What is my Child learning?
Earlsmead Primary School - 2 Year old Nursery
Spring term 2024
What is my child learning at school this term?
Personal Social Emotional Development
Children should learn to;
Begin to show ‘effortful control’. For example, waiting for a turn and resisting the strong impulse to grab what they want or push their way to the front.
Be increasingly able to talk about and manage their emotions.
Communication and Language
Children should learn to;
Make themselves understood, and can become frustrated when they cannot.
Start to say how they are feeling, using words as well as actions.
Physical Development
Children should learn to;
Build independently with a range of appropriate resources.
Spin, roll and independently use ropes and swings (for example, tyre swings).
Sit on a push-along wheeled toy, use a scooter or ride a tricycle.
Explore different materials and tools.
Literacy
Children should learn to;
Enjoy sharing books with an adult.
Pay attention and respond to the pictures or the words.
Enjoy drawing freely.
Notice some print, such as the first letter of their names, buss, or door number or familiar logo.
Maths
Children should learn to;
Count in everyday context, sometimes skipping numbers – 1-2-3-5’.
Understanding the World
Children should learn to;
Explore and respond to different natural phenomena in their setting and on trips.
Expressive Art and Design
Children should learn to;
Explore paint, using, fingers and other parts of their bodies as well as brushes and other tools.
Enjoy and take part in action songs, such as ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’.
Start to develop pretend play, pretending that one object represents another. For example a child holds a wooden block to her ear and pretends it’s a phone.
Earlsmead Primary School - Nursery
Spring term 2024
What is my child learning at school this term?
Communication and Language
Children should learn to;
Understand ‘why’ questions, like “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat”?
Sing a large repertoire of songs
Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.
Use longer sentences of four to six words.
Start a conversation with an adult or a friend and continue it for many turns.
Use talk to organise themselves and their play: “Let’s go on a bus…. you sit there…. I’ll be the driver”.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children should learn to;
Show more confidence in new social situations.
Remember rules without needing an adult to remind them.
Understand gradually how others might be feeling.
Physical Development
Children should learn to;
Start taking part in some group activities which they make up for themselves, or in teams.
Match their developing physical skills to tasks and activities in the setting. For example, they decide whether to crawl, walk or run across a plank, depending on its length and width.
Choose the right resources to carry out their own plan. For example, choosing a spade to enlarge a small hole they dug with a trowel
Show a preference for a dominant hand.
Be increasingly independent as they get dressed and undressed, for example, putting coats on and doing up zips.
Literacy
Children should learn to;
Develop their phonological awareness, so that they can: spot and suggest rhymes; count or clap syllables in a word; recognise words with the same initial sound, such as money and mother
Pay attention and respond to the pictures or the words.
Enjoy drawing freely.
Notice some print, such as the first letter of their names, buss, or door number or familiar logo.
Maths
Children should learn to;
Know the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tell you how many there are in total (cardinal principle)
Experiment with their own symbols and marks as well as numerals.
Compare quantities using language: ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’.
Discuss routes and locations, using words like ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’.
Combine shapes to make new ones – an arch, a bigger triangle etc.
Begin to describe a sequence of events, real or fictional using words such as ‘first’, ‘then’.
Understanding the World
Children should learn to;
Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties.
Show interest in different occupations.
Understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant and an animal.
Continue developing positive attitude about the difference between people.
Expressive Art and Design
Children should learn to;
Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them.
Using drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises.
Respond to what they have heard, expressing their thoughts and feelings.
Remember and sing entire songs.