Welcome to our Nursery Class
Silver Class
Class Teacher: Clare Garside
Teaching Assistant: Lynne Grundstoks
Teaching Assistant: Linda McCreadie
Nursery Curriculum Map for 2016-2017
Autumn 1st Half |
Getting to Know Each Other |
Personal, Social and Emotional Development/Communication and Language/Understanding the World |
The themes have been chosen to ensure that there is opportunity to cover all areas of Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
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Autumn 2nd Half |
Autumn is All Around | Personal, Social and Emotional Development/Communication and Language/Understanding the World/Physical Development
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Spring 1st Half | Passport Around the World | Personal, Social and Emotional Development/Communication and Language/Understanding the World /Literacy/Expressive Arts and Design | |
Spring 2nd Half | Jurassic Journey | Communication and Language/Understanding the World /Literacy/Mathematics | |
Summer 1st Half | Under the Sea |
Communication and Language/Understanding the World /Literacy/Expressive Arts and Design |
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Summer 2nd Half | What's Up there? (Space) |
Communication and Language/Understanding the World /Literacy/Mathematics |
At Rockmount Nursery we aim to tailor our topics to suit the children's needs. There will be many varied and exciting activities on offer each day. The children will listen to stories and songs and even enjoy some exercises from a computer program called, '5 a Day'.
Both inside the classroom and in our outdoor learning environment, children will be able to explore and experiment through water play using a variety of equipment including funnels and tubes, water mills, mini nets, bubbles and much more. They will investigate sand; building sand castles and using little diggers in role play activities.
There is also a large creative focus with endless model making possibilities using recycled materials, lots of decorative elements and of course glitter!
Construction is very important in Nursery and children have access to a wide range of construction toys and equipment such as Lego, Duplo, train sets, cars, Tap Tap, 2D and 3D shapes and lots more!
Mark-making is an integral part of Nursery life and children will be provided with opportunities to draw and write throughout the Nursery environment as well as in a dedicated mark-making area, with mini books, stencils, whiteboards and pens and a range of varied mark-making tools.
Mathematics is also key and will be provided through a wide range of exciting counting games, resources and activities.
ICT features throughout the Nursery setting and is used on an individual basis through educational games and programs on desktop computers as well as the use of the Interactive Whiteboard for whole class ICT activities.
Please read our termly curriculum letters for more information.
If you have any queries, please contact the Class teacher or the Learning and Teaching Leader for this phase: Amber Vijayaratnam.
Autumn term
In Nursery we have been having an exciting time, making new friends and settling in.
We have been encouraging and supporting the children to form positive relationships with their new peers and the adults that will be working with them this year. Silver Class have been exploring their new surroundings and engaging in activities from all the areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum.
Take a look at what we have been doing.
Silver Class have been enjoying books...
mark making...
counting...
painting...
creating...
and having fun!
Spring term
We have started the new term by travelling round Silver Class in our 450 bus role play area.
We have been pouring rice and water and using mathematical vocabulary, talking about full, half full and empty.
The children have been working well together, sharing and taking turns
and we are having a lovely time in our learning environment.
Summer term
Silver Class arrived back after the holidays to find pirates in the role play area! We have enjoyed finding treasure and playing in the small world areas.