At Haugh of Urr Nursery we follow the 3-18 Curriculum for Excellence and Realising the Ambition guidance materials. The Early years level focuses on children’s skills development from 3 years of age until the end of P1 and covers 8 subject areas – Numeracy, Literacy and English, Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Religious and Moral Education, Science, Technology and Health and Wellbeing. Our room layout and resources address all of these curricular areas. There is a big focus on the Health and  Wellbeing indicators- Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Responsible, Respected and Included. We always strive to fulfil the ‘4 capacities’ of Curriculum for Excellence, providing experiences which will create ‘responsible citizens, confident individuals, successful learners and effective contributors’. 
 
We follow a ‘Planning in the Moment’ approach and the planning is child led whenever possible. The children’s ideas shape the activities, the level of learning and the resources we use. We respond to their ideas and interests as they occur, in order to engage the children and motivate them to focus and learn. This way of working is extremely successful and develops the children’s knowledge and experiences in unexpected ways. We consider the children’s stage of development and are flexible in our approach to working with them to help them learn new skills and challenge their thinking and learning.