Curriculum

We provide the opportunity and encouragement for children to learn:

Personal, Social & Emotional

The difference between right and wrong.
Respect for people and property.
Sharing and good manners.
To show feelings such as wonder, pleasure and sorrow.
How to dress themselves and go to the toilet independently.
Personal hygiene.
To gain self-confidence and self-esteem.

Communication, Language and Literature

To listen to and enjoy stories, poems and Nursery rhymes.
To construct their own stories and take part in role play.
Respect for books.
An understanding that words and pictures carry meaning.
To write their own name and recognise familiar words.
To communicate and express their feelings to their peers and adults.

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

An awareness of basic mathematical skills, such as addition and subtraction relating to everyday life.
To sequence, compare, sort and count using everyday objects.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

To talk about where they live, their families and events past and present in their own and other people's lives.
To question how and why things happen.
Skills like cutting, folding and building.
To use toys and/or tools safely.
To develop awareness of other children.

Physical Development

Skills with balls, beanbags and wheeled toys.
Co-ordination, balancing with and without climbing equipment.
How to move confidently and imaginatively with increasing co-ordination.
An awareness of space and others.
Development of both fine and gross motor skills.

Creative Development

To express what they see, hear, feel and touch.
To use a range of materials such as paint, glue, pencils, crayons etc.
Rhythm in music and use of musical instruments.
An appreciation of colour, texture and shape in three dimensions.

French

An optional extra.

Music

Recorder - an optional extra.