ToyntonAll Saints Primary School

Welcome toToyntonAll Saints Primary School

Little Acorns

Welcome to Little Acorns Nursery

Our environment offers play-based activities and experiences, providing

excitement and challenge appropriate to children from 3 years+ across

the breadth of the Foundation Stage Curriculum.

We use Tapestry (a secure online learning journal) to record photos,

observations and comments, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum,

which build up a record of your child's experiences during their time with us.

We would really appreciate it if you could also upload your own

observations, photos and videos to enable us to create an even

greater picture of your child's development.

Our EYFS Lead is Miss Gray.

Our Lead Key Worker is Mrs Rymer.

Our Key Worker is Miss Hodgson.

In our class we have 15 children.

We love learning through play, our fabulous classroom and being outside especially in Wild at Heart.

Topics covered in Little Acorns:

	Autumn term		Spring term		Summer term
The 6Rs	RELATIONSHIPS	RESPECT	RESOURCEFULNESS	RISK-TAKING	RESILIENCE	REFLECTION
Core Expectations	To be gentle, to be kind and helpful, to work hard, to look after property, to listen to people and to be honest.
Themes	Marvellous Me	Frozen	Superheroes	Under the Sea	Once Upon a Time….	It’s a Bug’s Life
Enhanced Role Play	Home corner	Arctic Small World	Superhero Cave	Aquarium	Goldilocks /Three Little Pigs House	Pond/Woodland area
Enhancements for learning	Parent’s ‘stay and play’ session Baking bread - Harvest	Halloween Disco Pantomime Nativity Production Santa - visiting	Chinese New Year Valentines Police/Nurse visit	Visit to Skegness Aquarium Easter Egg Hunt In Wild at Heart	Teddy Bear’s Picnic in Wild at Heart	Woodland Walk Snipe Dales Whole School Fun Day
Prime Area of Learning Communication and Language Listening and attention Understanding Speaking	Focus/maintain attention. Interested in playing with sounds, songs and rhymes. Understands ‘who, what, or where’ in simple questions. Responds to simple instructions, the instructions involving two-parts. Share feelings, thoughts and experiences. Use an increasing breadth of vocabulary. Introduce and storyline or narrative into their play.
Prime Area of Learning Physical Development Moving and Handling Health and Self-Care	Fine-motor skills… holding and using jugs to pour, hammer, books and mark making tools. Gross-motor skills… variety of confident movements, space negotiation, speed and coordination. Use simple tools to effect changes to materials. Independent in self-care. Independent dressing, pulls up own trousers, tights etc. Understanding of some safety measures when starting or transporting equipment.
Prime Area of Learning Personal, Social, Emotional Development Making Relationships Listening and Attention Self-Confidence & Self-Awareness Managing feeling and Behaviour	Interested in others’ play and starting to join in (sometimes with support). Demonstrates friendly behaviour. Beginning to share and turn take. Friendly behaviour forming good relationships with peers and adults. Separates from main carer with support from familiar adult. Confidence in new classroom/lunchtime environment. Enjoying responsibility and independence. Talk about self and their abilities in positive terms. Shows understanding and cooperates with some boundaries and routines. Beginning to accept the needs of others. Beginning to negotiate and solve problems without aggression.
Specific Area of Learning Literacy Reading Writing	Beginning to recognise own name. Repeat words or phrases from familiar, stories, rhymes and songs. Look at books independently. Knows that information can be retrieved from books and computers. Distinguishes between the different marks that they make. Sometimes give meaning to the marks that they draw and paint. Writes own name or simple caption.
Specific Area of Learning Mathematics Numbers Shape, Space and Measure	Recites some number names in sequence. Recognises numerals 1- 5. Sometimes matches numeral and quantity correctly. Count objects 10 and then beyond. Notices simple shapes and patterns. Uses positional language. Selects particular named 2D shape.
Specific Area of Learning Understanding the World People and Communities The World Technology	Imitates everyday actions and events from own family or cultural backgrounds in pretend play. Recognises special times and events. Joining in with family customs and routines. Small-World models such as a farm, garage, train track or zoo. Observe and talk about plants, animals, natural and found objects. Looks closely at differences, patterns, change and similarities. Acquires basic turning on and operating of some ICT equipment. Knows that information can be retrieved from computers. Completes a simple ICT programme.
Specific Area of Learning Expressive Arts and Design Exploring and using Media and Materials Being Imaginative	Creates sounds banging, shaking, tapping and blowing. Describes the texture of things. Manipulates material to achieve a planned effect. Make believe by pretending. Resources to support role-play. Creates simple representations of objects, people or event.