Our Curriculum Ambitions

These ambitions are designed as part of our continued curriculum development for our setting by our highly experienced and knowledgeable staff team and to reflect our provision, cohort and community.

 

Curriculum Ambition Core Skills

To build friendships and enjoy sharing and making up games.

Linked to PSE sequence for learning

 

 

  • To play collaboratively with others
  • To make up a game with a friend and keep it going
  • To understand and talk about feelings and emotions
  • To have and add ideas and consider those suggested of others

To make up a story and tell a friend

Linked to Communication and Language ambitions and core texts

 

  • To enjoy a range of books, stories, poems and rhymes
  • To talk about and recall familiar stories/texts
  • To tell their story to a friend

To learn to care for a living thing

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  • To talk about growth/change and lifestyles
  • To understand what a creature/plant needs to live

To combine and create with a wide range of materials

 

 

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  • To independently select materials /resources for their purpose
  • To use a range of joining techniques
  • To be able to select and use the most appropriate type of glue 

To build a structure/model using blocks, loose parts or other materials 

 

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  • To be able to select and use a wide range of materials and resources
  • To seek help from others 
  • To talk about what they are doing, give instructions, explain and reason 

To bake a cake or biscuit independently

 

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  • To understand hygiene and self-care
  • To be able to handle ingredients and manipulate tools independently
  • To follow a recipe or instruction

To move and use large physical equipment with confidence 

 

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  • To be able to hold body weight and have strong core balance 
  • To have good spatial awareness
  • To be able to ride a balance bike or tricycle  
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