The children are divided into two groups according to age – The Frogs and Ducklings.
Their day is more
structured. We encourage all children to be independent, disciplined,
build self confidence, and take care of their personal needs wherever
possible.
Their session/day
is divided between their respective schoolrooms, where they concentrate
on pre-school activities in language, numeracy, literacy, environment
studies and science and the creative room where art and craft and imaginative
play, musical activities and concentration work are developed. Regular
opportunities to learn and explore their skills on the computer is provided.
Both groups work
to a chosen theme each term and activities are developed which relate
to the 6 areas of learning as we follow the foundation stage curriculum.
The younger children choose a pre-reading book to take home to share
with their parents, when the individual child has gained the necessary
skills to move onto the next stage, a structured reading scheme is
introduced, books are taken home so that parents can share in their
child’s
growing confidence, as their child learns and understands that script
carries meaning.
In our pre-writing
skills we teach towards cursive, introduce phonics and encourage emergent
and developmental writing skills. We use lower case in all writing exercises,
in preparation for reading and writing.
We concentrate on
number awareness, one to one correspondence and naming of basic shapes,
for our mathematical development.
Each year the nursery
enters in Portsmouth in Bloom, which gives the children an excellent
understanding of recycling, growing and our environment, broadening
their general knowledge as they learn.
All staff working
with the children monitor their progress through observations. This
is noted in their developmental profile and used in the future planning.
Children work with the staff individually to aid or extend them appropriately.
Parents are encouraged to share their children’s progress, through
regular casual discussions with their Group Leader or if necessary
a more formal progress meeting can be arranged.
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