Head of School's Message
Dear Parents and Carers, ​
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At Oxhey we pride ourselves on the lines of communication we have open to you on a daily basis. We hope that you feel valued and informed about your child's personal and academic progress.
However not all lines of communication at every point of the day are beneficial so, that being said, we kindly remind you that the use of mobile phones is not permitted anywhere within the nursery premises. This policy is in place to help us maintain a safe, welcoming, and focused environment for the children.
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When dropping off or collecting your child we ask that you please put your phone away. This not only ensures the safety and privacy of all children, but also gives you and your child valuable time to connect and share those important daily moments together.
 
We work hard to ensure our safeguarding procedures are robust. We request parental permissions for any photos or videos taken by the Nursery, think carefully about their storage and vet all images on social media.
Thank you for your understanding and support in helping us provide the best environment for our children.
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Reminders
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Friday 24th October - School Closed for Inset Day
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Monday 27th October - School Closed for Half Term
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Monday 3rd November - School re-opens
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Clothes bank available outside of school Tuesdays and Thursdays Donations welcome (please bring to the office) or take what you need from the rail.
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Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Nursery room will begin a new book called 'Magic Beach' written by Alison Lester.
They will begin the immersion stage by adding water to sand, building sandcastles, plunging objects into water and navigating their way to treasure.
Their key words will help them with their understanding of this book: moat, waves, magic, plunging, and navigate.
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The rhyme will focus on their maths knowledge of shape and space.
They will sing the rhyme 'When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears.' Through this rhyme they will explore the shape of the bowl, the bed and the chair.
They will explore the similarities and differences between shapes and begin to sort shapes into different groups of similar properties.
Willow Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Willow room will begin a new book called 'The Train Ride' written by June Crebbin.
They will begin the immersion stage where they will pretend to go on a train journey, exploring towns and countryside, buying tickets, arriving and departing at a train station. Their key words will help them with their understanding of this book: journey, town, mare and station .
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The rhyme will focus on their maths knowledge of shape and space.
They will sing the rhyme 'When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears.'
Through this rhyme they will notice shapes using 2D shapes, Numicon, 3D shapes loose parts and shapes we can see in picture books.
Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Conker room will continue with their book called 'Hug' written by Jez Alborough.
They will begin the imitation stage where they will retell the story through role play, stick puppets and using small world animals.
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The rhyme will focus on their maths knowledge of measures.
They will sing the rhyme 'Monday's Child'. Through this rhyme they will explore the keys: today and tomorrow.
Home Learning
Each Wednesday, the packs will be found outside main reception. There is a display to show you which group’s turn it is and a signing out folder for each pack. These are to borrow and return the following week.
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Next week the groups will be:
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Busy Fingers - Dormouse and Owl
Story Bags - Woodpecker
Maths Pack - Robin
Success Story of the Week!
Dear Parents,
This week Roots Federation has been recognised in the 2025 Eudrio Awards for Excellence and Progress.
By Excellence the awards define the Federation as: ‘Top Tier achievement in creating a positive and supportive environment for staff’ and Progress: ‘A strong commitment to improvement and development in a given year.’
The Federation now falls into the top 10 performing Schools and Trusts in the country based on their data and surveys.
Ware very proud to work within such a fantastic organisation.
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