Nursery curriculum
During your child’s nursery year their curiosity and enthusiasm for learning is inspired in order to build their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive.
Nursery Rhymes / Superheroes / Christmas
Personal and Social Development
- Learning to accept the needs of others, taking turns and sharing resources
- Learning to play in a group, extending play ideas and engaging in the same theme as others
- Finding out and showing an interest in other children and different ways of life
- Being willing to tackle problems, enjoy self-chosen challenges and feel proud of achievements
- Being me in my world
- Celebrating difference
RE
- Superheroes of faith
- Our superhero qualities eg compassion, patience, talents
- Old Testament stories
- New testament stories
- Awe and Wonder sessions
- Christmas
Communication and language
- Developing an awareness of rhythm and rhyme in speech through nursery rhymes
- Listening to stories with increasing attention, making predictions and recalling significant parts
- Listening to the initial sounds in different words
- Learning to listen to others, offer relevant comments and beginning to ask questions about what they have heard
- Speaking in a small group, using more complex sentences to link thoughts and using new topic vocabulary
Literacy
- Learning nursery rhymes, noticing repetition, filling in missing words
- Looking at fiction and non-fiction books about different jobs and ways of life
- Listen to and join in with repeated refrains in stories and with familiar rhymes and songs
- Mark making opportunities
- Developing an interest for different marks seen in the environment
Maths
- Counting nursery rhymes including adding and taking away rhymes eg 5 little speckled frogs
- Recognise some numerals and beginning to represent numbers using fingers and marks on paper
- Developing an interest in number problems throughout our daily routines, e.g. counting the number of children allowed to play in the water
- Learning to talk about shape, size and position, e.g. taller, round, flat, next to, above, etc.
Physical
- Introduce P.E. in the main school
- Moving in different ways (jumping, climbing, running, balancing) with confidence and growing control
- Riding on the tricycles in the garden
- Playing with balls, hoops, bean bags
- Using a variety of one handed tools, e.g. cutting with scissors, using tape dispensers, gripping with tweezers
- Managing the toilet independently
- Dressing and undressing, e.g. changing into P.E. kit, with support
- Learning to talk about and observe the effect of activity on our bodies
Understanding the world
- Talking about different ways of life and learning about the occupations of others
- Talking about what makes us unique, what are our Superhero talents?
- Observing and discussing changes in the natural world eg autumn/winter
- Learning to operate a variety of ICT equipment and playing with technological toys
- Keeping our safe online – ‘let’s ask first’
Expressive arts and design
- Engaging in imaginative play in our role play areas – Home, Nursery Rhyme Land, Post Office, Doctors surgery, Fire station, and playing alongside others who are engaged in the same theme
- Exploring and constructing with a purpose in mind, using a variety of materials
- Exploring how different musical instruments can be played and beginning to tap out simple repeated rhythms
- Moving and dancing in response to different music
- Making representational drawings/paintings
Under the Sea/Pirates, Castles and Cottages, Easter
Personal and Social Development
- Learning to accept the needs of others, taking turns and sharing resources
- Learning to play in a group, extending play ideas and engaging in the same theme as others
- Becoming confident in asking adults for support
- Enjoying the responsibility of carrying out tasks
- Finding out and showing an interest in other children and different ways of life
- Being willing to tackle problems, enjoy self-chosen challenges and feel proud of achievements
- Dreams and goals
- Healthy me
RE
- Old Testament stories
- New testament stories
- Awe and Wonder sessions
- Easter
Communication and language
- Listening to stories with increasing attention, making predictions and recalling significant parts
- Listening to sounds in different words
- Learning to listen to others, offer relevant comments and beginning to ask questions about what they have heard
- Ask and understand questions
- Speaking in his/her family group, using more complex sentences to link thoughts and using new topic vocabulary
- Use talk to explain, use a variety of tenses
- Blending sounds together to hear words
- Using positional language
Literacy
- Looking at fiction and non-fiction books about Fish, the Sea, Castles, Fairy tales
- Describe story settings, characters, story structures
- Handle books and be aware of print
- Listen to and join in with repeated refrains in stories and with familiar rhymes and songs.
- Numerous mark making opportunities
- Developing an interest for different marks seen in the environment.
