ST. GREGORY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARYCURRICULUM MAPS 2015-2016 (EYFS)

Nursery Curriculum Map 2015-16

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Communication & LanguageShare stories on home/families and children’s favourite stories and rhymes. Introduce the skills for good listening and attention. Begin Letters and Sounds program at phase 1 ‘General Sound Discrimination’. Provide plenty of opportunities for children to share thoughts, ideas and news daily.

Physical DevelopmentReinforce personal hygiene routines including hand washing following outdoor play and before snack. Support children in managing clothing and fastenings including coats, pumps, Wellingtons and aprons. Introduce children to new climbing equipment. Model giving meaning to marks made, proving multisensory mark making and writing opportunities. Introduce children to the hall and begin weekly PE sessions using ‘Sticky Kids’ movement and dance program. Introduce and model the safe use of one handed tools and equipment.

Themes - ‘New Beginnings’, ’Myself’, ‘Colour’, ‘Autumn’. Introduce nursery rules and routines. Support and encourage independence throughout the setting. Model sharing, turn taking and cooperative play. Provide opportunities to talk about self, home and family.

YN Autumn

Literacy

Understanding the WorldMathematics

Expressive Arts & Design

Provide opportunities to share children’s favourite books 1-1, in small and larger groups. Share Elmer stories and information books related to Autumn. Provide and model opportunities for writing.

Basic counting skills using 1-1 correspondence, counting children in daily, number songs and rhymes. Sort, count and compare objects by colour, size, shape. Introduce and model language relating to shape, space and measure.

Share and build upon prior knowledge relating to autumn. Discuss features and changes to the environment. Go on an autumn walk to look for signs of autumn. Find out about animals related to autumn. Provide opportunities for children to share their experiences at home relating autumn; going on walks to the park etc.

Explore colour through mixing, and various textures when looking at leaves and objects. Explore musical instruments and sounds outdoors.

NYN Autumn

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Communication & LanguageListening and Attention - Share stories on home/families, children’s favourite stories and rhymes, a range of familiar/non familiar traditional tales and stories with a winter theme. Continue to reinforce the skills for good listening and attention when sharing conversations in small and larger groups Providing plenty of opportunities for children to share thoughts, ideas and news daily. Continue Letters and Sounds program at phase 1 ‘General Sound Discrimination’ and begin aspects of phase 2. Understanding – Develop understanding of use of equipment through introducing additional tools and resources. Develop understanding of simple and more complex questions to include ‘how’ and ‘why’. Speaking – Continue to develop conversational skills modelling and encouraging use connectives to develop sentence structures to link thoughts, share experiences and recall events within stories.

Physical DevelopmentHealth and Self Care - Reinforce personal hygiene routines including hand washing following outdoor play and before snack. Encourage further independence in managing clothing and fastenings including coats, pumps, wellingtons and aprons. Develop awareness of changes to our bodies during exercise and keeping warm during cold weather. Moving and Handling – Continue to proving multisensory mark making and writing opportunities to further develop pencil grip and control to include letters. Continue weekly PE sessions in the hall exploring a range of movement, and introducing ball skills. Further develop use of one handed tools and equipment, introducing additional resources, developing understanding of the need for safety.

Themes – ‘Winter’ ‘Traditional Tales’, RE - ‘Celebrating’ ‘Gathering’. Self Confidence and Self Awareness - Introduce nursery rules and routines for January intake. Support and encourage independence throughout the setting, modelling sharing, turn taking and cooperative play. Provide opportunities to talk about self, home and family.Making Relationships - Support established members of the group to welcome and support new children into the group, helping them with basic rules and routines. Managing Feelings and Behaviour - Continue to develop understanding of the need to respect others wants/thoughts and feelings during play and how to respond appropriately.

YN Spring

Literacy

Understanding the WorldMathematics

Expressive Arts & Design

Reading - Provide opportunities to share a variety of books, songs and rhymes 1-1, in small and larger groups, developing attention and recall.Writing - Develop understanding of the link between spoken/written language by making signs and labels modelling giving meaning to marks and following simple sets of instructions/ingredients to make bird feeders.

