Cullompton Pre School Curriculum 2026/2027
Our curriculum provides a nurturing, enabling environment where children learn through play, relationships, exploring and meaningful experiences. It is informed by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Birth to 5 Matters, and Development Matters, ensuring that every child develops the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for lifelong learning.
Our Intent……
Through our curriculum we aim to:
- Develop confident, capable learners
- Promote communication and language skills
- Encourage independence and resilience
- Support emotional wellbeing
- Nurture curiosity and creativity
- Build strong physical development
- Develop a connection with nature through Forest School
- Provide opportunities for back-and-forth conversations and sustained thinking
- Support children to become active and responsible members of their community
We held a staff meeting and shared our ideas on what we would like the children to learn while they are with us. All the ideas help with supporting the children progress through the areas of the EYFS. They also give fantastic opportunities to develop language skills, broaden their understanding of the world around them, develop a love of books and link into maths, literacy and encourage creativeness all while making friends.
Our ideas……
How things work, how plants grow, how things are made, factories, manufacturing, where things come from – milk/cows
What grows what is made – harvest, weather, farms across the world, vegetables, gardening books.
Cooking and baking – world foods
Maps
Transport – boats, planes, bikes, lorries, trains, jets, cars.
Technology – kitchen appliances, washing machines, toasters, screen time, online safety
Science – volcanoes, weather, rocks, fossils, earth, space, sea, crystals, magnets, gravity, clouds, colour
Animals – aquariums, birds, bees
Art – artists, media and materials, dance, music, theatre
Textiles – knitting, crochet, sewing.
Books – collect lots of different non fiction books with good images from Tesco book stand and charity shops.
Music -reggae, classical, pop, rock, drum and bass, record ourselves, video ourselves, listen to the radio
Countries – cultures, art, clothes, music, religion, environments, landscapes, food.
Celebrations
Jobs – walk around and visit shops, invite people in
Environment – climate changes, recycling, wind power, electricity, gas. Oil rigs
Being Safe
Hygiene – teeth, bodies, hand washing, virus, bacteria, personal care
Illness
Being healthy – our bodies, exercise, teeth, heart, lungs, nutrition, diet, operations, bones, muscles, ligaments, blood, brain, nerves.
History – Vikings, cavemen, castles, knights, Stonehenge.
Geography
Activity ideas – make notes on children’s interest/ideas/inspirations
Make smoothies, Science Friday, new themes – Egyptians, glass blowing, history, cavemen
New vocabulary
Here is a link to a pdf of our new curriculum steps document with a focus on the prime areas of learning – Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional development and Physical Development. This is a work in progress so we will add to it over the year.