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 Same but Different Too
Our rhyme of the week will be: Incey Wincey Spider
Our maths work will focus on: Exploring patternWe will also be: painting our self-portraits, learning about how we’ve changed since we were babies, finding out about opposites and tapping out rhythms using claves
Our story will be: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Hickory Dickory Dock
Our maths work will focus on: Exploring and using shapesWe will also be: ‘writing’ our own sentences for the story ‘Brown Bear’, using chalk for mark making, building with natural materials, beginning our RE work which will lead up to our Christmas play, and exploring seasonal changes.
Our story will be: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Humpty Dumpty
Our maths work will focus on: Making collections and comparing quantities – more than, fewer than, the same
We will also be: learning how to use scissors safely and effectively and talking about our homes and families
What are we learning about at Nursery next week?
Our story will be: What happened to you?
Our rhyme of the week will be: Mary, Mary
Our number work will focus on: Solving problems – combining sets
We will also be: playing in our ‘ice cream shop’, making some paper dolls, being pirates and building pirate ships!
Our story will be: Splash!
Our rhyme of the week will be: Humpty Dumpty
Our number work will focus on: Comparing items by weight and using the language of ‘heavier’ and ‘lighter’.
We will also be: Learning about reflections, bubbles, and waterproof materials, and the benefits of exercise.
Don’t forget we also have a visit from the dentist on Thursday – please send your signed permission forms in as soon as possible. Our Sports Day is on Friday – we look forward to seeing you there!
Our story will be: The Dot
Our rhyme of the week will be: Twinkle Twinkle
Our maths work will focus on: Exploring and using 2d shapes
We will also be: enjoying Arts Week – making stained glass windows, collaging, sewing, painting, junk modelling, and working as a team on an amazing mural!
Our story will be: The Dot
Our rhyme of the week will be: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Our maths work will focus on: Revising numbers 1-5 – recognising, recording, ordering and accurate counting
We will also be: learning about some famous artists, and talking about what we do and don’t like in some famous works of art, and creating some cards for some special people.
Our story will be: Errol’s Garden
Our rhyme of the week will be: Humpty Dumpty
Our maths work will focus on: Accurate counting, recognising more and fewer, and recording numbersWe will also be: talking about our favourite fruits and vegetables, washing, peeling, chopping and exploring different fruits and vegetables, looking at the art of Arcimboldo and creating our own, and working on rhyme .
Our story will be: Errol’s Garden
Our rhyme of the week will be: The Grand Old Duke of York
Our number work will focus on: Solving problems within 5We will also be: Learning about growing fruits and vegetables, talking about and collaging our dream gardens, visiting the school allotment and making some natural paint brushes.
Our story will be: The Extraordinary Gardener
Our rhyme of the week will be: Little Bo Peep
Our number work will focus on: The number 4
We will also be: writing captions to go with pictures from our story, continuing our work on initial sounds, conducting an experiment to see if plants definitely need water to grow, making posters, and creating our own still-life pictures after looking at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers