Our Curriculum Ambitions

These ambitions are designed as part of our continued curriculum development for our setting by our highly experienced and knowledgeable staff team and to reflect our provision, cohort and community.

Curriculum Ambition	Core Skills
To build friendships and enjoy sharing and making up games. Linked to PSE sequence for learning	To play collaboratively with others To make up a game with a friend and keep it going To understand and talk about feelings and emotions To have and add ideas and consider those suggested of others
To make up a story and tell a friend Linked to Communication and Language ambitions and core texts	To enjoy a range of books, stories, poems and rhymes To talk about and recall familiar stories/texts To tell their story to a friend
To learn to care for a living thing Click here to see our possible sequences of learning	To talk about growth/change and lifestyles To understand what a creature/plant needs to live
To combine and create with a wide range of materials Click here to see our possible sequences of learning	To independently select materials /resources for their purpose To use a range of joining techniques To be able to select and use the most appropriate type of glue
To build a structure/model using blocks, loose parts or other materials Click here to see our possible sequences of learning	To be able to select and use a wide range of materials and resources To seek help from others To talk about what they are doing, give instructions, explain and reason
To bake a cake or biscuit independently Click here to see our possible sequences of learning	To understand hygiene and self-care To be able to handle ingredients and manipulate tools independently To follow a recipe or instruction
To move and use large physical equipment with confidence Click here to see our possible sequences of learning	To be able to hold body weight and have strong core balance To have good spatial awareness To be able to ride a balance bike or tricycle