FS1 Curriculum
Personal Social and Emotional Development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Literacy, Mathematics
Understanding of the World
Expressive Arts and Design
As a ‘unit’ we do have our daily routine of things we do each day. These include:
- Our ‘Daily Mile’ which is a great way to keep us fit and healthy
- ‘Disco Dough’ to help develop our fine motor skills
- Planned ‘Adult focus’ and ‘Independent’ group activities
- ‘Snack Station’ during Child Initiated Learning time. We encourage the children to access their healthy snack independently and sit together while they eat
- ‘Child Initiated Learning’ where the children have time to select resources independently and embed all the learning they have been doing.
- Daily Phonics. This is a big part of EYFS and we mainly cover Phase 1 phonics in FS1. This concentrates on developing the children’s listening skills. The aspects covered are: General sound discrimination, Rhythm and rhyme, Alliteration, Voice sounds, Oral blending and segmenting. When children are secure in Phase 1 we move on to learning the letter sounds in Phase 2
Our Topics are based on a ‘talk for writing’ book, as well as the interests of the children in our class. It also changes based on incidental opportunities that arise such as having some snow! Although we try to plan some topics in to the curriculum in advance, these may not always be followed, so the EYFS Newsletter is the best way to keep up to date with current topics.
The topics planned so far are:
Autumn Term
Magical Me, Superhero learners, Harvest and Autumn, Fireworks, Remembrance Day, Children in Need, St Albert the Great and Christmas
RE Topics
Myself, Welcome (Baptism), Birthdays (Christmas)
Spring Term
TfW books – ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,’ and ‘Billy Goats Gruff’
Easter
RE Topics
Celebrating, Gathering, Growing
Summer Term
TfW books – ‘Jaspers Beanstalk’
Growing
RE Topics
Good News, Friends, Our World
These may change as the year goes on and as the children show interests in different areas.