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Welcome to our Nursery!

Children in our Nursery setting learn through continuous provision activities, planned in order to meet the Early Years Development Matters objectives. These may take place indoors or outdoors.

When they are developmentally ready, children participate in short group sessions focusing on all areas of the Early Years Curriculum. We also use Cornerstones Curriculum to support them and ensure consistency throughout school.

These are:

Communication and Language

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Physical Development

Literacy

Mathematics

Understanding the World

Expressive Arts and Design

Stories are an integral part of Nursery life and children are exposed to lots of different stories and rhymes every day. This supports their language and communication as children are encouraged to talk about the stories they have heard, and to join in! It also supports and builds their vocabulary.

Children need rich, stimulating and playful experiences that connect purposefully to their interests and daily lives. They need responsive adults who will support their thinking both spontaneously and in carefully planned intentional ways. Evidence is clear, adults play a critical role in building young children’s brains. Children learn more in the first five years of their lives than any other time. The opportunities we provide will have a lasting impact on a child’s future development.

Part of the joy of working in EYFS is that many spontaneous opportunities arise in well-resourced, play-based environments. When an unplanned situation arises we must take advantage of that opportunity.

Children learn in two major ways:

-When they play freely in well-resourced environments with adults sometimes intervening sensitively.

-When adults show children how to do things by modelling.

Children have free-flow access to our large outdoor space for the majority of the day. The outdoor area features a mud kitchen, sandpit, designated bike area, shelters and a climbing frame.

Parents are encouraged to participate in their children’s learning by attending special Nursery workshops with their child.

We have 4 FS rooms- Acorn Room SEND provision, Oak and Willow 2 year olds and Maple Room 3-4 year olds

Autumn	Project overview
Me and My Community	This project supports children with settling into the new rules and routines of school and encourages them to make new friends and feel confident in their class. It teaches children about being helpful, kind and thoughtful at home and at school. This project also teaches children how they are unique and special, the importance of friendship and how people in their family, school and local community are important and can help them.
Once Upon A Time	This project supports children to develop a love of stories and reading. It encourages children to learn, retell and act out familiar and traditional tales including Cinderella, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Exploring Autumn	This project teaches children about the natural changes that happen during the season of autumn, including how the weather changes, why trees lose their leaves and how wild animals prepare for winter.
Sparkle and Shine	This project teaches children about the celebrations that take place during the autumn and winter seasons, and focus on the significance and symbolism of light at this time of year.

Spring

Project overview

Starry Night

This project explores the differences in the world at night compared to during the day. It teaches children about the importance of a good night’s sleep, and helps them to discover what is happening in the world while they are sleeping, including finding out about nocturnal animals.

Winter Wonderland

This project teaches children about the changes that happen during winter, including the types of weather associated with winter. It also explores places that have snow all year round and the types of animals that live there.

Dangerous Dinosaurs

This exciting project teaches children about the different animals that roamed Earth millions of years ago and how they are related to animals that live on Earth today.

Puddles and Rainbows

This mini project teaches children about the weather that happens during spring and allows them to explore natural phenomena, including rainbows. It supports them to explore colour in the natural world.

Summer

Project overview

Sunshine and Flowers

This seasonal project provides opportunities for outdoor learning and teaches children how to care for the plants and animals in their local environment and how to stay safe in the sun.

Big Wide World

This project teaches children about the global community to which they belong and explores how living things, communities and climates differ around the world.

Shadows and Reflections

This project teaches children about natural phenomena, including shadows, reflections and echoes. They explore how shadows are formed and how they can change.

Splash!

This project teaches children about water, including floating and sinking, freezing and melting, and why it is important for living things to stay hydrated.

We have 4 FS rooms- Acorn Room SEND provision, Oak and Willow 2 year olds and Maple Room 3-4 year olds

Please read these documents for comprehensive information on the curriculum and child development through the early years