EYFS Unit of Learning
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Communication & Language
General
Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important
Learn new vocabulary
Use new vocabulary through the day
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives
Describe events in some detail
Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities explain how things work and why they might happen.
Develop social phrases
Engage in story-times
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding
Retell the story, once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text; some as exact repetition and some in their own words
Use new vocabulary in different contexts
Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound
Learn rhymes, poems and songs
Engage in non-fiction books
Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary
Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is importantLearn new vocabularyAsk questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to themArticulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentencesConnect one idea or action to another using a range of connectivesEngage in non-fiction booksUnderstand how to listen carefully and why listening is important
ELG Listening
ELG Listening, Attention and Understanding: Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions
ELG Listening, Attention and Understanding: Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding
ELG Listening, Attention and Understanding: Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers
ELG Speaking
ELG Speaking: Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
ELG Speaking: Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate
ELG Speaking: Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
General
See themselves as a valuable individual
Build constructive and respectful relationships
Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others
Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge
Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally
Think about the perspectives of others
Manage their own needs
See themselves as a valuable individualManage their own needs
ELG: Self Regulation
ELG Self-regulation: Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly
ELG Self-regulation: Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses when appropriate
ELG Self-regulation: Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions
ELG: Managing Self
ELG Managing Self: Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge
ELG Managing Self: Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly
ELG Managing Self: Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices
ELG: Building Relationships
Physical Development
General
Revise and refine the fundamental movement skills they have already acquired: - rolling - crawling - walking - jumping - running - hopping skipping - climbing
Progress towards a more fluent style of moving, with developing control and grace
Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance and agility needed to engage successfully with future physical education sessions and other physical disciplines including dance, gymnastics, sport and swimming
Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons
Use their core muscle strength to achieve a good posture when sitting at a table or sitting on the floor
Combine different movements with ease and fluency
Confidently and safely use a range of large and small apparatus indoors and outside, alone and in a group
Develop overall body-strength, balance, co-ordination and agility
Further develop and refine a range of ball skills including: throwing, catching, kicking, passing, batting, and aiming
Develop confidence, competence, precision and accuracy when engaging in activities that involve a ball
Develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient
Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: - regular physical activity - healthy eating toothbrushing - sensible amounts of ‘screen time’ - having a good sleep routine - being a safe pedestrian
Further develop the skills they need to manage the school day successfully: lining up and queuing; mealtimes; personal hygiene
ELG: Gross Motor Skills
ELG Gross Motor Skills: Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others
ELG Gross Motor Skills: Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing
ELG Gross Motor Skills: Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing
ELG: Fine Motor Skills
ELG Fine Motor Skills: Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases
ELG Fine Motor Skills: Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases
ELG Fine Motor Skills: Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
ELG Fine Motor Skills: Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing
Literacy
General
Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them
Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter– sound correspondences
Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them
Read a few common exception words matched to the school’s phonic program
Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter–sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception words
Re-read these books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment
Form lower-case and capital letters correctly
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s
Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop
Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense
Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them
ELG: Comprehension
ELG Comprehension: Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary
ELG Comprehension: Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories
ELG Comprehension: Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role- play
ELG Comprehension: Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories
ELG: Word Reading
ELG Word Reading: Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs
ELG Word Reading: Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending
ELG Word Reading: Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words
ELG Writing
Mathematics
General
Count objects, actions and sounds.
Subitise
Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.
Count beyond ten
Compare numbers
Count beyond ten
Understand the ‘one more than/one less than’ relationship between consecutive numbers.
Count beyond ten
Explore the composition of numbers to 10
Automatically recall number bonds for numbers 0–10
Select, rotate and manipulate shapes in order to develop spatial reasoning skills.
Compose and decompose shapes so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can
Continue, copy and create repeating patterns.
Compare length, weight and capacity.
