By the time children leave the Nursery, we would expect they would:

• Demonstrate friendly behaviour, and feel confident to initiate conversations and form good relationships with other children and familiar adults
• Move freely and with pleasure and confidence
• Be aware that print carries meaning and attempt mark making independently
• Listen to stories with increasing attention and enjoyment and handle books carefully
• Know information can be found in books
• Use some number names and mathematical language accurately in play and show an interest in numerals in the environment
• Show an interest in representing numbers
• Show care and concern for living things and the environment