Nursery

Our two-year long-term curriculum plans indicate which subjects are taught in which terms. Over two years, each child has the opportunity to experience the full range of National Curriculum subjects. Staff have pulled together areas of learning from different curriculum subjects which contain similar themes or links. This allows for a more creative and cross-curricular approach to learning and encourages children to apply skills in a variety of ways.

Children join nursery when they are 3 and can stay until they join reception. We therefore have a rolling intake and a range of ages in class. Below is the curriculum that is adapted to meet the needs of all the children.

We are currently on cycle B

Cycle A
	Term 1		Term 2		Term 3
Driver Project	Me and My Community	Once Upon a Time	Starry Night	Dangerous Dinosaurs	Sunshine and Sunflowers	Big Wide World
Mini Project	Exploring Autumn	Sparkle and Shine	Winter Wonderland	Puddles and Rainbows	Shadows and Reflections	Splash
Prime areas
Communication and language.	Storytelling and poems. Develop listening skills.	Join in and retell familiar stories. Join in with songs and rhymes.	Retell stories Request favourite songs and rhymes.	Listen and respond to others.	Explore and talk about likes and dislikes	Following longer classroom instructions
Personal, social and emotional development	Separate from carers. Create class rules Talk about emotions.	Sit for circle activities and follow simple classroom routines	Join others in a group activity. Label simple emotions	Begin to take turn with others with adult support.	Turn take and share toys.	Recognise emotions in others.
Physical development	Fine and gross motor movements Move safely around the classroom and explore climbing equipment safely. Explore mark making equipment including paint and crayons.		Fine and gross motor movements Begin to self-select mark making materials. Encourage taking safe risks and exploring new equipment.		Fine and gross motor movements Show greater control over gross and fine motor movements. Participate in obstacle courses.
Specific Areas
Literacy	Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Mark making (large scale and small scale) with a range of materials		Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Encourage mark making and ”reading” their “writing”		Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Continue to mark make and beginning to write their name and
Mathematics	Colours Matching & sorting Numbers 1-3		Numbers 1-5 Measures - height, mass capacity		Sequencing More/ fewer Positional language 2d 3d shapes
Understanding the world	Weather observe and name weather. People who help us.	Winter celebrations and festivals	Night time animals.	Dinosaurs Long long ago	Growing	Holidays
Expressive arts and design	Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments		Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments		Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments

Cycle B
	Term 1		Term 2		Term 3
Driver Project	Let’s Explore	Marvellous Machines	Long Ago	Ready Steady Grow	Animal Safari	On the Beach
Mini Project	Build It Up	Puppets and Pop Ups	Stories and Rhymes	Signs of Spring	Creep, Crawl and Wriggle	Move it
Prime areas
Communication and language.	Storytelling and poems. Develop listening skills.	Join in and retell familiar stories. Join in with songs and rhymes.	Retell stories Request favourite songs and rhymes.	Listen and respond to others.	Explore and talk about likes and dislikes	Following longer classroom instructions
Personal, social and emotional development	Separate from carers. Create class rules Talk about emotions.	Sit for circle activities and follow simple classroom routines	Join others in a group activity. Label simple emotions	Begin to take turn with others with adult support.	Turn take and share toys.	Recognise emotions in others.
Physical development	Fine and gross motor movements Move safely around the classroom and explore climbing equipment safely. Explore mark making equipment including paint and crayons.		Fine and gross motor movements Begin to self-select mark making materials. Encourage taking safe risks and exploring new equipment.		Fine and gross motor movements Show greater control over gross and fine motor movements. Participate in obstacle courses.
Specific Areas
Literacy	Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Mark making (large scale and small scale) with a range of materials		Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Encourage mark making and” reading” their “writing”		Foundations of Phonics – Little Wandle Continue to mark make and beginning to write their name and
Mathematics	Colours Matching & sorting Numbers 1-3		Numbers 1-5 Measures - height, mass capacity		Sequencing More/ fewer Positional language 2d 3d shapes
Understanding the world	Explore the school environment. People who help us	Technology at home and school.	Life now and in the past.	Seasonal changes Spring Festivals	Animals around the world.	Holidays
Expressive arts and design	Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments		Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments		Role play & small world play on a theme. Singing and playing musical instruments

I would like to thank all the children and staff for a most enjoyable afternoon yesterday. It was great that almost all the children had speaking parts. Can only imagine the hard work the teachers had . This is such a lovely small school. Merry Christmas

A child's Nan