Welcome to Sunnybrow Primary School’s Early Years Unit!
A bit about us…
We are a small Early Years provision, made up of Nursery and Reception children. Our class teacher is Miss Wild. We are supported by Mrs Austin, Mrs Featherstone and Mrs Black.
In Nursery and Reception, we have fun exploring, investigating and learning new skills through a variety of play-based activities. Our broad and balanced curriculum provides opportunities for first hand experiences which enthuse, excite and inspire all children in all areas of learning. While we do follow topics, activities are carefully planned in response to the children’s own interests as we believe that this is the most effective way to stimulate and support children’s own natural curiosity whilst developing key skills and knowledge. Our outdoor space is open daily as free-flow learning, with a different set of experiences provided to the indoor classroom to ensure that we are developing the whole-child, evoking the senses and appealing to all learning styles through the natural environment.
For a more detailed account of our EYFS curriculum and teaching and learning approaches, please read the Early Years Intent, Implementation and Impact document and hour Class One brochure below.
EYFS Intent, Implementation and Impact
Important EYFS documents
YR Long Term English Plan Cycle A
YR Long Term English Plan Cycle B
What have Class One been up to?
A trip to Hardwick Park 10.07.23
Class 1 had an exciting visit to Hardwick Park today. In the morning, we completed the ‘Save the Dragons’ workshop and had a fun time learning all about how we can help to save the planet, including picking up all the litter the naughty dragons had dropped! After a delicious lunch, we went to feed the ducks. Mrs Black managed to attract every duck, swan and goose in the park (much to the terror of the other teachers) but the children had lots of fun!
All about Andy Goldsworthy 07.07.23
Over the last half-term, Class 1 have been learning all about the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. This topic built on the children’s learning about the natural world, changing seasons and materials, as the children included natural materials in their designs. They carefully used some of Andy’s design ideas to influence their own work.
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The First Three Weeks (22.09.23)
Our topic this half-term is ‘Owls and other woodland creatures’. As a class, we love getting outside and exploring the outdoors and Autumn is a wonderful time of year to get out and see all the changes in the world around us. After exploring the woodland on our field, we created a small-world 3D map of a woodland.
We’ve learnt the names of some woodland animals, learnt new words to describe them and we’ve had a go at making 3D models of the animals using clay and loose parts.
TT Rockstars Day (22.09.23)
We celebrated the launch of our TT Rockstars day (purchased for the older children in school to use to practise their times tables) by dressing up as Rockstars and playing lots of counting games. We loved the theme!
You can view our archived Class information on our website.
