Foundation Stage Curriculum Map Spring 1 People who help us

Our Golden Skills In our school we believe that in order for children to become better learners, there are golden skills that are embedded in all learning. Each week we will focus on developing one of our Golden Skills. Independence We will be concentrating on dressing and undressing independently. Looking after and finding our own belongings and materials to complete a task. Self Belief We will be working on when to be independent and when to ask for help. Also how to talk about our own abilities and achievements. Aspiration We be thinking about what we would like to be when we are older and talking about different ways of life around the world. Communication We will be developing our communication and language skills through talking partners, class discussions and understanding the importance of developing good listening skills. Perseverance We will be sticking at things even when we find them hard. We will begin to negotiate and solve problems. . Curiosity We love to show curiosity for the world around us. We will be raising questions about different occupations, looking at similarities and differences between them.

Cultural- We are very lucky to have a wide variety of cultures at our school with children speaking many different languages. We will be working with the children to show them that we are all special, no matter how we look or speak among families, traditions and communities. Spiritual - We will be developing our spirituality within class Liturgies, whole school Statement to Live by Liturgies and weekly Bible stories. We will also send home our Prayer Bear each day and share these prayers with the class. In our RE lessons we will be learning about our Parish Family and how we come together to celebrate. Moral- We will be working on this by thinking about sharing our problems in circle time and thinking about the right thing to do. We will think about our actions affect others. Social- This half term we will learning to take turns with others and show sensitivity to others needs and feelings. SMSC

Communication and Language Prime Areas PSED We will be talking about ourselves positively. We will be showing that we can try new activities building our self confidence. When we have visitors in school we will be asking them about their occupations. SMSC We are very lucky to have a wide variety of languages in FS2 and we will be showing the children that we are all special even though we may look different or speak different languages. Communication and Language We will be reading lots of stories which all share the theme of ‘People who help us.’ We will be discussing the key events and sharing ideas with talk partners. We will be listening and responding with appropriate questions. We would love to hear all about the stories you have been reading! Physical Development We will be developing our fine motor skills in a number of ways to enable us to develop our pencil grip and control, using it effectively to form letters correctly. At home can you help your children with their fine motor development by threading with pasta and string, making biscuits and handling the dough or making Loom band bracelets. In PE we will be concentrating on developing our core strength through throwing, catching and kicking.

Specific Areas Literacy Mathematics Expressive Arts and Design Below are the stories that we will be focussing on this half term. Books about People who help us Non-fiction senses book We will continue to practise our phase 2 and phase 3 sounds using the Jolly Phonics actions and rhymes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCkBK9RTkU Mathematics During this half term we are focusing on number counting and recognition, shape, space and measures: size, weight and capacity. Expressive Arts and Design We will be using junk modelling to make building’s, vehicles and equipment which people use in their jobs. We will be using role play to support the children’s learning. Understanding the World We will be talking about people and their occupations. We will be encouraging the children to find out about their environment by talking to people ,examining photographs, simple maps and local visits.

Dates for your Diary Reading books These are changed as often as you would like. We provide a selection of books in the classroom for you to change with the children Friday PE: please take all jewellery off before coming to school.