Listening, attention, and understanding

• Listening attentively and responding to what they hear.
• Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges.

Speaking

• Participate in small group, class, and one-to-one discussions.
• Offer explanations for why things might happen.
• Express their ideas and feelings.

Books Galore

Accessible, diverse books in cozy reading corners in each classroom to encourage exploration and a love for reading.

Storytelling Circles

At Belinay, we engage in Interactive storytelling sessions where children participate in creating and retelling stories to enhance their vocabulary, listening skills, and imagination.

Multilingual Storytime

As a part of Belinay’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy and EAL Policy, story sessions featuring books in different languages spoken by nursery staff and visiting parents are conducted to promote language diversity and cultural appreciation in our young learners.

Language Enrichment sessions

Small group sessions focusing on phonics, letter recognition, and early reading skills are undertaken to build foundational literacy skills in your child in a supportive environment.

Print-Rich Classrooms

At Belinay, we label objects and areas with words and pictures to promote vocabulary building and literacy awareness.

Communication Technology Exploration:

At our nursery, we use age-appropriate communication technologies (e.g., recorders, tablets) for storytelling and language games to integrate modern tools with language learning.

Communication Zones

We have dedicated areas for role-play and conversation, where children communicate and interact using role-specific language to develop their social skills, confidence, and language fluency.

Songs, Rhyme and Rhythm Sessions

Music and movement activities incorporating nursery rhymes, songs, and rhythmic games that often involves puppets, singing cards, action cards or Makaton are used to enhance phonological awareness and speech development in your child.


Discover Our Early Language Programme

Gross motor skills

• Negotiate space and obstacles safely.
• Demonstrate strength, balance, and coordination when playing.
• Move energetically such as running, jumping, and dancing.

Fine motor skills

• Hold a pencil effortlessly in preparation for fluent writing.
• Use a range of small tools including scissors, paintbrushes and cutlery.
• Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.

Be Active and Healthy

At Belinay Nursery we focus on your child’s gross and fine motor development. Focuses include:

• Gross motor development
• Fine motor development
• Spatial awareness
• Healthy eating
• Healthy body and mind
• Understanding hygiene
• Self-care skills

Adventure Play area

We have a custom-designed indoor play area with state-of-the-art equipment for climbing, balancing and other safe and stimulating interactive play.

Dance and Movement Classes

Our experienced and trained teachers conduct dynamic dance and movement sessions like Ballet and Zumba to improve coordination and rhythm in our children.

Yoga for Kids

We are great advocates of simple yoga poses and stretching exercises that will help to enhance your child’s flexibility and mindfulness.

Balance and Coordination Games

Activities like hopscotch and balance beams to build stability and spatial awareness in our children are undertaken in routine at the nursery. Obstacle courses designed to develop strength, agility, and problem-solving skills are very popular with our little ones!

Busy Hands

At Belinay we support the development of Fine motor skills such as hand eye co-ordination, strengthening of the pincer and palmar grip, readying the hands for writing.

Self-regulation

• Show an understanding of their feelings and those of others.
• Set and work towards simple goals.
• Give focused attention to what the teacher says.

Managing self

• Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience, and perseverance.
• Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly.
• Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs.

Building relationships

• Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others.
• Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers.
• Show sensitivity to their own and others’ needs.

Be Calm

Our mindfulness activities are offered as part of your child’s daily routine to help them relax when they are feeling anxious.

Be an Individual

At Belinay we are committed to providing your child with fun and enjoyable experiences so they can thrive in any environment.
We have a dedicated programme to support your child’s wellbeing including teaching them how to self-regulate and form close bonds.

Steps to Independence

We continuously evolve our dedicated continuous provision areas to provide engaging and creative activities to encourage your child to become independent.

Building Relationships and Celebrating Diversity

Bel’s Nursery staff are aware of the importance of attachment in relationships. We eencourage children to form relationships with other adults and children who may come from the same or different backgrounds and cultures. We organize multi-cultural celebrations at Belinay so that children grow to understand and respect people from diverse cultures and nationalities.

Comprehension

• Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives.
• Anticipate key events in stories.
• Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions.

Word Reading

• Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs.
• Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending.
• Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge.