Number - Basic counting skills using 1-1 correspondence, counting children in daily and use of number cards to show number of children in. Number songs and rhymes. Estimate, count and compare groups of objects. Shape, Space and Measure – Continue to develop understanding and use of language language relating to shape, space and measure. Further develop understanding of use of positional language though a variety of play opportunities.

People and Communities – Provide opportunities to talk about experiences from home relating to cold weather, days out.The World - Discuss changes to the weather and environment during winter. Find out about animals living in cold parts of the world. Explore frost/snow. Explore cause and effect through ice investigation. Discuss looking after animals that visit our garden during winter time; work together to make birdfeeders.Technology - Introduce use of I – Pads/cameras to record using photographs. Develop basic mouse/keyboard skills using various software.

Using media and materials – Continue to provide plenty of opportunities to share songs, rhymes and games using props and instruments. Being imaginative – Provide additional resources, props and materials to act out familiar stories. Work with children using available materials to make their own props to support imaginative play. Support and develop use of language through imaginative play through modelling and joining play.

YN Spring

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Communication & LanguageListening and Attention - Share themed stories linked topics, favourite stories and rhymes, including familiar/non familiar traditional tales. Continue to reinforce the skills for good listening and attention when sharing conversations in small and larger groups providing plenty of opportunities for children to share thoughts, ideas and news. Continue Letters and Sounds program at phase 1 with a particular focus on aspects 5 and 6 and phase 2. Understanding – Develop understanding of use of equipment through introducing additional tools and resources. Develop understanding of simple and more complex questions to include ‘how’ and ‘why’. Speaking – Continue to develop conversational skills modelling and encouraging use connectives to develop sentence structures to link thoughts, share experiences and recall events within stories.

Physical DevelopmentHealth and Self Care - Reinforce personal hygiene routines including hand washing following outdoor play , after planting and before snack. Develop understanding of dressing appropriately for hot weather and staying safe in the sun. Moving and Handling – Continue to proving multisensory mark making and writing opportunities to further develop pencil grip and control to include letters. Continue weekly PE sessions in the hall/outdoors exploring a range of movement. Further develop use of one handed tools and equipment, introducing additional resources, developing understanding of the need for safety. Introduce ‘Write Dance’ to support early writing development.

Themes – ‘Growing’ ‘Summer/holidays’ ‘Mini-beasts’, RE - ‘Good News’, ‘Our World’. Self Confidence and Self Awareness - Children to take part in transition days in preparation for their move into Reception class. Making Relationships – Continue to support less confident in joining and making contributions during play. Managing Feelings and Behaviour - Continue to develop understanding of the need to respect others wants/thoughts and feelings during play and how to respond appropriately.

YN Summer

Literacy

Understanding the WorldMathematics

Expressive Arts & Design

Reading - Share a variety of books, songs and rhymes including ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. Continue to develop recall, understanding of structure and ability to predict and anticipate events within stories. Writing – Continue to develop understanding of the link between spoken/written language and giving meaning to marks. Support children working at phase two Letters and Sounds to use phonic knowledge to add labels to pictures. Continue to work with children to develop pencil grip and increasing pencil control.

Number - Basic counting skills using 1-1 correspondence, counting children in daily and use of number cards to show number of children in. Number songs and rhymes. Estimate, count and compare groups of objects. Shape, Space and Measure – Continue to develop understanding and use of language relating to shape, space and measure. Further develop understanding of use of positional language though a variety of play opportunities and awareness of number and shape in the environment.

People and Communities – Provide opportunities to talk about experiences from home relating to days out and holidays using past and future tense. The World – Continue to develop understanding of growth and change through planting. Discuss and find out about a variety of mini-beasts and bugs. Go on a mini-beast hunt. Develop understanding of growth, decay and changes overtime by introducing children to the life cycle of a caterpillar. Observe caterpillars as they develop into butterflies and make butterfly feeders. Technology - Continue to use I – Pads and cameras to record using photographs and introduce a variety of apps. Develop basic mouse/keyboard skills using various software.

