People and communities posters ELGs These posters can be used to support the learning environment and teaching. They are a breakdown of each strand within the early learning goals in people and communities. www.earlybirdyeducation.com

People and communities Look at a variety of cultures, celebrations and traditions. Compare different celebrations and refer to familiar events e.g. food, decorations and presents. Encourage parents to come in and speak another language or talk about a special event or tradition. Class mascot, toy to take turns to go home with a pupil for the weekend. Set them a challenge and ask the child to bring in some artefacts, pictures, drawings of what they did at home. This will give the children the opportunity to talk about personal events and compare them with others. Create a class display promoting home life and experiences. Encourage the children to add their experiences to the display and talk about the differences amongst the class. Combine the home life display with the class mascots travels. Provide a range of experiences and trips to see their local community. Arrange local visits and visitors to talk to the children about their past experiences. For example- police, post office, fire station, dentist, lollypop lady, doctor, grand parents, other teachers, builder visit. People and communities Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. They know that other children don’t always enjoy the same things and are sensitive to this. They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. As the children are becoming more confident in their classroom setting, allow a parent workshop whereby they come in and ‘stay and play’ with the children once a week or term. Can the children show them their learning? Ask questions? www.earlybirdyeducation.com