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 19/01/2026

Curriculum area	We are learning to…
Language and communication	Learn new vocabulary – Country, Continent, Passport, Life cycle, Roots ,Stem, Leaf, Bulb, Bud, Seed
Literacy	Read the tricky words ‘called’, ‘people’, ‘their’ and ‘Mrs’. Recognise some new sounds in phonics – sh, ch, th, ng. Read some new words using the sounds: sh, ch, th, ng. Practise forming capital letters focusing on A, B, D, E To write our own passport. To write a holiday brochure about Japan.
Maths	To recognise and order numerals 1-5. To match numerals to quantities and recognise that each number is 1 more. To notice when we have ‘1 more’ and when we do not have ‘1 more’. To match numerals to representations.
Understanding the World	To learn about the country of Japan. To understand some features of Japan. To explore different Japanese tourist attractions. To name and position the parts of a plant. To understand about the lifecycle of a plant.
Expressive Art and Design	To practise the skill of collaging - collage a Japanese carp streamer.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	Recognise similarities and differences in people and cultures across the world.
Physical Development	Explore rolling a ball using our hands. Move in different ways to create low shapes. Hold a pencil effectively. Have a go at forming the letters ‘c’, ‘a’, ‘d’, ‘e’.
Other information / important dates	PE Days are on a Monday

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.