Please also remember to read the weekly school Newsletter for whole school and local community updates. 

Dates for the Diary

24th September 2025 - EYFS Meet the Teacher Evening, in the school hall, 5pm-6pm

26th September 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have reached the end of the first full week and the children have done really well. We have been learning more rules, playing lots of name games and we have been encouraging the following of simple instructions. 

This week we have shared the story 'The Enormous Turnip' and we have used the language big, small and enormous. We have encouraged the children to join in with the story and we have used different characters to create a new version. As part of our learning the children helped to create a Harvest vegetable soup using the ingredients leek, potato, carrot, sweet potato and swede (we couldn't get turnip). The children used knives to cut the vegetables and they did some great slicing. We did talk about where the vegetables came from and that God has created the sun and rain to help the vegetables to grow.

This week Mrs Barber has started to take small groups of children into the 'big playground'. We do this as a class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but we are taking out small groups to teach the rules. We have also taken the class to the hall to play a listening game, using markers, they did very well. 

There has been a lot of sneezing and coughing which has led to us sharing the book 'Germs are not for Sharing'. In this book it talks about catching our coughs and sneezes, washing our hands and throwing tissues in the bin (not on the floor). Please encourage your child to develop their personal hygiene, whilst at home. Especially, washing hands after going to the toilet. 

Thank-you to those parents who joined us for the 'Meet the Teacher' evening, on Wednesday. I have attached the slides (in PDF format), below. 

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Whittaker 

19th September 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Genesis class. 

What a great first week we have had. I am pleased to say that the children appear to be settling in and they are starting to adapt to Nursery life. You may find that your child may be reluctant to come into school. This is all part of settling as they realise that they will be coming to school five days a week. In our experience we find that this is short lived and will soon pass.

This week we have been introducing 'Whole Body Listening' and this will be reinforced throughout the year. We have been learning our Nursery prayers, singing songs and sharing stories. The children have been exploring inside and out and next week we will start to learn some of our Nursery rules. The children are being encouraged to tidy up and this will also be reinforced everyday, throughout the year. Please encourage your child to tidy up after themselves, at home. 

Please make sure that all of your child's clothing is named and add a keyring to your child's school bag so that they can recognise it.

We look forward to welcoming you back next week. On Monday the children finish at 2pm and then going forwards the end of day will be 3.30pm. 

Have a great weekend

Miss Whittaker