Curriculum for 2011-2012
Here is an outline of the curriculum for the year, broken down month by month.
August
Events/Topics:
• Settling In
• All About Me
• My Senses
Learning Outcomes:
• To welcome children to the nursery
• To introduce children to the new routines
• To get to know each other
• To encourage children to settle to the new surroundings
• To encourage children to form positive relationship with others
• To pay attention to information and instructions
• To respect the needs and feelings of others
• To enjoy energetic physical activities
• To learn new and familiar songs and rhymes
• To develop their gross and fine motor skills
• To follow rules and safety regulations within the setting
• To find out the world around them using their sense
• To learn to express ideas using their senses
September
Events/ Topics:
• My Feelings
• My Family
• My Home (Shapes)
• Homes and Houses from other countries
Learning Outcomes:
• To continue to develop children’s self-esteem and sense of security
• To learn to express their feelings, choices, and preferences
• To learn to use technologies
• To experiment with colours/shapes in their art craft activities
• To be able to communicate with adults and other children
• To learn to work in groups
• To begin to recognise their names.
• To learn to count and recognise different shapes
• To explore different houses in from other places
• To find evidences that can help them find out the world around them
October
Events/Topics:
• United Nations (flags)
• Halloween
Learning Outcomes:
• To learn basic counting
• To recognise numbers and shapes
• To listen and respond to stories and rhymes
• To make marks in a variety of media
• To explore different flags of the United Nations
• To use verbal and non verbal language during role play
• To corporate the mathematical processes in their play activities
• To use different shapes and colour in making flags
• To enjoy investigating different shapes and be creative with them
• To experiment in imaginative ways to represent the world around them
• To listen and try making music by clapping and using musical instruments
November
Events/Topics:
• Guy Fawkes
• Autumn
• Road Safety
Learning Outcomes:
• To respect and understand other people’s cultural and religious beliefs and festivals
• To feel safe when using fire works
• To understand the safety rules when crossing the road
• To be aware of road safety when out and about
• To use role play to invent situations
• To develop the awareness of the letters of the alphabet and numbers
• To recognise road signs and the importance of road safety
• To be aware of the changes of weather and how it affect our surroundings
• To be creative using different materials
December
Events/Topics:
• Christmas
Learning Outcomes:
• To understand the real meaning of Christmas
• To encourage children to practice good manners like being kind to others
• To be actively involve in a variety of activities like singing and dancing
• To recognise the different purposes of the letters of the alphabet
• To recognise the initial sounds of the letters of the alphabet
• To gain control over their gross and fine motor skills
• To experiment with the variety of media by printing and painting when making Christmas decorations
• To learn to persevere task
• To be independent in caring for themselves
January
Events/Topics:
• Chinese New Year
• Up-Helly-Aa
Learning Outcomes:
• To become familiar of the belief of others
• To gain knowledge on other people’s culture and traditions
• To be aware of the importance of celebration, festivals and customs of other peoples’ religion
• To be aware the different types of evidence that help us learn our environment
• To gain confidence in using books to find interesting information
• To learn to plan and make choices and play cooperatively
• To be aware of our local celebration which is very important to the Shetland culture and history
• To learn a local Viking song
February
Events/Topics:
• Space
• Nursery Rhymes Week
Learning Outcomes:
• To experience the wonder of the world around us
• To recognise the sun, moon, stars and link them to our daily pattern of life
• To be able to recognise simple type of forces and describe their effect
• To enjoy the patterns of sounds of words
• To learn to play socially
• To develop their listening skills
• To have confidence in using ICT in everyday situations
• To enjoy choosing stories and nursery rhymes
• To be able to use chart and help them to makes choices and decisions in their daily routine
March
Events/Topics:
• Dinosaurs
• Mothering Week
• Spring
Learning Outcomes:
• To learn and make connection with the past by exploring events and places of interest
• To learn to investigate different types of evidence that can help them find out the past
• To invent the situations using role play
• To explore how dinosaurs live in the past
• To develop their power of observation using their senses
• To encourage children to care for the environment
• To celebrate important dates for other people
• To be aware of the changes of weather and how it affect our plants and other living things
April
Events/Topics:
• Fairy Tales
• Folk Festival
Learning Outcomes:
• To enjoy selecting and choosing stories and text
• To enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and sharing their thoughts
• To explore interesting materials for writing
• To explore sounds, letters, and words and discovering how they put together
• To take part in conversations and discussions and discover new words and phrases
• To make musical instrument using different variety of media
• To participate the annual Shetland Folk Festival celebration
• To copy simple song and dances
May
Events/Topics:
• Dora the Explorer
• Norwegian Week
• Pets
• Noah’s Arch
Learning Outcomes:
• To evaluate and devise practical solutions to the problems of their work
• To ask relevant questions about the different places of the world
• To be eager to learn more knowledge about the culture and traditions of other in other countries
• To explore Christian stories and becoming familiar with some belief of Christian people
• To care for the living things like plants and animals
June/July
Events/Topics:
• People Who Helped Us
• Olympics
Learning Outcomes:
• To explore and discover the interesting features of our local environment
• To experiment ways such as modelling and drawing to represent the world around them
• To discover the different roles of people play and how they can help us
• To enjoy energetic physical activity
• To have fun with others during our group activities
• To gain knowledge about different sports in the Olympic events
• To explore different sports and learn about them
