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Literacy Understanding the World Mathematics Expressive Arts & Design Reading - Provide opportunities to share a variety of books, songs and rhymes 1-1, in small and larger groups, developing attention and recall. Writing - Develop understanding of the link between spoken/written language by making signs and labels modelling giving meaning to marks and following simple sets of instructions/ingredients to make bird feeders. Number - Basic counting skills using 1-1 correspondence, counting children in daily and use of number cards to show number of children in. Number songs and rhymes. Estimate, count and compare groups of objects. Shape, Space and Measure – Continue to develop understanding and use of language language relating to shape, space and measure. Further develop understanding of use of positional language though a variety of play opportunities. People and Communities – Provide opportunities to talk about experiences from home relating to cold weather, days out. The World - Discuss changes to the weather and environment during winter. Find out about animals living in cold parts of the world. Explore frost/snow. Explore cause and effect through ice investigation. Discuss looking after animals that visit our garden during winter time; work together to make bird feeders. Technology - Introduce use of I – Pads/cameras to record using photographs. Develop basic mouse/keyboard skills using various software. Using media and materials – Continue to provide plenty of opportunities to share songs, rhymes and games using props and instruments. Being imaginative – Provide additional resources, props and materials to act out familiar stories. Work with children using available materials to make their own props to support imaginative play. Support and develop use of language through imaginative play through modelling and joining play.
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Nursery Curriculum Map 2014-15 / Spring
Communication & LanguageListening and Attention - Share stories on home/families, children’s favourite stories and rhymes, a range of familiar/non familiar traditional tales and stories with a winter theme. Continue to reinforce the skills for good listening and attention when sharing conversations in small and larger groups Providing plenty of opportunities for children to share thoughts, ideas and news daily. Continue Letters and Sounds program at phase 1 ‘General Sound Discrimination’ and begin aspects of phase 2. Understanding – Develop understanding of use of equipment through introducing additional tools and resources. Develop understanding of simple and more complex questions to include ‘how’ and ‘why’. Speaking – Continue to develop conversational skills modelling and encouraging use connectives to develop sentence structures to link thoughts, share experiences and recall events within stories.
Physical DevelopmentHealth and Self Care - Reinforce personal hygiene routines including hand washing following outdoor play and before snack. Encourage further independence in managing clothing and fastenings including coats, pumps, wellingtons and aprons. Develop awareness of changes to our bodies during exercise and keeping warm during cold weather. Moving and Handling – Continue to proving multisensory mark making and writing opportunities to further develop pencil grip and control to include letters. Continue weekly PE sessions in the hall exploring a range of movement, and introducing ball skills. Further develop use of one handed tools and equipment, introducing additional resources, developing understanding of the need for safety.
Themes – ‘Winter’ ‘Traditional Tales’, RE - ‘Celebrating’ ‘Gathering’. Self Confidence and Self Awareness - Introduce nursery rules and routines for January intake. Support and encourage independence throughout the setting, modelling sharing, turn taking and cooperative play. Provide opportunities to talk about self, home and family.Making Relationships - Support established members of the group to welcome and support new children into the group, helping them with basic rules and routines. Managing Feelings and Behaviour - Continue to develop understanding of the need to respect others wants/thoughts and feelings during play and how to respond appropriately.
Reading - Provide opportunities to share a variety of books, songs and rhymes 1-1, in small and larger groups, developing attention and recall.Writing - Develop understanding of the link between spoken/written language by making signs and labels modelling giving meaning to marks and following simple sets of instructions/ingredients to make bird feeders.
Number - Basic counting skills using 1-1 correspondence, counting children in daily and use of number cards to show number of children in. Number songs and rhymes. Estimate, count and compare groups of objects. Shape, Space and Measure – Continue to develop understanding and use of language language relating to shape, space and measure. Further develop understanding of use of positional language though a variety of play opportunities.
People and Communities – Provide opportunities to talk about experiences from home relating to cold weather, days out.The World - Discuss changes to the weather and environment during winter. Find out about animals living in cold parts of the world. Explore frost/snow. Explore cause and effect through ice investigation. Discuss looking after animals that visit our garden during winter time; work together to make birdfeeders.Technology - Introduce use of I – Pads/cameras to record using photographs. Develop basic mouse/keyboard skills using various software.
Using media and materials – Continue to provide plenty of opportunities to share songs, rhymes and games using props and instruments. Being imaginative – Provide additional resources, props and materials to act out familiar stories. Work with children using available materials to make their own props to support imaginative play. Support and develop use of language through imaginative play through modelling and joining play.
