Topics and Areas of Learning

This area involves us helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves and others by:

- Forming positive relationships and developing respect for others

- Developing social skills

- Learning how to manage their feelings

- Understanding appropriate behaviour in groups

- Having confidence in their own abilities

Physical development involves opportunities for our children to be active and interactive and to develop their co-ordination, control and movement. Children are helped to understand the importance of physical activity and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

We have an outside space and a garden area where our children have the opportunity to develop their physical development skills.

In this area of learning we encourage children to link sounds and letters and begin to read and write. Children are given access to a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interest.

Rising Stars choose a reading book given every week and we also organise trips to the local library.

Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems and to describe shapes, spaces and measures. 

This area involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

This area involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, dance, role play and design and technology.