Hello and a big warm welcome from the Nursery Team!
Your teachers this year will be Mr Hicking, Miss Shaw, and Mrs Watts. Ms Van Kleef will be joining us on Wednesdays, and Ahkila will work with us on Fridays. We’ll also be welcoming a student teacher for the first part of the year as part of their Year 4 placement. Throughout the year, we often have student teachers supporting our setting.
Our Parent Curriculum Meeting provides helpful information about each subject and how Nursery works.
📹 Watch our curriculum video here:
We’re just as excited about your child starting Nursery as you are! At Heymann Nursery, we pride ourselves on creating a learning environment that encourages independence, curiosity, and positive behaviour. All of our learning takes place in a nurturing, engaging, and carefully planned setting.
What to bring each day:
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A named coat
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A named water bottle
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A bag with spare clothes
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If your child wears pull-ups, please include spares (no nappies) and a pack of wet wipes
Please remember: we spend time in the Nursery garden every day, so sensible footwear is essential.
We also do PE on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons, so children should come dressed appropriately for physical activity.
Talk Tasks and Our Blog
Every one or two weeks, we’ll post a Talk Task for you and your child to complete at home. These will be available on our Nursery Blog, where you can also keep up to date with our learning and see what the children have been exploring.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions, please contact Mr Hicking at:
📧 richard.hicking@heymann.notts.sch.uk
We also use the Nursery team email when we ask you to send in photos (e.g. family photos in the first term, celebrations between Bonfire Night and Christmas, job-related photos in February, and holiday pictures in the summer term):
📧 nursery-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk
Thank you for your continued support.
The Nursery Team
Nursery Blog
This term we are learning about ‘what is special about us and our nursery’. We will be learning our teacher’s names, making friends and getting used to the nursery environment and singing lots of songs. Each week we will be attaching a talk task to this page for you to look at with your child at home.
Keep coming back every week and we will add another “Talk Task” on our blog
Thanks
The Nursery Team
Welcome to our second half-term
We have been so impressed with how the children have returned after the October half-term. They have come back with confidence, stronger listening skills and such a curiosity to learn.
This half-term we are looking at the story of Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle as our Talk for Writing text. We will use this as a starting point to explore journey stories and try and create our own adventures with our toys!
Please read our bulletin for regular updates on our community sing, party days, stay and play and much more!
Thanks
The Nursery Team
Happy New Year!
We hope you have all had a lovely break over the Christmas holidays and managed to stay well.
We will be starting this year by looking at what we did in the holidays and how we celebrated special occasions along with lots of discussion on winter and changes outside.
This half term our topic is ‘Why is the tree outside changing?’ We will be learning about winter and how the world around us changes. In a few weeks we will be reading ‘The Little Red Hen’ and learning how to tell it out loud.
On our blog, we will post our weekly talk tasks which follow up on the things we have been learning about/talking about in Nursery… Alongside some suggestions of things to try at home.
We hope you find these useful. As always- please contact us on nursery-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk if you have any questions.
Thank you for coming to see our curriculum page.
Please check out our Curriculum Meeting Video which explains all about our Nursery!
Please find attached a PDF of the slides we used. Any questions you may have about your child’s education or anything you would like to discuss, please feel free to ask or say.
We also have regular parents’ evenings.
Enjoy!
Introduction
If you are interested in better supporting your child’s development in reading and maths, here are a few thing that may help you. The school follows the White Rose curriculum for maths and the Little Wandle Phonics scheme for early reading.
Most importantly, a range of life skills and a passion for reading with your child will be the greatest influence you can give your child.
Little Wandle (Phonics)
During their time at nursery, children will be learning to identify sounds in words and articulate those sounds. Look at the Little Wandle website to find out more. We suggest looking at how to say the sounds in the “Reception Autumn 1” and “Reception Autumn 2”. Nursery age children are not expected to recognise or write letters.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
We have also included all the rhymes that the children learn across the year in our “Reading and Rhymes” section of our Nursery Page
White Rose Maths
For maths, simple spotting numbers, counting in the environment and talking about thing you see will enhance your child’s skills. Maths is a practical subject that can be bought into any part of your day. Try counting objects at the dinner table, using different containers to pour and fill in the bath or describing what lego brick you might need to finish a model!
Here you can find a list of Nursery rhymes we learn across the year. We split them up and learn them week by week. Here is a list of Nursery rhymes we learn and when. You can find videos for each song here.
Autumn Term
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,
Row, Row, your Boat
Wind the Bobbin up
Humpty Dumpty
Miss Molly had a Dolly
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Down by the Station
Grand Old Duke of York
Jack and Jill Went up the Hill
Round and Round the Garden
Hickery Dickery Dock
Spring Term
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Incey, Wincey Spider
Pat-a-Cake
Wheels on the Bus
Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses
1, 2, Buckle my Shoe
Summer Term
1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a Fish alive
A sailor went to sea
Hey Diddle Diddle
Suggested Reads
Reading with your child is one of the best things to develop their language and imagination and should be done daily.
The Book Trust offers lots of suggested reads and other support:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/b/best-books-for-3-year-olds/
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/b/best-books-for-4-year-olds/
We sing lots of songs in Nursery and they are really good for learning sounds, numbers and about the world. Here is our Autumn set list! Have fun.
We have these songs on a special song shelf and children can pick a card to sing a song with a friend or the class.
Twinkl Twinkl Little Star
Old McDonald
The Wheels on the Bus
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Baa Baa Black Sheep
5 Little Speckled Frogs
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
I’m a Little Teapot
Hop Little Bunnies
Shake Your Sillies Out
Rock-abye-your bear.
Christmas Songs:
Felice Navidad
Twinkle Twinkle
Incey Winsey Spider goes up the Christmas Tree
Jingle Bells
Mulberry Bush
Santa got stuck up the chimney
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Nursery Half-Term Summary
We are so proud of all the children in our Nursery class for everything they have achieved so far this year. Their confidence, creativity, and enthusiasm continue to shine through every day. A huge thank you to all our parents and carers for the support you give at home – it really makes a difference. We’re excited for the final weeks ahead as we continue this journey together.
This half term, we are exploring exciting new topics! We’ll begin by learning all about Oceans, Pirates, and the Environment, helping children build an awareness of the world around them in a fun and imaginative way. Later in the term, we’ll move on to talk about holidays and celebrations, encouraging children to share their own experiences and learn about others.
We will continue to focus on important school readiness skills, such as building independence, writing our names, taking turns, listening carefully in larger groups, and developing our early maths skills. We are also encouraging the children to apply all the knowledge and skills they’ve gained over the year in their play and learning.
There’s still so much to look forward to! We have some exciting events planned to celebrate a fantastic year together, including Sports Day, a visit from Lion Learners with some incredible animals, and of course, a fun-filled Party Week to end the term.
Thank you again for your continued support – we couldn’t do it without you!