EARLY YEARS AND KEY STAGE ONE CURRICULUM FOCUS

AUTUMN 2024

Within Early Years ( Lemon and Lime class ) and Key Stage One ( Silver class ) pupils will be focusing primarily on the following three curricular goals this term :

• PSED and Communication - I can make my needs and wants known
• Physical Development - I can make a cake, I can grow my own plants and I can create my own dance
• Expressive Arts and Design – I can create a piece of artwork

Pupils will also be developing skills in the following curricular goals throughout this term :

• Literacy - I can tell a story in my own way
• Maths - I can use my counting skills to solve everyday problems
• Understanding the world - I can grow my own plants and I know what makes me special

Pupils will also be focusing on the following in the three prime areas :

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development ( PSED )  – experiencing opportunities to develop self-confidence and self-awareness, opportunities to develop independence skills, playing indoor and outdoor games – turn taking and sharing and opportunities to develop role play and play skills. In addition, pupils will also be focusing on learning how to manage their feelings and behaviour and they will be building the skills to develop relationships with others.

• Communication and Language – pupils will be experiencing a range of sensory stories and texts. Pupils will be encouraged to respond to questions about different texts. Pupils will be continuing to develop their communication skills using speech, ALD boards, signing and PECS. Pupils will also be developing language and Personal Development skills through the Curiosity Programme and Attention Autism sessions.

• Physical Development – pupils will continue to develop their gross and fine motor skills and pupils will also have opportunities to explore and move on a range of equipment – both large and small in the classroom, outside and also in soft play.

In addition pupils will also be focusing on the following in the additional four specific areas :

• Literacy – Pupils will be developing mark-making skills, building on their Phonic skills through daily Little Wandle sessions and they will be encouraged to explore Literacy in the environment both indoors and outdoors.

• Mathematics – pupils will be focusing on number songs and rhymes, counting accurately – forwards and backwards from 0 to 10, matching numbers to quantities and exploring shapes and sorting a wide range of objects according to different categories.

• Understanding the World ( UTW ) – this term pupils will be developing their knowledge of the seasons Autumn and Winter, this includes the different types of weather.  Pupils will be focusing on themselves and their family and they will be exploring their senses. Pupils will have the opportunity to explore the world around them through Outdoor Learning sessions. This term pupils will also be learning about the following festivals/important days : Remembrance, Bonfire Night, Children in Need, World Kindness Day, Harvest, Light Festivals and Christmas.

The focus for Computing will be controlling my Environment using ICT, accessing the world and entertaining myself using ICT, completing tasks independently using ICT, communicating using ICT and learning to use ICT safely.

• Expressive Arts and Design – Pupils will be using a range of medium including chalk and ready mix paint to explore colours and colour mixing. Pupils will be exploring Transient Art and Junk modelling. They will have the opportunity to develop their fixing skills – glue and tape and scissor skills when creating their own collage. 

• Food Technology – this term pupil’s will be focusing on mixing, sieving, pouring, sprinkling and slicing. They will have the opportunity to make and decorate cakes.