Starry Night

Nursery explores the differences in the world at night compared to during the day. It teaches children about the importance of a good night’s sleep, and helps them to discover what is happening in the world while they are sleeping, including finding out about nocturnal animals.

Communication and Language Development - Nursery class have been comparing photos of day and night time and discussing the differences they can see. During the day there is sunlight. At night there is no sunlight so the sky is dark.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development - .Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others. Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices.

Physical Development-  Chooses right resources to carry out his/her own plan.Uses one handed tools and equipment.

Mathematics - Explore length, height, weight and capacity in their play and begin to use language associated with this with support, such as long, short, tall, heavy, light, full and empty.

Literacy - Begin to talk about the main events and principle characters in stories, using props and materials for role play

Understanding the World - 

Uses all their senses in hands on exploration of natural materials. Talk about what they see using a wide range of vocabulary.

Expressive Art and Design - Can create closed shapes with continuous lines and is beginning to use these shapes to represent objects.

Talk4Writing -Peace at Last

RE- Advent/ Christmas - why do we celebrate birthdays?