Nursery and Reception

It is a pleasure to support the youngest children at Bickerstaffe CE School and Nursery. We take pride in fostering their curiosity, creativity, and confidence in a warm and nurturing environment. Each day is filled with opportunities for discovery, building great friendships, and laying the foundation for a lifelong love of learning. 

Useful info for the school week:

• Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Aisbitt are in class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays.
• Mrs Crook and Mrs Dobson are in class on Thursday and Fridays.
• Mr Bakaya is in class Monday - Friday. 
• Homework bags to be sent in on Tuesdays. Homework will be sent out on Wednesdays. 
• PE is on Tuesdays and Fridays. 
• Spanish is on Wednesday afternoons. 
• The Library bus comes to school every three weeks on a Friday. Each child gets to visit the bus to borrow a book. 

Home Learning

To begin, the best home learning will be to share books together. This can be any kind of book or story. As they begin to learn the names and sounds of letters, we will send home books for you to read with your child. These books will be linked to their phonic ability, to provide the best support in their reading journey. 

Spring 1

This half-term our focus text is, 'I'm going to eat this ANT', by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros.

Our theme for this half-term is Minibeast. 

Our Knowledge Organisers for Spring 1:

 

Maths

Reception maths overview:

Nursery maths overview:

Phonics

Learning to read is the most important thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends on it, so we put as much energy as we possibly can into making sure that every single child learns to read as quickly as possible.

We want your child to love reading – and to want to read for themselves. This is why we put our efforts into making sure they develop a love of books as well as simply learning to read.

If you would like to find out more about RWI and hope to support your child at home when reading, please have a look at the links below:

Helpful videos for Parents and Carers

RWI Reading at Home Booklet 1

RWI Reading at Home Booklet 2

What is Read Write Inc

10 things to think about when you read to your child

Reception

Set 1 Special Friends

Here are some video links your child can watch at home to help learn Set 1 Special Friends (two letters that make one sound). 

sh, qu, th, ng, ch, nk and ck

Fred Games

Here are some videos to support oral blending. 

Body parts

Fred's fridge

Toybox

Farmyard

Finally, a fantastic video that just sums up how special working in the Early Years is:

The Power of Play

Thank you, 

Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Crook