Nursery

SPRING TERM 2026

Personal, Social and Emotional

This term we will continue to talk about our feelings and emotions (zones of regulation), and begin to find solutions to disagreements and problems. We will encourage children to be more independent in their self-care and clothing, for example, putting coats on and doing up zips. We will explore the importance of keeping our classroom a safe place to learn by putting resources away when we have finished, and children will continue to become familiar with ‘Choose it, use it, put it away’.

Communication and Language

 We will sing many rhymes, such as ‘Dear Zoo’, ‘Five Little Man’ and ‘One Potato, Two Potatoes’. We will talk about familiar stories, characters and their actions which will give us the opportunity to express our views on them. Understanding ‘why’ questions will be our focus towards the end of the term, and during group time will we practice speaking in full sentences.

Physical Development

We will continue to develop our gross and fine motor skills with our dough gym and movement sessions, practising using a comfortable pencil grip with good control will help the children make marks and develop control when forming our pre-writing shapes. During our forest school sessions, we will choose the right resources to carry out plans, such as using a spade to enlarge a hole.

Literacy

Ducklings will be reading the stories ‘Dear Zoo’, ‘Stickman’ and ‘Lulu’s Nana Visit’. After half term, we will find out about growing and spring, and we will explore the stories ‘A Good Place’ and ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ This term, in phonics, the children will carry on with general sound discrimination, and play fun games such as counting and clapping syllables in words. Playing the popular ‘Silly Soup’ game will help us spot and suggest rhymes.

Maths

We will explore reciting numbers past 5, and when counting saying one number for each item in the correct order. This term, we will be comparing quantities, weight and length whilst using mathematical language to describe objects and pattern. We will be going on a 2D shape hunt, and we will explore their properties.

Understanding of the World

We will encourage children to explore how things work, and show interest in different occupations. In our garden, we will be planting seeds and caring for them. Children will also explore the life cycles of plants, butterflies and frogs.

Expressive Art and Design

Children will have many opportunities to explore various colours and how to create them. The junk modelling area will help develop their skills to decide which materials to use to express their own ideas.

RE

We will be learning about Chinese New Year, Holi, Eid and Easter.

Reminders

Please remember to label all uniform items. Check the weekly update on Class Dojo for important notices, to find out what we have been learning in class, and what we will be learning the following week.

Trips

Wandsworth Library – Date TBC