Pupils & Classes
Teachers -Mrs Gill, Ms Quinn
TA- Miss Gregory
Spring Term Term 2025:
Communication and language and literacy
Although this has been a shorter half term, it has been full of wonderful experiences for Nursery. We have enjoyed exploring our focused texts Farmer Duck and Daisy and the Egg. We celebrated World Book Day and invited parents in for a Book Talk session. We have been practicing listening carefully and following instructions. In Phonics, Nursery have been practicing alliteration, rhythm and rhyme and have begun oral blending and segmenting.
Maths
In Maths we have continued to learn through Mastering the Curriculum, with a focus on 5 and 6 as well as height and length, mass and capacity. We are becoming brilliant at subitising and being able to show numbers in different ways.
Understanding the World
We have learned all about Spring and have been finding out about the life cycles of a hen as well as learning which animals come from eggs. We know the names of lots of different animals and their young and we had a brilliant time at Smithills Farm meeting all of the different animals such as donkey’s, llama’s and alpaca’s and finding out some interesting facts about them. We have also learned about Online safety!
Expressive Art and Design
We have created some effective prints in paint, playdough and water, using different media including bricks, hands and fingers and natural resources.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children have continued learning through Think Equal and understand that everyone has feelings and they might be different to their feelings and feelings can change throughout the day. They have been learning how to connect their emotions and emotion words to colour (linked to Colour Monster). They have also continued their daily practices of mindfulness and meditation to help them to be calm and happy learners.
Physical Development
This half term we have continued with Write Dance and Dough Disco to focus on strengthening our fine motor skills, as well as continuing to develop our gross motor skills through outdoor play and also making patterns of movement to music.
| TOPIC NAMES |
Understanding the World |
EAD (Expressive Arts and Design |
PSED |
RE |
Physical Development |
Literacy (Reading and Writing) |
Maths |
| Nursery
SPRING
ICT ARTICLE- 17 |
SPR 1: Bears
(ART24,27)
SPR 2: Spring has Sprung (ART 29) |
Textiles- Spr 1
Printing – Spr 2
Music and movement Bear Hunt dance Chinese new year dragon dance Singing songs Making rhythms independently Changing sounds Write dance Drawing Club Dough Disco
Role play- explorers, toy shop, Bear hunt/cave, farm.
Additional- SEE NURSERY CURRICULUM DOC. |
Think Equal
SPR 1: The Colour Poem Mood Meter How we feel Bruised Apple Wally the Wave
SPR 2: Healthy Minds B: I can notice things when I am quiet on the inside Healthy Minds B: Emotions on the inside on the outside Healthy Minds B: Working with emotions in a kind and friendly way I have a plan The Wall
Additional- SEE NURSERY CURRICULUM DOC. |
EXPRESSING: Which places are special and why?
Easter
Holi (Hindu festival)
Values- Forgiveness, compassion and Love |
Gross Motor Skills
§ Continue to develop movement of walking and running § Continue to develop climbing skills § Continue to develop balancing skills § Learn to hop § Begin to learn to skip § Continue to develop riding skills § Continue to develop ball skills § Use large muscle movements § Begin to remember some sequences and patterns of movement related to music and rhythm § Begin to take part in some group team activities § Begin to match developing physical skills to tasks and activities in setting § Choose the right resource to carry out chosen plan § Begin to collaborate with others to manage large items
Fine Motor Skills § Show preference a for a dominant hand § Continue to learn to use a knife and fork § Increase independence getting dressed and undressed § Use a range of one-handed tools and equipment § Continue to develop a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils.
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Phase 1 Phonics / Reading
§ Continue to develop phonological awareness ð Join in with P1 activities, aspects 1 to 7 – Listen, remember & talk about different sounds: □ Environmental □ Instrumental □ Body Percussion – Rhythm and rhyme: develop awareness of words that sound the same – Tune into alliterative words, begin to identify / hear some initial phonemes in words – Explore and begin to talk about different voice sounds – Begin to participate in oral blending/segmenting activities – Clap syllables in own name § Begin to engage in conversations about stories and non-fiction texts, learning new vocabulary § Continue to develop an understand the five key concepts about print: ð Handle books carefully & correctly ð Name some book parts …. title / blurb ð Print has meaning – recognise some new logos ð Begin to understand what a word / letter is … letter / word ð Follow print left to right and begin to use 1:1 correspondence ð Know where to start reading … first § Read own name without visual support Writing § Begin to use some print / letter knowledge in writing ð Symbols – lines / circles ð Recognisable letters ascribe meaning ð Left to right directionality / point to directionality ð Top to bottom directionality § Begin to engage in purposeful mark marking § Attempt to write name, using name card, with some recognisable letters, some correctly formed
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SPR 1: Number 3
Number 4 Number 5
SPR 2: Number 6 Height and Weight Mass Capacity
Additional – SEE MASTER THE CURRICULUM Planning |
Homework Leaflet- Homework leaflet