Count objects, actions and sounds.SubitiseLink the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.Compare numbersExplore the composition of numbers to 10Select, rotate and manipulate shapes in order to develop spatial reasoning skills.Compose and decompose shapes so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can
ELG: Number
ELG Number: Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5
ELG Number: Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts system
ELG: Numerical Patterns
ELG Numerical Patterns: Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity
ELG Numerical Patterns: Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally
Understanding the World
General
Talk about members of their immediate family and community
Name and describe people who are familiar to them
Comment on images of familiar situations in the past
Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past
Draw information from a simple map
Understand that some places are special to members of their community
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
Explore the natural world around them
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside
Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
ELG: Past & Present
ELG Past and Present: Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society
ELG Past and Present: Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
ELG Past and Present: Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling
ELG: People, Culture & Communities
ELG People, Culture & Communities: Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps
ELG People, Culture & Communities: Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
ELG People, Culture & Communities: Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps
ELG: The Natural World
ELG The Natural World: Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants
ELG The Natural World: Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
ELG The Natural World: Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons
Expressive Arts & Design
General
Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
Create collaboratively sharing ideas, resources and skills.
Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses.
Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.
Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.
Develop storylines in their pretend play
Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.
Create collaboratively sharing ideas, resources and skills. Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
ELG: Creating With Materials
ELG Creating with Materials: Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
ELG Creating with Materials: Share their creations, explaining the process they have used
ELG Creating with Materials: Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories
ELG: Being Imaginative & Expressive
ELG Being Imaginative & Expressive: Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher
ELG Being Imaginative & Expressive: Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs
ELG Being Imaginative & Expressive: Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music
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Communication & Language
General
Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is importantLearn new vocabularyAsk questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to themArticulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentencesConnect one idea or action to another using a range of connectivesEngage in non-fiction booksUnderstand how to listen carefully and why listening is importantLearn new vocabularyEngage in non-fiction booksAsk questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to themUnderstand how to listen carefully and why listening is importantArticulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences
ELG: Listening
ELG: Speaking
Historical Vocabulary
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
General
See themselves as a valuable individualManage their own needsIdentify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionallyShow resilience and perseverance in the face of challengeExpress their feelings and consider the feelings of others
ELG: Self-regulation
ELG: Managing Self
ELG: Building Relationships
Physical Development
General
Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance and agility needed to engage successfully with future physical education sessions and other physical disciplines including dance, gymnastics, sport and swimmingDevelop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoonsCombine different movements with ease and fluency
ELG: Gross Motor Skills
ELG: Fine Motor Skills
Make
Food Technology
Literacy
General
Read individual letters by saying the sounds for themBlend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter– sound correspondencesRead some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them Read a few common exception words matched to the school’s phonic programRead simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter–sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception wordsRe-read these books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoymentSpell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/sRe-read what they have written to check that it makes sense
ELG: Comprehension
ELG: Word Reading
ELG: Writing
Mathematics
General
Compare length, weight and capacity.Count objects, actions and sounds.SubitiseLink the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.Compare numbersExplore the composition of numbers to 10Select, rotate and manipulate shapes in order to develop spatial reasoning skills.Compose and decompose shapes so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can
ELG: Number
ELG: Numerical Patterns
E-Safety
Understanding the World
ELG: Past & Present
ELG Past and Present: Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society
ELG: People, Culture & Communities
ELG: The Natural World
Expressive Arts & Design
General
Develop storylines in their pretend playCreate collaboratively sharing ideas, resources and skills. Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses. Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses. Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
ELG: Creating with Materials
ELG: Being Imaginative & Expressive
Performance
Science
Make Observations
Perform Tests
Ask Questions
Gather Data
Analyse Data
Use Equipment
Writing
Language & Vocabulary
Plan, Draft, Edit & Evaluate
Grammar & Punctuation
Text Structure & Features
Transcription
Reading
Word Reading
Comprehension
Maths
Number Sense
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry
Statistics
Algebra