Foundation

F2 Curriculum Overview– Summer 1

We are going to the zoo zoo zoo!

The adventures of Paddington Bear

Up up up in to Space

Our first theme will be We are going to the zoo zoo zoo! This theme will give us opportunities to look at:

  •        Different zoo animals and their habitats / lifestyles
  •        The role of a zoo keeper and the jobs they do to help the animals
  •        Looking at where some of the animals would live around the world in their natural habitats
  •        Looking at endangered animals and why these animals are in danger and what we can do to help

 

During this theme we will have opportunities to role play both in the classroom and outside, we will have a jungle themed den for the children to explore. We will spend lots of time getting creative within this theme with observational drawings, coffee art, DT models, paintings and collage. We will have various focussed texts which we will read regularly to the children and lots of activities and challenged will be planned based on these books.

  •        Dear Zoo
  •        Giraffes can’t dance
  •        There’s a rang-tan in my bedroom
  •        Non fiction texts linked

Our second theme will be The Adventures of Paddington bear and we will cover many activities and challenges that will excite the children in all areas of the Foundation Stage Curriculum. During this theme will look at refugees and reasons why people leave their homes. We will have lots of geography links linking to where Paddington lived and where he travelled too? This will lead nicely in to lots of whole class discussions about thoughts and feelings and allow us to develop our speaking and listening skills.

 

Our third theme will be based on children’s interests as we have a few members of our year group that would love to be astronauts when they grow up!! We will be taking a visit in to Space and have lots of exciting things planned which will hopefully leave the children gripped as well as learning lots about the different planets and the solar system. Again, we will have various focussed texts which we will read regularly to the children and lots of activities and challenged will be planned based on these books.

  •        Whatever next
  •        Look up
  •        The way back home
  •        Zoom rocket zoom
  •        Non-fiction texts linked

 

This summer term will be also be beginning to prepare the children for their transition to year one so we will be will be having high expectations and will still be constantly revisiting and reviewing our school values and how they link to these high expectations and behaviour in school.

We cover so much week in week out that it is very difficult to mention every area or objective for all of our areas learning. Therefore, Miss Cotterell and Mrs Ashton will keep you updated weekly via TAPESTRY with specific details of what we have been focusing on in our classroom for maths, literacy, phonics, understanding the world, expressive arts and design or RE etc so that you know what you can work on with your child at home.