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Nursery
Welcome to Homelands Nursery
Nursery teachers are Mrs Smethurst and Ms Sercombe.
Mrs Hawkes is our nursery nurse.
Foundation Intent Statement
At Homelands Foundation stage we aim to provide a positive start to school where a love of exploration and learning is fostered and sets up children as they continue their educational journey. We help the children build on current knowledge to gain a wider understanding of the world and our place within it. Through play and with the support of the adults in class, children are guided to explore and discover ideas, skills and concepts. We provide opportunity for children to develop a rich vocabulary, fostering a love for books and supported through quality interactions from the adults. Our curriculum encourages understanding and development of our school values and we work to build strong working relationships with parents. We strive for all children to feel valued as individuals and to be successful achievers in a safe, secure, nurturing environment where learning and fun go hand in hand.
Getting ready to start reception. Please read the information in the PDF.
Phonics in Nursery:
Please open the pdf to find out how we teach phonics in nursery and how you can support at home.
Phonics for parents. Important information:
Nursery topic plan and vocabulary for this term.
Adventures in the garden today!
A dance lesson with Polly. We had a wonderful time learning how to dance.
11th of June.
Our topic is the story 'Handa's Surprise'. We have made African inspired paper plate necklaces, with repeating patterns.
Today we did a volcano science experiment. We made a big volcano shape out of sand and then mixed the ingredients to make exploding lava!
Our new topic is dinosaurs. We have had a busy and productive week in nursery.
We chose lots of different fruits to put in our fruit salad just like Oliver in the story @Oliver's Fruit Salad.'
We learned a new dance with Polly outside in the sunshine.
We have been up to the field to count daisies. We have been learning to make maths jottings to show how many. We have also been having lots of fun learning with our friends in nursery.
We loved our dance sessions with Polly and were amazing at learning all the 'dance moves'.
Today we learned about the language of position. Next to, on, under, behind and in front. we also read the story 'Oliver's Vegetables' and did some fantastic drawings of real vegetables.
We were nature detectives in the garden today.
The first day back after the Easter holiday. We had a lovely time looking at the flowers and minibeasts in the garden.
We made Easter nests
Our Easter egg hunt with reception class. We also followed maps around the school to find Easter bunnies!
Today we spent nearly all morning outside.
Today we did some lovely drawings of flowers and enjoyed playing outside in the sunshine. Welcome to our new friend Alli.
A spring walk.
Today Ms Sercombe arranged for some lovely baby ducklings to come to nursery and reception class. We have been learning about life cycles.
We had a visit from our local PCSO's
Sensory room and PE outside with Reception class.
Shrove Tuesday. Making yummy pancakes!
3rd March. Enjoying the sunshine and planting herbs.
26th February. Planting beans.
25th of February. This week we are reading the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and we are also planting sunflowers, beans, flowers and tomatoes.
24th February
Little Village
Today we went to the big field to practice our ball skills and to have some fun races.
11th of February.
February. Our new topic is traditional tales, such as, 'The 3 Billy Goats Gruff' and 'The 3 Little Pigs'.
28th of January. Today we wrote our names on red snake envelopes and took chocolate coins home to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Week starting the 27th of January.
Week starting the 20th of January continued. Please scroll down for more photos.
Week starting the 20th of January. We enjoyed doing PE in the big hall with our friends in Reception class.
14th of January. Please scroll down for more photographs of our adventures in nursery.
Week beginning the 13th of January. Please scroll down for more photos!
Welcome to all of our new nursery friends. We had a lovely first week together with all of the existing nursery children as well.
Making Christmas bauble sun catchers.
Making Christmas cards.
Our new topic is Christmas. Today we decorated Christmas biscuits.
Our new topic is transport.
Today we had a visit from Chris and his animals. Chris told us all about nocturnal animals and about the difference between mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. Gizmo the gecko had really big eyes to see in the dark and beautiful patterns on her skin. He brought in an armadillo to show us. The armadillo used its wiggly nose and excellent sense of smell to find the worms that Chris fed to it.Then he showed us Bindi the 24 year old Royal Python. She was a really big snake. We had to hold our hands out flat to hold her gently. Then we met Hewick the 9 year old barn owl. We had to use a glove to hold her as she had sharp talons. Last of all we met the sun beetles. We saw the cocoons and grubs as well, so that we could see the whole life cycle.
Poppy day and Children in Need
12th of November
Making chocolate sparklers to celebrate bonfire night.
Week starting the 4th of November
Week starting the 21st of October.
16th of October. Making clay diva lamps for Diwali.
15th of October. Our new topic is Diwali.
Making bread hedgehogs and more muddy fun in the garden.
9th of October.
Week starting the 7th of October.
Colour mixing and making apple crumble.
A very muddy Monday!
Week starting the 23rd of September
Week starting the 16th of September
Thursday 12th September
Wednesday the 11th of September
Tuesday the 10th of September
- EYFS Beach Trip 16th July 2025
- Year 6 Leavers Assembly (Parents) 18th July 2025
- French Afternoon 21st July 2025
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- March Newsletter 2025 22nd April 2025
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