The Curriculum
The curriculum of
our pre-school children consists of six areas of learning required by
Ofsted, the government inspecting body. These areas are personal and social
development, language and literacy, mathematics, knowledge and understanding
of the world, creative and physical development. We give priority to personal
and social, language and literacy and mathematical development as required
by Ofsted.
Personal and
Social Development
We aim to –
• Encourage taking turns and sharing
• Encourage children to relate and be sensitive to other cultures
and beliefs
• Encourage confidence and self respect
• Encourage concentration and perseverance
• Encourage children to take initiative
• Encourage personal independence e.g. washing hands, putting on
a coat.
• Encourage children to behave appropriately and to know the difference
between right and wrong
• Encourage children to respond to their emotions
Language and
Literacy
This programme is divided into listening, talking, writing, phonics and
reading. We aim to encourage children to:
Listen
• Listen to stories, songs, music, rhymes and poems
• Listen to instructions
• Listen to adults and other children
• Answer questions after listening to a story
Talk
• Talk to other children and adults
• Talk about their thoughts and their experiences
• Make up stories
• Enjoy imaginative play
• Act out stories read to them
• Work with language cards
Phonics
We teach the children the sounds the letters make through the phonics
programme.
Writing
We encourage the children to express themselves by developing early writing.
We also encourage children with letter formations and writing patterns
as well as using our hand gym.
Reading
Encourage reading we concentrate on a variety of pre-reading activities,
which include
• Lotto games
• Matching pictures and words
• Sequencing
• Flash cards
• Recognizing names and familiar words
• Sharing story books
• Our reading schemes are spiral starters and 123 and away
Mathematical
Development
Help develop mathematical skills we provide practical activities, which
lead to the understanding
• One to one correspondence
• Sequencing and matching
• Sorting
• Pattern making
• Estimating
• Comparing and ordering
• Counting
• Recognizing and understanding of number
• Writing numbers
• Money, measurement, space, shape and time
Knowledge
and Understanding of the World
Achieve development in this area we provide activities and disscussion
time in our topic to cover-
• The children’s families
• Their environment
• Pat and present events in children’s lives
• Studying living things
• Studying natural and man made objects
• Studying patterns and change, similarities and differences
• Observation
• Understanding why things happen and how they work
• Construction using a variety of materials
• Understanding of technology using the computer
Physical Development
Order to develop children’s gross movements and their fine manipulative
skills we provide a range of activities –
• Movement to music
• Balancing and climbing
• Running, jumping, hopping and skipping
• Throwing, catching, kicking and bouncing using balls and bean
bags
• Riding bicycles
• Constructing using soft malleable materials and toys
• Cutting, sticking and threading
• Buttons, laces and zips
Creative Development
In order to develop children’s creativity we give them as many opportunities
to-
• Movement to music
• Balancing and climbing
• Running, jumping, hopping and skipping
• Throwing, catching, kicking and bouncing using balls and bean
bags
• Riding bicycles
• Constructing using soft malleable materials and toys
• Cutting, sticking and threading
• Buttons, laces and zips
Creative Development
In order to develop children’s creativity we give them as many opportunities
to –
• Listen to sounds and a variety of musical instruments
• Make and explore music using musical instruments and percussion
• Explore music through dance and movement
• Use their imagination in role play, dressing up and imaginative
play
• Investigate colour, textures, shapes and fabrics
• Explore printing, drawing and modelling |
