Our Autumn 1 Journey
Curriculum Overview Autumn 1
Please take some time and have a look at our Curriculum Overview for this half term.
Settling in
Over the last couple of weeks we have focused on settling into the Tadpoles Room and routine. The children have enjoyed exploring all areas of the room and taking part in all of the learning opportunities provided. We have been busy making new friends, meeting our teachers and settling into a routine. Take a look at some of the things we've been up to during the first few weeks of Autumn 1!
Goat Goes to Playgroup/ Monkey & Me
Our Focus Texts this half term are Goat Goes to Playgroup, Monkey and Me and So Much. They focus around transitions and settling into new settings. We have spoke lots this half term about change and our feelings around change and new places! We have looked at Goats experience when starting Playgroup; through provision based activities and group times we have made links to Goats experience and how he feels.
Exploring the Tadpoles Room
The children have spent the half term getting to know the Tadpoles room and exploring all of our areas within the room. We have explored new learning opportunities provided through the different areas and have embraced everything our room has to offer. Take a look at some pictures of us getting busy in the different areas of our indoor and outdoor provision!
We love to use the outdoor construction area to stack to blocks. We love to play in the sandpit outside, creating sandcastles, scooping, filling and emptying the sand from buckets. We use the large chalk board to develop our Fine Motor Skills, creating both large and small marks!
The home corner is a popular place in the Tadpoles Room. The children enjoy making food, caring for the dolls and caring for each other.
We love exploring which marks we can make in the creative area. The children have access to paint, crayons, pencils, glue and resources they can create beautiful pieces of artwork with!
The water area is a great play for the children to learn about the world of pouring, filling, emptying and experimenting with different materials.
Launching Laulau and Dough Disco
This half term we launched our Laulau interventions into our weekly planning. Laulau supports the development of Fine Motor skills and also encourages singing through movements. It combine musical and visual expression, drama and movement, games and interaction to support cross-curricular learning as well as social and emotional development.
Here are some pictures from our first Laulau intervention, the children made some amazing marks and did some beautiful singing!
In Tadpoles this term we have launched our Dough Disco interventions. Dough Disco helps to strengthen children's fine motor muscles and brain development.
The children have enjoyed using the dough to make different movements with their hands, whilst having a little boogie!
