Long Term Plans
Whilst your children are at our Nursery, our aim is to deliver the Foundation Curriculum within the following six areas of development: Personal, Social and Emotional, Communication, Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Physical and Creative. (Government requirement Autumn 2000).
All our activities are based on the children learning through play thus ensuring that they enjoy an active curriculum through talking, having fun, listening and observing through quality experiences.
We enjoy whole group activities, small group activities, one to one experiences, going on visits and having all kinds of people in to talk to us.
We are supported in our work by the Early Years Advisory Teacher for Poole, who visits frequently, delivers training and attends our Annual General Meeting.
As parents we look forward to involving you and as staff we aim to do our best for your children.
Personal, Social and Emotional
| Is beginning to be interested and motivated |
| Is beginning to form good relationships |
| Is beginning to work as part of a group |
| Is beginning to concentrate on a task when appropriate |
| Is able to sit still and listen to stories with enjoyment |
| Is beginning to show initiative in activities and ideas |
| Is beginning to care fro living things and be sensitive to others |
| Is developing self management skills |
Communication, Language and Literacy
| Is beginning to talk about own experiences in front of the group |
| Is beginning to speak clearly and distinctly with confidence |
| Is beginning to speak in simple sentences |
| Is beginning to interact with others |
| Is able to recognise own name |
| Is beginning to write own name |
| Enjoys using emergent writing |
| Is beginning to understand that print carries meaning |
| Enjoys looking at books |
| Is beginning to recognise some individual letters by sound and name |
| Is beginning to understand that in English, print is read from left to right and top to bottom |
| Is able to sit still and listen to stories with enjoyment |
Mathematical Development
| Is beginning to use early maths language in everyday experiences |
| Is beginning to recognise patterns and to talk about them |
| Is beginning to recreate simple patterns |
| Enjoys number rhymes and games |
| Enjoys early mathematical skills e.g. sorting, matching, ordering and sequencing |
| Enjoys reciting numbers |
| Is beginning to recognise numerals 1 - 9 |
| Is beginning to enjoy recording numbers |
| Is beginning to develop an awareness of addition and subtraction using practical activities |
| Enjoys emergent recording in role play |
| Is beginning to find ways to solve practical problems |
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
| Enjoys exploring living things in the natural world |
| Is beginning to understand about past and present events in own lives |
| Is beginning to talk about own environment and family |
| Is beginning to ask questions about why things happen and how things work |
| Enjoys using the computer, tape recorder, electronic games etc |
| Is beginning to want to find out about other people and own environment |
| Is beginning to develop designing and making skills |
Physical Development
| Enjoys all physical movement |
| Is beginning to show an awareness of own needs as regard to eating, sleeping and hygiene |
| Is beginning to observe the effects of activity on their own bodies |
| Is beginning to show good co-ordination and balance |
| Is developing an awareness of space and others |
| Is developing skills with small apparatus |
| Is beginning to develop skills on the balancing and climbing equipment |
| Is beginning to handle appropriate tools with care e.g. scissors, pencil, paintbrush |
Creative Development
| Enjoys music, singing, dance, drama and percussion |
| Responds in a variety of ways to smell, touch, taste, sound and sight |
| Is beginning to express ideas and needs in many creative ways |
| Is beginning to use imagination in role-play, music and art |
| Is beginning to recognise sound patterns |
| Is beginning to explore colour, texture, shape, form and space |
| Is beginning to listen to and explore different sounds |
Whilst your child is in our Nursery we hope they will be able to work towards these goals.