Our Curriculum
At Secret Garden we want the children to Grow, Explore and Discover throughout their time in nursery. Supporting their learning through open ended play linked to their interests and choices.
Grow
Your physical potential is limitless
- Knowledge of own body and what shapes a healthy lifestyle
- Enjoying being physically active
- Using a variety of tools to develop fine and gross motor skills
You have a voice
- To confidently communicate needs, interests, thoughts and ideas
- Be an active contributor within my nursery room
- Show an appreciation for my friend's thoughts and feelings
To have a strong sense of self and well-being
- Be a kind and caring member of the community
- Be able to recognise and manage a range of emotions
- Being responsible and independent with my own self care
Explore
Have an Appreciation of your senses
- To use our senses to widen opportunities and curiosity about the world around us
- Be open to experience a variety of textures, materials, sounds, tastes and smells
- Understand how to use our senses to support self-regulation
Embrace a love of the outdoors
- Understanding growth, change and the effects on the environment
- Be able to follow and understand outing boundaries
- Being able to initiate and lead their own learning with open ended resources
Be an advocate for your own learning
- Taking and managing risks
- Take on challenge's, new experiences and be proud of accomplishments
- Be a reflective learner
Discover
Experience your creative potential
- Use a variety of resources to create and explore
- Engage independently on imaginative play in a range of contexts
- Being independent in accessing opportunities within a range of environments
Develop a love a literature
- Enjoy listening to, reading and retelling favourite stories, songs and rhymes
- embrace and explore real life experiences
- Express ourselves through a range of media
Begin to understand you are part of a wider world
- Join in with and embrace other cultures and beliefs
- Know what is important to us, our family and what makes us unique
- How I can make a difference in the world
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