EYFS long term plan

to extend into rolling programme in Y1

“Young children’s learning is often driven by their interests - so plans need to be flexible.” Development Matters 2022

Spring 1

Spring 2

Topic- from Year One

Local wildlife

Animals and their Habitats

Curriculum focus from

 Understanding the world

“depth in early learning is much more important than covering lots of things in a superficial way.”

Building cultural capital

Explore natural world around them / describe what they

see / hear / feel

Birdham Bridges-

Beyond the Boundaries

Cultural Experiences

RSPB 

Local visit

Aspirational Experiences

Eco Opportunity

Bird watching / Bird week

Growing plants

Prime

Core books to encourage Communication and Language and Literacy

Including non-fiction and poems

Conker the Chameleon

Changing Seasons

Ugly Duckling

The Inside Lion

Woody the woodpecker

Elmer

 Owl babies

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Messy Magpie

Jasper's Beanstalk

Poems

Poems

Maths

Patterns Alive in 5

Growing 6 / 7 / 8

Building 9 / 10

Consolidation

Physical Development

 Gymnastics

Animal dance sequence

Personal, Social, and Emotional development

Differences in people

Specific

Understanding the world

Materials

Climate causing change

[love our world]

Expressive Arts and Design  

Play an instrument

Listen with attention to sound

Music

Sing nursery rhymes

Computing

E-safety

Digital Technology to support Early Mathematics and Literacy

Religious Education

Chinese New Year

Who was Noah?