Emmer Green Primary School

Termly Curriculum Overview

Personal Social Emotional Development
All learning centres on the
termly topics.
“Good to be me”, “Relationships” and “Changes” Foundation Summer 2018 This term’s topics are:
 sharing nicely with a friend
 trying hard to make things fair Bugs and Beasties
 making things better by saying ‘I’m Space
sorry’ Mathematics
 being a good friend to someone feeling
Problem solving using:
sad or lonely
 doubling
 being willing to try new things
 halving
 coping with unexpected changes
 sharing Expressive Arts and Design
 doing something they couldn’t do before
 time
 talking about what they are looking
 distance  Role-play/storytelling skills
forward to
All activities are themed with the current  Making spider webs
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topic  Symmetrical butterfly printing
Communication and Language  Making spaceships
 Planet pictures
 responding to what they hear and see,
with relevant comments
 to answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about Literacy
their experiences
 The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Understanding the World
 to use ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’
vocabulary appropriately  Non-fiction books about mini-beasts
 Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy Bugs and Beasties
 Bug hunts in the nature area
Through these genres the children
Physical Development  Sorting insects
will develop their list writing, letter  How do mini-beasts protect
 Construction: playdough mini-beasts/ writing and storytelling skills themselves?
dinosaur footprints and skeletons  Life cycles of mini-beasts
 Creative skills: detailed paintings of mini  Phonics and language structure are a  Making bug hotel
beasts, pictures in the style of Eric Carle focus for each of these areas Space
 PE: racket and ball skills, sports day  Introduction to the term ‘non-fiction’  Learning about the Moon
practice and understanding that information  The planets in our solar system
 Outdoor activities: bikes, bricks, climbing can be found from non-fiction books  Our Sun as a star
frame
 Dance, drama and PE linked to topics