Please find below an overview of the curriculum for this class. If you require further information please ask the class teacher in the first instance. Each term a curriculum letter is sent out from each class.
We use FFT Success for All Phonics to teach Phonics.
Below you will find the EYFS long term plan and also our afternoon long term plan when the Year 1’s also join us.
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| EYFS LTP | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |||
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| Themes | Marvellous Me | Fantastic Festivals | Come Outside! | Amazing Animals | Ticket to Ride | Fun at the Seaside |
| Personal, Social and Emotional | Class rules Sharing interests Sharing hobbies Identifying feelings Importance of exercise | School rules and values Setting goals Listening to others Responsibility Healthy eating Oral hygiene | Making the right choices Confidence and independence Consequences Being kind | Effects of behaviour Perseverance and resilience Being a good friend Internet Safety Screen Time | Managing feelings Calming Techniques Having different opinions Being unique Importance of sleep | Road safety Problem Solving Resolving Conflicts Being safe in the sun Getting ready for year one |
| Communication and Language | Listening and attention skills Asking and answering ‘what’ questions 1:1 discussions Retelling the story ‘The Gruffalo’ | Joining in with repeated refrains in stories Asking and answering ‘who’ questions’ 1:1 discussions Retelling the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ | Discussing key events in a story Asking and answering ‘when’ questions Small group discussions Using present tense. | Identifying main characters in a story Asking and answering ‘where’ questions Small group discussions Using connectives to join ideas | Linking events in a story to own experiences Asking and answering ‘why’ questions Whole class discussions Using past tense | Sequence story/real life events in detail Hot seating Whole class discussions Using future tense |
| Physical Development | Fine Motor Tripod Grip Writing position Using cotton buds/paintbrushes to form letters | Fine Motor Scissor skills Chopping with a knife Using cotton buds/paintbrushes to form letters Doing up zips | Fine Motor
Stacking and balancing Letter formation ‘around’ letters Letter formation ‘down’ letters Using a knife and fork to cut |
Fine Motor
Weaving and wrapping Letter formation ‘down letters’ Letter formation ‘curly’ letters Letter formation ‘zig-zag’ letters |
Fine Motor
Pattern making Capital letter formation A-M Using small tools Doing up buttons |
Fine Motor
Sewing Capital letter formation N-Z Doing up laces |
| Literacy | Drawing & labelling
Ordering letters of my name Writing my name Talk for Writing The Gruffalo |
Writing initial sounds
Writing CVC words Talk for Writing Handa’s Surprise |
Writing CVCC words
Writing captions Writing lists Talk for Writing Owl Babies |
Writing phrases
I can see sentences Talk for Writing Farmer Duck |
Writing letters
Writing rhymes Writing poems Talk for Writing Whatever Next |
Writing instructions
Writing predictions Writing descriptions Talk for Writing On the Way Home |
| Phonics | Children will read and correctly say the sounds s, a, t, p, I, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r
Children will hear and identify initial sounds in words. Children will know tricky red words I, the. |
Children will read and correctly say the sounds h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z
Children will blend known sounds in words. Children will know tricky red words to, into. |
Children will read and correctly say the sounds zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng
Children will blend known sounds in words. Children will know tricky red words no, go, so. |
Children will read and correctly say the sounds ai, ee, igh, oa, oo (short), oo (long), ar
Children will blend known sounds in words. Children will know tricky red words he, she, me, we, be. |
Children will read and correctly say the sounds or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er
Children will blend known sounds in words. Children will know tricky red words are, they, her. |
Children will sound and blend words with Success for all Phonics steps 1-32.
Children will know tricky red words my, by, of. |
| Maths | Numbers 1-5
Counting out loud Counting in correspondence Matching and sorting Comparing amounts 1 more / 1 less 2D shapes |
Numbers 6-10
Subitising Length Addition and subtraction language Money |
Time language
Ordering events Part/whole model Number bonds to 4, 5, 6 and 7 |
3D shapes
Number bonds to 10 Partitioning Weight
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Repeating patterns
Adding by counting on Taking away counting back Numbers to 10 then 20 |
Doubles
Halving Length, height, distance Weight capacity |
| Understanding the World | How I’ve changed
Families and communities Autumn Taking photos with iPad |
Diwali
Remembrance Day The Christmas Story |
Past and present transport
Our school Exploring maps Winter |
Life cycle of a chick
Spring The Christian Easter Story |
St George
The 4 Seasons Life cycle of a plant How to care for a plant |
Seaside holidays past & present
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| Expressive Arts and Design | Explore sound through voice and body. Colouring mixing | Festival music Cooking a main meal Christmas craft | Pitch and tempo Running stitch Joining using a split pin | Tempo and pitch fairy-tale music 2D collages Henry Matisse Observational drawings | Musical instruments Puppets | Performing music Kadinsky |
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| 2025-26 | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |||
| Theme | ||||||
| Science | Animals including Humans | Marvellous Materials | Plants | |||
| History | The Great Fire of London | Homes in the Past | First Flight | |||
| Geography | Our School | Our Wonderful World | ||||
| Computing | Technology around us | Digital Painting | Grouping Data | Moving a robot | Digital Writing | Intro to Animation |
| DT | Fabric Bunting (Sewing running stitch) | Moving Pictures | Cooking and Nutrition | Design and make an aeroplane | ||
| Art | Drawing and Lowry | Potraits | Henri Matisse | Observational drawing of Insects | ||
| Music | Music Express | Nativity | Music Express | Nursery rhymes | Music Express | Singing |
| RE | Which stories are special and why? | Why does Christmas matter to Christians? | Who is Jewish and how do they live? | Being special: where do we belong? | Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians? | |
| PE | Dance 1 | Dance 2 | Gym – movement and balance | Gym – apparatus | Games | Sports day Practice |
| Relationship, Health and Sex Education | Caring Friendships | Healthy Eating
Internet Safety and Harms |
Respectful Relationships | Families and People who Care for Me | Being Safe | |
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| 2024-25 | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |||
| Theme | ||||||
| Science | Seasonal Changes Autumn/Winter | Scientists and Inventors | Seasonal Changes Spring/Summer | |||
| History | British Seaside | Toys | Famous Queens | |||
| Geography | Poles Apart | Up, Up and Away | ||||
| Computing | Technology around us | Digital Painting | Grouping Data | Moving a robot | Digital Writing | Intro to Animation |
| DT | Fabric bunting /Sewing | Cooking and Nutrition | Puppets and Textiles | Design and Make an Areoplane | ||
| Art | Drawing & Artist -Lowry | Henri Matisse | Van Gogh’s Sunflowers | Observational drawings of Insects | ||
| Music | Music express | Nativity | Nursery Rhymes | Music express | Singing | Music express |
| RE | What does it mean to belong to a Faith Community? | Why is Christmas special for Christians? | What is the good news Jesus brings? | Why is Easter special to Christians? | What places are special and why? | What makes some places sacred to believers? |
| PE | Dance 1 | Dance 2 | Gym – movement and balance | Gym – apparatus | Games | Sports day practice |
| Relationship, Health and Sex Education | Caring Friendships | Internet Safety and Harms | Respectful Relationships | Families and People who Care for Me | Healthy Eating
Keeping Safe |
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