Welcome to Progression Step 1!

Croeso!

Mrs K Miller, Mrs L Jones and Mrs Waters (Nursery)

Miss I O'Sullivan, Mrs J Smith and Mrs C Hurley (Reception)

Spring Term 2025 -

This term our topic will be 'Enthralling Earth', we will be focusing on Dinosaurs. We will start this new learning journey with a visit from 'Dino Mania', to get the children ready to discover new things. During this topic, we will be exploring expressive art - printing, music and dance, lots of Literacy opportunities and of course the Humanities of Dinosaurs. Each week we will focus on a new Dinosaur themed book, both fiction and non-fiction and explore poetry. We will also be discovering the children's wonder questions, that we will discover during the first week in school. It is set to be a busy, yet brilliant way to start our new year and a wonderful way to welcome our new January starters. We look forward to working with you all this year. 

What happens in Progression Step 1?

When the children are not working with an adult, they have access to the continuous and enhanced provision. These areas are carefully planned for and are enriched with challenges and provision to support the skills that the children are learning. We have members of staff to nurture, support and further develop the children during their time in the continuous provision challenging and asking questions. We also have a wonderful outdoor area which is part of our continuous provision.

When will Forest school take place?

Weekly sessions every Friday for both classes.

We will be running these sessions come rain or shine and so it would be great for children to have their wellies and waterproof trousers/clothing in school each week so that they can always take part in these outdoor activities. Please send in spare clothes on these days, including socks. We will send these home again at the end of the session. Please can you ensure that all items are labelled clearly. 

Important information:

• P.E. Sessions on Tuesday (Children to bring in their P.E kits please to change into) - Nursery
• P.E. Sessions on Wednesday (Children to bring in their P.E kits please to change into) - Reception
• Forest school - every Friday
• Snack - fresh fruit or vegetables to be brought to school daily please in a labelled container.  Grapes must be cut in half. Please ensure containers and drinks bottles are labelled. 
• Please ensure all items of clothing, including shoes are labelled clearly. 

Developing a love for reading...

In Progression Step 1 we aim to ignite children's love of reading through an inviting reading corner for the children to choose books that interest them, explore how to hold stories as a reader and retell familiar stories using stick puppets and props. The children will build their early reading skills through sharing stories, songs and rhymes together, as well as building their talking and listening skills. We will introduce a 'sound of the week' keep you informed of this sound at the end of the week with a small homework task uploaded to Seesaw for a.m. Nursery. We hope you will support us and go through the sound at home too.

Welsh Words, Phrases and Songs used in Nursery

Bore da - Good Morning

Prynhawn da - Good Afternoon

Pwy wyt ti? Who are you?  ...........ydw i

Sut wyt ti? How are you? Dw i'n ...............

hapus - happy, trist - sad, wedi blino - tired, braf - fine.

Pa llw ? What Colour ? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rySWpRmZS7A colour of rainbow song)

Dyma'r Llaeth - Here is milk, Dyma'r Dwr - Here is water.

Diolch - Thank you , Diolch yn fawr - Thank you very much.

Sut Mae'r tywydd heddiw? What is the weather like today?  Mae hi'n .......  It is .......

heulog - sunny, bwrw glaw - raining, wyntog - windy, oer - cold, poeth - hot, stormus - stormy, braf - fine, gymylog - windy

Following our end of session prayers we sing our Welsh goodbye song daily:-

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Hwyl Fawr Ffrindiau