Welcome to Chestnuts!
Pre-school is run by Mrs Trigg. Mrs Trigg is in Pre-school every day.
We have our main forest school session on a Wednesday afternoon with Willow class. During the rest of the week we aim to spend sometime in Forest School for outdoor learning, for those who don't attend our main Forest School session.
We use the online journal Tapestry to take observations of the children’s development and sharing them with you and we also use the schools Instagram account for sharing photographs of our learning.
A typical day looks like this:
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8.30 - 10.15 |
10.15 -11.45 |
11.45 - 12 |
12 - 1 |
1 - 2.45 |
2.45 - 3.00 |
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Arrive, register, Child initiated play (CIP) and Maths activities |
Tidy up and snack time, Phonics activities and CIP in playground or EYFS area |
Story, singing and tidy up ready for lunch |
Lunchtime in hall, CIP in Chestnuts room and EYFS outside area |
Forest school (Wednesdays with Willow Class).Bikes, scooters and games (Thursdays) CIP and tidy up time. |
Story time, singing and getting ready for home. |
Our Curriculum
In Chestnuts we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage. Our curriculum is organised thematically, using a book or traditional story as our inspiration. We plan activities linked to the book as well as planning to follow children's interests. A theme usually lasts a term, with a focus book lasting a fortnight which allows children enough time to become familiar with a text (especially if they are part time attenders).
Our themes for the Summer Term are:
Summer term 1 - Animals
- Handa's Surprise
- The Tiger who came to tea
- Incy Wincy Spider
- Dear Zoo
Summer term 2 - Animals/Starting School
- Sarah and Duck at the Library
- Harry and the Dinosaurs goes to school
- The Colour Monster goes to school
- Spot starts school
If you have any of these stories at home, feel free to read them with your child during the weeks that we are focusing on them.
We will also be focusing on a different nursery rhyme each fortnight, to build up the children's repertoire during their time in Chestnuts.
Summer Term 1
- A,B,C,D ..
- 5 Little Ducks
- Miss Polly had a Dolly
- The Grand Old Duke of York
- 5 Little Men in a flying saucer
- Little Peter Rabbit
- Ring a ring a roses
- 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive