Other areas of learning in Nursery include....

Physical

PE day is on a Wednesday for this half term. The children will be taking part in Balanceability balance bike sessions.

Please can all children have a named PE kit in a bag for the days we have other extra sessions.

Computing

Throughout the year we will be planning open-ended activities in a technology rich environment to enable the children to have opportunities to explore, tinker and develop their ideas through active learning. We will provide a range of simple technology resources, these will be available for children to explore through their play and during adult led activities. The resources will include real, play and safe/defunct devices to support children’s understanding of technology in the world. We will promote safe and careful use of resources and understanding of who to tell if any use of technology makes them feel uncomfortable.

Other experiences will include

• exploring programmes and games which require drag and drop skills
• looking at different uses of technology in
  school and at home
• using chromebooks, iPads and Mini
  mash (on Purple Mash).

RE 

RE will be explored partly through short periods of Adult Directed Activities which highlight key festivals, celebrations, religious symbols and religious vocabulary with reference to children’s own experiences and also through the children's own Child Initiated Play.

Each half term the children will have opportunities to explore aspects of the eight key areas of RE listed below.

Children will discover some religious words and ideas in the context of their experiences.

They will:

• share their own beliefs, ideas and values
• listen and respond to a range of stories that engage them, including faith stories
• directly experience religion, its symbols and actions. Engage with artefacts, people and places
• explore local places of importance, including at least one place of significance, for a religious family. They should share their own experiences of places which are important to them
• learn about key figures in their own lives and key members of a local religious group. Listen and respond to visitors from faith communities. Talk about prayer and worship and experience times of quiet and stillness
• explore how people know that they belong to a family and other groups, including religious groups
• experience aspects of the natural world, using their imagination and curiosity about life and develop their appreciation and wonder of the world in which they live. Ask questions that are philosophically challenging and consider answers
• explore some of the ways in which people express care and concern for each other and the importance of this for relationships. They should develop an awareness of their own value and that of others
• understand what is right and wrong and why. Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others.