Spring 2nd Half Term
Curriculum Overview for Foundation Stage/Ducklings
Communication & Language • Listening to a range of stories
• Being able to respond to
stories they have read or heard, able to predict outcomes, retell or recall main events and answer questions
about pets and other animals, such as The Great Pet Sale, Guess my Pet? Dear Zoo and Duck in the Truck • Listening to their friends in the
questions about their pets and other animals • Following simple instructions
Looking feelings, •
Talking about what they are good at, what they like to do, our ‘Good to be me!’ topic •
Explaining to the class about what they have been doing or learning, sharing this in our end of day reflection and focus time, looking at work and photographs, celebrating achievements
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What makes them feel happy, sad, angry, proud, nervous?
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Exploring how to respond appropriately to different feelings that we experience
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Working towards achieving credits on our Carleton Code passports for examples of positive behaviour
Literacy/Reading
Health & Self care
for e.g. how to look after a pet. grammatically correct, in terms of verb tense, for e.g. I fed the dog, I will take the dog for a walk.
Learning how to think more about others and their feelings •
Turn taking in games, playing and working cooperatively in groups together •
Literacy/Writing
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Being able to blend and read words and captions with Phase2, and 3 phonemes in
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Being able to segment and spell words and captions with Phase2 and 3 phonemes in
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Recognising by sight the tricky and high
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Beginning to write some of the tricky and high
Template created by Michael Tidd 2013
Moving and Handling • Giving their own explanations,
about their job, thinking of questions to ask
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
Physical Development
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experiences of other animals
• Speaking in sentences that are
• Understanding how and why
vet role play, responding to questions about their pets • Listening to a visiting vet talk
• Talking about their pets and
Physical Development Exploring moving safely through a space in different ways for e.g. like a snake, a rabbit, a frog and a spider, Noah’s Ark dancing
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Practising our throwing and kicking skills with aim and control
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Practising forming each letter of the alphabet and numbers correctly
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To grip their pencil correctly
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Being aware of how our bodies are affected by exercise
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The importance of eating and drinking healthily
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Practising zipping up our own coats and dressing and undressing for PE
Understanding the World
Understanding the World
The World
People & Communities
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Exploring the similarities and differences between pets and other animals
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How and why we celebrate Easter and Mother’s day
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Finding out how animals grow and change
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Matching adult animals and their young
Finding out how other cultures celebrate Spring festivals, Hindus and Holi
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Observing real life pets and farm animals that visit our classes
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Going on Spring welly walks to look for signs of Spring
Technology •
Using different sources to find out about Spring celebrations
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Using the iPads to take photographs of signs of Spring
To find out how different environments vary
Expressive Arts and Design Exploring using media and materials
Expressive Arts and Design Being Imaginative •
Role playing in the vet role play area
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Exploring using different natural materials to create nests
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Singing, dancing and moving to new songs that they are learning
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Using different techniques to make Spring pictures, choosing and mixing suitable colours
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Designing and making pet carriers for their own imaginary pets
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Singing different songs about Pets, animals and Spring time
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Using the small world farm to tell stories such as Rosie’s walk and Farmer Duck
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Observational sketches of Spring flowers www.primarycurriculum.me.uk