Parent Overview EYFS

Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are learning this week.

Date w/c 12/01/2026

Curriculum area	We are learning to…
Language and communication	Learn new vocabulary – “timeline”, “scientist” and “collage”. To learn and recite a new poem called “A Little House”
Literacy	Tell stories using the pictures. Read the tricky words ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘out’ and ‘oh’. Recognise some new sounds in phonics – y, z, zz, qu. Read some new words using the sounds: y, z, zz, qu. Practise forming new letters: y, z, zz, qu. To label a picture of a dinosaur. Creating and labelling their own dinosaur.
Maths	To recognise numerals 1-5. To subitise amounts to 5 and 6. To match a numeral to a quantity.
Understanding the World	To learn about the dinosaur discovery in Southwater (Iggy) To learn about Mary Anning and why she is significant To name and local some local landmarks within Southwater.
Expressive Art and Design	To learn the skill of collaging To collage a dinosaur To apply our understanding of rhythm when using instruments
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	Take turns in a range of pair activities. To understand the importance of rules and why we have rules in different places.
Physical Development	Explore different ways to move a ball using our hands. Move in different ways to create high shapes. Hold a pencil effectively. Have a go at forming the letters ‘y’, ‘z’, ‘q’.
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Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week! We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.