What will my child learn?
- To grow in confidence and to feel secure in the new environment.
- To work with other children and adults (working alongside others, sharing, taking turns).
- To communicate and express ideas and feelings.
- To accept new challenges.
- To control pencil, brush and scissors (to develop hand/eye co-ordination).
- To develop pre-reading skills and the love and understanding of books.
- To use mathematical language (long, short, heavy, light, taller than, shorter than).
- To estimate (how many cups of water will fill a container).
- To explore possibilities (will it sink? Will it float? What will happen if?).
- To examine the natural world (growing and living things).
- To start to understand time and place (long ago – in ‘olden days’, abroad – polar ice caps to the equator).
- To make their own decisions, to work towards independence.
- To practise their physical skills and have fun.




