Communication and Language
Intent
Children will enjoy communicating to each other and also members of staff, through gesture and body language, Makaton, using single words and moving on to simple sentences.
We hope to develop our children's interest in books and listening to stories, singing nursery rhymes, and joining in with some actions gaining the ability to pay attention and stay focussed on whatever activity they are engaged in.
We will help our children develop a sense of understanding, they will start to respond to simple instructions and understand and respond to simple questions.
Implementation
- Story time/ Song time
- Focused games to encourage speech
- Role play
- Sharing a story
- Adult led conversations
- Language building/adding new vocabulary/ echoing speech back
- Narrative play
- Going home bags
- Lending Library
Impact
By creating a language rich environment, our children will learn to communicate and interact effectively with people in the world around them. They will be able to speak clearly and understand speech and sounds, share thoughts and ideas and communicate their needs. They will develop acceptable social skills and be able to form connections and friendships with others.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Intent
Our children will be happy to come to preschool and will feel safe, building strong relationships with familiar adults developing the confidence to explore all the areas in our setting and all the opportunities we provide.
The children will gain confidence in themselves and enjoy playing alongside other children, joining in group activities sharing resources and eventually making friends.
Our children will feel safe and valued in our setting enough to express their feelings and express their wants and needs, and begin to understand and cooperate with boundaries.
Implementation
- Home Visits / settling sessions
- Information sharing with parents
- Clear routines and boundaries
- Behaviour management Choice making
- Promote self-help and independence
- Staff support and value children's efforts
- Explore emotions through stories and chat
Impact
Our children will feel valued and supported by the important people in their lives and will develop skills to help them interact with others, form positive relationships and good friendships, they will have confidence in their own abilities and developed a positive sense of self and cooperation. These will all provide a secure platform from which our children will achieve at school and in later life.
Physical Development
Intent
Children will enjoy moving and climbing in a variety of ways with skill and confidence, they will develop manipulation and control when using resources for tipping, filling, rolling, digging and building and develop a secure grip for using mark making resources.
Children will learn to become independent at snack and lunch time, using utensils with minimum mess.
They will learn how to put their own coat and shoes on and will become Independent when using the toilet.
Implementation
- Spacious environment for free movement
- Outdoor area
- Wheeled toys
- Sand/water play opportunities
- Construction area
- Play dough activities
- Creative play/arts and crafts
- Experienced staff for encouraging and developing self-help and self-care skills
Impact
By providing our children with repeated and varied physical opportunities and developing their fine and gross motor skills and also their self-help and care skills we will provide a foundation to help them lead a happy, healthy and active life.
Literacy
Intent
Reading
Children will listen to stories from books with interest, will choose books independently and who will participate at song time with enjoyment.
Writing
Children will be enthusiastic about exploring and using mark making resources and children will be encouraged to start to give some meaning to the marks they make.
Implementation
Reading
- A well-resourced and attractive book area
- Song time/story time
- Children's own story books
- Story Sacks / Lending Library
- Staff - confident story tellers and singing rhymes
Writing
- Well-resourced mark making boxes in all areas.
- Mark making opportunities / activities, in all areas of the setting
- Experienced staff to encourage mark making development
Impact
Reading
By introducing books, stories, songs and rhymes to our children we hope to stimulate their imagination and understanding of the world. We hope to develop their language and encourage good listening skills.
Writing
By introducing and encouraging mark making we hope to develop our children's hand eye coordination and fine motor skills in readiness for holding pens/pencils for writing.
Mathematics
Intent
Number
Children will join in with number songs, say some numbers in sequence and use some number names in their play.
Shape, Space and Measure
Children will recognise some daily routines, children are able to match objects by shape,
colour and size, enjoy puzzles boards and jigsaws and can use simple language relating to size and shape.
Implementation
Number
- Number songs at song time
- Counting in daily tasks
- Counting in children's play
- Numbers around the room
Shape, Space and Measure
- Matching
- Shape, size, colour, sorting activities
- Block shapes for building
- Books about colour, shape and size
- Clear and simple guidelines from staff on our preschool routines
Impact
Number
By giving our children opportunities and experiences with numbers and counting on a regular basis we will guide them towards learning that numbers have meanings.
Shape, Space and Measure
By giving our children opportunities to explore shape, space and measure we are helping to develop their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.
Understanding the World
Intent
We intend to develop our children's curiosity about what they see in the environment, how things work and grow and help them make connections within the community.
We will encourage the children to tell us about their friends and families and share any experiences they have had at home. Our children will develop positive attitudes and be accepting of differences.
Implementation
- Exploring the local area (looking at plants/animals)
- Baking
- Celebrate cultural events and festivals
- Range of diverse props, dolls, jigsaws, books
- Mechanical toys/ windup toys/ friction toys
Impact
Enabling our children to investigate, explore and ask questions about their learning environment helps the children communicate, Interact and relate learning to themselves and their own lives.
The children will have a good sense of similarities, differences and diversity helping them make sense of the world around them and preparing them to play an active role as an informed and responsible adult.
Expressive Arts and Design
Intent
We will support the development of the children's imagination and creativity, the children will have opportunities to recreate experiences from home and engage in pretend play, they will enjoy moving to music, making sounds with musical instruments and learning and singing songs and rhymes.
The children will enjoy the process of using a variety of materials and techniques, telling us about what they have created if they choice to create something and be able to give some meaning to the finished item.
Implementation
- Role play toys
- Small world toys
- Song time
- Music area
- Listening Area
- Painting
- Malleable dough/Clay/Foam
- Junk modelling
- Arts and crafts (different materials and textures)
Impact
By supporting our children to explore a wide range of media and materials as well as providing the children with opportunities to share thoughts and interests through a variety of ways such as art, colour, texture, music, movement, singing, dance and role play we will help them understand their own ideas, feelings, make choices and help them interpret what they observe, hear and respond to.