Nursery Curriculum
Summer Term 1 Learning
Nursery - Caron, Vicky, Vibha & LisaÂ
In Nursery over the coming half term, our focus will be on the Sunflower Challenge plus growing beans and peas.
Luckily, I have spotted some tadpoles in my lake so look forward to sharing their growth and change with the children in Nursery. This is always an amazing natural study for the children.
Spring will still be a focus now the warmer weather and blossom has arrived and being able to investigate insects. There will be a focus on growing sunflowers and hopefully we will be able to observe the life cycle of a frog. We are busily watching our little tadpoles each day. Both focuses we will treat as holistic looking at relevant mathematical ideas, doing a Big Artwork together, introducing regular stories to tie in with the theme, information books, becoming researchers and scientists, making the use of the outdoor environment and plenty of hands on art work using different mediums.
Our early phonics focus will be initial sounds in words, rhyme and alliteration.
Our maths focus is still subitising but we are introducing the language of 'What do you notice?' The children are beginning to use this language in their play. We are focusing on counting to 5 and 10, 1-10 forwards and backwards and recognising 1-10. Along with 1 to 1 correspondence and the understanding that if you separate objects up and put them back together, they can still be the same amount. Shape, measure, time and capacity are key maths elements in our Sunflower Challenge.
We also welcome 7 new children to Nursery this term, so we hope they enjoy our time with us!
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