Welcome to
Elder 1 – Nursery
In our EYFS we aim to provide a challenging and stimulating environment with an engaging curriculum designed to enable all children to reach their potential.
Below you will find all the information needed about our fabulous nursery. Throughout the year Class Dojo will be updated with news and pictures to show you the fun we have in our nursery class.
Our Nursery offers both 15 and 30 hours provision. This is free for parents who are eligible – check www.gov.uk to find out if you may be eligible. If you aren’t, we can still offer 30 hours at a cost. Please speak to Mrs Scarr in the office or any member of the EYFS team if you want more information about Nursery provision.
Spring letter 2026
This term our themes will be ‘Winter Woodland’ for the first half of the term and ‘Superheroes’ and ‘Easter’ for the second half.
As part of our Winter Woodland topic, the children will explore the woods and create natural art using sticks, leaves and other natural materials. During our Superheroes topic, we will be thinking about people who help us in our everyday lives.
We will also be exploring the signs of winter at the start of the term and the signs of spring towards the end of the term, while continuing to plan learning opportunities around the children’s interests and experiences.
In Literacy, we will focus on listening to stories and talking about characters and settings. Our key stories will include:
- First half term: Stick Man, The Gruffalo, and The Gruffalo’s Child, along with other stories set in the woods.
- Second half term: Non-fiction texts about people who help us (such as vets, farmers and nurses), Supertato, Eggscape and We’re Going on an Egg Hunt.
We will also provide a variety of opportunities for mark making throughout our topics.
This term we will continue to work on the seven aspects of Phase 1 phonics, exploring different types of sounds, rhythm, rhyme and alliteration. Some children will begin to learn one new sound each week and will be introduced to the letter sounds (graphemes) taught in Phase 2 phonics.
In Maths, we will continue to develop counting and problem-solving skills, with a focus on the numbers 3, 4 and 5. We will explore three- and four-sided 2D shapes and sort 3D shapes. During the second half of the term, we will begin exploring Measures, including height, length, mass and capacity.
Please keep an eye on our Dojo stories to find out more about what we are doing each week.
Mrs Thompson, Miss Addy and Miss Summers
Dates for your diary
9th Feb – Chinese New Year Week
13th Feb – Wear your scarf day (Children’s Mental Health Week)
16th – 20th Feb – HALF TERM
5th March 2026 – World Book Day
12th March 2026 @ 9 – 10am – EYFS Maths Stay and Play
25th March 2026 – Parent’s Evening (More details about this will be sent out nearer the time)
27th March 2026 – School closes @ 2pm for Easter
This term our themes are ‘Winter Woodland’ for the first half term and ‘Superheroes’ and ‘Easter’ for the second half term.
As part of our Winter Woodland topic, we will explore the woods and create natural art with sticks and leaves.
As part of our Superheroes topic, we will be thinking about people who help us.
We will also be exploring signs of winter at the start of the term, signs of spring towards the end of term and continuing to plan around the children’s interests and experiences.
In Literacy we will focus on listening to stories, talking about stories and characters and settings. Our stories will include:-
First half term – The Christmas Pine, Stick Man and The Gruffalo’s Child (all by Julia Donaldson) and other stories set in the woods.
Second half term – Supertato and the Easter story.
We will also provide different opportunities for mark making in our topics.
This term we will be continuing with the seven aspects of Phase 1 phonics, in which we explore different types of sounds, rhythm, rhyme and alliteration. A few children will be working on Phase 2 phonics.
In Maths we will continue with all aspects of counting and problem solving with numbers, with a focus on the numbers 3, 4 and 5. We will explore three and four-sided 2D shapes and sort 3D shapes. During the second half term we will exploring Measures (height, length, mass and capacity.)
Please keep an eye on our Dojo stories to find out more about what we are doing each week.
As the weather has been very wet and is getting colder, please could you ensure your child has appropriate clothing for the weather. Please make sure all coats, hats, scarves and gloves are named and help your child to practise putting them on and taking them off.
We will be sending our new families an invitation to join Class Dojo. This will enable parents to read messages, see class stories of activities we do and to see your own child’s individual profile.
If any of your contact numbers have changed please tell Mrs Scarr in the office.
Meet our
Teams
Anna Thompson
EYFS Teacher
