Welcome to Belle Vue's 3 Year Nursery Provision Page!
Hello and welcome to Nursery 3's class page.
Here you will find lots of information about Nursery, things you can do at home and how you can help your child.
We are really excited to get to know your children and work with you over the next year!
Mrs Warr
Nursery Teacher
Mrs Stanley
Teaching Assistant
Level 3
Mrs Harris
Teaching Assistant
Level 2
We wish you a warm welcome to Belle Vue Nursery!
Nursery Sessions
All children are entitled to 15 hours of free provision in the term following their third birthday. Working families with children aged three and four may be able to claim an extra 15 hours per week, taking the total provision to 30 hours. Please visit the following link to see if you are eligible to apply: https://www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/early-years-and-childcare/for-parents-and-carers/extra-time-for-threes-and-fours/. Nursery is open 38 weeks a year term time only.
Nursery sessions for 15 hour children are mornings or afternoons as follows:
Morning session: Monday - Friday 8.50am-11.50am
OR
Afternoon session: Monday - Friday 12.30pm-3.30pm
Sessions for children entitled to 30 hours (with a valid 30 hours code) are:
Monday to Friday 8.50am-3.30pm
Key Dates
Friday 20th September - Jeans for Genes Day – no donations required
Friday 27th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning event – details to follow
Tuesday 15th October - Parents’ Evening 3:45pm-6:15pm
Thursday 17th October - Parents’ Evening 3:45pm-6:15pm
Friday 18th October - Foodbank Donations
Friday 25th October - Last Day of Term
Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November Half Term
Monday 4th November - Return to School
Friday 8th November - Belle Vue Fireworks, Bonfire and Food Festival
Tuesday 12th November - Odd Socks Day (Anti-Bullying awareness week) – no donations required
Friday 15th November - Children in Need (MUFTI) - donation required
School Diary dates and reminders will be sent out over the year.
Autumn Term
This term is all about settling in and building relationships.
We understand that starting Nursery can be an upsetting time for parents and children alike, but we are here to support you.
We will work as a partnership together to make sure your child has their best start at Belle Vue!
In a morning when dropping your child off, try and make it as swift as possible and don't linger so your child can settle in and begin their day at Nursery.
How can I support my child at home?
In Nursery we like to foster children's independence. Although staff are always on hand to help your child, it is important for your child to become more independent in doing tasks such as putting their lunch box or book bag away and putting their coat or shoes on. This can allow children to feel proud. Our children have access to an outdoor space throughout the day, so being able to put their coat on is an important skill for your child to learn. We also put our wellies on to go outside into the garden, so your child needs to be able to take off and put on their shoes independently. We also have a dressing-up area with lots of different
types of clothes and shoes for your child to try on, so teaching them to dress independently is a very good skill to develop.
In order for all to achieve their potential we are committed to creating an environment where exemplary behaviour is at the heart of productive learning, thus enabling all to feel secure and respected. We do this by having clear and simple rules which are explicitly taught and modelled by all members of our school community. Our three school rules are
- Be ready
- Be respectful
- Be safe
We also have four listening skills that we actively teach across school. These are:
- Good listening is…sitting still
- Good listening is…staying quiet
- Good listening is…looking at the person who is talking
- Good listening is…listening to all of the words
Reading: Later on in the term, your child will be sent home with a sharing book. This book will be your child's choice and can be read as much as you like! We will change them every week. Please return your book in exchange for a new one.
Early Mark Making: In Nursery we do lots of different early mark making to help develop your child's writing skills. We do lots of gross and fine motor activities to develop their hand muscles and encourage lots of drawing, colouring and painting.
Maths: We expose your children to numbers everyday in Nursery. They see them in the environment, we sing them in counting songs and we count lots of different things together. We create things using shapes, look at pattern and order and compare things of different sizes, weight, length, etc.
Monster Phonics
Our school phonics scheme is Monster Phonics which we begin learning in Nursery. We start off by meeting the monsters (who are all very friendly, helpful little monsters) and move on to Phase 1 over the course of the term.
You can find out more information here: https://monsterphonics.com/
First, put the hood of your coat on your head like a superhero.
Next, feel for the arms of your coat and slide your hands into the arm holes.
Now your coat is on! Can you zip it up?
Our Nursery 3's Provision
If you would like to visit either our 2's or 3's provision, please contact the school office on: Telephone: 01384 389900 Email: info@belle-vue.dudley.sch.uk
Frequently Used Websites
In Nursery, we use iPlayer to watch educational shows such as NumberBlocks, ColourBlocks and Colours.
We use YouTube to add relaxing and calming music to our day. We use it to do music and movement sessions and listen to our favourite Nursery rhymes and stories.
We use TopMarks to play educational games such as sorting, shape and matching activities.
We use Twinkl to play lots of interactive games on our interactive whiteboard.
We use Google to search for things we may be interested in.
