Nursery (0-2yrs) Curriculum

Developing strong and clear communication is a team effort between the children, their parents, and their teachers. Responding to their names, language, and simple requests are incredibly important as your child grows older and gets ready to transition into preschool.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• To understand and respond to their names, simple requests and basic interaction.
• To understand and follow storylines, and enjoy the stories and rhymes we have in the Nursery.
• To learn how to interact with books and respond to stories through illustrations.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Mat times that incorporate board stories and storybooks.
• Reciting Nursery rhymes and speaking to the children clearly and affectionately, using their name whenever possible.
• Role Modelling the use of books and writing their name on their artwork.

Creating routines for young children can be tough at the best of times, especially when introducing them into preschool. That’s why we work with our parents to make sure we are supporting any home routines to make creating these routines easy.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• Create a warm, welcoming environment that allows the children to feel comfortable and safe while at school.
• Respond to individual children’s needs and maximize the level of care they receive.
• Provide predictable and consistent events such as mat times, meal times and nap times.
• To work in tandem with our children’s parents to reflect their practices and routines at home to help remove uncertainty and change.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Working with parents to match their home routines at preschool to the best of our abilities.
• Use the primary care model of nursery care, allowing our teachers to become familiar with individual children and learn their individual needs.
• Provide consistent and predictable events in a safe and welcoming environment.
• Care for our children with love, compassion and respect.

Imagination is one of the strongest tools of communication and learning that children have at an early age. By replicating events that they see at home and exploring the use of props, language, and other toys, children are often able to understand their world better. We love to encourage this play and see the children develop this individually and in groups.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• Encouragement of imaginative play using a wide variety of props and toys.
• To develop strong individual and cooperation play behaviors and communication.
• To explore and grow confident with their own sense of creativity and have fun doing so.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Providing access to a wide range of multi-gendered props and encouraging creative and dramatic play.
• Encouraging children to play independently and together, in a wide variety of storylines and situations.
• Taking part and playing with the children to allow them to grow confident in their own dramatic and creative abilities.

Manipulative play leads to the development of cognitive and concentration skills, both important in our world. We do our part to provide exciting puzzles and toys to allow the children to improve their motor skills, develop problem-solving skills and enjoy doing so.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• To develop a strong sense of curiosity and problem-solving skills.
• To improve concentration span and a sense of determination, as well as the sense of achievement once they solve the puzzle.
• To use a variety of toys and equipment to expand their comfort zones and independent confidence levels and teamwork.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Providing a wide range of exciting and enticing puzzles, toys and challenges that capture attention and provide a rewarding sense of achievement once completed.
• Guidance from teachers in both individual and group environments, as to provide extra encouragement, suggestions and other guidance.
• Appreciation, compassion and congratulations when they achieve their goals and complete these puzzles.

To develop control and confidence in their bodies and movement, our children enjoy free movement in and around the nursery. We pride ourselves on having an outstanding outside environment that allows children to explore while remaining safe. With obstacle courses, bikes, and other toys, there is always something new to play with.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• Developing confidence in their own actions and body movement.
• Developing their agility, mobility, and balance.
• To grow and appreciate the outdoor environment and outdoor play.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Creating a unique and engaging environment outside using tunnels, obstacle course equipment, bikes and other toys.
• Watching over and engaging children in safe but creative play

Developing a child’s sensory skill set through play is a great way to develop a sense of curiosity and improve their dexterity. Children use these senses to determine how to react to new people and environments, making it an important part of their education. We like to start this development in the nursery through intriguing, fun playtime opportunities.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• Developing an understanding of different materials, objects and environments.
• Exploration through touch, taste, smell, sight and sound, resulting in the development of their curiosity.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Messy play with sand, water, playdoh, baking, and cooking.
• Role modelling and encouragement from teachers

Developing a child’s sensory skill set through play is a great way to develop a sense of curiosity and improve their dexterity. Children use these senses to determine how to react to new people and environments, making it an important part of their education. We like to start this development in the nursery through intriguing, fun playtime opportunities.

Our goals for children’s learning in this area are:

• Developing an understanding of different materials, objects and environments.
• Exploration through touch, taste, smell, sight and sound, resulting in the development of their curiosity.

We provide these opportunities through:

• Messy play with sand, water, playdoh, baking, and cooking.
• Role modelling and encouragement from teachers