Please see below for our knowledge organisers for each half-term in Nursery and the long-term overview of our curriculum.
Our story will be: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Our rhyme of the week will be: Row, row , row your boat
Our maths work will focus on: Giving and taking 1, 2 and 4
We will also be:
- Enjoying an art workshop, courtesy of START studios
- Celebrating World Earth Day by becoming Superhero Planet Protectors
- Building bridges in the garden with crates, boxes, tubing and other large equipment
Our story will be: The Extraordinary Gardener
Our rhyme of the week will be: The Farmers’ in his Den
Our maths work will focus on: developing pattern and position work
We will also be: talking about the parts of a plant and how they help the plant to grow and thrive, planting broad beans and continuing to develop are understanding of fruits and vegetables.
We will also be learning about the hijab, worn by Muslims.
Our story will be: The Extraordinary Gardener
Our rhyme of the week will be: Mary Mary, quite contrary
Our maths work will focus on: Comparing and sorting collections
We will also be: Talking about colour; colours in the garden, our favourite colours, inventing and creating flowers and plants in craft sessions, discussing what plants need to grow, talking about rainbows, enjoying the outdoors, looking at shadows (weather permitting!).
Our story will be: The Little Red Hen
Our rhyme of the week will be: Insey Winsey Spider
Our maths work will focus on: Giving or taking 1, 2 or 3.
We will also be: Creating our own version of the Little Red Hen, practising the skills needed to make bread, celebrating World Book Day, playing dice games, weaving, making spiders and working out how to get them up the spout!
Our story will be: The Suitcase
Our rhyme of the week will be: Hickory Dickory Dock
Our maths work will focus on: Giving and taking 1, 2 and 3.
We will also be: adding to our suitcases, writing invitations and preparing a tea party for a visitor. We will use a world map to locate places in the world and talk about places we would like to visit. We will also learn about Valentine’s Day and Pancake day!
Our story will be: The Queen’s Hat
Our rhyme of the week will be: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Our maths work will focus on: Using the language of position and direction
We will also be: finding out about London landmarks (and building them using recycled materials) and learning how to programme our Beebot robots.
Our story will be: Stuck in the Mud
Our rhyme of the week will be: Here we go round the mulberry bush
Our maths work will focus on: Accurate 1:1 counting
We will also be: finding out about baby animals, listening for initial sounds and creating some fabulous farm pictures.
Our story will be: The Nativity Story
Our rhyme of the week will be: Our Christmas performance songs
Our maths work will focus on: Recognising and counting out 1, 2 and 3
We will also be: making salt dough decorations, learning about Christian beliefs about Christmas, retelling the Nativity story and following instructions to complete a Santa sack race in the garden!
Our story will be: The Jolly Christmas Postman
Our rhyme of the week will be: Our Christmas songs
Our maths work will focus on: Showing 1, 2 and 3
We will also be: Writing and posting letters to Father Christmas, practising cutting and sticking, learning about the job of a postman, and practising our Christmas performance.
Our story will be: Astrogirl
Our rhyme of the week will be: From now until our performances we will be practising our Christmas songs
Our maths work will focus on: positional language and shapesWe will also be: learning a bit about space and the names of the planets, using metallic paints to create space pictures, carrying out a couple of space experiments and continuing with Fred Talk.