WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT?
Space: To Infinity and Beyond!
Our Early Years theme for this term is a Space: To Infinity and Beyond!
When an unexplained object is found to have crash landed in our Outdoor Area, we will explore ideas about what has happened and why there appears to be an alien with lots of underpants amongst all of the tumbled down toys! We will be exploring space through story books such as Aliens Love Underpants and using information texts to learn more about planets and our solar system.
This term we will also be welcoming new children into our Nursery, they will be our Nursery 1 (N1) children. The focus for those children will be getting to know their new environment and developing relationships with each other and the staff members. Our current Nursery children are our Nursery 2 children (N2).
The focus for teaching and learning will continue to be in the Prime Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum which are Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Language and Communication and Physical Development
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PSE) |
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LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION |
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Nursery 2 children will have daily phonics sessions this term. The quick 20 minute sessions have an initial focus on rhyming words, couplets, sentences, stories and poems. Hearing and playing with rhymes help children develop an understanding of how words sound similar and different. Once settled, Nursery 1 children will listen to and join in with rhymes and familiar stories to develop listening and attention skills. |
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT |
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Young children's physical development includes the way they move around the inside and outside areas of Nursery and those smaller movements which require more control so pouring, drawing and manipulating for example construction and playdough. It also includes self care so toileting, feeding, dressing and having an awareness of our surroundings and what you are doing so that you are safe.
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