Nursery and Reception Classes-Activities and Curriculum

The Nursery Class is for children from the age of 3 to 4 years , and the Reception Class for children aged 4 to 5 years. One essential criteria of the school is to ensure that the children are happy and content, and much emphasis is placed upon this policy especially for the younger children in the Nursery and Reception classes. In these years the pupils are taught the fundamentals of the core subjects. The Nursery Class is seen very much as the first class of the School, and the children are fully included in all the major school activities and functions. Termly written reports are sent to parents and there are regular parents’ evenings.

The main areas of daily activity in the Nursery Class are: Alphabet sounds; Reading; Handwriting and hand-control; Maths: Number recognition and counting; Art; Singing, with instruments; Ballet with the ballet teacher; Cooking; French Lessons; Free Play with sand, water, dolls house and toys.

In the Reception Class the pupils are taught to say and recognise the alphabet, daily recital of single and double sounds, daily reading, handwriting practice, phonics, History and Geography; Science; Maths, which includes number recognition 1-20, addition, subtraction, problem solving, shapes and the learning of money value, time and measuring; French; Ballet and P.E.; Cooking; Learning how to use Computers and introduced to Information Technology; Play period.