Nursery Closure Dates
To stay inline with the Nursery funding for the academic year 2024-2025, the Nursery will be closed on the following dates;
Monday 6th January
Tuesday 22nd April
Monday 21st July
Please be advised, that this is different to the rest of the school.
Nursery
Acorn and Conker Classes
Nursery Lead/Teacher: Mrs Winter
Acorn and Conker Classes
Teacher: Mrs Ruffle
Acorn and Conker Classes
Assistant Head/Teacher
Nursery
Acorn and Conker Classes
Unqualified Teacher: Miss Lees
Acorn and Conker Classes 3-4 year olds
Nutmeg Class 2-3 year olds
Nutmeg Class
Room Leader: Mrs Scriven
Reception
Blossom Class
RWI Lead/Teacher: Mrs Hudson
Holly Class
Year Lead/Teacher: Miss O’Hara
Willow Class
Teacher: Mrs Wares
| Year Group / Class | Teacher | PPA Cover |
| Nursery | ||
| Acorn/Conker/Nutmeg | Mrs Winter (Nursery Lead), Mrs Ruffle, Mrs Reid, Miss Lees (UQT), Mrs Scriven (Nutmeg) | |
| Reception | ||
| Blossom | Mrs Hudson | Miss Casey (HLTA) |
| Holly | Miss O’Hara (Year Lead) and Mrs Matthews | Miss Casey (HLTA) |
| Willow | Mrs Wares | Miss Casey (HLTA) |
| Nursery Assistants | ||
| Acorn/Conker/Nutmeg | Nicky Long, Helen Ray, Sharhys Lewis, Suzanne Britten, Natasha Disney | |
| Reception Support Staff | Miss Casey, Mrs Beach, Mrs Sanders, Mrs Roberts |
Nursery Learning Narrative Autumn Term 2024
Nursery have a very exciting term ahead. Once we have got to know all of our new children, we will be following their interests wherever they may take us! This is a really exciting and effective way of learning, and we can’t wait to see what incredible topics we are able to cover with the children. As well as building our curriculum around the children’s interests, we will also be exploring activities based on the harvest, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Remembrance Day, Children in Need and of course, Christmas!
We will finish our first term with the children with a magical Nativity with our Acorn and Conkers and a Christmas craft day for Nutmeg.
Reception Learning Narrative Autumn Term 2024
As the children transition into school, we will start to discover who we are. The children will have a chance to bring in their own baby photos as we begin to discuss the differences in families. We will look into how we can stay healthy and the importance of brushing our teeth.
After half term, we get to explore the different celebrations that take place in our lives while preparing before the very important Christmas Nativity!
At White Meadows Primary we use the Read Write Inc. phonics programme from Nursery to Year 3. This phonics scheme provides a systematic approach to literacy, both reading and writing, which is fun and engaging. This is supplemented with the use of phonetically decodable books from Oxford Reading Tree and the Phonic Bug schemes, along with a range of other texts. Further details on how you can support your child can be found on the Read Write Inc. website.
In addition to the above programme, we also use the Big Write and Big Maths schemes and Little Big Maths in Foundation Stage.
Parents are welcome to approach class teachers to find out more about the curriculum at White Meadows. The following links give more details of the Early Years and National Curriculum.
https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
Apply for a place in our school by visiting the Admissions page.