Personal, Social and Emotional Development • • • •
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Learn to wait for their turn Explore different feelings Make new friends Create a positive relationship with their key worker Make good choices Stop themselves from making the wrong choices Separate from carers/ parents Play in a group Respond to what others say and extend play
Physical Development
Moves freely and with pleasure and confidence in a range of ways, such as slithering, shuffling, rolling, crawling, walking, running, jumping, skipping, sliding and hopping
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Role plays will incorporate skills to: Listen to stories Join in with songs and rhymes Understand simple questions Ask simple questions Use language to share feelings and thoughts Use simple sentences Follow instructions Listen to friends
Homework (HWK) A piece of homework will be given out on a Monday for it to be returned on a Friday along with their weekly reading book. It will be an opportunity for you to enhance your child’s learning through the seven areas of development.
Alston Primary School PARENT CURRICULUM INFORMATION What Skills Will My Child Be Developing This Term?
Autumn Term 2015
Year - Nursery Key Workers – E.C, A.A, S.H Expressive Arts and Design • •
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Join in with singing Create sounds by banging, shaking, tapping Explore how sounds can be changed Use movement to express feelings Experiment with different textures and colours Make believe by pretending
Singing Songs related to Autumn and harvest, body parts and ourselves.
Literacy Nursery rhymes – Old Mother Hubbard, Hickory Dickory Dock, Jack and Jill, Mary Mary quite Contrary, Humpty Dumpty, Incey Wincey Spider, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle, Wind the bobbin up. (Rhyme and rhythm activities) Big Books – Ourselves Titch Funny Bones Writing: Talk about the marks they make Give meaning to marks Reading: Choose their favourite rhymes and stories Repeat words from stories and rhymes Hold books the correct way up and turn pages Recognise familiar words and signs **HWK – Nursery’s Little Readers (Weekly)
Maths • • • • • • • •
Says number names Count objects Understand that the quantity will change when something is added in or taken away Match numeral and quantity Notice shapes and patterns in pictures Sort objects by size/ shape Use positional language Think about time related events (breakfast, dinner)
Understanding the World
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Imitate everyday actions Make friends Our own body parts and how to look after ourselves Show interest in the lives of people who are familiar to them Explain why things happen and how they work Play with small world toys Learn how to operate basic ICT equipment Understand that the computer is a source for information