Welcome to Periwinkles' learning page.

Weekly updates regarding our learning will be sent home weekly via Class Dojo.

In Nursery, we follow the Development Matters Curriculum, which is statutory for all Early Years settings, but we also follow Language Led Learning alongside.  Each week in the nursery we will focus on a different concept. Our learning inputs, books, songs and provision within the nursery environment are carefully planned to support the development of the focus concept. 

It is our aim to use the language linked to the concept as much as possible throughout the week whilst talking and playing with your child so that their understanding and use of new vocabulary widens. 

We revisit all of the concepts each term through a 'spiral curriculum' to build on the children’s prior learning. We do this because research shows that those children with a broad vocabulary by the age of five have a much higher chance of academic success and better mental health later in life. The more opportunities your child has to revisit and build upon prior learning, the more their understanding and use of the new vocabulary will develop. 

Research tells us that if we revisit learning after a short period of time (approx. 4-5 weeks), then it is much more likely to go into our long-term memory. With this in mind, we have now begun to hook back to incorporate some of the language and learning provision covered a few weeks ago into the nursery alongside our new concept.