The Wider World - Our curriculum is centred around teaching children to gain a greater understanding of what lies beyond their home and nursery surroundings. Various monthly themes will cover a wide range of topics connecting the natural world including birds, trees and animals to our wider curriculum intentions.

Planning also covers various  seasons and enables children to start making comparisons between them. We look at community and local amenities such as the beach, the harbour, forests and parks which will provide an opportunity for children to learn first hand how to connect to and respect our natural environment and local community. Our overall aim is to base teaching on children's individual, unique and existing initial knowledge of the world when they first come to us. We will then help each child to build a far greater understanding and connection to the outside world through tailored support and teaching based on individual needs. Therefore every child's learning journey from their first day with us to their last will be slightly different to the next child's journey as different perceptions create different levels of understanding linked to individual personalities and abilities. Our aim is to narrow gaps in knowledge so that all children on role develop at a strong and consistent rate based on individual circumstances no matter what their initial starting points and knowledge are when they first enrol with us. 

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage framework which incorporates learning across seven areas as listed below. Our strong intention is to embed every area of the EYFS in everything that we do, building a sequence of learning which builds knowledge and skills up over time in order to fully prepare children for life beyond nursery. We also aim to teach them key life skills linked to the concepts of building resilience, strong executive function skills and a solid sense of who they are as a unique person. We promote equality and diversity and challenge if required discriminative practice in a way which lays gentle foundations for children to continue to learn how to navigate life in this big world with a sense of fairness and respect for everybody. ​

We provide a diverse range of play/learning opportunities which are motivated by our desire to promote positive attitudes towards nurturing healthy bodies and minds holistically. We teach children about the importance of keeping safe whilst at the same time enabling supported risk taking so that children accept challenge but also understand the boundaries attached to keeping themselves safe and free from harm.

Planning for our curriculum is based on a mixture of both indoor and outdoor learning connected to our monthly themes with a strong emphasis on links to nature and community.