{"id":326,"date":"2018-03-02T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kilmacolmprimaryschool\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:19:14","slug":"nursery-aims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kilmacolmprimaryschool\/nursery-aims\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery Aims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kilmacolmprimaryschool\/unknown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kilmacolmprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/6059\/2019\/09\/25191615\/Unknown.png\" data-orig-size=\"159,159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our specific Nursery aims are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Working within the Curriculum for Excellence, we aim to provide a broad range of learning experiences enabling all children to become successful learners, confident individuals , responsible citizens and effective contributors.<br \/>\n\u2022 To view learning and teaching across curriculum subjects and areas as inter-connected and integrated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Through Play<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To develop learning in natural and real contexts, familiar to children and appropriate to their interests and stages of development.<br \/>\nThis reflects our understanding that young children&#8217;s learning is most effectively supported through interaction with adults and other children and through play and active exploration of their environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Development and Progress<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 To provide enriching and stimulating experiences that adults working with children are able to understand, appreciate and assess children&#8217;s achievements and learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provision of Early Education<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To promote equality of opportunity and treat all children, parents and staff with respect .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support for Children and Families<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To provide support and care for children and their families, and make every effort to identify where support may be needed at the earliest possible stage and to access this.<br \/>\n\u2022 To encourage parents to be fully involved in the life of our nursery class and in their children&#8217;s learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethos<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To develop an open, welcoming, caring nursery in which all children feel nurtured, safe, active, healthy, achieving , included , respected and responsible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To make the best use of the building, natural environment and learning resources to support every children&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transitions<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To ensure smooth and effective transitions for all children with continuity and progression across the curriculum.<br \/>\n\u2022 To ensure support is in place for children with additional support needs in primary school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Management, Leadership and Quality Assurance<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 To fully involve staff in the self-evaluation process and in Improvement Planning to improve the educational experience for all learners.<br \/>\n\u2022 To further develop and update our comprehensive range of policies and procedures which reflect current legislation standards .<br \/>\n\u2022 To build on continuous professional development to ensure we are offering high quality learning experiences for all our children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3362\" 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