Exploring Nature and Seasons Through Engaging Themes in Early Education
Dive into the wonders of nature and changing seasons through engaging themes like woodland animals, food exploration, and farm life in this comprehensive early education curriculum overview. Children will learn about hibernation, migration, healthy eating, and more, all while enhancing their communication skills and building relationships with others.
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Curriculum Overview 2023 - 2024 Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs L Shaw Deputy Safeguarding Lead Mrs P Martin & Mrs M Nadolny Religious Education Topic 1: Creation and Covenant Topic 2: Prophecy and Promise Topic 3: Galilee to Jerusalem Topic 4: Desert to Garden Topic 5: To the ends of the Earth Topic 6: Dialogue and Encounter Reception: Mrs Martin Contact us office@olmcprimary.co.uk 01302 349743
Key texts: Gruffalo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Percy The Park Keeper Nick Butterworth We re going on a bear hunt Michael Rosen AUTUMN TERM IN RECEPTION Vocabulary: acorn autumn berry conker crunch feather harvest hedgehog hibernate leaf migrate nature nut pinecone season squirrel tree twig wild wind winter woodland Why do squirrels hide their nuts? Why do hedgehogs hibernate? Rationale: Children will start off by looking at Autumn through song, rhymes and experiences. They will then go on to learning about owls and these facts real life. The will learn about other woodland animals in a real life context. We will then start looking at these animals in a fictional context in the Gruffalo story, Percy the Park Keeper and Owl Babies. Explore these questions and more during this topic. Learn about the seasonal changes in the natural world during late autumn and winter. We will be looking at: Seasonal changes Hibernation and migration Woodland animals Seasonal celebrations and festivals By the end of the topic children will know about the changes that occur during Autumn. This will be able to articulate this and how this season progresses through to winter. They will know about different animals who live in woodlands including animals which hibernate and are nocturnal. They will be able to contrast and compare animals. Children will be able to look at how these animals have been used in a fictional setting and create their own stories. They will be able to articulate their learning, sharing things they have found out and answering simple questions. They will have developed their confidence to speak to groups and also settle into their new environment, building relationships with adults and other children. Role Play Gruffalo Caf Reading area Gruffalo Reading Cave Help your child prepare Woodlands are wonderful! Why not explore a local woodland together to build a fairy house using twigs, leaves, nuts and berries? You could also cook some fabulous autumnal recipes such as pumpkin soup or toffee apple cakes. Alternatively, set up a mud kitchen in your garden. What ingredients from the garden can you mix together to create an autumn potion?
Key texts: Vocabulary: bitter bread carrot cereal chop cook courgette dig eat exercise fish fruit grow healthy lettuce meat orange peel SPRING TERM IN RECEPTION The Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle Are carrots orange? Do cows drink milk? plants peas potato radish recipe radish salad salty seed sour spade spicy stir sweet tomato trowel vegetable Oliver s Vegetables Vivian French The Bad Tempered Ladybird Eric Carle Farmer Duck Martin Waddell Rationale: Children will start off by sharing what they know about the theme. Two themes have been linked to allow the children to learn about food, growing and minibeasts, but also farming and animals on farms. Broadening their experiences. Children will have first hand experiences of farm to fork. Looking at where there food comes from and what it needs to grow. Using these to create their own farmers market selling food they have grown to their parents. What do we like to eat? Are we happy to try something new? Are there foods to match every colour in a rainbow? What do you like to eat? Explore questions and more in this project about staying healthy, eating well and trying something new. We will be looking at: food groups and healthy eating recipes and cooking the benefits of exercise origins of different foods Help your child prepare Farms are fantastic! Why not explore your kitchen cupboards together and talk about where different foods come from? Do you have any local farm produce? You could also visit a local farm or petting zoo and take pictures of each animal to share with the class. Alternatively, take toy tractors, spades and trowels outside to dig together in the mud. Add water to the soil for extra muddiness don t forget your wellies! By the end of the topic children will know what plants needs to grow and have grown them. They will know what foods are good for them and reasons why. They will have been given the opportunity to taste and try new foods giving their opinions. They will know about different farm animals and what they provide. They will have developed in confidence with their physical development to write more sustained pieces with their increasing phonic knowledge and stamina. Visit - Supermarket visit Shepherds place Farm visit Role Play - Healthy eating caf and farmers market Farm reading area with tractor and animals set Wooden farm small world set Growing foods in outdoor area Investigation area Hatching eggs
