Nursery
Hello and welcome to Puffins!
Spring Term 2023
AREAS OF LEARNING FOR THE FOUNDATION STAGE
Nursery and Reception
Weekly themes
Foundation Stage planning is carried out on a weekly basis with a variety of topics being selected each term. We plan through a mixture of following children’s interests and ensuring a broad curriculum content. For this reason, some topics may be removed or swapped. For the Spring Term 2023, Nursery and Reception will focus on:
Spring Term |
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Spring |
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Week 1 |
Oral Hygiene |
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Week 2 |
Winter – freezing and melting |
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Week 3 |
Chinese New Year – year of the Rabbit |
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Week 4 |
Traditional Tale – Red Riding Hood |
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Week 5 |
Modern day tale - Red Riding Hood and The Very Hungry Lion |
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Week 6 |
Careers week - Vets |
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Half Term |
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Week 7 |
Animals – Zoo Keeper |
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Week 8 |
Animals – Poo in the Zoo |
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Week 9 |
Life cycles - frogs |
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Week 10 |
Life cycles - butterflies |
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Week 11 |
Easter – look at churches in our area |
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Week 12 |
Easter celebration - Christian festival |
Teaching and learning will be determined by both staff and children but linked to these topics.
Activities are both child led and adult led in order to cover all of the seven areas of learning. Each half term both Nursery and Reception parents are able to view the medium term plans outlining the activities that we plan to deliver.
A Guide to Foundation Planning
We use the ‘Development Matters’ document along with our own curriculum objectives and ‘White Rose Maths’ documents to aid our planning. These documents outline the key skills that children should achieve during certain age ranges, e.g. birth to three year olds, three to four year olds, Reception and the Early Learning Goals. We plan a range of practical, play based activities to ensure that children have been given a range of opportunities to develop these skills and demonstrate their learning.
The seven areas of learning through which the children learn have been broken down into sixteen assessment scales. These are outlined within the table below:-
Prime Areas of Learning |
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development PSED
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Physical Development PD
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Communication and Language C&L
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Specific Areas of Learning |
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Literacy LIT
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Mathematics MAT
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Understanding the World UTW
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Expressive Arts and Design EAD
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*If you require additional information relating to our school curriculum, please ask at the school office or the Class teacher.