Early Years Foundation Stage
Early Years
At Walsh Memorial CE Infant School our Early Years children have an exciting time learning, exploring, making friends and having lots of fun.
Our curriculum and provision fully comprises of the three characteristics of effective learning: Active Learning, Play and Exploration and Creating and Thinking Critically.
Our children work with an adult for some whole class and group sessions as well as on a one to one basis. They have a balance of child led learning and focused work with an adult. Learning through play is a key thread throughout, both indoors and outdoors. We use topics to plan the children’s learning and we always try to include the particular interests of the children whenever possible.
The children have constant access to our wonderful outside learning where a member of staff is always present to support and develop the children’s learning.
In Early Years we follow the Jolly Phonics scheme for teaching and learning phonics. Please see Early Years Learning Zone for links to support your children at home.
Curriculum Overview –Autumn Term
| Autumn 1 Topic – Seaside and All About Me | Autumn 2 Traditional Tales | |
| Communication and Language | Encouraging conversation with others. Use of social conventions. Making needs known/ taking messages to others. Following simple instructions. Friday Friend feedback. Cross curricular circle times | As Autumn 1 plus Retelling stories in small groups. Drama / puppets
Circle times continued |
| Physical Development | Learning to change and dress independently. Write dance / parachute and circle games .
Using malleable materials. Teach tracing plus other fine motor skills , threading, peg boards etc. Scissor skill activities. Gym – ways of moving ( Val Sabin scheme ) |
As Autumn 1 plus Obstacle course / Dance ( Trialling Val Sabin )
All other PD activities are on going and tailored to be cross curricular with the topic. |
| PSED | Seal – New Beginnings
My new class and me – celebrations about each child. Role play – The Home – explores a different familiar event each week – baking day, wash day, a birthday party. Learning the names of others through circle time activities. Building relationships through play and in activities where turn taking and sharing are necessary. Introduce Class rules and routines of the school day. Introduce Milly Molly stories British Values – the rule of law / class rules |
Sharing things that are special to me
Role play – 3 bears cottage / Grandmas cottage / The Post office/ Toy shop Stranger danger linked to LRRH. PHSE -Good deed beanstalk SEAL – Good to be me
Milly and Molly stories |
| Literacy | Reading -Introduce Teddy Books and early book skills. Introduce ORT characters through flip over/ discussion cards. Introduce Key vocab. and begin learning key word cards when appropriate.
Phonics -Teach Letter sounds and begin simple word building. ( 3 / 4 SOUNDS PER WEEK ) Rhyming activities. Writing – Opportunities for emergent writing in role play. Daily Name card practise. Writing opportunities linked to phonics. News writing. |
Reading – Key vocabulary and simple sentences. Patterned and story language. Traditional Tales and ORT Big Books .
Phonics – Letter sounds continued – reading / writing and links with other areas of the curriculum Retelling and sequencing stories through use of puppets and role play. Rhyming strings. Writing – Writing captions and simple sentences using sounds knowledge. Opportunity for free emergent writing. Retelling traditional tales Reading simple captions and sentences. |
| Maths | Number -Sorting, matching , working with numbers to 10 and counting and making sets of objects reliably. Sing mathematical songs. More/ less ordering. Introduce Numicon
Shape, space, measures -Exploring shape – 2D and 3D naming and using language to describe properties. Making pictures, sorting and constructing. |
Number – Work with numbers to 10 1 more/ less money
Shape, space and measures –Length and weight -Ordering sizes and learning comparative language. Pattern – recognising and making simple repeating patterns. Positional and directional language. Introduce bee bots for directional language. Simple routes – giving and following instructions. |
| Understanding the world | RE – Who am I and where do I belong?
UW –Naming and labelling body parts. Healthy Eating. Body songs. Baking. Looking at similarities, differences and changes. ICT – Using Tizzy to draw lines ( l – r) simple pictures, type strings of letters to familiarise with key board. Friday Friend news. Circle times about families/ interests. History – past and present events in their own lives |
RE – Why do we have Celebrations?
