Early Years Foundation Stage: Nursery
Since September 2017 our school has offered quality Early Years provision for children aged 3-4 years old. We are currently running a mixed-age year group with Nursery and Reception. Our Early Years setting provides a welcoming, safe and friendly atmosphere for children to begin their learning journey.
We believe that children are naturally curious about the world around them and our setting is a place where children have the opportunity to follow their own interests and explore their surroundings.
We provide exciting and engaging indoor and outdoor provision, and deliver daily teacher-led sessions for phonics and maths.
We always strive to support all children in their learning and personal development, to ensure a smooth transition into Reception, and to lay firm foundations for their future learning journeys.
Our staff observe children closely and help to scaffold their learning through questioning and challenges across all of the Early Years Areas of learning.
Nursery Session Times
15 hours (AM session): 8.50am–11.50am
30 hours (Full day): 8.50am-2.50pm
Applying for a Nursery Place
If you are interested in applying for a Nursery place, or to arrange a school visit, please contact the school office.
For more information about funding, contact the school office, or visit the website below:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Early Years Foundation Stage: Reception
Starting School
At Kingsmoor Academy, we pride ourselves on getting to know our pupils and their families really well in order to ensure we cater for each child’s individual learning needs. Before joining our school, families are offered home visits and will be invited in to school for ‘Stay and Play’ sessions. We do this to allow children to familiarise themselves with their new surroundings and with the staff that will be involved in their learning.
Early Years Learning Environment
In Reception, children will be given opportunities to engage in child initiated and adult led activities, through our stimulating indoor and outdoor provision. We pride ourselves on our inviting, interactive and engaging learning environments, and always aim to deliver an exciting and creative curriculum across all of the following Early Years Areas of Learning:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical development
- Communication and Language
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
Teaching and Learning
All children will take part in maths lessons and teacher guided tasks to develop their understanding and skills in Number and Numerical Patterns. Our staff are very skilled at providing interesting and challenging maths activity stations for children to attempt independently during their child-initiated exploration time.
Ways you can support your child’s mathematical development at home:
- Pointing out and identifying numbers in the environment
- Singing number songs and rhymes regularly
- Counting objects when you are out and about and at home
- Asking your child questions such as ‘How many apples to we have left in the bowl?’
- Naming shapes you can see around you.
- Talking about the size and shape of everyday items – ‘Which tree is the tallest?’.
- Encourage your child to represent numbers in different ways (on their fingers/on paper/with objects).
