Nursery Lead: Miss Atkin

 Teaching Assistant: Miss Stobbs

Here is some useful information about each half-term topic:

Autumn 1 - All About Me!

Autumn 2 - Let's Celebrate

Spring 1 - Stories

Spring 2 - Shapes Are Everywhere

Summer 1 - In the Garden

Summer 2 - People Who Help Us

Literacy:

Our focus books this year may include:

• My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh
• Titch
• The Journey Home From Grandpa's
• Stickman
• The Gruffalo
• Elmer
• We're Going on a Bear Hunt
• Jasper's Beanstalk
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Supertato
• Barry the Fish With Fingers

We will develop sound awareness throughout the year through:

• Exploring environmental sounds, voice sounds and musical instruments
• Exploring alliteration and rhyming pairs
• Exploring oral segmenting and blending

We will develop mathematical skills through:

• Counting collections of objects
• Subitising with objects
• Comparing groups of objects using the vocabulary "more" and "fewer"
• Representing numbers with marks and our fingers

We will develop our understanding of the world through:

• Exploring the natural world around us and seasonal changes
• Celebrating different festivals and cultural events
• Investigation the life cycles of plants and animals
• Baking and cooking related to our learning