Autumn 2/2018 Curriculum Overview for Foundation Stage/Ducklings Topics: Bonfire Night, Diwali, Remembrance Day, Fairy Tales and Christmas Communication & Physical Development Physical Development Language Moving and Handling Health & Self care Listening to a range of stories, non-fiction texts and video clips about Bonfire night, Diwali, Remembrance day and Christmas. Listening to a range of different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs and Little red Riding Hood. Listening to the teachers and other pupils in assembly Using new vocabulary about our topics
Talking about our news from Being able to respond to home stories they have read or Listening to their heard, able to predict friends during role play outcomes, retell or recall and conversations main events and answer Speaking in sentences that questions are grammatically correct, in Retelling familiar stories in terms of verb tense, for e.g. their own words The bears went for a walk in Understanding how and why the woods. questions about special Speaking parts on the stage celebrations for our Christmas play Following simple instructions around the classroom
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 Joining in with Anti-bullying week
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
around the classroom Trying out new places to learn and being able to have the confidence to ‘have a go.’ Morals and dilemmas discussed in the fairy tales Working together to help solve challenges
Exploring the changes to materials – making chocolate ‘sparkler’ snacks, making currant buns for granny and porridge for goldilocks Investigating different materials – which materials can the Big, bad wolf blow down? Which materials will keep the three little pigs dry?
Expressive Arts and Design Exploring using media and materials Using different materials/media to make
Enjoying reading books of different types, for e.g. stories about Christmas and non-fiction book Diwali Using the vocabulary from familiar fairy tales to help retell them Beginning to read words and simple sentences by recognising and blending phase 2 phonemes. To begin to recognise some tricky words by sight – I, no, go , to, into and the To show that they have understood what they have read by recalling main events, characters and information accurately
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Writing our own names Mark making with lots of different materials Writing letter and sounds that we have been learning, using cursive formation Writing through role play – lists -Santa’s workshop To begin to use recognisable letters to communicate their writing Writing simple captions and sentences which can be read by themselves and others, for e.g. their own Goldilocks story or a letter from the wolf to the Three Little Pigs. Writing messages in cards
Singing songs for the fairy tales – The Three Bears’ Rap
Using the Beebots -programme and control them. Help Little Red Riding hood get to granny’s Completing simple programmes
Expressive Arts and Design Being Imaginative
Learning the songs for our Fairy Tale Nativity and accompanying with instruments 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 Simple addition by counting two groups of objects altogether
Exploring celebrations such as Bonfire night, Diwali, Remembrance Day and Christmas, who celebrates them and why. To describe how their families celebrate special occasions and recognising that not all families are the same
Technology
Role playing in the home corner for different celebrations Singing, dancing and moving to new songs that they are learning Using the small world scenes to act out and retell stories about bonfire night, fairy tales and the Christmas story
Mathematics/Shape,Space & Measures
Mathematics/Number
Taking our coats on and off, getting dressed and undressed for PE Putting our wellies and puddle suits on Using different tools safely and transports and stores equipment safely Staying safe on Bonfire night and in the dark evenings and mornings
Understanding the World People & Communities
Literacy/Writing
firework pictures, Rangoli art, Diwali lamps and Christmas decorations/cards
Literacy/Reading
Understanding the World The World
Trying to complete challenges
Exploring moving safely through a space in different ways for e.g. Daddy bear sized steps, tip-toeing like Goldilocks Moving in different ways – fireworks, Indian dancing Holding our pencils correctly Forming recognisable letters and numbers Holding and using scissors correctly
Using 2D and 3D shapes to build and make pictures, patterns and models with Ordering and sequencing familiar events Exploring capacity of containers and ordering them Ordering by size – bears, bowls, chairs and beds www.primarycurriculum.me.uk