Welcome to Joseph Locke Nursery. Our class is called ‘Jellyfish Bay’. On this page you will find all the relevant and up-to-date information regarding your child’s journey through the Early Years Foundation Stage.
We are extremely excited to start our learning journey, full of exciting adventures and real-life experiences. This year, your child’s class teacher is Miss Rothery. Our class theme is ‘Jellyfish Bay’, inspired by the children’s book ‘Jellyfish Jiggle’.
Throughout Foundation Stage, we consistently strive to promote our children’s oracy development. As Early Years practitioners, we understand that early language is a vital skill for later success ranging across all seven areas of the curriculum. Each fortnight, the children will be introduced to three new words linking to the key text through the programme, ‘Word Aware for the Early Years’. These words are specifically taught using actions, symbols and examples, as well as throughout provision.
It is important to prioritise the prime areas of learning in the EYFS first, as they provide the essential foundations for children’s development, wellbeing and future learning across all other areas of the curriculum. They are considered the foundation for learning because children need these core skills before they can fully access and engage with the wider curriculum.
Alongside developing the prime areas of learning, children will be introduced to the specific areas of learning, through both adult-focussed activities and continuous provision. These will support the development of Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
FS1 Jellyfish Bay Information
Reading is a key driver throughout our school and we aim to provide our children with the necessary tools to support early reading. We encourage a love of reading through ERIC time, an inviting reading area, weekly library sessions and our lovely going home library. Discrete phonics is taught using the scheme Floppy’s Phonics to support the development of listening skills through Level one. This allows a consistent approach across school in the teaching of reading.
In Nursery, writing is developed through purposeful play, giving children opportunities to explore mark-making, develop their fine motor skills and begin to understand that their marks and drawings can communicate meaning.
Our children are developing their knowledge of mathematics through underpinning the scheme ‘Maths No Problem’. Throughout the year, children will be developing their basic number skills and gaining a deep understanding of numbers up to 5.
Throughout Foundation Stage, we consistently strive to promote our children’s oracy development. As Early Years practitioners, we understand that early language is a vital skill for later success ranging across all seven areas of the curriculum. Each fortnight, the children will be introduced to three new words linking to the key text through the programme, ‘Word Aware for the Early Years’. These words are specifically taught using actions, symbols and examples, as well as throughout provision.
It is important to prioritise the prime areas of learning in the EYFS first, as they provide the essential foundations for children’s development, wellbeing and future learning across all other areas of the curriculum. They are considered the foundation for learning because children need these core skills before they can fully access and engage with the wider curriculum.
Alongside developing the prime areas of learning, children will be introduced to the specific areas of learning, through both adult-focussed activities and continuous provision. These will support the development of Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
FS1 Jellyfish Bay Information
Reading is a key driver throughout our school and we aim to provide our children with the necessary tools to support early reading. We encourage a love of reading through ERIC time, an inviting reading area, weekly library sessions and our lovely going home library. Discrete phonics is taught using the scheme Floppy’s Phonics to support the development of listening skills through Level one. This allows a consistent approach across school in the teaching of reading.
In Nursery, writing is developed through purposeful play, giving children opportunities to explore mark-making, develop their fine motor skills and begin to understand that their marks and drawings can communicate meaning.
Our children are developing their knowledge of mathematics through underpinning the scheme ‘Maths No Problem’. Throughout the year, children will be developing their basic number skills and gaining a deep understanding of numbers up to 5.
