Physical Development

Aspects of Physical Development

Moving and Handling

Children show god control and co ordination in large

and small movements. They move confidently in a

range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle

equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for

writing.

Health and self-care

Children know the importance for good health of

physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about

ways to keep healthy and safe. They manage their

own basic hygiene and personal needs successful,

including dressing and going to the toilet.

At Rubery Nursery Physical Learning and Development is implemented

through planned purposeful play and a mix of adult led and child

initiated play.

Within our setting we help to promote gross motor skills by

Ball games to involve passing, catching, kicking and rolling

Exploring the trim trail

Crawling and wriggling through tunnels

Planting in the garden

Ride-on toys with pedals

Circle games such as ‘The farmers in his Den’

Twirling streamers, parachutes and kites

Twirling streamers, parachutes and kites

Running games such as catch and musical games for stopping and starting

Jumping, hopping, changing direction play

Hoops and target games

Balancing and using playground equipment

We provide resources to promote fine motor skills, which include

Scissors for cutting

Puzzles for manipulating shapes that fit together

Dressing up clothes for doing up simple fastenings

Cooking for activities involving stirring, mixing, rolling

Items for making collages, such as string, wool, tissue

Pencils, pens paper for drawing

Paintbrushes and rollers for mark making

A train set for building and manipulating the train around the track

Playdough and other malleable materials for manipulation.

Health and Self Care

The skills required for self care are learned gradually. At Nursery the

children are taught the importance of physical exercise and a healthy diet

and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe. They manage their own

basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and

going to the toilet.

We encourage the children to recognise the changes that happen in their bodies

when they rest and play and to understand why it is important to do both every

day to stay healthy.

We foster the love of lively energetic play in lots of physical activity, dance, fun

and games