Mellor Primary School - Welcome to Nursery - Mellor Community Primary

Mellor Primary School

    Welcome to Nursery

Mellor Primary School
            Welcome to Nursery!
•   Introduce the Nursery team
•   What you can do to help
•   School Dress Code
•   Healthy Schools Award
•   The Early Years Curriculum
•   Opportunities for parents
•   Contact with the school
•   Nursery Handbook

The Nursery Team

• Jo Hall - Teacher (Wed, Thur and Fri)
• Sarah Pizzey – Teacher (Mon, Tue & Wed)
• Shriti Dabba – NNEB (am)
• Usha Bagoati – NNEB (pm Thur/Fri)
• Krupa – NNEB (am & pm Mon, Tue & Wed)

Introduction
• The Nursery is one of the most important
  parts of your child’s education.

• Your child as been allocated either the
 morning session or an afternoon session.
 Your child will attend School on a part-
 time basis.
 Morning session: 8.45am – 11.45am
 Afternoon sessions: 12.30pm – 3.30pm

Full time schooling begins in the September
         after your child has turned 4.

Starting at Mellor …
• Starting school can be a scary experience but we aim to
  make it as easy as possible

School opens on Tuesday 30th August 2016

• You and Your child will attend a ‘Stay and Play’ session
  during the first week of school starting Tuesday 30th
  August

• Your child will start school from Monday 5th September
  you are welcome to stay if your child is unsettled.

• Once your child has started school they come everyday
  to their allocated morning or afternoon session.

• Parent questionnaire, personal information and start
  date letter in an envelope which needs to be collected at
  the end of the presentation.

What can you do to help?
• Encourage your child to go to the toilet on
  their own.

• Send your child to nursery in clothes they
  can manage.

• Encourage your child to do up their own zips
  and buttons.

• Encourage your child to be as independent as
  possible.

• Time!

School Dress Code

• At Mellor we expect ALL children to come
 to school wearing the correct dress code.

• Please make sure ALL of your child’s
 clothing and footwear in fully labelled to
 avoid lost property.

• Jewellery should not be worn.

• Plain trousers/skirts/tunics/tracksuits- black, grey
  or blue

• Sweat shirts- black, grey, blue or jade

• Polo shirts or cotton T-shirts- black, grey, blue or
  white

• Footwear- black shoes or trainers. Plimsolls to wear
  as indoor shoes. No flip flops, slip on shoes or heels.

• Book bags
(please ensure your child brings this to school each day)

Healthy Schools Award

• The Healthy Schools Award was obtained in
  the 2006. We ask you to continue to support
  us, particularly in providing your child with
  healthy snacks.

• During the session your child will be offered a
  piece of fruit and some milk.

• Birthday celebrations

Early Years Curriculum
The Early Years Curriculum covers the following areas of
  learning:-

•   Personal, Social & Emotional Development
•   Physical Development
•   Communication and Language
•   Maths
•   Literacy
•   Understanding The World
•   Expressive Arts and Design

• We encourage learning to take place in both the inside
    and outside learning environments. Therefore, it is
    important that you provide your child with the
    appropriate clothing and footwear to suit the weather.

Personal, Social and Emotional
Development

Communication and Language
Literacy

Physical Development

•

Maths

Understanding the World

Expressive Arts and Design

Opportunities for parents
Parent/child morning activities
• You will have the opportunity to take part in
    parent and child activities each morning
    throughout the year
Adult courses
• There will also be opportunities to attend
    courses focussing on how to support your own
    and your child’s learning.

Contact with the school
• Please ensure that all personal information is
  updated via the school office so that we have the
  appropriate information to hand in the case of an
  emergency.

• If your child is unwell, please let the office know as
  soon as possible.

• If another adult is picking your child up from
  school, please let the office or their teacher know.

Nursery Handbook
• The Nursery handbook provides you with
  general school information.
• Any questions please don’t hesitate to talk to
  a member of the Nursery team.
• Please pick up your envelop with all the details
  about when your child will start Nursery.
• Thank you for coming