Welcome to Nursery Learning
Key information for children, parents and carersNursery Curriculum Map S1
Understanding BLP
We start each session by saying “Good Morning / Afternoon”, singing songs and rhymes and talking about our weekend or daily experiences.
We practise taking turns in conversations, listening to others and building our self confidence to speak in front of a familiar group.
During the Nursery session, we benefit greatly from adult support across the activities where we are encouraged to use a developing range of vocabulary.
We can take home a library book each week which must be returned for a new book to be issued.
We are encouraged to use a wide range of writing tools which are available in both the indoor and outdoor environment.
The children’s hand eye coordination is developed through construction and throwing and catching activities.
Pre-reading skills are developed across the curriculum in activities such as matching games, sound games, listening to and enjoying a range of stories and learning rhymes and songs.
We are taught how to hold writing tools correctly and develop good habits.
Snack times are spent in small groups. This is a relaxed, social time for us to talk together.
Nursery Curriculum Map
SPRING 1 Topic - Winter Wonderland, Hospital and Nursery RhymesCommunication, Language & Literacy
We will be reading a range of winter books that explore different winter themes and ideas. The children will get the opportunity to join in with stories using puppets and masks. Children will have the opportunity to act out stories to each other and in small groups in our Winter Wonderland role play area.
We will be entering the world of Nursery Rhymes by reading a large range. Children will play different rhyming games to hear and match rhyming words.
We will start learning Phonics through the Read Write Inc. programme and will have a focused sound every week.
BASICS & Characteristics of Learning
- Playing and Exploring – being willing to ‘have a go’ at a range of activities.
- Active Learning – being involved and concentrating.
Personal, Social & Emotional
We will also talk about how our actions can influence others by making them happy or sad. This will be done during circle time stories.
Physical Development
Children have access to the outdoor environment to enjoy daily energetic play and develop gross motor skills. This term’s focus will be on ball skills.
The children will continue to enjoy a range of malleable activities that will help to strengthen their fingers and hands.
We will continue to challenge children to form their letters correctly when writing their names.
Mathematics
Through the use of songs, the children will familiarise themselves with numbers and number names. The children’s mathematical development is developed through practical activities throughout the Nursery. This half term there is a strong focus on comparing groups of objects to say which one has more/less and representing numbers using fingers and marks on a page.
Expressive Arts & Design
Our role play area will be a ‘Winter Wonderland’. We are going to build an igloo from boxes and will also make a range of different winter animals such as penguins and polar bears. Children will experiment with colour and materials through painting, printing, junk modelling and cutting and sticking.
We will have a music area which will encourage the children to use and explore instruments and the different sounds that they can make. We will be looking at different beats and making up our own songs.
Understanding the world
We will also be looking at the story of Chinese New Year, we will retell the story using props and talk about wishes we would like to make.