Ranked 49th out of 16,783 in The Sunday Times Parent Power league tables of the best primary schools in England. The ranking is based upon average scores in English, grammar and maths.
Ranked 49th out of 16,783 in The Sunday Times Parent Power league tables of the best primary schools in England. The ranking is based upon average scores in English, grammar and maths.
Latchmere School

Nursery

SUMMER TERM

We hope that you had a lovely Easter break. Welcome to the summer term where we look forward to continuing our partnership with you to make the children’s nursery experience a happy, exciting and memorable one. Getting ready for the transition to the next stage of their school life will form an important part of our curriculum, through supporting their growing independence and their enjoyment of new experiences

Talking and Reading Together

This term, we continue to create exciting story-based opportunities to promote a love of stories and to make them irresistible to children.   We have carefully chosen the stories and information books that your child will become familiar with.  We focus on reading our ‘inside out’ stories several times in different ways, using expression in our voices and faces to give meaning to the words.  We plan for the children to learn a selection of ‘wonderful words’ from these books and to eventually use them in their talk. Different playful story telling approaches will also be used to make learning enjoyable such as writing messages to Jack to help him make friends with the giant. 

‘Inside out’ books – Summer 1 – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Summer 2 – We’re Going On A Bear Hunt

This is a selection of stories that we will explore this term:

Maths

This term we will continue to focus on recognising the numerals 1 to 5 and match them to the correct number of toys, gradually extending this to numbers to 10.  We will play subitising games and will look at different ways of making numbers up to 5.  We will also explore shape, size, pattern and weight. 

Curriculum Highlights

This half term, we will be learning about ‘What’s in the garden?’  We will be finding out about minibeasts and growing plants, including learning about their life-cycles. 

One of our most exciting experiences will be receiving our caterpillars and observing them as they grow over the next few weeks.  Will they be butterflies or moths?  We will be thinking about the similarities and differences between the creatures and plants that live in the garden.

In Summer 2, our topic is ‘Going on an Adventure’, starting with ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’.  We will explore different stories linked to our adventures and we will be planning for our transition to the Reception year.  Careful planning will prepare the children for a smooth transition to the next stage of their learning in school, while continuing to enjoy their Rainbow nursery experience.

You can find more information about the summer term learning by looking at the overviews and programmes of study on the website.

Thank you in advance for all of your support in the year ahead,

Best wishes from Mrs Booth, Ms Leung and the nursery team

Key Dates

Class Photo Day - Friday 25th April

May Day Bank Holiday - Monday 5th May

Nursery Assembly - Thursday 8th May at 9:30am

VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations - Thursday 8th May

Mill Cottage Farm coming to visit - Thursday 22nd May

Nursery Sports Day - Thursday 5th June

Latchmere Goes Global Week - Monday 17th June to Friday 21st June

Class Swap Day - Friday 4th July

Nursery is closed on this day in order for new children to attend their 'stay and play' visit.


Updates and Reminders  

Attendance

As you may be aware, we closely monitor the attendance of pupils at our school as there is clear evidence which shows the correlation between attainment and attendance and pupil well-being.

We believe working with families is very important, therefore when a child's attendance falls below 94% we intervene quickly to work with parents to identify any barriers to regulr school attendance and identify how we can support further. 

Naming belongings

Please remember to name your child’s clothes, bookbags, snack and water bottles. 

Seesaw learning platform

We hope you enjoyed sharing your child’s learning through ‘Seesaw’ last term and we look forward to sharing more exciting experiences with you this term.  If you have not yet logged on, please do have a look at what happens in Rainbow nursery in the coming weeks.

‘Happy Home Books’

We enjoy hearing about your child’s experiences and achievements outside of nursery.  Remember to send in your child’s ‘Happy Home Book’ for us to share with them and their friends.

Snacks

Please remember to send in fruit and vegetables only or a plain biscuit if your child does not eat fruit.  These are the only snack foods we have in nursery in order to keep children with allergies safe.

Toys from home
In preparation for the transition to Reception, we would like to support our children to leave their ‘home’ toys at home. This will give them every opportunity to focus on the planned learning activities and resources on offer in nursery. If your child needs an object to help them say goodbye to you in the morning, please send a photo in of yourself, which they can keep in their box. We will provide a ‘toy basket’ outside the nursery for them to leave their toys in as they arrive at nursery. This will be kept safe in a cupboard until home time.


Please also encourage your child to say goodbye to you at the small wooden gate. The children are becoming very independent in putting their belongings on their pegs and in their boxes. Thank you.