- Book share
Maths
- Counting, recognising some numerals and beginning to represent numbers using fingers and marks on paper.
- Developing an interest in number problems throughout our daily routines, e.g. counting the number of children who need snack
- Separating groups in different ways
- Matching numeral and quantity
- Comparing two groups
- Learning to talk about shape, size and position, e.g. taller, round, flat, next to, above, etc.
Physical
- P.E. in the main school
- Moving in different ways (jumping, climbing, running, balancing) with confidence and growing control
- Riding on the tricycles in the garden
- Playing with balls, hoops, bean bags
- Using a variety of one handed tools, e.g. cutting with scissors, using tape dispensers, gripping with tweezers
- Draw lines and circles using gross movements
- Managing the toilet independently
- Dressing and undressing, e.g. changing into P.E. kit, with support
- Learning to talk about and observe the effect of activity on our bodies
Understanding the world
- Talking about what makes us unique, special times and events
- Observing and discussing changes in the natural world. The sea, fish. Show care and concern for living things
- Talk about how things work/why – castles/cottages/materials
- Learning to operate a variety of ICT equipment and playing with technological toys
- Visit to Sea Life Centre, Fishmonger Visit
- Keeping our safe online – ‘let’s ask first’
Expressive arts and design
- Engaging in imaginative play in our role play areas –Seaside, Pirate ship, Castle, Cottage and playing alongside others who are engaged in the same theme
- Exploring and constructing with a purpose in mind, using a variety of materials
- Exploring how different musical instruments can be played and beginning to tap out simple repeated rhythms
- Moving and dancing in response to different music
- Making representational drawings/paintings, using colour/texture
Growth / Inventions
Personal and Social Development
- Initiate conversations and take account of what others say
- Resolve conflicts sensibly
- Aware of the boundaries and behavioural expectations of Nursery
- Building Learning Power – learning skills to be an effective learner
- Transition
- Relationships
- Changing Me
RE
- Old Testament stories
- New testament stories
- Awe and Wonder sessions
Communication and language
- Developing an awareness of rhythm and rhyme in speech
- Listening to stories with increasing attention, making predictions and recalling significant parts
- Listening to the initial sounds in different words
- Learning to listen to others, offer relevant comments and beginning to ask questions about what they have heard
- Speaking in his/her family group, using more complex sentences to link thoughts and use new topic vocabulary
Literacy
- Looking at fiction and non-fiction books about Growth
- Listen to and join in with repeated refrains in stories and with familiar rhymes and songs.
- Numerous mark making opportunities
- Learning to write their name daily, write numbers
- Developing an interest for different marks seen in the environment.
- Looking at settings and main characters in books, where the text is etc
- Phonic oral blending and segmenting
- Writing their name using correct formation
- Reading signs and symbols in our environment
Maths
- Add two sets together practically
- See patterns
- Measuring growth with non-standard measures – length and weight
- Recognise some numerals and beginning to represent numbers using fingers and marks on paper.
- Developing an interest in number problems throughout our daily routines, e.g. counting the number of children allowed to play on the computers
- Learning to talk about shape, size and position, e.g. taller, round, flat, next to, above, etc.
Physical
- PE outside – Games skills
- Moving in different ways (jumping, climbing, running, balancing) with confidence and growing control
- Using a variety of one handed tools, e.g. cutting with scissors, using tape dispensers, gripping with tweezers
- Managing the toilet and hand washing independently
- Dressing and undressing independently, e.g. changing into P.E. kit
- Learning to talk about and observe the effect of activity on our bodies
- Sports day
Understanding the world
- Planting seeds inside and outside, tending to them watching them grow.
- Watching eggs hatch and chicks grow
- Babies growth, visits from new mums
- Observing and discussing changes in the natural world. Spring/Summer
- Learning to operate a variety of ICT equipment and playing with technological toys
- Keeping our safe online – ‘let’s ask first’
Expressive arts and design
- Engaging in imaginative play in our role play areas Garden Centre, Baby Clinic Inventors studio etc
- Playing alongside others who are engaged in the same theme
- Exploring and constructing with a purpose in mind, using a variety of materials
- Exploring how different musical instruments can be played and beginning to tap out simple repeated rhythms
- Moving and dancing in response to different music, linking movements together
- Making representational drawings/paintings