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Welcome to nursery at Alban Wood Nursery and Primary school. The Nursery team aim is to ensure your child feels safe and secure so they will be able to access all the nursery has to offer. We have developed an exciting curriculum for your child which covers a broad range of subjects that follows the EYFS seven areas of learning.
Prime Areas (foundational)
Communication and Language: Focuses on listening, understanding, speaking, and developing vocabulary.
- Physical Development: Involves gross motor skills (moving and coordination), fine motor skills, and learning about healthy living and self-care.
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Helps children develop self-confidence, manage their feelings, understand their emotions, and build relationships with others.
Specific Areas (build on prime areas)
- Literacy: Introduces children to reading, writing, and comprehension.
- Mathematics: Includes developing skills in number, counting, patterns, shapes, and measurement.
- Understanding the World: Helps children explore the natural world, people, communities, past events, and different cultures.
- Expressive Arts and Design: Encourages creativity through various media, materials, and imaginative play.
Statutory Framework:
Nurseries must follow the EYFS statutory framework, which sets out the required skills and learning goals. Play-Based Learning:
A significant part of the learning process involves play, which offers numerous development opportunities across the different learning areas.
Child-Led and Adult-Led Activities:
The curriculum combines both child-led exploration and adult-led activities to ensure children meet the learning goals. Individualized Approach:
While the framework provides structure, it emphasizes adapting activities to children's unique needs, ages, and abilities, ensuring they develop at their own pace.
Under the umbrella of six concepts for each term we have developed a curriculum that ensures your child learns in a fun secure environment allowing your child to grow in independence and ability developing the key skills ready for Reception.
Concepts
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Autumn 1 Belonging |
Autumn 2 Cause and Effect |
Spring 1 Change |
Spring 2 Growth |
Summer 1 Curiosity |
Summer 2 Identity |
If you have any items, books, photographs that would support our learning please bring them in (Please make sure they are named). We would love it if any of you would like to come in and share your job, culture, religion or If you celebrate any festivals and would like to come into class and share with children, please speak to the teachers.
Kind Regards
Nursery Team
We use Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and plan our days around the seven areas of learning. Our time in school is packed full of different opportunities, using the children's interests at the heart of everything we do. Throughout the year we will spend our time exploring: belonging, cause and effect, change, growth, curiosity and identity.
Please keep updating Tapestry with homework and any experiences your child has at home so that they can share these with their friends.
If you have any urgent queries please speak to a member of the class team, you can do this at drop off or collection. You can also use the link below to email the school, which will then be forwarded to us.
Things to remember:
Everything needs to be named!
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The learning in Reception takes place inside and out - make sure your child has appropriate clothing.
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PE is on a Wednesday, but children need a PE kit in school every day.
- Named water bottles should be in school every day.
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Please provide your child with a spare set of clothes in a carrier bag.
Thank you!
Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Sayell, Miss Connor
Reception Team
Welcome to the Year 1 Class Page.
We are excited to cover a variety of topics with you this year. Please see our Year Group Overview for more information about what we will be covering.
P.E. is on a Tuesday and Friday. Your child will need a red T-shirt; black shorts or jogging bottoms; plimsolls or outdoor trainers and long sleeve tracksuits for colder weather. Please ensure everything is clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Children also need to have reusable water bottles in school every day as well as a coat with a hood. These also need to be named.
Homework will be set on Fridays to be returned on Wednesdays and will be based on skills we have been practising in class. Please read with your child for 10 minutes every day and ask questions about the text to help with their comprehension skills, before signing their reading diary to show that they have done this. Your child can change their reading books on Mondays and Thursdays.
We look forward to working together, with you, to ensure your child has a successful year. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to us or contact the school office and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Mrs Herbert and Mrs Richards
Year 1 Teachers
Welcome to the Year 2 section of the Alban Wood webpage.
We have daily Maths, English and Phonics lessons as well as an exciting variety of topics across our foundation subjects, including weekly Geography or History, PE, PSHE, Music, RE, Computing and Art or D&T.
P.E is on Monday and Thursday, but children need to have PE kits in school every day. Your child will need a red T-shirt; black shorts or jogging bottoms; plimsolls or outdoor trainers and long sleeve tracksuits for colder weather. Please remember to put your child’s name on all items of clothing.
Children also need to have water bottles in school every day, and appropriate clothing for outdoor play – coats, woolly hats, gloves etc for colder weather and sun hats for when it’s warmer. These also need to be named.
Reading is an essential skill which allows your child to access all aspects of the curriculum. Please read with your child for 10 minutes every day, before signing their reading diary to show that they have done this. Your child can change their reading books, as frequently as needed.
We don't set homework in the Autumn term, as we ask parents/carers to prioritise reading during the first term. In the Spring and Summer terms; Homework will be sent out on a Friday. Please encourage and support your child to complete their homework, in the book provided, and bring it back to school on Wednesday for us to have a look at.
