Oxhey Wood Primary School

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Nursery

Welcome to Oxhey Wood Nursery page

Nursery class teacher is Miss Douglas-Law

Our key workers are:

Miss Kennedy

Miss Scott

Mrs Rus

Our Nursery day starts 9 am. Doors are open at 8.45 am. All children should be in Nursery by 9 am. The morning session finishes at 12 pm.

We also offer afternoon sessions for children that qualify for 30 hours funding which is until 3 pm.

At Oxhey Wood we have an open door policy so please feel free to speak with me before or after school or an alternative is to email:

kdouglas-law@oxheywood.herts.sch.uk

No question or query is ever too small.

We hope that this page will help you to really get to know our school and will give you an insight into some of the learning experience your child will encounter with us.

We place great importance on a close working partnership with parents/carers and greatly value the contributions and support that you can offer your child in their journey through nursery.

We aim to provide a safe, secure, challenging and stimulating learning environment where learning can be fun, to encourage our children to have high self-esteem and a believe that they can achieve.

What is the Early Years Foundation Stage?

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is how the Government and Early Years professionals describe the time in your child’s life between birth and 5. This is a very important stage as it helps your child get into the routine of school life and is the foundation of their future learning and successes. From the moment your child starts in our Nursery they will experience a full, active, exciting and secure world that supports their development, care and learning needs. At Oxhey Wood Primary School, there is one Nursery and two Reception classes and the teachers follow a legal document called the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum framework.

What is the EYFS Framework - why do we have one?
There are seven areas of learning and development that shape educational provision in Early Years settings. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected. Our children’s learning experiences enable them to develop competency and skills not just academically but also socially, emotionally, behaviourally and physically.

The three prime areas of learning are crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning and for building their capacity to learn and form relationships. They are:

Communication and Language
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development

Our staff will also support children in four other areas, through which the prime areas are strengthened:

Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design

All areas of learning are connected together. The characteristics of effective teaching and learning weave through them all. That is because children in the Early Years are becoming more powerful learners and thinkers. These characteristics develop as they learn to do new things, acquire new skills, develop socially and emotionally and become better communicators.

Characteristics of Effective Learning

This is a key element of the Early Years Foundation Stage development. It covers the ways in which children should learn from their environment, their experiences and their activities and how this is to be reflected in teaching lessons.

The 3 characteristics are:

Playing and exploring - eg showing curiosity about objects, events and people
Active learning - eg showing a ‘can do’ attitude
Creating and thinking critically - eg observing and solving a problem

We start each day with our busy finger activities which develop our fine motor skills- necessary for us to begin writing, cutting, painting.

An important part of our day is 'Learning through play' sometimes referred to as LTP. Your child’s learning will be based on the Early Years Foundation Stage seven areas of learning.

Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both inside and outside. The wide range of activities and experiences we offer are intended to enrich the overall development of each individual child.