Nursery 2025 - 2026

During the Spring Term, our topic is titled

'Amazing Animals!’ And ‘Off we go!'. 

During Spring, our learning will focus on:

Our Ducklings classroom time will focus on the following  stories: 

Polar Bear, Polar Bear!, Monkey and Me!, Oh Dear, We’re going on a Bear Hunt, Bruno’s Box and the Train Ride

Our Owls, Hedgehogs and Squirrels classroom time will focus on the following stories:

I can fly, Monkey and Me! Hang on, Monkey. We’re going on a Bear Hunt, Not a box and The Train Ride.

They will have the opportunities to point to the first word on a page and trace the words from left to right and learn parts front, back, title, author.

Phonics

During our weekly phonics sessions, we will play many games that will help your child tune into sounds and practice orally blending sounds together e.g. ‘c-a-t…cat’.

They will continue to be introduced to phonemes (sounds), exploring objects that have the same initial sound (m, d, g, o, c, k, e). It is important that your child has plenty of experience listening to and joining in with nursery rhymes, stories and poems.

When mark-making we will focus on developing an effective and comfortable pencil grip, begin to write their own name and form recognisable letters. Ascribe meaning to marks they make – shopping lists etc

Number

In Number, we will explore and learn about numbers 3, 4, 5, 6. We will practise to subitise, count, and recognise numerals. We will also practise the cardinal principle (knowing the last number counted represents how many in the set). Through play, we will explore the compositions of these numbers (how numbers are composed of smaller numbers). We will focus on shapes: triangles, squares/rectangles, pentagons and hexagons – counting the sides and making arrangements with them.

Later in the term we will explore space and measure: comparing tall/long and short. Using scales to compare mass – lighter/heavier, balanced. Comparing capacities: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty.

Please visit masterthecurriculum.co.uk for more information regarding the maths scheme we use in Nursery.

Please visit NCETM for more information on the different principles of counting. 

Reading and sharing stories

We will share many stories with your child each week, reading one on one, in small groups and all together at home times.

Our home time stories will be - The Gruffalo, Triangle, Where’s Teddy, We're going on a Picnic, Tall, What to do with a box.

Rhymes and Poems

Throughout this term we will learn and perform the poem ‘Snowflake, snowflake’. We will perform to Mrs Hammond!

We will also focus on the following rhymes:

5 little snowmen, Row, Row, Row, Row your boat, Tommy Thumb, Chinese New Year, The Wheels on the bus, and for our Easter performance - Spring Chicken, Easter Bunny, Spring in your Toes

In addition, we will of course be enjoying so much more learning through play!

Please do not hesitate to contact nursery.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk

with any questions you have.