Oak: Reception and Nursery

Welcome to Oak Class, where our exciting adventures in learning begin for Nursery and Reception aged children! Mrs Phillips is the Oak Class teacher and is supported by Mrs C, Ms Samways and Miss Francis. Miss Arnold and Ms Cooke will also help out in class when other members of the team are not in the classroom.

All about Oak Class

At Shoscombe Church School we pride ourselves on our Early Years provision. Reception and Nursery children aged between 3 and 5 are part of Oak Class, creating a wonderful Early Years Unit. We accept children into our Early Years Unit from the term they are three years old and aim to nurture each child’s love of learning and to give every child the best start to their school life.

We have lots of fun playing with our friends, learning practical skills through play based activities, and developing our social and communication skills at every opportunity.  We love to learn alongside our friends and explore using our senses. We are curious learners and enjoy asking questions to find out about the world around us. We welcome each child as an individual and look forward to celebrating their successes and achievements, whilst working with families to help children meet their full potential.

This is our overview for the year. The theme for each term has plenty of scope to adapt it to suit children’s interests and needs.

Welcome to Term 1 in Oak Class!

We’re excited to welcome the children back to a new school year and look forward to learning and playing with them over the coming weeks and months.

Our activities in Term 1 may include some of the following, but will also be developed in line with children’s interests and fascinations.

EYFS and Nursery

For more information about Nursery, the EYFS curriculum and links to our EYFS progression documents, please visit the Nursery and EYFS pages on the website.

Supporting your child with reading

It can be really tricky knowing how to support your child with reading, especially as it involves a whole collection of different skills which children need to learn and develop in order to become fluent and independent readers.

The videos below will help you to support your child with reading at home, but do please ask if you have any additional questions.