Recognise, manage and express our own emotions

  • Understand our full range of emotions and learn to manage different feelings 
  • Express our needs, wants and interests 
  • Develop a positive sense of self

Opportunity to actively engage in expressive arts and design through play

  • Be imaginative and inquisitive during role play 
  • Develop creativity through art and cultural activities  
  • Confidently engage in sensory exploration

Succeed in becoming independent, confident and active learners 

  • Learn how to dress ourselves, look after our bodies and find our own belongings 
  • Learn to care for others and share resources
  • Develop the skills needed to lead a happy and healthy life

Explore and investigate the outdoor world

  • Enjoy active lives whilst learning about the risks involved in play and how to be safe
  • Develop independence, competence and confidence in outdoor play 
  • Learn about the natural environment and where food comes from

Learn and develop a life-long love of reading

  • Encourage interaction with books through questioning, pointing and touch 
  • Opportunities for children to engage and enjoy songs and rhymes 
  • Actively engage with frequent stories and develop a love for reading

Achieve in a language rich environment, experiencing new words 

  • Develop and engage through back and forth interaction 
  • Be confident sharing experiences and talking about home life 
  • Be able ask and respond to question through gestures and spoken language

Nurture strong and supportive relationships with friends and educators

  • Interact with others and to be able express how we feel 
  • Be able to use our manners to say please and thank you 
  • Feel safe and secure with the nursery environment

Demonstrate a positive attitude towards maths

  • Be able to recognise colours and shapes though play 
  • Develop children's counting and understanding of numbers within the environment 
  • Opportunities provided to develop reasoning and awareness of space

Support our culturally, socially and technologically diverse world 

  • Understand the community and the people around us 
  • Appreciate the diverse cultural society we live in 
  • Be introduced to the technological world 

 

Smiles Make the World a Better Place