We look forward to working together, with you, to ensure your child has a successful year. If you have any questions, please speak to us at the end of the day or contact the school office and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Mrs Harrop
Your child will experience a comprehensive curriculum in Year 3, which can be seen in more detail on our Year 3 Curriculum Overview.
Our class trip to the Chiltern Open Air Museum will take place on Friday 26th September. We will be taking part in the Life in the Stone Age and the Tool Making workshops, packed with activities. A letter to parents has been sent home already – please contact the office if you need another copy.
We have daily Maths, English and Phonics recap lessons as well as an exciting variety of topics across our foundation subjects, including weekly Geography or History, PE, PSHE, Music or Spanish, RE, Computing and Art or D&T.
PE lessons take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that your child has their kit in school on these days. Your child will need a red T-shirt; black shorts or jogging bottoms; plimsolls or outdoor trainers and long sleeve tracksuits for colder weather. Please remember to put your child’s name on all items of clothing.
A homework sheet goes home on Mondays, due in the following Monday. One side is grammar-based and the other maths. This work is extra practice at something we have already covered in class the same week. If your child has any difficulty remembering a method or vocabulary please do let me know – feedback is valuable and I can recap in class or 1 to 1 to ensure understanding. We mark homework as a class on a Monday afternoon.
There is an expectation that pupils read a colour scheme book at least three times per week, if possible aloud to an adult, and change their scheme book at least once per week. Reading is the foundation of all other learning – excellence in almost any academic subject requires strong reading. It is the single most important skill you can practise with your child. Many thanks for your support with this key skill for life.
Mrs Thomas
Welcome to the Year 4 Class Page.
P.E is on Monday and Thursday. Children will need their full P.E. Kits, including trainers every lesson.
Homework tasks are set on a Tuesday, to be returned the following Monday, and concentrate on essential skills covered in class.
Times Tables are a key focus in Year 4 and every child should spend some time each week practicing their times tables skills. All children have their own log in to our online programme, TT Rockstars, which they are able to access on home devices.
Reading is a vital skill to enable children to access all aspects of the curriculum. Please read as often as possible with your child, aiming to hear them read aloud at least 3 times each week. This should continue even when your child is a 'free' reader as the process of reading aloud and discussing what has been read really helps with their comprehension and developing writing skills.
We cover an exciting variety of topics across our foundation subjects. Please see our Year Group Overview for more information about what we will be covering across all areas of the curriculum.
It is essential that we work together to ensure your child has a successful year. If you have any queries or concerns, please speak with me at the end of the day or phone the school office to make an appointment.
Melanie White
Year 4 Teacher
Dear Parents and Carers,
In the Autumn term, we will be looking at the Vikings and deciding if they were raiders, settlers or traders. In geography, we will be looking at what life is like in the alps and comparing this to what life is like for us. We will also look at interactive installations in art and 3D sculptures. In DT, children study and create their own electrical systems.
In the Spring term, we will be looking at the legacy of the Greek civilisation, the city states of Athens and Sparta and a comparison of these states. In geography, we will be looking at the role that oceans play in our lives and discussing if they are important. In Art, we will be looking at the space era of the 1950’s and 60’s and combining drawing techniques with printmaking to create futuristic images. In D.T, we will be making a pop-up book focusing on mechanical systems.
In the Summer term, we will be looking at the census and the history of our local area. In geography, we will be supplementing this by looking at why populations change and making comparisons to our current population. In D.T pupils will be focusing on cooking and nutrition and developing their own recipe. In Art, pupils will create portraits using mixed media.
Our P.E lessons will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so please ensure that your child has their P.E kit on these days. The class will be covered by Ms Hoskins on a Thursday morning, where they will study Whole class reading, spelling and maths.
Homework tasks will continue to be posted on the google classroom on Fridays and will be due on Thursday. There will be an English task and a maths task which will be related to what the children have been learning in class. Should you or your child have any questions about the homework, please let me know before the Thursday it is due.
If you have any queries or concerns, please speak with me at the end of the day or call the office and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Mr Severin
Year 6 is an incredibly important year for the children, pushing them to reach their academic potential but also to gain experiences and develop personally, ready for the next stage of their journey beyond Alban Wood.
P.E. is on a Wednesday and Friday and children will require their full kit, including trainers.
Homework will be set, completed and turned in via Google Classroom and will be based on skills we have been practising in class. All children will know their login details and how to access these tasks. As we approach SATs, children will be given paper homework to complete. This allows them to practise their skills in preparation more accurately.
As last year, the class will be using Chromebooks in school to aid their learning. These must be in school and charged every day so they can be utilised effectively. Please remember that online safety is a joint agreement between home and school and it is essential we work together to ensure the children are using the devices safely.
This year will hold lots of exciting opportunities for the children including their residential trip and end-of-year production. Please look out for communication from us which will keep you up-to-date with all the details.
It is vital that we work together to ensure that all children have their most successful year yet. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns or queries. You can arrange an appointment with the School Office.
Miss Beattie
Year 6 Class Teacher
Assistant Headteacher (KS2)