{"id":5405,"date":"2023-02-01T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/?page_id=5405"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:54:36","slug":"understanding-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/?page_id=5405","title":{"rendered":"Understanding of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our curricular aim in understanding the world is : &#8216; to explore the natural world with confidence and care&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community. The frequency and range of children\u2019s personal experiences increases their knowledge and sense of the world around them \u2013 from visiting parks, libraries and museums to meeting important members of society such as police officers, nurses and firefighters. In addition, listening to a broad selection of stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems will foster their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world. As well as building important knowledge, this extends their familiarity with words that support understanding across domains. Enriching and widening children\u2019s vocabulary will support later reading comprehension.From the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2\">EYFS statutory framework, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/snails.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/snails.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/snails-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our curricular aim in understanding the world is : &#8216; to explore the natural world with confidence and care&#8217; Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community. The frequency and range of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5413,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405\/revisions\/5413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}