PLANNING
for Week Commencing 26th January & 2nd February 2026
Main Themes – Winter & Positional Language
| Small World Corner & ’Belly Play’ Carpet Using imaginative play & language Understanding the world | Vehicle Table Using fine motor skills with co-operative play & language Using imagination to create scenarios | Home Corner Imitating everyday experiences in role-play scenarios Communicating through language & actions Collaborative interactions with peers Doctors Surgery, Washing Day |
| Construction Tray Using fine/gross motor skills & imagination to build, create & assemble Exploring shape, pattern & size | Puzzles Using critical thinking to match shapes & patterns Using fine motor skills & manipulation to assemble & complete peg, inset & table top puzzles | Understanding the World Experiencing different textures & materials Exploring using descriptive language Finding out about the animals, plants & technology of the world around us Flower Garden & Insects |
| Literacy Table Creative mark-making & early writing Development of tripod grip for control Free drawing & Mark-making Using scissors | Craft Activity Creating with different materials Using fine motor & cutting skills Winter Flowers Craft (snowdrops) | Mathematics Tray Exploring numbers, counting & comparisons Understanding shape, pattern & measures (SL-2026) Understand position through words alone (the bag is under the table – no pointing) (SL-2027) Use spatial words (‘on’, ‘under’, ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘through’) |
| Painting Area Free painting & mark-making Developing brush control Exploring colour mixing Still Life Painting – snowdrops | Malleable Materials Table Manipulating materials using hands, tools & equipment Creative model-making Playdough with various tools, cutters, rollers | Book Corner Handling & exploring story, picture & non-fiction books Listening to, understanding & interacting with stories Developing awareness of rhyme & initial sounds Winter Picture Books & Stories |
CL – Understand a question or instruction that has two parts(SL-2026) : Start to say how they are feeling, using words as well as actions (SL-2027)
Dear parents,
Curriculum Plans
Please see attached our plans for the next two weeks. We have been looking at some beautiful snowdrops flowering and singing our snowdrop song. Have you seen any snowdrops yet ? Point them out to your children and take a photograph and send it on Tapestry – we would love to see them.
Diary dates
Local Elections – Thursday 7th May.
Unfortunately we will be closed on this day as the building is being used as a polling station for the local election. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
Morning start times
We offer start times in the morning of 8am, 8-30 am or 9am, if you would like your child to start earlier than they are booked for please speak to Stephanie or Nicola and we are very happy to accommodate that. Otherwise we respectfully request that you wait outside until the time that your child is booked in. Many thanks.
Naming belongings
Please can all items including hats, gloves, scarves, coats, lunchboxes, water bottles etc and any other items that your child brings in please be clearly named.
Side gate
Please can I remind everyone to shut the side gate as you arrive or leave nursery. This is a very important safety barrier for all of your children and their siblings. Despite many campaigns to introduce traffic calming measures along this stretch of Western Road it remains a very significant safety hazard to us all. Please be vigilant and keep the gate shut AT ALL TIMES.