Writing

• Write recognizable letters, most of which are correctly formed.
• Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
• Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.

Shake and Write

At Belinay Nursery we believe in creating meaningful experiences that your child will cherish. We combine music and dance to inspire and develop your child’s physical skills ready for writing.

Be a Reader and Writer

Our books have been carefully selected following research into the best books to read with young children.
We support your child with their early reading and writing skills through a range of activities such as:

• Storytelling
• Developing a love of literacy
• Early handwriting skills
• Early reading skills
• Phonological awareness
• Pencil grip and letter formation

Discover Our Early Literacy Programme and Phonics

Number

• Have a deep understanding of numbers to 10, including the composition of each number.
• Subitize (recognize quantities without counting) up to 5.
• Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5.

Numerical Patterns

• Verbally count beyond 20, recognizing the pattern of the counting system.
• Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts.
• Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10.

Belinay’s Early Math programme has been designed to support your child’s understanding of shape and space, and the use of numbers and patterns to help create the next generation of enthusiastic, confident and passionate mathematicians.

We encourage problem solving skills in your child through:

Number Recognition:

Fun activities for identifying and naming numbers.

Counting Games: Engaging games to practice counting objects and numbers.

Shape Identification: 

Exploring and naming various shapes through hands-on activities.

Pattern Creation:

Simple patterning exercises to develop sequencing skills.

Sorting and Categorizing:

Activities to sort objects by size, colour, and type.

Measurement Play:

Introduction to concepts of size, length, and volume using everyday items.

Spatial Awareness:

Puzzles and building activities to understand spatial relationships.

Math Songs and Rhymes:

Using music and rhymes to reinforce early math concepts.

Math Storytime:

Storybooks incorporating counting and simple arithmetic.

Cooking Maths:

Measuring ingredients and counting portions during cooking sessions.

Role-Play Maths:

Shops and restaurants for practical math use in everyday scenarios.

Discover Our Early Mathematics Programme

Past and Present

• Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society.
• Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and present.
• Understand the past through settings, characters, and events encountered in books read in class/storytelling.

People, Culture and Communities

• Describe their environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.
• Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country.
• Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.

The Natural World

• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments.
• Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them.

Nature Exploration 

At Belinay, we are great advocates for guided outdoor educational trips/ excursions and nature walks to encourage children to observe and learn from nature. As Willliam Wordsworth once said, “Let Nature be your teacher”.

Cultural Celebrations

We undertake activities that explore various cultural traditions, holidays, and foods from around the world to foster multicultural awareness and respect for diversity in our children.

Science Discovery Sessions

Our experienced educators undertake several child-friendly and age-appropriate hands-on experiments and science activities, such as planting seeds or exploring the properties of water to stimulate curiosity and foundational scientific thinking skills in our young scientists.

Caring for the Environment Projects

We encourage hands-on activities focused on recycling, composting, and taking care of our planet to instil a sense of responsibility and environmental stewardship in our young learners.

Technology and Gadgets Exploration

At Belinay we encourage safe, supervised exploration of basic technology and gadgets, like magnifying glasses, cameras, and simple programmable toys to introduce concepts of technology and its uses in everyday life to your child.

Community Visits

We undertake field trips each term to local places of interest, such as the local farm or the nearby fire station to help your child understand different roles within the community and the world.

Creating with Materials

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
• Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
• Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

Being Imaginative and Expressive

• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher.
• Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.
• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music.

Customizable Craft Stations

At our Early Learning Centre, we have flexible craft areas with a variety of materials for children to choose from that promotes decision-making and imaginative use of resources.

Themed Art Exploration Weeks

Focused weeks where children explore different art forms related to a central theme, such as nature, space, or famous artists that broadens their artistic horizons and provides immersive experiences.

Interactive Storytelling Sessions

We encourage children to create illustrations and props for their own stories to develop their narrative skills and visual creativity.

Music and Movement Integration

We plan customized sessions inspired by different genres of music and dance to stimulate and enhance auditory creativity and development in your child.

Collaborative Mural Creation

Group mural projects that evolve over time, allowing your child to contribute and in the process enhances teamwork and collective creativity.

Discover Our Early Art Programme and Music Programme