Spring 1st Half Term
Curriculum Overview for Foundation Stage/Ducklings Topics: Winter/Our Toys Communication & Language
Physical Development Moving and Handling
Listening to a range of stories Talking about our news from Being able to respond to stories and non-fiction texts about home using the correct tense – they have read or heard, able to Winter time and toys past, present or future predict outcomes, retell or recall Using new vocabulary about our Listening to their main events and answer topics friends during role play questions and conversations To be able to explain why things Understanding how and why happen and how things work questions winter and toys Following simple instructions and around the classroom
Physical Development Health & Self care
Developing our throwing, catching and kicking skills Holding our pencils correctly Forming recognisable letters and numbers Holding and using scissors correctly
Understanding the World The World
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
Talking to our friends and also listening to what they have to say too and letting friends make decisions too Turn taking and playing games together fairly Recognising how to solve problems with a friend
Working towards achieving credits on our Carleton Code passports for examples of positive behaviour Understanding how important it is to make the right choices with our behaviour
Trying to complete challenges around the classroom Trying out new places to learn and being able to have the confidence to ‘have a go.’ To have the confidence to say what we are good at and what we need to get better at
Exploring the changes to the seasons and the world around them Exploring and investigating – ice melting, water freezing, bread changing to toast, chocolate melting, which toy car will travel the furthest Finding out – materials toys are made from, differences between old and new toys, how we can make toys move
Expressive Arts and Design Exploring using media and materials Using different materials/media to make wintery pictures and collages
Literacy/Reading
Enjoying reading books of different types, for e.g. stories about winter, Kipper’s Toy Box, The Naughty Bus and non-fiction books about seasons and toys Using the vocabulary from familiar stories to act them out/ retell them with props Beginning to read words and simple sentences during phonics activities and in their reading books To begin to recognise some tricky words by sight – he, she, we, me, be, you, all, are, they, her, my and was, To use their knowledge of sounds to ‘sound out’ and read words.
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Literacy/Writing
Writing our own names and surnames Mark making with lots of different materials Writing letter and sounds that we have been learning, using cursive formation Writing through role play – in the toy shop Writing simple labels and captions - lists of our Christmas toys, labelling the parts of a toy, describing our favourite toys To begin to use recognisable letters to communicate their writing To be able to write simple sentences with a full stop and finger spaces
Counting forwards and backwards from 0-20 and recognising the numerals Estimating then counting groups of objects Using language such as more and fewer to compare groups of objects and numbers Putting numbers in order Finding 1 more and 1 less than a given number Adding and subtracting using objects, counting on and back to help them
Exploring celebrations such as Shrove Tuesday, Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, who celebrates them and why. Finding out about toys from the past
Technology
To learn how to direct and control a programmable toy Completing simple programmes
Expressive Arts and Design Being Imaginative
Role playing in the toy shop Singing, dancing and moving to new songs that they are learning
Mathematics/Number
Putting our hats, scarves and gloves on Taking our coats on and off, getting dressed and undressed for PE Putting our wellies and puddle suits on Using different tools safely Carrying equipment safely
Understanding the World People & Communities
Changing actions and sound effects to songs Learning the songs about winter and songs about different toys
Zipping up our own coats
Using the small world scenes to tell stories – the doll’s house, arctic scenes Acting out familiar stories together
Mathematics/Shape,Space & Measures
Using and recognising different coins in the role play shop, making different amounts and problem solving with the context of money To describe the position of a toy that is hiding using positional language Describing and comparing the size of toys
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