Using media and materials – Continue to provide plenty of opportunities to share songs, rhymes and games using props and instruments. Being imaginative – Provide additional resources, props and materials to act out familiar stories. Work with children using available materials to make their own props to support imaginative play. Support and develop use of language to connect ideas through imaginative play by modelling and joining play.

YN Summer

Personal, Social & Emotional DevelopmentMaking relationships: We will be learning to - Play cooperatively and take turns.

Self confidence and Self Awareness: We will be learning to - Try new ideas, saying why some activities are liked more than others.

Managing Feelings & Behaviour: We will be learning to - Talk about our feelings, talk about our own and others’ behaviour, & its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable.

Communication & LanguageListening & Attention: We will be learning to - Listen attentively in a range of situations. Listen to stories and anticipate key events, responding with relevant comments, questions or actions.

Understanding: We will be learning to - Follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.

Speaking: We will be learning to - Express ourselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs. Develop our own narratives.

Physical DevelopmentMoving & Handling: We will be learning to - Develop gross/fine motor control and coordination in large and small movements including activities in PE and in the outdoor learning environment. To use a pencil and hold it correctly to form recognisable pre-cursive style letters.

Health & Self Care: We will be learning to – Manage our own basic hygiene & personal needs successfully.

YR Autumn

LiteracyReading: We will be learning to - Hear and say initial sounds in words, segment and blend together sounds in words. Read and understand simple sentences. Use phonic knowledge to decode regular words & read them

aloud accurately.

Writing: We will be learning to – Give meaning to marks we draw, write and paint. Use clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence.

MathematicsNumbers: We will be learning to – Count objects by saying one number name for each item. Select the correct

numeral to represent 1 to 10 objects. In practical activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting. Count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which one is

one more or less than a given number.Shape, Space and Measures: We will be learning to – Use mathematical names for ‘flat’ 2D and ‘solid’ 3D shapes and use mathematical terms to describe shapes. To recognise, create and describe patterns & build

models. To describe their relative position such as ‘behind’ or ‘next to’.

YR Autumn

Understanding the WorldPeople & Communities: We will be learning to – Talk about past and present events in our own and the lives

of family members.The World: We will be learning to - Recognise similarities and differences in relation to places, objects,

materials and living things.Technology: We will be learning to - Use simple programs o the computer and use a range of technology.

Expressive Arts & DesignExploring & Using Media & Materials: We will be learning to - We will be learning to – Build a repertoire of

songs and dances. Explore different sounds of instruments. Experiment mixing colours. Create different textures.

Being Imaginative: We will be learning to - Create simple representations of events, people and objects. Choose particular colours to use for a purpose. Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play. Play cooperatively as

part of a group to develop and act out a narrative.

YR Autumn

Autumn Term‘Come and See’ RE topics

Myself – God knows and loves each oneWelcome – Baptism: a welcome to God’s family

Birthday – Looking forward to Jesus’ birthday‘Awe & Wonder’ Week

‘Other Faith’ Week – Hinduism

Overall themes for Term 1 First half:

• Ourselves• Nursery Rhymes• Signs of Autumn

Second half:• ‘Bear’ Stories

• Christmas

YR Autumn

Personal, Social & Emotional DevelopmentMaking relationships: We will be learning to – Take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise an

activity. To learn to take steps to resolve conflicts with other children (e.g. finding a compromise).

Self confidence and Self Awareness: We will be learning to - Be confident to speak in a familiar group and to talk about their ideas.

Managing Feelings & Behaviour: We will be learning to – Work as part of a group/class and understand and follow the rules. (Kind hands, kind feet & kind words; use indoor voice; walk safely, not run)

Communication & LanguageListening & Attention: We will be learning to - Listen attentively in a range of situations. Give our attention to what others say and respond appropriately.

Understanding: We will be learning to – Answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about our experiences.

Speaking: We will be learning to – Use past, present and future forms of tense accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in future. Develop our own narratives.

Physical DevelopmentMoving & Handling: We will be learning to – Travel with confidence and skill around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment. Show increasing control over an object in pushing, patting, throwing, catching or kicking it. Hold a pencil effectively to form recognisable letters, and form them correctly.

