Codnor Community Primary School

EYFS Curriculum Progression

Nursery Progress Model for the New Development Matters
Area of Learning	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Possible Themes/Interests/Lines of Enquiry	Come Rain or Shine How many colours in a rainbow? Weather and seasons Colour	Is there anybody out there? What makes me special? Celebrations, all about me, space	It’s freezing! What happens in Winter? Winter and the world around me.	The land that time forgot What comes from eggs? Life cycles and animals. Dinosaurs	Donaldson’s Delights What is your favourite story? Retelling and talking about familiar stories What can we grow? Planting and growing Life cycle of a plant	Around the World What is around me? Exploring forces, materials and the world around me My local area
Communication and Language	L, A & U (birth-3) – Listens to simple stories & understands what is happening with the help of the pictures. Speaking (birth-3) – Start to say how they are feeling, using words as well as actions. L, A & U – (3-4)Can find it difficult to pay attention to more than one thing at a time.	Understand simple questions about ‘who’, ‘what’ and ‘where’. Can shift from one task to another if you fully obtain their attention, for example, by using their name? Speaking (3-4)-Can start a conversation with an adult or a friend and continue it for many turns.	Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story. Enjoy listening to longer stories and can remember much of what happens. Understand a question or instruction that has two parts, such as: “Get your coat and wait at the door”.	Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?”	Use talk to organise themselves and their play: “Let’s go on a bus... you sit there... I’ll be the driver.”	Be able to express a point of view and to debate when they disagree with an adult or a friend, using words as well as actions.
Statements addressed across the whole year a wide range of vocabulary Use longer sentences of 4-6 words Sing a large repertoire of songs May have problems saying some sounds/multisyllabic words Develop their communication but may struggle with tenses
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	Self-regulation (3-4) Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed. Talk about their feelings using words like ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘angry’, or ‘worried’ Increasingly follow rules Building relationships (3-4) Become more outgoing with unfamiliar people, in the safe context of the setting. Play with one or more other children.	Understand why rules are important Do not always need an adult to remind them of the rules Show more confidence in new social situations Managing self (3-4) Develop appropriate ways of being assertive	Understand how other people may be feeling. Talk with others to solve conflicts. Develop their sense of responsibility and membership of a community Extending and elaborating play ideas with other children. Find solutions to conflicts and rivalries, for example, accepting not everyone can be the same character.
These statements have been split for extra focus, but all will apply on an ongoing basis throughout the Nursery year.
Physical Development	Gross motor skills (3-4) Use large-muscle movements to wave flags and streamers, paint and mark make. Are increasingly able to use and remember sequences and	Go up steps and stairs or climb up apparatus with alternate feet Start to eat independently and learning how to use a knife and fork.	Match their developing physical skills to tasks and activities in the setting e.g. crawling/walking Start to develop a preference for a dominant hand.	Collaborate with others to manage large items such as moving a long plank safely.	Skip, hop, stand on one leg and hold a pose for a game like musical statues.	Start taking part in some group activities which they make up for themselves or in teams. Choose the right resources to carry out their own plan.