A little Info on our Nurture Program :
In September 2021 Thornleigh ETNS established our first Nurture Room. Two members of staff Laura McCann and Gilllian Cosgrove had completed extensive training to roll out the nurture room in Thornleigh. The aim if the nurture program is to create a world where no child fails through lack of nurture and educational opportunity. Nurture groups are founded on evidence-based practices and offer a short-term, inclusive, focused intervention that works in the long term. Nurture groups are classes of between six and 12 children or young people in early years, primary or secondary settings supported by the whole staff group and parents. Each group is run by two members of staff. Children attend nurture groups but remain an active part of their main class group, spend appropriate times within the nurture group according to their need and typically return full time to their own class within two to four terms. We have created 2 nurture groups that are withdrawn from class for approx. 30min x 4 days a week. We follow and adhere to the 6 principles of nurture which are:
The Principles of a Nurturing Approach for Learning: Nurture INTERNATIONAL
In September 2021 Thornleigh ETNS established our first Nurture Room. Two members of staff Laura McCann and Gilllian Cosgrove had completed extensive training to roll out the nurture room in Thornleigh. The aim if the nurture program is to create a world where no child fails through lack of nurture and educational opportunity. Nurture groups are founded on evidence-based practices and offer a short-term, inclusive, focused intervention that works in the long term. Nurture groups are classes of between six and 12 children or young people in early years, primary or secondary settings supported by the whole staff group and parents. Each group is run by two members of staff. Children attend nurture groups but remain an active part of their main class group, spend appropriate times within the nurture group according to their need and typically return full time to their own class within two to four terms. We have created 2 nurture groups that are withdrawn from class for approx. 30min x 4 days a week. We follow and adhere to the 6 principles of nurture which are:
- children's learning is understood developmentally;
- the classroom offers a safe base;
- nurture is important in the development of wellbeing;
- language is understood as a vital means of communication;
- all behavior is communication;
- and transitions are significant in the lives of children.
The Principles of a Nurturing Approach for Learning: Nurture INTERNATIONAL
- Learning and achievement is enhanced through meeting social, emotional and cognitive needs.
- Feeling emotionally safe is essential for mental health, learning and achievement.
- How we communicate impacts on Mental Health, learning and achievement.
- Celebration of Diversity enriches the community and enhances learning.
- Nurturing cultures promote reflective practices.
- Self-Identity and self-esteem are key to mental health and well-being.
Team work makes the dream work!! And makes dreamy pancakes!!! Nurture Group celebrated Shrove Tuesday in style with some delicious pancakes!! 🥞👏🏻
Another busy month in The Nurture Room!! We baked beautiful Valentines cookies for our loved ones. We planted tomatoes and pepper seeds together to mark the start of Spring!
Spring has Sprung in Nurture Group!! We have begun looking at fruits and vegetables and seeds!! Today we planted tomatoes and peppers!!
Our Nurture Group getting familiar with some of our fabulous new ‘Free to Be Me’ books in our school library!
A little sneak peek inside our cosy Nurture Room!
Happy New Year and welcome back to Term 2 everyone!! We have a fun filled, busy term 2 planned for Nurture group! We have started back with a great catch up in our tea and toast mornings and we shared some wonderful reflections about our journey in 3rd class so far. We have discussed our successes in term one and our hopes for the term ahead!
In the coming weeks we will be working on our own Wellbeing. We will take a look at the importance of taking care of our bodies and our minds, making time to do things that we enjoy, exploring feelings and emotions and the connection between our 'thinking brain' and our 'feeling brain'. As the weather improves we hope to get out and do some gardening. We will look at suitable fruits and vegetables to plant in our Irish climate!! We will continue with our weekly tea and toast check ins and make time for some physical exercise to boost our wellbeing and our social skills!! Keep an eye out her for post and photo updates!!
In the coming weeks we will be working on our own Wellbeing. We will take a look at the importance of taking care of our bodies and our minds, making time to do things that we enjoy, exploring feelings and emotions and the connection between our 'thinking brain' and our 'feeling brain'. As the weather improves we hope to get out and do some gardening. We will look at suitable fruits and vegetables to plant in our Irish climate!! We will continue with our weekly tea and toast check ins and make time for some physical exercise to boost our wellbeing and our social skills!! Keep an eye out her for post and photo updates!!
We have been very busy little elves baking cookies to share with our teachers and classmates in Nurture Group!
Our Nurture Groups have been very busy designing and decorating their own Christmas decorations this week! They look absolutely amazing and will make some lovely gifts for someone special!
We had super spooky fun today when our nurture group members took over our Math For Fun lesson in M Maurette’s class today! We have been learning some new skills using card games in nurture group and decided to share the fun with our classmates by teaching them our game of 7s!!
Welcome to our Nurture Room Page! We are working on our first ever nurture programme with this year’s third classes!! We have been very busy getting to know each other this term by filling out some personal profiles, sharing tea and toast morning meetings and working on our SALT and Educating the heart programmes. Together, we have developed our football yard contract to resolve our yard conflicts and to exercise our democratic rights and responsibilities! We have been exploring our strengths and talents as individuals and discussing areas that we can all work on to be even better class mates and friends. We have really enjoyed whole class activities as part of STEAM month together like our math trail and adopt a tree project. We have had some great fun with Jenga, Uno and learning some new card games to teach our classmates and families! Watch this space for regular updates and photos!