UW – Sorting to specified and own criteria. Making porridge. The journey of a letter ICT – Bee bots, Tizzy’s Tools – Create a picture. The Post Office Post man Visit – Trip to local post office to post Christmas card |
| Expressive arts and design | Surrey Arts – Me and My stories
UMM Free creative table Paintings of holidays Self-portrait construction and model making. Music – Surrey Arts Interactive Jolly phonic songs – All about me songs BI – Role play / free painting and materials table |
UMM Design a bed for Teddy. Observational drawing of Teddy. Make a patterned headboard and use fabric pens to make a patterned cover. Firework picture ( Fluorescent) and collage.
Creative activities linked to initial phonic sounds – dinosaur feet, inky mouse BI – Role play Puppet theatre Free creative table |
Early Years Curriculum Overview – Spring Term
| Spring 1 Topic – Colour and Light / Chinese New Year/ People who help | Spring 2 Journeys and Transport Spring / Growing / Farm visit | |
| Communication and Language | Encouraging conversation with others. Use of social conventions. Making needs known/ taking messages to others. Friday Friend feedback. Extend Vocab. | Encouraging conversation with others. Use of social conventions. Making needs known/ taking messages to others. Friday Friend feedback. Taking turns to speak and respond appropriately. Extend vocab |
| Physical Development | Write dance Val Sabin -Dance
Elmer lacing cards Ongoing fine motor skills – Tracing, letter formation, cutting skills |
Write Dance – Gym
Ongoing – tracing/ cutting / fine motor activities. Model making with recyclable materials |
| PSED | People who help us
Milly Molly stories Role Play: Week 1 / 2 Colour Lab and Dark Tent Week 3 / 4 – Chinese Kitchen Week 5 / 6 – School Room Fire Fighters resource box SEAL – Going for Goals Talk about New Year Resolutions (goals for the year) Talk about achievements the children have made over their 1 term at school Road safety British Values – Democracy Children to join school council |
Growing and changing
Milly Molly stories RE – What makes something Special?
Role Play – The Hospital The Train/ boat / plane The garden Centre The Vets
Keeping safe by the road Following Rules Healthy Eating
Looking after our pets and farm animals British Values –Mutual Respect |
| Literacy | Elmer Stories Noah’s Ark Colour Poems ORT BB Anna’s amazing glasses
Writing- Creative writing Elmer stories – use our own ideas Where do your magic glasses take you? Chinese New Year Story Sequencing Stories Weekend news |
The big blue sofa/ The magic bed.
Jaspers Beanstalk The journey Handa’s Surprise Oliver’s Fruit Salad Writing News writing / creative stories – where does your sofa/ bed take you? Dictated sentences labelling |
| Maths | Number
1 more / less Working with number tracks Weigh / vocab ( direct comparison ) Number formation Numicon Addition / vocab Ordinal numbers / missing numbers
Problem solving with addition and subtraction SSM Shape names/ sorting shape pictures Patterns in the environment / repeating patterns. Subtraction |
SSM
length – ordering 3 or more objects/ vocab Time – sequencing familiar events – Seasons 2D/3D shape weight / vocab Problem solving / sharing Simple Data handling / tally charts Money Number Doubling Addition / subtraction |
| Understanding the world | RE – What makes a place special?
