Spring 1st Half Term
Curriculum Overview for Foundation Stage/Ducklings Topics:Toys/Winter(Outside) 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 about 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 independently 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
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 phase 3 tricky words by sight – he, she, we, me, be, you, all, are, they, her, my and was
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Literacy/Writing
Writing our own names and surnames Mark making with lots of different materials Writing letters 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, that others can read
Exploring the changes to the seasons and the Exploring celebrations such as Shrove Tuesday, world around them Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, who celebrates them and why. Exploring and investigating –which toys will float or sink in the bath, which toy car will travel the Finding out about toys from the past from our furthest, what makes electronic toys work, toys parents and grandparents that can be pushed or pulled. Technology Finding out – materials toys are made from, To learn how to direct and control a differences between old and new toys, how we programmable toy can make toys move Completing simple programmes
RE –How do we show that we belong/Islam Expressive Arts and Design Being Imaginative
Using different materials/media to make wintery pictures and collages Changing actions and sound effects to songs Learning songs about winter and songs about different toys Making some moving toys
Role playing in the toy shop Singing, dancing and moving to new songs that they are learning Using the small world scenes to tell stories – the doll’s house, Acting out familiar stories together Moving like different toys
Mathematics/Shape,Space & Measures
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
Expressive Arts and Design Exploring using media and materials
Zipping up our own coats
Counting forwards and backwards from 0-20 and recognising the numerals Using language such as more and fewer to compare groups of objects and numbers Putting numbers in order Adding and subtracting using objects, counting on and back to help them
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, distance travelled by toy cars. www.primarycurriculum.me.uk