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A world of learning tailored for your child

British Orchard Nursery follows the British Early Years Foundation Stages (EYFS) curriculum that focuses on 7-core areas of age-appropriate learning.

Project based, child-led learning

At BON, we embrace an emergent curriculum approach, where projects are based on children's current interests, their rates of development, and individual needs. Teachers regularly assess children’s engagement during each project and adjust its duration or direction accordingly
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Communication and Language
We provide a language-rich environment where children are encouraged to look at and listen to adults and other children, speak, and communicate effectively through a variety of activities such as singing and music, copying adult’s speech, learning new vocabulary and storytelling, role-play, and group discussions.
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Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
We support children's social and emotional well-being and foster positive relationships by being interested in what our babies and young learners are engaged by and implementing our ‘Key Person’ approach. We promote self-regulation and nurture their sense of self-esteem and belonging within the Nursery.
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Physical Development
We promote the development of gross and fine motor skills through purposeful play, outdoor exploration, and structured activities such as tummy time, movement and music, dance, yoga, and developing manipulative and hand-eye coordination skills.
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Literacy
We cultivate a love for reading and writing by offering a wide range of age-appropriate books, engaging in storytelling sessions, and providing opportunities for mark-making, phonics activities, and emergent writing.
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Mathematics
We facilitate mathematical thinking and understanding through hands-on exploration, games, and activities that encourage children to explore concepts such as number, shape, space, and measure.
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Understanding the World
We ignite children's curiosity about the world around them by introducing them to diverse cultures, environments, and concepts through sensory experiences, experiments, and real-life investigations.
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Expressive Arts and Design
We encourage children to express themselves creatively through various mediums such as painting, drawing, music, drama, and imaginative play, fostering their aesthetic and imaginative development.

Empowering Learning Environments

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At British Orchard Nursery, we see our classrooms as more than just rooms — they’re spaces that spark curiosity and confidence. Children learn best when they explore on their own, so we give them plenty of freedom to play, make choices, and discover new things at their own pace. Our teachers step in at the right moments to guide and encourage, helping little ones build resilience and a love for learning. Every age group has an environment designed just for them, so your child always feels safe, happy, and ready to grow.


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Literacy programs at BON

Phonics
At BON, we implement a phonics program where children learn to identify, read, and write all 44 sounds of English as they are ready. The structured planning builds on previous learning each week, equipping children with the skills for independent reading and writing. It focuses on correct grapheme formation, sound tuning, blending, and spelling using various phonemes and high-frequency words for quick recall, applying this knowledge in reading and writing words, sentences, and phrases.
Guided Reading
In FS2 our children engage in guided reading activities weekly, with individual and group reading activities using leveled texts that support the development of key reading skills. Both our phonics and guided reading programs are closely matched to the end of phase expectations and early learning goals as described in the EYFS Statutory Framework and Development Matters.

