Nursery - Hungry Caterpillar

CURRICULUM FOR Summer 1

This half term our topic is “Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.”

AS READERS

We will be reading books linked to our half term theme, these include “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” “Caterpillars and Butterflies,” (nonfiction) and “Betsy Buglove Saves the Bees.”

We will also retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk using Talk4Writing.

We are working on our speech sounds/articulation, initial sounds and will introduce the RWI sounds.

AS WRITERS

To improve the children’s fine and gross motor skills we will be doing activities that encourage movement of the whole arm.  We have funky fingers daily activities, for example: threading; tweezers; or playdough to strengthen the children’s posture, shoulder and elbow movement, hand grip, pincer, and tripod grip. The children are encouraged to mark make using a variety of different media:  post its, notepads, paper, card etc.

AS MATHEMATICIANS

The children will focus on comparing measures:  height; length; capacity and mass.  They will use vocabulary linked to each one.

We will also sequence routines/growth/life cycles

AS EXPLORERS

This half term we are focusing on growth, we will take the opportunity to plant seeds and learn how to take care of them. We will look at lifecycles of butterflies, plants and bees.  

The children will also discover who St George is and what he represents.

PSED

We have circle times and on the spot opportunities to develop PSED skills. We will also be working on sharing and waiting our turn during games.  Using visuals and our emotional vocabulary, we will continue to work on self-regulation and calming our bodies when we feel angry/sad/excited.   We will also find appropriate ways of being assertive.

PE

Lessons will take place every Tuesday morning with our PE Staff. The children will need to come to nursery wearing their PE kits. No earrings.

HOME LEARNING

Please ensure that you are logged on to Class Dojo so that you can see what your child has been doing. Photos and messages will be posted regularly. Their learning is also displayed in the cloakroom, each child has a section showing their work and any wow speech moments. This is replaced every half term and placed in their learning journal.

A weekly newsletter about next week’s learning and vocabulary is sent out every Friday.

Stay and Plays happen every Friday for 45 mins.  Parents and carers are welcome to come and join their child in sharing a book; crafts; seasonal/celebrations activities; maths/literacy/phonics workshops.