1. Personal, Social and Emotional

We teach children how to work, play, co-operate with others and function in a group beyond the family. We do this through:

·         Developing self confidence and esteem

·         Building relationships with familiar adults and peers

·         Expressing feelings and respecting the feelings of others

·         Developing independence with personal care and hygiene

·         Learning acceptable behaviour

·         Understanding and an acceptance of rules

·         Providing standards and examples

·         Circle time

·         Activities that promote spiritual and social development

·         Celebrations of festivals and other cultures

·         Indoor and outdoor play

·         Group work

2. Communication, Language and Literacy

Listening and Speaking

·         Becoming an effective communicator

·         Learning to listen and gaining confidence with speech

·         Extending vocabulary

·         Stories, news, poetry, rhymes, word games

·         Drama and role play

Reading and Phonics

·         Learning how to handle and enjoy books

·         Recognising own name in print

·         Rhyming words

·         Phonic knowledge of the alphabet leading on to auditory sound blending and word building

·         Starting to read

Writing

·         Mark making and emergent writing

·         Practising fine motor skills

·         Learning how to hold a pencil the correct way

·         Improving pen control and hand/eye co-ordination

·         Have a go at independent writing

·         Rules of writing

3. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

·         Simple mathematical vocabulary including position, size, shape and colour

·         Introduction to numbers 1-10 and beyond

·         The role of zero

·         One to one correspondence

·         Learning to count with accuracy

·         Sets and sorting

·         Matching and comparing

·         Tracing and then writing numbers 1-10

·         Simple addition

·         Simple subtraction

·         Days of the week

·         Seasons

4. Knowledge and Understanding of the World

This is cross-curricular and will be explored through termly topics

·         Learning about the world around us through play and by experiencing a wide range of materials; clay, sand, water, playdough and cooking

·         Learning to observe, explore and question the world around us

·         Experiencing IT and using technology to support learning

5. Physical Development

·         Awareness of body parts and space

·         Travelling using different parts of the body

·         Stretching and curling

·         Hopping, jumping and skipping to music

·         Running and chasing

·         Balancing and simple games

·         Getting confident with a ball; throwing, catching and rolling

·         Running races for sports day

6. Creative Development

·         Exploring and experimenting with a number of mediums; crayons, chalk, paint, felt-tip pens, clay, playdough, plasticine, fabrics, junk

·         Free drawing and observational work

·         Making junk models, collage and building with construction toys

·         Cutting and pasting

·         Role play, Drama, Dance and Music

·         Looking at the work of other artists