Curriculum Overview

Green Room Curriculum Summary

PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dispositions and Attitudes

• Show increasing independence in selecting and carrying out activities.
• Persist for extended periods and display high levels of involvement in activities of their choosing.

Self confidence and Self-esteem

• Show increasing confidence in new situations.
• Talk freely about home and community.
• Take pleasure in gaining more complex skills.
• Express needs and feelings in appropriate ways.

Making Relationships

• Feel safe and secure, and show a sense of trust.
• Form friendships with other children.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adapt their behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.

Behaviour and Self-control

• Have an awareness of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations of the school.
• Begin to accept the needs, views and feelings of others, with support.

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Language for Communication

• Initiate conversation and take account of what others say.
• Sustain attentive listening.
• Have confidence to speak to others about their own wants and interests.
• Build up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.
• Listen with enjoyment to stories, songs, rhymes and poems.

Linking Letters and Sounds

• Show awareness of rhyme and alliteration.
• Hear and say the initial sound in words and know which letters represent some sounds.

Reading

• Hold books the correct way up and turn pages.
• Show interest in illustrations and print in books.
• Suggest how a story might end.
• Enjoy an increasing range of books.
• Sound out and blend a range of consonant vowel consonant words.

Writing

• Sometimes give meanings to marks and use writing as a means of recording and communicating.
• Write own name.

Handwriting

• Hold a pencil and use it effectively.
• Begin to form recognisable letters.

PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND NUMERACY

Numbers as labels for Counting

• Say and use number names in order to twenty.
• Count reliably up to ten everyday objects.
• Recognise numerals 1-9.

Calculating

• Find one more or one less than a number from one to ten.
• Find the total number of items in two groups by counting all.
• In practical activities, begin to relate addition to combining two groups of objects and subtraction to 'taking away'.

Shape Space and Measures

• Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns.
• Use everyday words to describe position.
• Begin to use mathematical names for 'solid' 3D shapes and 'flat' 2D shapes.
• Order two items by length, weight, height and capacity.

 

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

Exploration and Investigation

• Describe and talk about what they see.
• Show curiosity about why things happen and how things work.
• Show understanding of cause and effect relationships.

 

Designing and Making

• Investigate various construction materials.
• Begin to try out a range of tools and techniques safely.
• Construct with a purpose in mind.

ICT

• Know how to operate simple equipment.
• Use a mouse and keyboard to interact with age-appropriate software.

Time and Place

• Begin to differentiate between past and present.
• Understand about the seasons of the year and their regularity.
• Comment and ask questions about where they live and the natural world.

Communities

• Gain an awareness of the cultures and beliefs of others.
• Feel a sense of belonging to own community and place.

 

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Movement and Space

• Show awareness of space, for themselves and others.
• Experiment with different ways of moving.

Health and Bodily Awareness

• Observe the effects of exercise on the body.
• Show awareness of a range of healthy practices with regards to eating, sleeping and hygiene.

Using Equipment and Materials

• Use one-handed tools to effect changes to materials.

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Being Creative - Responding to Experiences, Expressing and Communicating Ideas

• Explore and experience using a range of senses and movements.
• Respond to comments and questions, entering into dialogue about their creations.

Exploring Media and Materials

• Create constructions, collages, paintings and drawings.

Creating Music and Dance

• Begin to build a repertoire of songs and dances.
• Explore the different sounds of instruments.
• Begin to move rhythmically.

Developing Imagination and Imaginative Play

• Engage in imaginative play and role-play based on first-hand experiences.
• Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play.