Nursery Autumn Term Our School Personal and Social Development, Well-being and Cultural Development The children will be helped to settle into the new environment and introduced to the school rules and traffic light scheme. We will be encouraging the children to use the toilet independently, as well as discussing the need to wash our hands and eat a healthy diet. Our daily snack will be a social time for sharing our food and discussing the days events. Mathematical Development The children will daily recite numbers forward and backward. Counting collections of objects. Develop recognition of numerals and their position and develop number patterns to 5. The language of height, length, size and weight will be introduced as will the naming of 2D shapes. Knowledge and Understanding of the World The children will be talking about themselves, including our senses, what our body can do and how we change. We will be talking about the new school building and watching for the changes taking place. We will be celebrating Harvest and Diwali. We will introduce the Forest School site as part of our study of changes during Autumn. Our visits to Forest School will then continue on a weekly basis. Language, Literacy and Communication We will be developing the children’s speaking and listening skills through a range of activities including stories, rhymes, games and discussions. The language of books will be developed talking about author, illustrator, pages, the difference between pictures and print. Begin to develop strategies for reading where to start reading on the pages and the direction in which we read. Nursery Autumn Term Our School Welsh Language Development The children will be introduced to the Welsh language through our Welsh puppets Doli, Bwni and Tedi. The children will learn the phrases to greet, ask who they are as well as hear incidental language throughout the session Creative Development The children will be given the opportunity to explore and experiment with a variety of materials during structured activities and free play activities. The percussion instruments will be introduced and children given the opportunity to explore the sounds. Physical Development The children will be helped to develop their gross motor skills and coordination through PE activities indoor and outdoor. Their fine motor and manipulative skills will be developed through daily activities such as puzzles, threading beads, etc