Nursery (3 & 4 year-olds)
Welcome to Nursery at Edmondsley Primary School, this is our Caterpillar Class. Our Nursery environment enables children to develop in all areas of learning. Please see our Primary and Nursery Brochure or contact us for more information.
“He is so happy thank you! I can’t believe how quickly and how well he has settled in to his school journey, it speaks volumes of the staff! Thank you.“
Parent
Our Learning in School
From each child’s own starting points, children will make good progress whilst in our Nursery and Reception Classes in all areas of development, outlined in the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, so that they are well prepared for the transition into Year 1. Our key focus is to ensure that all children develop excellent learning behaviours for life and display characteristics of effective learning.
Children will become ‘Happy Chatters,’ ‘Fantastic Friends.’ ‘Energetic Edmondsley Caterpillars’ will grow into ‘Energetic Edmondsley Butterflies’, ‘Brilliant Bookworms,’ ‘Wow Writers’, ‘Magnificent Mathematicians’ ‘Edmondsley Explorers’ and ‘Creative Creatures,’ after having had the opportunities to Play and Explore through Active Learning and Creating and Thinking Critically.
Curriculum Grids 2025 – 26
Caterpillar Class Curriculum Grid – Autumn 1
Caterpillar Class Curriculum Grid – Autumn 2
Caterpillar Class Curriculum Grid – Spring 1
Caterpillar Class Curriculum Grid – Spring 2
Cocoon Class Curriculum Grid – Summer 1
Coccoon Class Curriculum Grid – Summer 2
Winter Activities to do at home
We are Brilliant Bookworms
Nursery Brilliant Bookworms…
- Enjoy looking at a variety of books
- Hold a book the right away around and turn pages
- Join in with repeated sentences with familiar books
- Show an interest and talk about illustrations
- Talk about parts of a familiar story using props
- Be interested in print in our environment
We are Creative Creatures
Nursery Creative Creatures…
- Explore using tools and materials
- Develop imaginations to think about then create different things
- Explore different joining techniques
- Experiment with colour
- Explore different ways to make marks
We are Energetic Edmondsley Explorers
Nursery Edmondsley Explorers…
- Notice seasonal changes around weather
- Describe the lifecycle of a butterfly
- Make marks/prints of animals (e.g. butterfly)
Edmondsley’s Energetic Caterpillars…
- Move in and around spaces
- Energetically crawl, run, jump and climb coordinating body parts
- Kick, grasp and release to throw a big ball
- Develop strength by moving planks, crates, wheelbarrows, blocks and tubs
We are Fantastic Friends and Happy Chatters
Nursery Happy Chatters…
- Talk to friends while playing, taking turns
- Start a conversation with an adult
- aAsk questions, who, what, when and how?
- Say sentences of at least 4 – 6 words
- Tell a simple past event in the right order
- Follow instructions while sitting and listening for short group times
- New vocabulary learned used in context during play and exploration
Nursery Fantastic Friends…
- Wait our turn in a small group
- Remember and follow Caterpillar Class rules
- Accept that not everyone can be Spiderman or Elsa and suggest other ideas for play supported by an adult for help, when needed
- Play by myself and with friends who have the same interests
We are Magnificent Mathematicians
Nursery Magnificent Mathematicians…
- Know and take part in number songs
- Subitise up to 3
- Count up to 10 objects
- Solve practical problems with numbers up to 5
- Begin to recognise numerals up to 10
- Make a range of my own mathematical mark
We are Wow Writers
Nursery Wow Writers…
- Make controlled marks left to right, up and down, clockwise, anticlockwise and cross over diagonally
- Write some or all of my name
- Write some letters accurately
- Talk about marks and drawings made
We are Mellifluous Musicians
Nursery Mellifluous Musicians…
- Know a variety of rhymes and songs
- Create own sounds using variety of instruments with control (and describe them in terms of volume and tempo)
- Add sound effects to stories with body percussion and voices led by an adult
- Increasing be able to use and remember sequences and patterns of movement which are related to music and rhythm (Development Matters)
- Clap or tap to the pulse of songs or music (Development Matters)
We are Place Spotters
Nursery Place Spotters…
- Be able to talk about their immediate world and places near them that they have visited. Comments or asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live(Birthto5Matters)
- How they travel to school and other personal journeys/route
- Know there are different countries in the world and talk about the difference they have experienced or seen in photos (Development Matters) or books
We are Past and Present Peepers
Nursery Past and Present Peepers…
- Beginning to be able to talk about themselves and their families in relation to time. For example, yesterday, today, tomorrow
