Our Curriculum

The aim of Garden Cottage Nursery it to produce a well-rounded and happy child that can make an easy transition into school life. We are very lucky to be able to take advantage of the facilities at Windlesham House School. The children will also benefit from Music and Foreign Languages each week.

Children will follow the Birth to Three Matters Curriculum, followed by the Foundation Stage curriculum, which covers six areas of learning:

Personal, social, and emotional development
Communication, language and literacy
Mathematical development
Knowledge and understanding of the world
Physical development
Creative development.

The children will be looking at topics that are cross-curricula and will cover all of the areas above through our topics and careful planning.

We will be using the Ten Town, Jolly Phonics Sound Schemes and several reading schemes. This does not mean, however, that these will be the only schemes used as we hope to develop individuals who can fit easily into school life anywhere. Children are encouraged to develop a love of reading and you can support your child by reading with them regularly.

They will bring home 2 types of reading book. The first the children choose from the Nursery library and the second is a reading book that is appropriate for their current reading level when we feel they have developed and are ready.

In the very early days, reading will involve telling a story using the pictures.

They will have a Reading Folder in which these books will be put, along with a reading diary and any information we need to communicate with you. This will be treated as a two-way method of communication between ourselves and the parents.

We produce regular planning sheets that are available to view in the nursery.

Please feel free to Download our Curriculum Statement