The Nursery Curriculum
The curriculum is planned across the Areas of Learning and Experience and is based on the children’s interests and learning needs, encompassing the learning outcomes identified by the DfES and supporting children in achieving as much as they can.
The main Areas of Learning and Experience, in which we provide many opportunities for your child to develop, are:
Personal, Social and Emotional DevelopmentSpiritual and Moral Development
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative and Aesthetic Development
“Learning is holistic and for the young child is not compartmentalised under subject headings.”
Early Childhood Education: The Early Years Curriculum Group
Each Area is comprised of the following elements:
| Knowledge: | facts, information, ideas and concepts |
| Understanding: | demonstrated by the ability to classify, organise, and apply knowledge, and by the ability to predict |
| Skills: | the capacity or competency to perform a task or activity |
| Attitudes: | expressions of values and personal qualities which determine behaviour in a variety of situations |