Early Years

Welcome to our Early Years page. On this page, you will find the EYFS progression document, pictures of our learning, both indoor and outdoor and also links to our Little Wandle phonics page. Below, you will also find information about the nursery rhymes your child will learn each half term. You will also be able find links to documents that may be useful to support your child's learning at home.

Please find the topic webs for each half term on the Mother Teresa class page.

Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes are a really important part of our teaching in the Early Years, here is a breakdown of the nursery rhymes we teach over the year. We work on the children learning these off by heart.

Topics and Nursery Rhymes

Autumn Term

All about me— I’ve got a body, a very busy body/ Clap your hands and wiggle your fingers—links with Maths

Seasons— The sun has got his hat on

Maths 5 little men in a flying saucer & Twinkle, Twinkle

Spring Term

Fairytales — Little Bo Peep/Jack and Jill —Link to Each Peach, Pear, Plum

People who help us —Miss Polly had a Dolly & Dr Foster

Maths 10 fat sausages, 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed & 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...

Summer Term

Animals—Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Travel— The wheels on the bus—links with Maths

Maths Noah’s Ark (animals went in 2 by 2, link to doubling) & Row, row, row your boat—(Mr Gumpy’s outing and doubling and numbers more than 10)

You can go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-a-to-z-index/z4ddgwx to play and sing along to many of these nursery thymes.

Autumn 1

Summer 2

The Sun Has Got His Hat On...

Reception have been learning their CVC and CCVC words. We made a tuff tray where the children chose a word that they wanted to build, they found the correct letter biscuits and they ate their word when they had put the word together!

Spring half term introduces the children to fairy tales such as 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff. How much fun does this tuff tray look? This helps the children really embed and know the story through role play.

At Christmas we set up this amazing tuff tray for our children to explore subitising.

Look at these wonderful hibernating hedgehogs!
We explored hedgehog habitats and how they hibernate during colder months. We used clay to create a hedgehog and made them a nice warm home for them to hibernate.

“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!”

This activity helped children build a house for the Three Little Pigs using different materials. We used word cards to help the children read and use the language within the story.

Here, we are practicing our cutting skills!

Our cohort of children this year LOVE Super Mario. We have made a game to interest the children in practising their phonics. The children love it! We even have a Super Mario sound card on our Yoto player!