding out about ourselves. We sang 'head, shoulders, knees and toes'. drew pictures of ourselves and have named different parts of our bodies.

Baking

Every week the children will bake a tasty treat to bring home. In groups we follow instructions, stir, spread and mix ingredients. Take a look at what we have been baking in Autumn. 

The Leaf Thief

The children have enjoyed exploring Autumn. We have read the book 'The Leaf Thief' it is all about a squirrel who wants to know why the leaves are falling from the trees. The children went on an Autumn hunt to find leaves and other objects that show signs of Autumn. As well as the hunt, we have carved pumpkins and rolled conkers through paint to make different patterns. 

We're going on a bear hunt!

We have been reading the text 'We're going on a bear hunt'. Throughout the week we have been developing out language by going on a sensory walk where the children explained what each tray felt like. We had water, mud, shaving foam and leaves for the children to walk through. As expected some children loved it where others weren't so keen. 

Owl Babies

The children showed good 1:1 counting skills, when counting different amounts (up to 5) of owls onto the branch.

Welcome to Spring Term

This term will begin with Local History week, where we will talk about places that are familiar to us. We will celebrate Chinese New Year within our Explorers topic.

Within this topic we will be looking at familiar places such as camping, the park, going to the shops, the beach before moving onto gardening. 

Our Local Area

We explored our local area, the children were shown different images of places in Hartlepool and were asked if they recognised any of them. We went on a local walk around the school grounds. once back to Nursery we discussed our route before drawing a map of our walk where we saw houses, a roundabout and the Rec. 

Peppa loves the Park

We have been reading 'Peppa loves the park'. The children have been sharing their favourite apparatus at the park. We discussed what we might take with us when we go there. A picnic was a big favourite so we decided to make our own sandwiches. The children designed their own sandwich by drawing what they wanted. They then made their designed sandwich. Each child spread their butter, cut the lettuce or cucumber and then cut their sandwich in half.