Newhey Community Primary School

Throughout the seven areas of learning, this half term Nursery will be exploring 'All about me' and 'People who help us'. Some of the texts that we will be reading are 'Charlie and Lola -I'm much too small to go to school,' 'Peace at last' 'Lunch Time,' that links to healthy eating and 'The big Sea.'

During our Phonics we are looking at environmental sounds all around us. We will be encourging the children to identify familiar sounds such as a bird, plane, traffic etc, this also develops the children's understanding of question words including; ''who, what, where and why' etc.

In our outdoor learning this term, we will be giving the children the opportuniy to practice their gross motor skills including; balancing, kicking, throwing, rolling and catching balls etc. They will also be practicing their fine motor skills including; painting, marking with a range of materials. The children will also be encourgaed to participate in games that promote turn taking .

We will be spending lots of time outdoors as we find this is the time when many children thrive and are able to express themselves the most.  This time also provides fantastic opportunities for language development when children are exploring and investigating their outdoor environment.