| Prime areas | Specific Areas |
|---|---|
| Making Relationships | Literacy |
| Self confidence and Self Awareness | Reading |
| Managing Feelings and Behaviour | Writing |
| Communication and Language | Mathematics |
| Listening and Attention | Numbers |
| Understanding | Shape Space and measure |
| Speaking | |
| Understanding the World | |
| Physical Development | |
| People and Communities | |
| Moving and Handling | The World |
| Health and Self Care | Technology |
| Expressive Arts and Design | |
| Exploring and using Media and Materials | |
| Being Imaginative | |
The prime areas of learning underpin learning and development in the other specific areas. We spend the first half term focussing on the prime areas as we settle the children into school. We particularly focus on the children's personal and social development and communication skills.