Miss Amy Giles
Nursery manager
One of my favourite books to read is Stickman by Julia Donaldson, there is the fun element for the children with the different paths that Stick man goes on and the different elements of the weather and still get that happy ending of getting home to his family for Christmas. I've a large family all spread out now but the one time we always get together is Christmas so this story always makes me think of all my family.
Beth Herring
Support staff
One of my favourite children's books is Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes. I love all the stories about Alfie and Annie Rose but this is my favourite. It's a simple story about Alfie coming home from the shops with his mum and slamming the door shut with Alfie inside and mum and the keys on the outside. One thing I love about this book is the illustrations. They tell so much of the story not written in the words, like the window cleaner who gradually works his way up the street on each page and the people who come out of their houses to see what is going on. Shirley Hughes is a great author but an even better illustrator because her pictures tell so much more of the story.
Miss Jade Routledge
Support staff
Reading is one of my favourite things to do- it is a magic door to another land when you open the pages. I love books with a little mystery, ones that keep you on the edge of your seat unable to put it down. I read a new book, sometimes more than one, a week! My favourite book is ' The Changeover', a big sister has to save her brother and it's full of intrigue.
Mrs Papiya Dey
Support Staff / Lunch cover
I like the books from the harry and the dinosaur collection, they remind me of reading with my sons when they were young. I like reading them to the children in nursery as they get so excited by the stories.
This term is all about welcoming our children to nursery and allowing them to get to know us while we get to know them. We will be getting to know the rules and routine of nursery and also making some new peer friendships.
With starting or re-joining nursery after a break, we will be working on and developing our skills around resilience and self independence. This will be from leaving our care givers, being in a new environment with new routines and from trying and giving new tasks and activities a go.
We will be getting to know the children’s interests and what they like to do so that we can use these interests to further develop their learning and also aid in their friendship making skills.
There is a strong link to our Personal, Social and emotional development in this term as starting nursery and leaving our loved ones at home is a really big step for us and shouldn't be under estimated as we are only little and a day at nursery can be very busy.
We will be looking at photos sent in from home of key people within our families and things that have happened over the summer so that the children can talk about what they have been doing and share common interests.
Using the children’s interests, we will be introducing the children to our learning and bringing in different areas of learning.
Towards the latter end of the Autumn term we will be looking at different festivals and further developing our understanding of what happens at different times of the year.