Nursery 2025 - 2026
Miss Clark
Meet the Team
Miss Clark, Mrs Sweet, Mrs Yasmin and Mrs Marsh
If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Nursery staff or email:
nursery@almapark.manchester.sch.uk
If you have any questions about Nursery admissions please email:
admin@almapark.manchester.sch.uk
Welcome
Welcome to Nursery! We recognise that Nursery is an important milestone for children and their families. We look forward to working in partnership with you throughout the year, supporting your child on the first step of their academic journey. Our Nursery is a nurturing and caring environment, with rich opportunities for children to play, explore, and develop their independence.
What's happening this half term?
Maths:
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Exploring numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Subitising with numbers to 5 to develop fast recognition without having to count them individually
Number hunts
Exploring shapes and counting sides
Sequencing events throughout the day
Looking at one more and one less
looking at pattern
Linking Maths to our story Mad about Mini Beasts by Giles Andreae and Fran's Flower by Lisa Bruce
English:
Mad about Mini Beasts by Giles Andreae
Frans Flower by Lisa Bruce
- Encourage your child to hold a mark making tool in a tripod grip
- Ask your child to make vertical lines, circles, diagonal lines and crosses
- Talk about the marks your child makes and what they stand for e.g. pretending to write shopping lists, label pictures and write names
- Practice hearing and identifying the inital sound in a word and then other sounds e.g. a - in ant, s and t - in sit
- Practise blending letter sounds together to hear words e.g. say to your child 'Can you t - a - p your head?'
Topic: Minibeasts
We will be exploring the differnt mini beasts that live in our outside environment. We will look at the different types, where they live, how they behave and what they look like, We will also be caring for our plants and watching them grow. We will observe changes in the environment as Spring arrives and blossoms.
We will also be:
> looking at different textures and shapes to create bug and spring art
> exploring how minibeasts move in dance
> exploring journeys linked to Geography
In class we are currently reading stories about life cycles, mini beasts, plants and the weather and spring. We will share stories and talking pictures daily. We will also begin reading sessions teaching children for example how to turn pages and talk about what is happening.
Reading books:
Reading books will be changed on a Tuesday. Please bring in your book in the plastic wallet by Tuesday so that we can change it for you.
Homework:
Our purple Brainbuilder books are given out each Wednesday. They can be returned to school when the work is complete but we do ask that they are back in school the following Tuesday.
Spare clothes:
Each child in Nursery has their own tray. They are learning to keep their belongings in it. Please make sure you send in a spare set of clothes in a bag that we can hang on your child's peg. Please make sure all items have your child's name on them.
Independence:
Learning to become independent is central to children’s development in Early Years. To help your child become independent, please encourage them to put their own coat on, wash their hands, and begin to tidy away their toys without adult support.
We work with the Little Wandle Phase 1 Rhymes in our nursery setting click here for more information.
The children begin to learn their letter sounds in Reception. If you would like to know how to make the letter sounds correctly click here.
Here are the skills we are encouraging each half term at school.
Wellcomm
In nursery we follow the Wellcomm program that helps children to develop their language skills. The children have specific targets to work on and we share these with you so that we can work together to aid your child's development. We understand and value that many families may speak a language other than English at home. This is something to be celebrated and is important for your child's laguage development and understanding.
For tips on how to help your child to develop their langaueg, understanding and speaking skills please see the links below.
- BBC Tiny Happy People - Tips and Advice - This is for parents to get ideas and tips on working with their children at home. There are different catagories for you to choose from explaining how you can work with your child if you are looking for information on; language development, routines, being bilingual, getting outdoors and many more. Click Here
- Rhyme Book - to share with children at home. In this booklet traditional rhymes are shared but then also changed to make them more relevant to your child and where they live. They are a great way to explore langauge and have fun together. Click Here