Leiston Primary School's Early Years Curriculum

Leiston Primary School Early Years Curriculum Goals

At Leiston Primary School we aim for our learners to leave Early Years having achieved the following curriculum goals:

To make friends and get along well with others.

To see how special we are and work on our own and team goals.

To share what we are thinking and feeling.

To use our bodies in fun and exciting ways.

To enjoy and love reading books.

To learn about numbers and solve tricky puzzles.

To learn about ourselves, our friends, and the world around us.

To use our imagination and think carefully.

Nursery LTP 2024_2025 (1).pdf

Spring Term

Welcome back and a warm welcome to our new Nursery children who have joined us this term.

Over this term will we continue to build on the children's interests as well as introducing the learning theme...

I wonder what happens next...

The possible lines of learning enquiry that we shall explore are:

nursery rhymes
traditional tales
winter time
people who help us
transport
celebrations such as Shrove Tuesday, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Chinese New Year and Easter.

Our end goals this term is for the children to:

To record and perform a nursery rhyme.
To visit/talk to a person whose occupation is to help us.

Sharing Books

The children and the parents who were with us last term will know that we have a Sharing Book that the children can take home and share with their adult at home. The books will be changed weekly so the children will be able to enjoy a range of stories with their adults at home. Please keep the books safe and return them each week so that your child can collect a new one to bring home.

In addition your children have name cards, please support your child at home with recognising their own name.

Learning Intentions from our Early Years Curriculum...

Communication and Language

Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories
Is beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts (e.g. using and, because)

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not immediately met, and understands wishes may not always be met
Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others

Physical Development

Dresses with help, e.g. puts arms into open-fronted coat or shirt when held up, pulls up his/her own trousers, and pulls up zipper once it is fastened at the bottom
Uses one-handed tools and equipment, e.g. makes snips in paper with child scissors

Phonics

Body Percussion
Blending and Segmenting
Rhythm and Rhyme
Alliteration
Voice Sounds
Blending and Segmenting
Environment Sounds

Literacy

Listens to and joins in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups
Sometimes gives meaning to marks as he/she draws and paint

Maths

Develop fast recognition of up to 3 objects without having to count them individually.
Show finger numbers for up to 5.
Say one number for each item in order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total.
Link numerals and amounts (up to 5).
Experiment with their own symbols and marks as well as numerals
Talk about and explore 2D and 3D shapes using informal and mathematical language
Recite numbers past 5
Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total.
Link numerals and amounts (up to 5).
Make comparisons between objects relating to size, length, weight and capacity

Understanding the World

Shows an interest in technological toys with knobs or pulleys, or real objects such as cameras or mobile phones
Talks about why things happen and how things work

Expressive Arts and Design

Sings a few familiar songs
Understands that he/she can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects

Nursery Curriculum Overview Autumn 2024 - I wonder what is special....pdf

Autumn Term

Firstly we would like to warmly welcome our new children to Little Avocets Nursery, along with the children who joined us in Summer and Spring terms last year. It is an absolute delight to have you all in our nursery and we are very much looking forwards to the year ahead.

Over this first term as well as following and building on the children's interests we will be following the learning theme;

I wonder what is special…

Possible lines of learning enquiry that we shall explore are;

ourselves, including birthdays
our families and friends
autumn and harvest
the weather, rainbows
colour
celebrations such as Halloween, Bonfire Night, remembrance Day, Diwali and Christmas

Our end goals this term is for the children to;

To follow a recipe to bake bread or make a cake.
To perform a Christmas play to their grown ups.

Sharing Books

The children and the parents who were with us last term will know that we introduced a Sharing Book for the children to take home and share with their adult at home. Over the next few weeks we shall be introducing Sharing Books once again. The books will be changed weekly so the children will be able to enjoy a range of stories with their adults at home. Please keep the books safe and return them each week so that your child can collect a new one to bring home.

Learning Intentions from our Early Years Curriculum…

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

Is more outgoing towards unfamiliar people and more confident in new social situations
Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing

Communication and Language:

Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them
Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how

Physical Development:

Gains more bowel and bladder control and can attend to toileting needs most of the time himself/herself
Draws lines and circles using gross motor movements

Literacy:

Shows interest in illustrations and print in books and print in the environment
Ascribes meanings to marks that he/she sees in different places
Knows information can be relayed in the form of print

Mathematics:

Uses some number names and number language spontaneously
Shows curiosity about numbers by offering comments or asking questions

Understanding the World:

Knows some of the things that make him/her unique, and can talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends or family
Recognises and describes special times or events for family or friends

Expressive Arts and Design:

Creates movement in response to music
Explores colour and how colours can be changed