🌼 Nursery – Spring Topic: What different types of transport are there?

This half term, our Nursery children will be exploring the exciting theme “What different types of transport are there?
The topic sheet below gives full details of what we will be learning across the Early Years curriculum.

🗣️ Communication, Language & Literacy

• This half term, the class will be enjoying the stories The Train Ride 🚂 and Naughty Bus 🚌. Children will explore the stories through role‑play and small‑world activities 🎭, using props to help retell key events. Information books will support learning about different types of transport, and there will be lots of opportunities to listen for and join in with rhyming words 🎶.
• In phonics, the focus will be on hearing the initial sounds u, r, h, b, f, l at the beginning of words 🔤. Children will also practise oral blending of simple CVC words to build early reading skills 👂😊.

🔢 Mathematics

• Maths learning will link closely to our transport theme, with opportunities to use vocabulary related to time ⏰ and money 💰 during play. Sequencing activities will help children use the language first, then, after 🧩.
• The class will also be introduced to 3D shapes 🔺🟦, explore prepositional language such as on, under and next to, and practise counting to 10 with 1:1 correspondence 🔟👍.

🌍 Understanding the World

• Children will explore how people and objects move across different environments 🌦️🌍. By looking at vehicles in the local area 🚗🚜, they will begin to recognise different types of transport and talk about how they are used.
• Sorting activities will help children group transport into land, sea and air categories 🚗⛵✈️.
• There will also be opportunities to learn about road safety 🚦 and to use simple technology such as maps and digital tools to explore routes 🗺️📱.

🏃 Physical Development

• Nursery PE sessions will continue to focus on fundamental movement skills such as running, jumping and balancing 🤸. Children will also develop fine motor control through activities like threading, cutting and using tools safely ✂️🧵.
• 📅 Nursery PE Day: Thursday

❤️ Personal, Social & Emotional Development

• Independence skills remain an important focus, including practising how to zip coats and fasten buttons 🧥💪. Support with this at home is greatly appreciated.
• This half term’s Jigsaw topic is ‘Relationships’ 💛. Children will learn about their families, the names of family members and the different jobs people do 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.
• We will explore friendship, how to make friends and ways to feel better when feeling lonely 🤝. Discussions will also help children understand kindness, unkind behaviour and how words can affect others 💬💗.

🎨 Expressive Arts & Design

• Creative activities will be inspired by the world of transport 🎨🚗. Children will explore different textures and materials to build simple 3D models such as buses or boats using recycled materials 📦🛠️. Drawing, painting and imaginative role‑play will also link to our transport theme ✏️🖍️.