1. Early Years
  2. Understanding the World
  3. Breadth

Breadth

Nursery 3-4 Years Old

  • Re-reading familiar books to begin to predict what comes next in the story.
  • Who is in our family and what do we celebrate?
  • Exploring the local area and talking about where we live.
  • Exploring outdoors, what can we find in the environment?
  • Joining construction toys together.
  • Answering questions, what do you think will happen if…?
  • Exploring nature in Forest school.

Reception 4-5 Years Old

  • Learning about different festivals from across the world.
  • Tasting and cooking food from different countries across the world.
  • Look at globes, aerial photographs and maps from the local area and further afield.
  • Talk about where we live, where other family members live and where we have been on holiday.
  • Discussing the weather where we live and comparing to other places.
  • Exploring nature in Forest school and discussing what we can do to look after the environment.
  • Joining small construction with moving parts, such as marble runs and Lego express.
  • Growing plants and herbs, what do they need to survive? How do we look after them?
  • Performing experiments by being scientists, what will happen if I do this? Why do you think that will happen?