Welcome to Ladybirds
Topics in the Early Years are child centred.
Teacher’s use the children’s interests and fascinations to inform our planning and choose topics and themes which the children are interested in and motivated by.
Having a child centred approach to teaching means that the topics will vary from one year to the next, and may change frequently throughout the year; one topic may also last much longer than another.
For example a week based around the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar could last a week and lead onto more learning about healthy eating, days of the week, different types of mini beasts or life cycles depending on the children’s interests, which could them provide the children with several weeks of learning within the term.
We plan some topics for key dates and celebrations throughout the year, for example; Harvest time, Diwali, Bonfire Night, Christmas, Chinese New Year, Pancake Day and Easter, however some of these may last a few days and some may last 2 weeks.
Child-centred approach
Our Reception children have free access to the outside.
This includes a creative area where they can make fairy houses, build dens, hunt for mini beasts and cook in the mud kitchen.
They also have an area for practising physical activities including use of outdoor bikes and finally a calm area where children can develop their creative skills by painting, creating adventures for small world toys and become project managers and builders, building with duplo, wood and bricks.
