Nursery – Hedgehogs « Bridgewater School

Welcome to the Hedgehogs class page!

Our teacher is Mr Pinkney and our EYP is Mrs Laidler. Mrs Pickering teaches us on a Thursday afternoon during teacher PPA.

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 following 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 has travel changed?”

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.

Trips will be planned to enhance the children’s learning and to give them exciting experiences. Last year we visited Jesmond Dene, Dobbies Garden Centre, Hodgkin Park 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 – Autumn 2024