Welcome to Nursery
Look what we’ve been up to in Nursery
At Southwick Community Primary School, we understand the importance of providing children and families with a secure learning environment emphasised by our professional, approachable and friendly staff.
Our Nursery staff for 2025-2026 are:
Mrs Pattison (Nursery Teacher)
Miss Haley (Teaching Assistant )
Miss McNamara (Teaching Assistant)
Spring Term 1 2026
Where does it snow?
This half term we will be learning all about the season of winter, we will investigate through stories where in the world it snows, how snow is made and what it feels like. Which animals live in snowy conditions and which countries never have snow as well as who can help us when it snows a lot!
We will also celebrate the Luna New Year.
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 6th January
Nursery Returns
Our School Day
Morning Session (Penguins): 8:45am – 11:45am
Afternoon Session (Polar Bears): 12:30pm – 3:30pm
Full Day Session: 8:45am – 3:30pm
The nursery is split into various learning areas including; sand, water construction, writing, reading, math, role play, art, creative, playdough, small world, fine motor, music and sensory. These areas are called ‘continuous provision’.
Our learning environment and activities stimulate and challenge the individual needs of all of the children.
Your child will have the opportunity to work in these areas every day where they will be able to use a wide range of resources to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in all areas of the curriculum.
Throughout the year there will be whole class teaching times, small group times, and individual work for children in our setting. There will be a balance of adult initiated activities and child initiated activities. We aim to foster a sense of independence and will provide developmentally appropriate activities for children.
The children have access to the outdoor learning environment throughout the school day.
Nursery PE
Nursery children take part in PE every week, however, they do not need a PE kit.
Children will remove their jumpers/cardigans, shoes and socks before their PE session.
For safety reasons no ear rings to be worn at all on a PE day.
Penguins – Monday
Polar Bears – Tuesday
Things to Remember
Children to bring a water bottle to school every day (no juice or milk please).
Ensure that everything, including coats, water bottles and shoes, have name labels on them.
Send children with weather appropriate clothing. Always send your child in with a coat for our very unpredictable weather!
In the summer, sunscreen and a hat are essential! Please apply sunscreen at home and if needed we can reapply from a bottle with your child’s name on it.
Reading books will be changes on a Friday, please ensure children’s books are in Nursery with them so they can be changed.
Ongoing Assessment
Your child’s progress and achievements in all areas of the curriculum will be observed and assessed. Staff will focus on strengths and areas for development that children may encounter, to enable them to make progress toward the next stage of learning.
Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
Our curriculum covers the seven areas of learning stated in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. These are:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Communication and Language
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
At Southwick we recognise that learning through play is a natural process for young children and aim to build upon their natural curiosity. We want to ensure that learning is rewarding and enjoyable whilst recognising that children learn best when their interests are followed.
