Welcome to Sandcastles Nursery!

Miss Somerfield

Nursery Teacher

Hello! My name is Miss Somerfield and I am the Nursery teacher. This is my Sixth year here at Castlefort school working in the foundation stage! Being your child’s first teacher is a big responsibility and I feel very proud that I can be part of this big step for you and your child. I take the role very seriously and will do my very best to ensure that they are safe, cared for and happy.

All children are special and unique! We want them to love school and we want to make our classroom a place of laughter and learning!

In the EYFS we love being creative, a little bit messy and a little bit noisy, but don't worry- it's all to help us with our learning! We do lots of singing, dancing, playing and creating. Children have the chance to work with their teachers and well as find out things on their own. I have lots of exciting activities planned for the busy year ahead, and cannot wait to share these experiences with the children.

We really value your support and the role you play in your child’s education, so if you have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to come in and see any of us.

Meet the Sandcastles Nursery Team

We're really lucky to have such a supportive, friendly team in the Early Years. This year we have two wonderful Teaching Assistants who be supporting the children throughout the year. Our Nursery class will be supported by Mrs Woodall-Williams (pictured left) and Miss Woodhams (pictured right).

Important information

Below there are some links to some useful information to help you and your child in Nursery. You'll find letters, curriculum information and copies of our timetable. If there's any other information you'd like but can't find, please let me know.

Curriculum Information

All of the work we do in Nursery goes towards developing your child in the 7 key areas of learning; Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, Physical Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, and Expressive Arts and Design.

All of our work in these areas will be documented by photographs, mark making, artwork and other pieces of evidence in Learning Journeys. Your child will work in groups each day completing guided maths and writing activities, as well as a daily Letters and Sounds or RWI (phonics) session to develop their reading and listening skills. These activities will develop key skills for your child, as well as being fun and interesting to engage them with their learning.

We also follow the a 'creative curriculum', which is a thematic approach to delivering aspects of the curriculum. We have a different topic each half-term, and provide lots of stimulating activities for your child to chose and explore based around this topic. 

Creative Curriculum: Autumn 2

Why do leaves go crispy?

Our creative curriculum topic for this term is; ‘Why do leaves go crispy?’

We will be exploring the themes:

- Autumn

- Harvest

- Weather

- Trees

- Woodland animals

Take a look at the creative curriculum map below! 

Our Nursery

Take a look at our Nursery learning environment, we have so many things to be getting busy with! 

Extra Provision at Sandcastles Nursery

Our 26 places are prioritised in the following order: 30 hour children, 15 hour children and then if there is additional spaces we may be able to provide extra provision at the costs above.