Albury & Puller Nursery & Primary Schools

Meet the Team

Important Information - Planning and Timetable 

 Weekly Timetable

 Reception Medium Term Plan

autumn 1 mtp reception v 1.pdf

 Nursery Medium Term Plan

autumn1 nurserymtp.pdf

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
  Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  We have weekly PSHE lessons using the 1Decision scheme. 

  We are using 1decision Early Years resources to meet the needs of Personal Social & Emotional Development in early years. The children will meet Blue Dilemma drops, Green Dilemma drops, Pink Dilemma drops, Purple Dilemma drops, Red Dilemma drops and Yellow Dilemma drops. Each of the Rainbow Drops face a range of dilemmas like feeling scared, learning to share, worry and adjusting to change, road safety, making friends, etc. Children will be involved in group discussions to share their ideas on how to help the Rainbow Drops. These group discussions will help children understand and develop their Personal, Social and Emotional needs.

  We also have daily circle time to discuss anything that has happened that day to ensure children know they are in a safe and secure space where they can talk about how they feel and express their opinions. 

• Communication and Language
  Communication and Language

  We have regular communication and language sessions including show and tell, rhyming games and role-play. We model good communication and language skills regularly through adult - child interactions. 

  We assess the children using the NELI tracker and support children to make good progress where needed. 

• Physical Development
  Physical Development

  We have a weekly PE session that follows the Get Set 4 PE scheme of work.  We also go on regular wellie walks in the local area.

  We provide the children with many fine and gross motor skills activities and work on pencil control and scissor skills.

  The children are encouraged to be as independent as possible when changing clothing and shoes as well as putting their coats on themselves. 

• Literacy
  Literacy

  The reception children follow a programme called Read Write Inc. Children will learn the first 40+ sounds and start to blend these sounds into words. They will then to move on to learn to read the same sounds but with alternative graphemes, eg play, rain.

  In the summer term Nursery children will start learning about initial sounds following the Read Write Inc scheme of work. They will also be engaged in activities to develop their understanding of rhythm and rhymes, alliteration, identifying and distinguishing different sounds; environmental sounds, instrumental sounds and voice sounds.

  We also have focus books in Literacy linked to the topic in each half term. 

• Mathematics
  Mathematics

  In Nursery and Pre School, we develop children's understanding of number, shapes and measures by exploring through play and focussed activities like, measurement and counting in cooking, shapes and patterns in art, numbers and signs all around us, etc. Children are introduced to the concepts of mathematics through their experiences with concrete objects and pictorial representations. 

  In Reception class we follow Power Maths.

  Numbers to 5:

  In this unit, children will learn to count reliably to 5 and recognise the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. They will begin to recognise different representations of numbers up to 5, such as those shown in a five frame and on dice, and to understand that even if the order or arrangement changes, the number stays the same.

  Comparing Groups Within 5

  In this unit, children will be introduced to the language of more and fewer by comparing groups of up to 5 objects presented in different ways, including dice formation. They will also learn that groups of objects can have the same amount in them, even if they look different.

  Change within 5 

  In this unit, children will learn how to find one more and one less than a number within 5 in the context of a first, then, now story structure. They will use pictures, objects and a five frame to show what is happening.

  Number Bonds Within 5 

  In this unit, children will progress from finding one more and one less within 5 and putting objects into two groups, to using a part-whole model to represent the groups and the bonds to 5.

  Shape and Space

  In this unit, the focus is on describing and comparing 3D and 2D shapes. Children will be introduced to shapes and their properties with a focus on rolling and stacking with 3D shapes and viewing 2D shapes in different orientations. Children start by using positional and directional language to describe where an object is. This unit introduces positional language and the names and some of the key properties of common 2D and 3D shapes. These are important building blocks for the concepts of shape and space children will meet later in KS1 and KS2. Spatial awareness supports all aspects of maths and familiarity with shape builds confidence prior to using the mathematical properties and language met in KS1.

   Exploring Patterns

  This unit focuses on looking at patterns. Understanding pattern is one of the main foundations of all mathematics learning. When children are investigating patterns and their representations, they are forming valuable understanding that will enable them to make links in more complex mathematical concepts, such as the understanding of how numbers work and algebra.

  Adding by counting on

  This unit focuses on counting forwards from a given number in order to add. Counting on is far more efficient than some of the other methods of addition, therefore children need to become familiar and confident with this strategy.

• Understanding the World
  Understanding the World

  Knowledge and Understanding of the World relates to children's everyday lives, their homes, families, other people, the local environment and community, and the wider world.  There are three main areas in this area of learning -

  • Places and people (Geography)

  • Time and people (History)

  • Myself and other living and non-living things (Science)

  Through different types of play, active, and experiential learning opportunities as well as practical activities, children will be provided with meaningful experiences. These will stimulate their senses as well as encourage them to ask questions, explore and wonder at their environment. They will undertake investigations that engage their interests, and develop awareness of the beliefs and views of others.

   

• Expressive Arts and Design
  Expressive Arts and Design

  Exploring and using media and materials - children will sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them. They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

  Being imaginative - children will use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes. They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through the range of opportunities. provided, both during adult led and child initiated sessions. 

  Children are provided opportunities to experiment with different materials, textures and art resources. We also have weekly music lessons following the Charanga scheme of work.

• RE
  RE

  Our RE topic for this summer term is Salvation. Children will be looking at what the Bible says about the last days of Jesus' ministry on Earth, from Palm Sunday to Jesus' resurrection. They will be learning about the importance of the cross and why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden. We will be studying Easter symbols and customs connected to Jesus' death and resurrection that lie at the heart of the Christian Easter celebration.

What we are learning this half term

This term we will be learning through our topic 'Me and my world, all about me'. 

NELI

We are delighted to be able to offer the NELI programme at Puller Memorial School.

As part of this DfE funded programme schools have been provided access to a tablet-based assessment called LanguageScreen. 

LanguageScreen is a short (approx. 10 minutes) fun activity for children which gives useful information about children’s language skills. This assessment is used at the beginning to help schools decide who may benefit most from receiving the NELI intervention and again at the end of the school year to see how children’s language skills have benefited from the programme.

Information for new Parents 

Home Learning

 Homework