Education

Early Years

At Chinthurst we provide a balanced curriculum in accordance with The Early Years Foundation Stage and Birth to Three.  We ain to deliver the curriculum in a positive and exciting way, encouraging children’s natural interest to learn.  The six areas of learning that we focus on are:

•    Personal, Social and Emotional Development
•    Communication, Language and Literacy
•    Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
•    Knowledge and Understanding of the World
•    Creative Development
•    Physical Development.

We have excellent staff-pupil ratios and the children receive learning opportunities that are taught in an encouraging way and which meet their individual needs.  We place great emphasis on learning to read.  We have daily phonics sessions and cosy book areas, to encourage a love of reading.

We also have daily writing activities and constantly accessible subject focus areas with resources around our classrooms and in the Nursery Garden, such as numeracy tables, the I.C.T. areas and creative tables and easels.  Learning through play is incredibly important for developing confidence and social skills.  We have different role-play areas which are changed regularly and lots of indoor/outdoor play equipment.

Subjects including Science, History, Technology, Geography and pupils investigation skills are developed by the use of topics such as:

•    How we Grow
•    Healthy Eating
•    Autumn and Harvest
•    Light, Dark and Diwali
•    Winter and Christmas
•    Colour, Shape and Texture. (Chinese New Year)
•    Our Neighbourhood
•    Growing, Spring and Easter.

We have P.E. lessons on Monday and Thursday, when the boys wear their school tracksuits.  We have lots of exciting sports equipment which is always accessible to the children.

Nursery pupils are also taught by a specialist Music Teacher, Mrs. V. Rutter.  The boys can also attend parent and child swimming sessions in the school swimming pool, with a specialist teacher, Mrs. J. Gandey.  Extra help is also available if required from our visiting Speech and Language Therapist, Mrs. J. Ward.

We have many outings and events at the Nursery each term, which allow the children to learn about themselves and the world around them: please see Nursery News items and Photo Galleries.