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Our Curriculum
Appletree staff
plan together each week.
Our planning is
based upon:
·
Our
observations of the children and any special interests they
may have
Our current
Topic
Seasons and
Festivals/Celebrations
Six Nursery
Curriculum areas:
Personal Social and Emotional Development
Children learn about their feelings and how to
get on with others.
They learn to be part of a bigger group of
people and about the needs of other people.
They learn to look after their own needs.
They learn to share and take turns.
Mathematical Development
Children learn about numbers and counting.
They learn to use language about more than,
less, longer, wider.
They learn the names of shapes and how to make
patterns.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Children learn new words.
They learn how to talk and listen to others.
They learn how to express their ideas and
thoughts about things.
They learn to enjoy looking at books.
They learn about reading and writing.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Children learn about their own and other peoples
lives. They enjoy celebrating and finding our about festivals:
Christmas, Eid, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Autumn, Spring.
They learn about sequence of the seasons and the
wonders of nature.
They learn about the sequence of the seasons and
the wonders of nature.
They learn to ask questions.
They learn to explore and investigate.
They learn how to use computers, cameras, tape
recorders, programmable toys.
Physical Development
Children learn about how their bodies work.
They learn about how to keep healthy.
They enjoy running and climbing outdoors.
They learn how to use tools safely and
skilfully.
Creative Development
Children enjoy trying a wide ranging of
painting, drawing and making activities.
They enjoy making and moving to music.
They enjoy dressing up and being some one new.
They learn about colours.
They learn about materials.
They learn that they can do wonderful new
things.
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