Carmichael Nursery School is a non-denominational culturally diverse establishment. We aim to cater for the individual needs of your child in a bright, busy, secure, happy and stimulating environment – conducive to learning through play and exploration. This will support child on their journey to be a successful leaner, effective contributor, responsible citizen and a confident individual.
Using ‘The Curriculum for Excellence’ guidelines under the banner headings of Health and wellbeing, Literacy and Numeracy, the school aims to allow your child to develop in the following ways:
Literacy and English
- Emphasis on the acquisition and further development of your child’s language
- The need for clear communication skills
- The enabling of your child to express their needs
- Language specific to number, writing skills and preparatory reading skills
- Listening to language with enjoyment through stories, poetry and singing
- Developing listening skills to enable your child to carry out tasks
- Playroom activities planned specifically to include appropriate language
- Specific language used to illustrate the relevant theme or topic translated through role play
- Enjoy books
- Recognise the written word
- Express feelings through role play, puppets and recall.
Physical Wellbeing
- Co-ordination and balance of the body
- Body awareness and the need for a healthy body
- Development of fine motor and manipulative skills
- Enjoying physical activities
- Expressive movement to music
- Co-operation with others in physical play
- Spatial awareness
- Safe use of tools and apparatus from scissors to soft play,
- Outdoor play or energetic play
- Establishing laterality.
Emotional Literacy and Social Wellbeing
- Learning to be independent, confident and self assured
- Learning to share, work with others and take turns
- Developing consideration towards others
- Being able to articulate feelings and needs to both adults and peers
- Personal care, safety and independent learning
- Express feelings and develop the ability to talk about them.
Religious and Moral Education
- The importance of cultural and religious festivals of others in the community
- Learning to share, play fair and care.
Expressive Arts
- Expression through pictures, paintings and models
- Listening and responding to music, rhymes and songs
- Making music
- Use of role play and puppetry
- Participation in singing time, including actions and movement.
Numeracy and Mathematics
Building on existing skills in the following areas:
- Number
- Shape
- Pattern
- Colour.
Sciences
- Observation and problem solving
- Questioning, discussing and reasoning
- Use of senses
- Understanding physical properties
- Becoming fully familiar within the nursery setting and local environment
- Being aware of the purpose of a variety of tools.
Technologies
- Becoming familiar with computers and their uses
- Becoming familiar with a diversity of cultures
- Becoming familiar with people who work in the school and the community
- Care of living things
- Develop a love of natural beauty and a sense of wonder of the world.
Through the ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ a broad based and integrated curriculum is implemented in this nursery school setting, where we aim to assist your child’s development with both life and educational skills.
Through this play-based environment, after your child has completed their nursery education, their transition to your chosen primary school should be made seamless with ease and confidence.