EYFS

Autumn term:

Topic: Autumn

Question: What is a season? What do you know about Autumn time?

Focus: Understanding seasonal changes, looking for similarities and differences, recognizing signs of autumn.

Abstract terms: Autumn, season, decay, harvest, crops…

Book: Various non-fiction books, Oliver’s Vegetables.

Autumn term:

Topic: Local area

Question: Where do we live?

Focus: Library walk, local area visits

Abstract terms: pointing out man made features e.g. cathedral…

Book: N/A

Spring term:

Topic: Winter

Question: How does Winter compare to autumn? What signs can you see?

Focus: Understanding seasonal changes, looking for similarities and differences, recognizing signs of winter.

Abstract terms: Seasonal changes, comparisons.

Book: Various non-fiction books, one snowy night.

Spring term:

Topic: Antarctica

Question: What do we know about the wider world?

Focus: penguins, polar bears, south pole

Abstract terms: Earth, poles, ice burg, igloo, temperature, freeze

Book: Penguin small, various non-fiction, Penguins can’t fly

Summer term:

Topic: Spring

Question: What happens in spring? What can you happening? Why is this happening?

Focus: Understanding seasonal changes, looking for similarities and differences, recognizing signs of spring.

Abstract terms: growth, seasonal changes and comparisons.

Book: Various non-fiction books