Welcome to our Nursery - Port Quin Class
Our learning through play environment
Important Information:
The gates for Nursery Pupils open between
8:50-9.00am; 11.50-12.00pm; 12.50-1.00pm; 12.50-3.00pm.
The gates will be locked promptly as staff are required elsewhere. Thank you. Outside of these hours, please contact the office.
Nursery Staff:
Nursery Manager: Mrs Jo Mountain
LSAs: Miss Rosie Howard, Mrs Clemmie Leselles-Old
Things to Remember!
A bag with spare clothes, including a pair of waterproof trousers if possible.
A pair of Wellington boots.
A healthy packed lunch and drinks bottle, if staying for lunch.
Please name all the above items including lunch boxes.
A free healthy snack and milk will be offered by our Nursery.
Musical Instruments
Creating a range of quiet and loud sounds using Bongos.
Construction
Physical Development
Learning new games
Outdoor Learning
Woodland Walks
Rain or shine we enjoy regular walks through our beautiful woods exploring and creating a love for the outside world.
Exploring and learning in our school woods
Diggerland
Imaginative Play
Reading Area
Parent Information
We at Camelford Primary Nursery School understand that making decisions about the best possible childcare can be a daunting experience, especially for new parents. We here at Camelford Nursery believe in creating and maintain a positive relationship with all our families. We value every family uniqueness, and do this by having honest open- ended relationships based on mutual trust, understanding and respect.
We are very ambitious! So ambitious that we cultivate your childs natural desire for discovery and exploration and encourage them at the same time to be independent, resiliant, self aware, and inquisitive in their future with us, through the school and behond.
At Camelford Nursery, our teaching and learning revolves around your child. We take into account your child's needs and interests and weave it into the Early Years Statutory curriculum, thus providing a nurturing and stimulating envirornments. The indoor and outdoor environment that are created, enable your child to feel respected, valued and cared for, a strong sense of identity and belonging.
Parent Partnership
Parents are the prime educators of their child and therefore we believe that you should be centrally involved in all aspects our Nursery life. Information therefore is shared between you and all of our Nursery staff about your childs learning, progress and development.
This helps facilitate a positive, long lasting partnership between you your child and our team.
A parents guide...
Preparing Your Child for Nursery
We have put together the following information as a simple guide to how you can best prepare your child for this exciting time in their lives!
Promoting Independence
Your child will really benefit from being as independent as possible when they start attending nursery. Of course, teaching staff will always be on hand to help your children feel a real sense of achievement when they can accomplish things by themselves! For example, your child will have access to an outdoor space throughout the day so being able to put their coat on and zip it up independently will really help your child.
It also means that they can get straight to their playing and learning without having to stop and ask an adult for help! Your child will also really benefit from having experience of spending some time away from you, such as going to a friend’s house to play. This will really develop their confidence and independence and stand them in good stead when it comes to saying goodbye on that first session at nursery.
Communication and Language
Many parents worry if their child will be able to tell the teacher when they need something or if they will make friends. Good communication skills will allow them to do these things. We know that parents can have a huge impact on their child’s speaking and listening development and these simple language boosting activities are a great way to help:
Listening & Attention Skills
Your child will be given many spoken instructions throughout their time at nursery and will need to be able to shift their attention from what they are doing to listen to what the teacher is saying. A lovely activity to promote this is to go on a ‘listening walk’ where your child listens for all the sounds around them in the park or town centre. You could also jot down all the sounds your child notices and talk about these back at home to retell the journey based on the sounds they heard.
Understanding Spoken Instructions
Classroom instructions often contain several parts for children to remember. A simple game of ‘Simon Says’ could really help. You could give instructions containing two parts e.g. ‘Simon says touch your nose, then clap your hands’. It’s a good idea to start off with one step instructions and gradually build up to two or even three.
Social Skills
Being able to interact appropriately with other children and share resources is a key skill that will really help your child when they start nursery. Play dates with other children will help to promote these skills and you could arrange these with future classmates if possible. During the play date you can model useful social phrases such as ‘my turn please’ or ‘let’s share’. You could also join in with pretend play by starting the game off and then fade out as children get into character.
Our Library
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