Developing language to describe materials. Sorting according to given and own criteria. UW Chinese New Year People Who Help Us The weather / Testing materials for water resistance Light and Dark
Visits from Emergency Services Personnel
ICT – Drawing Program / Phonics resources |
RE – What makes something special? Seal – Good to be me
Looking at and making own maps Easter UW Journeys – near and far Transport – compare past and present transport Growing seeds Keeping a seed dairy Observations similarities / differences Spring walk – What happens in to flowers / trees/ ponds/animals in Spring? Investigate seeds Animals and their young. Farm to visit school ICT – Drawing program and Bee Bots |
| Expressive arts and design | Surrey Arts Music – Everyone
Fluorescent colours Colour Mixing Making shades Colour Books People who help us and emergency vehicles painting Chinese New Year Craft Music – Surrey Arts
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Surrey Arts Music – Our world
Observational drawings of flowers Design and make vases for flowers Making flowers Fruit Printing Design own transport Music – Surrey Arts |
Early Years Curriculum Overview – Summer Term
| Summer 1 Topic – Houses and Homes – Super Hero ( Monsters and Aliens ) | Summer 2 Pirate Week , Water/ Mini-beasts | |
| Communication and Language | Partner talk / Friday Friend news / guess what’s in the box? Questions – Why and how?
Pie Corbett –/ 3 little Pigs – Hot seating/ drama. |
Partner talk / Friday Friend news / guess what’s in the box? Questions – Why and how?
Explanations |
| Physical Development | Ongoing fine motor skill activities.
Outdoor games / Gym |
Ongoing fine motor skill activities. Outdoor games/ ball skills – aiming, throwing /catching Pirate week – Work outs –Polar/ Desert/ rainforest / underwater |
| PSED | My special people
Millie Molly stories Role play – The Kitchen / Building site RE – What makes our world wonderful? Safety in the kitchen SEAL – Fair and Unfair British Values – Individual Liberty |
Being involved / moving on
Milly Molly stories – Bullying Role play – Vets/ Aeroplane/ Beach shop RE – What makes a place special? Keeping healthy British Values – Tolerance |
| Literacy | Books
Superpotato, and others in series, Super Daisy Three Little Pigs – Recite in Style of Pie Corbett Writing My own super veg story The evil pea letters, creative story Writing with word banks / Targets Writing letters to the Evil pea and Supertato Write the story of 3 little pigs Dictated sentences. Superhero/ creative Writing Writing a letter |
Rhyme
Books – 123 off to the sea Who sank the boat? The very hungry caterpilllar Pirate stories – Pirate Pete, Captain Flynn, Night pirates Writing Creative writing – own version of the hungry …. My own pirate stories Minibeast riddle – what am I? Labelling News writing Non fiction writing- fact books about minibeasts Pirate stories Message in a bottle |
| Maths | Number
Number tracks Addition and subtraction using equipment and numberlines Number formation. Problem solving Making and solving own number investigations SSM 3D Shapes –build /sort/ investigate capacity – problem solving and ordering containers. Doubling / halving sharing. Real life problems |
Number
Ordering numbers/ ordinal numbers Sharing missing numbers. Counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s SSM Capacity/ Addition / subtraction Problem solving Positional language Counting in 2s 10s Repeating patterns – continue a pattern Weight – problem solving Length – Prob solving 2D / 3D SHAPE – properties vocab. Time |
| Understanding the world | RE – What makes our world wonderful? Creation
Houses around the world and Animal homes/ Climates. Sorting animals according to home climate. Texture – sorting Learning about different faiths and special places – Muslim, Jewish ICT – Drawing program / Bee Bots History – Past and present events in their own lives and those of their family |
RE – What can we learn from stories? Noah’s ark
Water and holes and Floating and sinking Blowing bubbles investigation / dissolving investigation. The seaside – make a boat that will float. Minibeasts – butterfly life cycle. Watch caterpillars change into butterflies Local visit for mini beast hunt ICT – Create a picture using picture banks |
| Expressive arts and design | Surrey Arts Music – Big bear funk
Create a textured house. ( Model making ) Make 3 Little Pigs Home Make your own pig puppet Make musical instruments Textured sewing Texture – combining to create pictures Painting pictures of homes and dream homes |
Surrey Arts Music – Reflect, rewind and replay
Design a shoe box home Bubble pictures Butterfly pictures Make a dragon fly Create your own mini beast using soft clay Minibeast sculpture Reflection pictures Symmetry. |