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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 05/01/2026

Curriculum area We are learning to…

Language and communication   

  • Learn new vocabulary – “village”, “town”, “city”, “landmark”, “statue”, “equal”, “achieve”, “resolution”. 

  • Discuss our special places in Southwater.  
Literacy

  • Tell stories using the pictures. 

  • Read the tricky words ‘one’, ‘were’ and ‘there’. 

  • To draw pictures and write a sentence about a favourite place in Southwater. 

  • Recognise some new sounds in phonics – j, v, w, x. 

  • Read some new words using the sounds: j, v, w, x. 

  • Practise forming new letters: j, v, w, x. 

Maths 

  • Match numerals to amounts. 

  • Recognise when amounts are equal.   
Understanding the World

  • Discuss where we are (Southwater)  

  • Find our what a village/town/city is.  

  • Use a map to identify where certain landmarks are within Southwater.  
Expressive Art and Design

  • Perform songs. 

  • Clap syllables in words  
Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • Listen to others whilst talking about their favourite places in the village.  

  • Discuss what a new year’s resolution is and think about what we may like to achieve/get better at this year. 
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 ‘j’, ‘v’, ‘w’, ‘x’.  
Other information / important dates

Return to school on Monday 5 January 2026

 

 

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.