Teaching staff may decide to alter the order in which subjects or topics are taught. The curriculum will be reviewed at the end of each academic year.
The National Curriculum in England is structured around three Core subjects (English, Mathematics and Science) and eight Foundation subjects. Schools are also required to teach Religious Education at all key stages. Provision for Personal, Health, Social and Economic education (PHSE) is also made.
Reception and Nursery children follow a Foundation Stage Curriculum which comprises
- 3 PRIME Areas: Personal, social and emotional development (PSED), Communication and language (CL), Physical development (PD)
and - 4 SPECIFIC Areas: Literacy (L), Mathematics (M), Understanding the World (UW), Expressive arts and design (EAD)
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settling In, Autumn | Settling In | Tadpoles and Frogs, Circus Skills |
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| Colour, Christmas | Bears, Spring | Butterflies and Bees, Summer Fun |
| Foundation Stage | Curriculum Subject | |
|---|---|---|
| PSED Making relationships Self confidence Managing feelings |
PSHE | Ongoing development during adult led and child initiated learning. Staff observe/support children as they play. Encourage positive social interaction. Settling in (Sept intake) Establish routines and expectations for happy, well settled, motivated, We regularly tell stories about Brown Muse and White Mouse to illustrate and encourage a growth mindset. |
CL
Listening & attention Understanding Speaking |
Literacy: Speaking and Listening, Understand |
Ongoing development during adult led and child initiated learning. Staff observe/ support children as they play. Books and stories, quiet/cosy book area with cushions/soft toys and puppets, weekly “Show and tell”, role play, Weekly French lesson and Music lessons. |
| PD Moving and Handling Health and self |
PE | Continuous provision: FMS (fine motor skills) dough for rolling, pressing, squeezing, twisting, pulling; paper for cutting, tearing, colouring: variety of tools – scissors, pencils and pens, sellotape dispensers, glue sticks, construction kits etc. GMS (gross motor skills) climbers, tyres, bikes, small PE equipment for throwing, catching, aiming, rolling. Daily “Busy fingers” (FMS). |
| Literacy | Reading and Writing |
Writing area with variety of pens, pencils, papers, rulers, diaries; whiteboards and pens, writing provision in role play (for example, a hospital has appointment book, prescriptions, doctors notes), quiet book area, labels and print in the setting Daily Letters and Sounds activities (7 aspects: 1 environmental sounds, 2 musical sounds, |
| Mathematics | Mathematics | Number rhymes and songs, maths area with variety of resources for counting, patterning, sorting, ordering; puzzles, numbers in the environment including hop scotch; Education City, Numicon shapes Bears topic – focus on measures/size |
| UW People and Communities The World Technology |
Science,
History, Computing, RE |
Celebration: (birthdays, invitations) Christmas: story/St Nicholas/any other cultural celebrations. Belonging (to family, to nursery group) Easter and Mothers day/other Nursery garden, digging area, sand and water with a variety of resources including moulds, sieves, Weekly cooking Environmental area; |
| EAD | Music
Art DT Drama |
Songs and rhymes on CD, with guitar, unaccompanied and on IWB. Singing games, musical instruments, piano signals game. Making area with variety of boxes, papers, collage bits, glues, shaping and joining resources including Colour mixing- dry powder paint Bears topic – make honey sandwiches (focus on tools) Role play area, dressing up, small world play including farm, animals, dolls house, playmobile people, Outside playhouse, bus, prams, buggies and dolls, Bob the builder house with tools for sawing, |