Nursery Information

Welcome to Nursery

The Early Years Handbook

This is a booklet containing our curriculum intent and the ethos behind our teaching approach.  It can be found here.

early years handbook 2023 24.pdf

 

 

Presentations

Welcome Presentation

Please click here for our welcome presentation

Maths:
Please watch our presentation on teaching maths in the Early Years.  Click here.
Here is an example of a maths meeting from the Spring term

Phonics:
At Ravenstone, we use the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics scheme.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

In Nursery, we teach pre-phonics,

Early Years talk:
https://youtu.be/W0QWHKx4udk

Autumn Term Curriculum Map

This term our topic work is based around colours.  We will be reading lots of books that look at colours but our main focus will be ‘A colour of his own’ by Eric Carle.  We will also be focussing on establishing routines and expectations in the classroom.

Please click on the link below to view the Curriculum Map for the Autumn Term.

Autumn Term Curriculum Map

Click on this link to see the Nursery's long term plan:

Long Term Plan

Ravenstone Nursery follows the National Early Years curriculum called Development Matters.

This document outlines the age-related expectations for children between 30 and 50 months.

Development Matters: 30-50 Months

	This is Gemma. She is a teacher.  She likes baking and watching films.		This is Angie. She is one of your Teaching Assistants. She likes being creative and cycling.
	This is Bea. She is your nursery nurse. She  likes reading and groovy dancing.

Our email address is:

gwilliams@ravenstoneprimary.org.uk