Health & Self Care: We will be learning to – Know the importance for good health of physical exercise and a healthy diet.

YR Spring

LiteracyReading: We will be learning to –Segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together, knowing

which letters represent the sounds. Use vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books. To read some common irregular words.

Writing: We will be learning to – Use our phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match our spoken sounds. To write own name and other things such as labels, captions and some common irregular words. To

write short sentences in meaningful contexts.

MathematicsNumbers: We will be learning to – Count an irregular arrangement of objects (up to 10 and beyond;, estimate

how many objects can be seen and check by counting them; Use the language of ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare two sets of objects. In practical activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting. To learn to add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

Shape, Space and Measures: We will be learning to – Order two or three items by length or height; order two items by weight or capacity; use everyday language related to time and money.

YR Spring

Understanding the WorldPeople & Communities: We will be learning to – Know that other children do not always enjoy the same

things and learn to be sensitive to this.The World: We will be learning to – Talk about the features of our own immediate environment and how

environments might vary from one another.Technology: We will be learning to - Interact with age-appropriate computer software, and recognise that a

range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools.

Expressive Arts & DesignExploring & Using Media & Materials: We will be learning to – Understand that different media can be

combined to create new effects; manipulate materials to achieve a planned effect; Construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resource; Use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.

Being Imaginative: We will be learning to - Initiate new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences; Play alongside other children who are engaged in the

same theme. Introduce and develop a narrative in play.

YR Spring

‘Come and See’ RE topics

Celebrating – People celebrate in ChurchGathering – The parish family gathers to celebrate Eucharist

Growing – Looking forward to Easter

Overall themes for Term 2

First half:• Ourselves

• Winter into Spring Second half:

• Pets• Water

YR Spring

Personal, Social & Emotional DevelopmentMaking relationships: We will be learning to – Show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive

relationships with adults and other children.

Self confidence and Self Awareness: We will be learning to - Choose the resources needed for chosen activities; and say when help is needed or not.

Managing Feelings & Behaviour: We will be learning to – Adjust our behaviour to different situations and take changes of routine in our stride.

Communication & LanguageListening & Attention: We will be learning to - Use two-chanelled attention (being able to listen and do for a short span); To give our attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.

Understanding: We will be learning to – Understand humour (e.g. In nonsense rhymes and jokes); to listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.

Speaking: We will be learning to – Develop our own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.

Physical DevelopmentMoving & Handling: We will be learning to – Show good control and coordination in large and small movements; to move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space; to handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.

Health & Self Care: We will be learning to – Talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.

YR Summer

LiteracyReading: We will be learning to –Enjoy an increasing range of books. Know that information can be retrieved

from books and computers. To demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

Writing: We will be learning to – Write simple sentences in meaningful contexts which can be read by themselves and others. To learn to spell some words correctly and to use phonetically plausible attempts at

other words.

MathematicsNumbers: We will be learning to – Record, using marks that can be interpreted and explained. To begin to identify

own mathematical problems based on own interests and fascinations. To solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.

Shape, Space and Measures: We will be learning to – Order and sequence familiar events; measure short periods of time in simple ways. To use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and

money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems.

YR Summer

Understanding the WorldPeople & Communities: We will be learning to – Know about similarities and differences between themselves

and others, and among families, communities and traditions.The World: We will be learning to – Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things

occur, and talk about changes.Technology: We will be learning to - Select and use technology for particular purposes.

Expressive Arts & DesignExploring & Using Media & Materials: We will be learning to – Select appropriate resources and adapt work

where necessary; Select tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using. To safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture,

form and function.

Being Imaginative: We will be learning to - Use what we have learned about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes. To represent our ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and

technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.

YR Summer

‘Come and See’ RE topics

Good News – Passing on the Good news of JesusFriends – Friends of Jesus

Our world – God’s wonderful world

‘Other Faith’ week - Judaism

Overall themes for Term 3

First half:• Food• Plants

• Second half:• Growing• Holidays

YR Summer