Learning areas in the classroom

Young girl wearing a white construction helmet playing with a blue toy crane truck in a play area with rocks and a brick wall backdrop.
Construction and small world area
To explore shapes and simple puzzles, exploring simple structures and arrangements, begin to understand simple concepts of push and pull, balancing and stacking.
A young girl in a red and yellow shirt painting with a brush on white paper at a table in a classroom with children's artwork on the wall behind her.
Creative Area
To explore creativity through painting and making marks. Developing sensory and physical skills.
Young boy closely examining potted plants with a magnifying glass while another child watches.
Investigation Area
To explore the world around them and investigate different everyday concepts and early science skills
Two young girls in red and yellow school uniforms sitting at a table with sea animal toys and shells, smiling at the camera.
Sensory Area
To use their senses to explore everyday materials and textures.
Young child in red and yellow outfit sitting and reading a colorful picture book with a display of children's books behind.
Story Corner
To begin to enjoy and take notice of print and books.
Young boy in a red shirt smiling while playing with a toy laptop and phone at a wooden desk with space-themed decorations on the wall.
Technology
To explore resources with knobs, flaps, keys, or shutters and begin to explore and recognize technology resource such as cameras.
Young girl playing with a colorful sensory activity toy house featuring gears, locks, and beads.
Soft Area
To explore fine and gross motor physical skills – rolling, crawling, picking up objects etc.
Two children wearing traditional Emirati clothing, a boy in a white kandura and red-checkered headscarf, and a girl in a white dress with red, green, and black accents, standing indoors near decorations including a camel illustration and palm tree cutout.
Arabic and UAE Culture
To develop early recognition of UAE cultural objects and build familiarity with traditional, natural materials of Emirati homes. To begin to hear and recognise Arabic vocabulary in play.
Young girl wearing a white construction helmet playing with a blue toy crane truck in a play area with rocks and a brick wall backdrop.
Construction and
small world area
To explore shapes and simple puzzles, exploring simple structures and arrangements, begin to understand simple concepts of push and pull, balancing and stacking.
Smiling child wearing a colorful decorated paper mask and a red Brush Orchard Nursery shirt in a bright classroom.
Creative Area
To explore creativity through painting and making marks. Developing sensory and physical skills.
Young boy closely examining potted plants with a magnifying glass while another child watches.
Investigation Area
To explore the world around them and investigate different everyday concepts and early science skills
Six children in red and yellow uniforms playing with toy animals in a sand table.
Sensory Area
To use their senses to explore everyday materials and textures.
Smiling female teacher in a yellow shirt and hijab reads a book seated on the floor with four young children in red uniforms in a bright classroom.
Story Corner
To begin to enjoy and take notice of print and books.
Young boy in a red shirt smiling while playing with a toy laptop and phone at a wooden desk with space-themed decorations on the wall.
Technology
To explore resources with knobs, flaps, keys, or shutters and begin to explore and recognize technology resource such as cameras.
Young girl playing with a colorful sensory activity toy house featuring gears, locks, and beads.
Soft Area
To explore fine and gross motor physical skills – rolling, crawling, picking up objects etc.
Two children wearing traditional Emirati clothing, a boy in a white kandura and red-checkered headscarf, and a girl in a white dress with red, green, and black accents, standing indoors near decorations including a camel illustration and palm tree cutout.
Arabic and UAE Culture
To develop early recognition of UAE cultural objects and build familiarity with traditional, natural materials of Emirati homes. To begin to hear and recognise Arabic vocabulary in play.
Babies
Toddlers
Older children (Nursery and FS)
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Roleplay
To begin to explore and act out roles of familiar people and scenarios
Smiling child playing with animal toys on a castle model in a play area labeled Small World Area.
Construction/Small world
To begin to explore the world around them, animals, transport etc and build and play with mini worlds that are familiar to them using shapes, simple structures, and arrangements. Begin to explore simple concepts of push and pull, balancing and stacking.
Two children in red and yellow uniforms sitting at a table with colorful alphabet and number discs, one girl smiling and holding a green disc with the letter S, and a boy holding a paintbrush with red paint on paper.
Mark making
To explore and create different marks, begin to develop fine motor skills.
A young girl in a red and yellow shirt painting with a brush on white paper at a table in a classroom with children's artwork on the wall behind her.
Creative Area
To explore creativity through painting and making marks. Developing sensory and physical skills.
Young boy closely examining potted plants with a magnifying glass while another child watches.
Investigation Area
To explore the world around them and investigate different everyday concepts and early science skills
Two young girls in red and yellow school uniforms sitting at a table with sea animal toys and shells, smiling at the camera.
Sensory Area
To use their senses to explore everyday materials and textures.
Young child in red and yellow outfit sitting and reading a colorful picture book with a display of children's books behind.
Story
To develop a broad range and knowledge of familiar books and print, story structure and storytelling. To develop language skills.
Young boy in a red shirt smiling while playing with a toy laptop and phone at a wooden desk with space-themed decorations on the wall.
Technology
To explore resources with knobs, flaps, keys, or shutters and begin to explore and recognize technology resource such as cameras.
Two children wearing traditional Emirati clothing, a boy in a white kandura and red-checkered headscarf, and a girl in a white dress with red, green, and black accents, standing indoors near decorations including a camel illustration and palm tree cutout.
Arabic and UAE Culture
These elements will be embedded into multiple learning areas To develop early recognition of UAE cultural objects and build familiarity with traditional, natural materials of Emirati homes. To begin to hear and recognise Arabic vocabulary in play
Child in red and yellow uniform playing doctor using a toy stethoscope with a smiling adult woman in a headscarf under a Role Play sign.
Roleplay
To begin to explore and act out roles of familiar people and scenarios
Smiling child playing with animal toys on a castle model in a play area labeled Small World Area.
Construction/Small world
To begin to explore the world around them, animals, transport etc and build and play with mini worlds that are familiar to them using shapes, simple structures, and arrangements. Begin to explore simple concepts of push and pull, balancing and stacking.
Two children in red and yellow uniforms sitting at a table with colorful alphabet and number discs, one girl smiling and holding a green disc with the letter S, and a boy holding a paintbrush with red paint on paper.
Mark making
To explore and create different marks, begin to develop fine motor skills.
A young girl in a red and yellow shirt painting with a brush on white paper at a table in a classroom with children's artwork on the wall behind her.
Painting
To explore creativity through painting and making marks for a purpose. Building fine motor and creative skills.
Young boy closely examining potted plants with a magnifying glass while another child watches.
Investigation Area
To explore the world around them and investigate different everyday concepts and early science skills
Young girl smiling while crafting with glue and green paper at a classroom table.
Cutting and sticking
To learn about materials and develop creative construction skills, for exploring art, collage, and fine motor skills
Teacher smiling with two young boys playing with blue playdough at a table in a classroom.
Playdough
To develop gross motor and fine motor skills through cooking and creative tools, making food and sculpture. Exploring the  properties of a different material.
Young child in red and yellow outfit sitting and reading a colorful picture book with a display of children's books behind.
Story
To develop a broad range and knowledge of familiar books and print, story structure and storytelling. To develop language skills.
Young boy in a red shirt smiling while playing with a toy laptop and phone at a wooden desk with space-themed decorations on the wall.
Technology
To explore resources with knobs, flaps, keys, or shutters and begin to explore and recognize technology resource such as cameras.
Two children wearing traditional Emirati clothing, a boy in a white kandura and red-checkered headscarf, and a girl in a white dress with red, green, and black accents, standing indoors near decorations including a camel illustration and palm tree cutout.
Arabic and UAE Culture
These elements will be embedded into multiple learning areas To develop early recognition of UAE cultural objects and build familiarity with traditional, natural materials of Emirati homes. To begin to hear and recognise Arabic vocabulary in play