Owls (Nursery)
Nursery
Autumn 2024 Nursery Curriculum overview
This term our topic is ‘Me and My Community’
We will focus on settling the children into nursery, establish routines, rules and develop friendships. We will develop and awareness of how they are unique and special, who is in their family and how people in their family, school and local community can help them. We will also focus on seasonal changes and activities within autumn, including celebrations that happen during this time.
Area of learning |
Teaching and Learning |
Parental Involvement |
Communication and Language
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We have a strong focus on developing listening and speaking skills. These are developed daily through high quality interactions, group time, stories, singing and book talk times. We will develop and build upon the children’s vocabulary as they play and learn.
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Please visit our school website and click on the class page. Nursery class is called ‘Owls’. The class page is regularly updated with what the children have been learning about. There may also be some suggestions of activities that you could do at home to create opportunities to talk and make links with the learning done at school.
Website to help you support communication and language skills with your child. Tiny Happy People
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Personal and Social Development
Vocabulary sad happy worried angry help sharing turn taking same different
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We support the children to say, “Please can I have a turn?” The other child may respond by giving the toy to them or might say, “when I’m finished.” The child is then supported to wait their turn. This can be reinforced at home with siblings too.
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Physical Development |
Physical development plays a huge part of our ‘Early Years’ curriculum. The children will have daily opportunities for climbing, riding bikes/scooters/trikes and developing ball skills.
The children will also be developing their fine motor skills each day (early morning work).
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Continue to provide opportunities for children to be active.
Continue to provide opportunities for children to mark make with different resources such as crayons, felt pens, paint.
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Literacy |
We will be fostering a love of reading. The children will have an opportunity to look at books in our book talk sessions and listen to stories read to them. We will talk about what is happening and about the characters.
There will be daily opportunities for children to experiment with their own writing. Children will be shown, if they don’t know already, how to hold a mark making tool with a comfortable grip.
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Share and read the library book chosen each week by your child. Talk about what is happening and who the characters are.
Attend the phonic workshop (see school website for dates). The workshop shows how the children develop the foundation for reading skills in Nursery and how children learn to read and write within Reception.
Attend book talk/stay and play sessions.
If the children have a favourite book at home please encourage them to bring it in so we can read it within Nursery. We love to know what the children enjoy reading at home! |
Numeracy |
Numeracy is developed daily through high quality interactions, group time, early morning work and during independent learning.
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Use various opportunities to count e.g. doing up buttons, climbing stairs, collected items etc.
Sing number songs: BBC Number Songs
Problem solve with objects – will the toy dinosaur fit in the box? Why? Look around you for patterns. Talk about what you can see. |
Understanding the World |
Past and Present
People, Cultures & Communities
The Natural World
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Share pictures of the family, including pets. Talk to your child about who the people are. Send photos into school (either print them out or Email them to the school office).
Let the nursery staff know about the celebrations that are important to your family so that we can learn more about different faiths and religions. If you can come in and talk to the children about how you celebrate.
When you are out and about point things out to your child. Talk about colours e.g. the leaf is green like the grass. Help children to make links e.g. the apple is smooth just like the pear.
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Expressive Arts and Design |
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Sing nursery rhymes together.
Collect natural materials to make pictures and collages. Attend Christmas productions (see the website for dates).
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