Key texts: Handa s Surprise The Lion Who Wanted to Love Giraffes Can t Dance Elmer Vocabulary: Africa camouflage cheetah claw colour dance elephant fur giraffe hyena Kenya lion Maasai meerkat monkey pattern SUMMER TERM IN RECEPTION prowl Safari Serengeti spot stripe Tanzania tribe wildlife wild zebra aeroplane ship train hot air balloon bus jeep Why do Zebras have stripes? Where do lions live? It s time to discover amazing Africa and the wild animals that live there. Rationale: Children will be referred back to what they learnt about animals and foods in this country. They have built a basis of information about this country and are building to learn about the wider world and a contrasting environment and culture. They will learn about the Maasai people and contrast their life to a life in England. This will extend to clothes and will look at how these are different and will lead on to the use of fabrics and art work. Throughout the project they will build up their knowledge of stories from different cultures, using these as a basis to create their own stories. Children will be encouraged to develop their own personal opinions about where they would like to live and why. They will build up knowledge of transport to take them to different places and why that is necessary. This term, we ll learn to dance, sing and play instruments. We ll learn where Africa is and what the landscapes, people and wildlife are like across this stunning continent. Who are the Maasai? What is camouflage? Where is the Serengeti? Let s find out! We ll learn about what school is like for African children, use our senses to explore a market stall of African foods. We ll use our imaginations to explore African animals, record animal noises and write our own call and response songs. Using sticks, we ll make African- themed marks in soggy soil, and create an African landscape using sand, rocks, gravel and driftwood. In mathematics, we ll count and estimate animal numbers and in literacy, use labels and captions to identify animal traits. Then we ll get creative, tapping out syllables on drums as we talk and trying our hand at African printing. Role play: Safari vehicle with binoculars, animal masks, hats Reading Area - African mud hut, instruments, African clothes, fly nets African Drumming Experience Help your child prepare Africa is awesome! Why not visit your local library together to find out more about this cool continent? You could also curl up on the sofa and watch The Lion King, Tarzan, Born Free or Madagascar. Alternatively, tear up coloured paper and work together to make a vibrant animal collage. Can you include a range of animal markings?
Outdoor Learning Young children need to be active to learn. Research shows that movement is significantly linked to learning. Our outdoor provision offers children unique opportunities for growing and learning. Outdoor learning gives children: space to learn through being physically active across all areas of the curriculum space to develop a range of physical skills and opportunities to experiment and refine these space to challenge themselves and take risks in a safe, secure environment space to work on a larger scale and in collaboration with others freedom to control their own learning, to make decisions and be creative the opportunity to experience a range of feelings, from excitement to being calm the chance to be outdoors daily, having hands on experiences in the changing seasons direct contact with birds, plants, mini-beasts and other natural materials Curriculum Project Coverage All our projects this year will cover the Foundation Stage Profile, embedding the following skills: Communication and Language Listening & Attention; Speaking; Understanding Physical Development Moving & Handling Personal, Social and Emotional Development Self-confidence & Self-awareness; Managing Feelings & Behaviour; Making relationships Literacy- Reading; Writing Understanding the world People & Communities; The World; Technology Expressive Arts & Design Exploring & Using Media/Materials, Being Imaginative
Spring Term Block 1 Alive in 5! Introducing zero Comparing numbers to 5 Composition of 4 and 5 Compare mass Compare capacity Summer Term Block 1 To 20 and beyond Building numbers beyond 10 Counting patterns beyond 10 Spatial reasoning Match, rotate and manipulate Autumn Term Block 1 - Just like me! Match and sort Compare amounts Compare size, mass and capacity Exploring pattern Summer Term Block 2 - First then now Adding more Taking away Saptial reasoning Compose and decompose Autumn Term Block 2 It s me 1 2 3! Representing 1, 2, and 3 Comparing 1, 2, and 3 Composition of 1, 2 and 3 Circles and triangles Positional language Spring Term Block 2 Growing 6,7,8 6,7 and 8 Making pairs Combining 2 groups Length and height Time Summer Term Block 3 Find my pattern Doubling Sharing and grouping Even and odd Spatial reasoning Visualise and build Autumn Term Block 3 Light and dark Representing numbers to 5 One more and one less Shapes with 4 sides Time Spring Term Block 3 Building 9 and 10 9 and 10 Comparing numbers to 10 Bonds to 10 3d-shape Pattern Summer Term Block 3 On the move Deepening Understanding patterns and relationships Spatial reasoning Mapping
OLMC VALUES Happy Caring Valued Unique Successful OLMC GOLDEN RULES 1. We show respect 2. We are gentle, kind and helpful 3. We have good manners 4. We are honest 5. We work hard 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If I am successful Class Rewards Reward Assembly If I am not successful, the consequences will be Stand with an adult at breaktime or lunchtime Remove from special activities Remove from lunchtime activity Contact parents For with God nothing is impossible. Luke 1:37
