Early Years Foundation Stage
Curriculum Overview for Parents/Carers Spring Term – 1st half, January - February 2016
Early Years Foundation Stage
Key Dates….. RB Maths workshop Mon 18th January 9-10:30am RN Maths workshop Mon 25th January 9-10:30am Peter Rabbit focus day, children may come to school dressed as a Beatrix Potter character. Thursday 4th February Chinese New Year focus day,children may wear something red / gold instead of uniform. Monday 8th February
Our Curriculum Our main themes are The Ice Hand and OnceUpon a Time. Our main texts are Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffries, Two Little Penguins called Flapjack and Waddle, Jacques Duquennoy, and The Tale of a Naughty Little Rabbit, based on the original story by Beatrix Potter. These are the Prime Areas of Learning. We teach and encourage a wide range of skills on a daily basis but these are the main objectives we will be focusing on. PSED Personal, Social and C&L Communication and PD Emotional Development Language Physical Development Key Quality – – Independence I can ask and answer I can travel in different ways. – questions. I can improve my skills with Ensuring our children are I can recognise and name sports equipment. independent and confident Arctic and Antarctic animals. learners. I can use words to describe the I can write letters correctly. Arctic. I can talk about the story. I can use tools and utensils I can make up my own stories. safely. I can talk about what I have I can talk about ways I stay learned and done at school. safe. These are the Specific Areas of Learning and our main objectives for each one. Literacy Mathematics Understanding the Expressive Arts and World Design I can begin to use I can recognise digits to at I can describe what I I can create Winter art information least 10. see and feel. work. books. I can count reliably. I can talk about how I can sing new songs I can talk about my work ice/water changes. about Winter. I can read simple and am beginning to record I can talk about I can listen to sounds sentences and what I do. differences. of instruments. use words from I can name and talk about I can choose which I can learn a new books. 2D and 3D shapes. paint program to use. dance and make up I can describe my relative I can talk about what my own. I can write labels position such as ‘next to’ or changes happened I can create my own and captions. ‘behind.’ when I cooked. work about Peter I can orders 2 or 3 items by I can talk about Rabbit/own interests. length, height weight or Chinese New I can act out a story capacity. Year/Shrove with my friends. Tuesday/my own family.
Homework Please share your child’s library book at least weekly and sign the diary. Let us know if your child enjoyed their book. Please continue to read for pleasure with your child every day. Please continue to support your child in learning their letter sounds and words. Thanks for your continued support. Any queries, please ask.
Early Years Foundation Stage
Key Dates….. RB Maths workshop Mon 18th January 9-10:30am RN Maths workshop Mon 25th January 9-10:30am Peter Rabbit focus day, children may come to school dressed as a Beatrix Potter character. Thursday 4th February Chinese New Year focus day,children may wear something red / gold instead of uniform. Monday 8th February
Our Curriculum Our main themes are The Ice Hand and OnceUpon a Time. Our main texts are Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffries, Two Little Penguins called Flapjack and Waddle, Jacques Duquennoy, and The Tale of a Naughty Little Rabbit, based on the original story by Beatrix Potter. These are the Prime Areas of Learning. We teach and encourage a wide range of skills on a daily basis but these are the main objectives we will be focusing on. PSED Personal, Social and C&L Communication and PD Emotional Development Language Physical Development Key Quality – – Independence I can ask and answer I can travel in different ways. – questions. I can improve my skills with Ensuring our children are I can recognise and name sports equipment. independent and confident Arctic and Antarctic animals. learners. I can use words to describe the I can write letters correctly. Arctic. I can talk about the story. I can use tools and utensils I can make up my own stories. safely. I can talk about what I have I can talk about ways I stay learned and done at school. safe. These are the Specific Areas of Learning and our main objectives for each one. Literacy Mathematics Understanding the Expressive Arts and World Design I can begin to use I can recognise digits to at I can describe what I I can create Winter art information least 10. see and feel. work. books. I can count reliably. I can talk about how I can sing new songs I can talk about my work ice/water changes. about Winter. I can read simple and am beginning to record I can talk about I can listen to sounds sentences and what I do. differences. of instruments. use words from I can name and talk about I can choose which I can learn a new books. 2D and 3D shapes. paint program to use. dance and make up I can describe my relative I can talk about what my own. I can write labels position such as ‘next to’ or changes happened I can create my own and captions. ‘behind.’ when I cooked. work about Peter I can orders 2 or 3 items by I can talk about Rabbit/own interests. length, height weight or Chinese New I can act out a story capacity. Year/Shrove with my friends. Tuesday/my own family.
Homework Please share your child’s library book at least weekly and sign the diary. Let us know if your child enjoyed their book. Please continue to read for pleasure with your child every day. Please continue to support your child in learning their letter sounds and words. Thanks for your continued support. Any queries, please ask.
