Welcome to Ladybird class! We generally have the younger children in Ladybirds, and have spent time setting up the room for this age group. The shelving is lower than in other rooms, allowing easy access to resources. We also have a sleep/quiet area for those children who wish to take some time away from the busy nursery day for a nap or rest. As with all the classrooms, we have divided up the areas using shelving, so children have direct and easy access to the resources available to support their independent play. We tend to have many resources that stay the same, so that children can return to their activities over a period of days and revisit their favourite activities. However, we also add resources that may be of interest to the children, such as a doctor’s kit in the home corner.
We have a lovely, covered outdoor space where the children have free flow access to sand, water and physical play activities. In addition, our classroom has direct access to the Woodland Garden.Â
 All children have their own coat peg. Upon arrival in the morning, we encourage children to find their peg, put all their belongings away and self-register by finding their name card.  Â
Who is in the Ladybird Team?
- Jayne - Class Teacher
- Hannah - Class Teacher
- Helen - Classroom Deputy / Classroon SENCo
- Amy - Early Years AssistantÂ
- Sarah - Early Years Assistant Cathy - Early Years Assistant
- Laura - Early Years Assistant
- Alexa - Early Years Assistant
- Briony - Early Years Assistant Â
Autumn Term 1 - 2024
It has been a wonderful start to the Autumn Term! We have loved welcoming back returning children and their families and also getting to know all of our new children and their families. Thank you to everyone for all of your support during the settling in period. The children, new and returning, have settled really well and are enjoying exploring all that our classroom has to offer.
To our new parents and carers, it has been lovely getting to know you all and if you have any questions or worries, then please don't hesitate to speak to a member of the Ladybird Team.
Our core rhymes this half term have been “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep”. The children have enjoyed listening to, joining in with and exploring these rhymes through a variety of small world, sensory and role play experiences. More recently we have begun to explore the topic of Autumn through play and exploration of natural objects such as conkers and pine cones. Exploring the natural environment has helped to spark lots of talk and language around number, size, shape and texture, and it has been lovely to see how excited the children have been by this topic. We have also been encouraging the children to mark make using a variety of tools this has resulted in some wonderful pieces of art work!
Next half term our core story will be “Dear Zoo” and we will be looking forward to starting the countdown to Christmas!