Pre-School

Welcome to Pre-School!

Dream Big, Dare to Fail

Welcome to the Orchard Primary Academy Pre-school Class Page.

We hope that you find the information on this page useful. If you have any further questions please speak to a member of Early Years Staff staff.

Our Class name is:

'Acorn'

The Pre-School classroom can be found in the Orchard Primary Academy Early Years Building.

Staff

Mrs J Wood

The Room Leader is also supported by

Mrs Chunara

(Nursery Assistant)

Parental Partnerships

At Orchard Primary Academy we value parental partnership. We understand that an effective partnership between school and home will have a positive impact on children’s learning.

We communicate with parents in various ways which include Parent Mail, Twitter, Facebook and Tapestry.

Parent Mail

Parent Mail is an app which allows us to send text messages, and letters to share information. You can also use this to pay for milk, trips and dinners. We will use your email address to activate your account.

Twitter

Our Academy twitter account is also used to share information. The Academy twitter handle is: @OrchardPrimaryA

The Pre-School twitter handle is:

@pa_orchardpa

You can also access the Pre-School twitter feed by clicking the image below:

Facebook

The Academy Facebook page can be accessed by following the link below:

Tapestry

At Orchard Primary Academy, we use an online journal provider called ‘Tapestry’ to collect and store your child’s electronic ‘Learning Journey’.

Tapestry allows you to login with a secure username and password so that you can view photographs, videos and observations of your child’s learning.

You can like and comment on observations that we add for your child. You can also add your own observations. Please click the image below to access Tapestry:

Key Date

Monday 6th November - School re-opens.

Monday 13th November - Friday 17th November - World Nursery Rhyme Week.

Thursday 21st December - Last day of term.

Friday 22nd December - Disaggregated day - School closed.

Monday 8th January - School re-opens.

This half term we are learning.....

Our Topic this half term is called:

We will be taking part in traditional activities and customs related to familiar festivals and celebrations.

We will be able to name familiar festivals and describe how they are celebrated.

We will observe and describe seasonal changes from Autumn to Winter

Author/Book Focus

During our 'Topic' we will be reading the following books:

Nursery Rhyme Focus

At Orchard Primary Academy, we learn a range of Nursery Rhymes throughout our time in the Early Years. Nursery Rhymes are important as they help us to develop key skills. This includes:

Learning new words and extending our vocabulary
Learning early Maths skills such as counting aloud using finger movements and actions
Developing social skills such as turn-taking
Learning different beats and rhythms
Develop positive relationships between children and adults.

This half term we will be focusing upon learning these Nursery Rhymes

Home Learning Menu

At Orchard Primary Academy Pre-School your child can take part in activities listed in our 'Home Learning Menu'. Each of the activities will earn your child points which can be exchanged for prizes. The Activities are divided into three categories: