Codnor Community Primary School

EYFS Curriculum Progression

Reception Skill progression 2021-2022
Area of Learning	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Curriculum Question	How many colours in a rainbow? Weather and natural phenomena, including rainbows. Exploring colour in the natural world.	Are we all the same? All about me People in the communities Celebrations and differences Space	Where does it snow? Changes that happen during winter and exploring environments that have snow all round. year	What is alive? Past and present- Animals, people and objects Dinosaurs.	Can you tell me a story? Retelling and innovating familiar stories. How do things grow? Exploring the world around me	Where do I live? Global community Differences between countries and climates Exploring structures and materials
Communication and Language	Understand and answer why questions. Sing a large repertoire of songs and rhymes. Talk about familiar books and retell a long story. Develop conversation skills and organise themselves and their play. Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important.	Describe events in some detail.	Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences. Engage in non-fiction books and can identify between a fiction and non-fiction book. Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary	Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them. Begin to engage in non-fiction books and understand some of the different features. Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities explain how things work and why they might happen.	Retell the story once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text; some as exact repetition and some in their own words. Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives. Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.	Engage in non-fiction books and can identify between a fiction and non- fiction book. Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary. Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities explain how things work and why they might happen.
Statements addressed across the whole year Learn new vocabulary. Use new vocabulary in different contexts. Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound. Engage in storytimes. Ask questions to find out more and check they understand what has been said to them. Articulate their ideas in well- formed sentences. Connect one idea or action using a range of sentences. Develop social phrases. Use new vocabulary through the day. Learn rhymes, poems, and songs. Listen to and talk about selected stories to build familiarity and understanding. Engage in non- fiction books. Listen and talk about selected non- fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	Increasingly follow rules, understanding why they are important. Do not always need an adult to remind them of a rule. Talk about their feelings and being to understand how others might be feeling. See themselves as a valuable individual. Build constructive and respectful relationships. Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.	Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge. Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.	Think about the perspectives of others. Manage their own needs.
NB. These statements have been split for extra focus, but all will apply on an ongoing basis throughout the reception year.
Physical Development	Collaborate with others to manage large items. Take part in some group activities which they make up for themselves or in teams. Match their developing physical skills to tasks and activities I the setting eg.	Revise and refine the fundamental movement skills they have already acquired: rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, running, hopping, skipping, climbing. Progress towards a more fluent style of movement with	Further develop and refine a range of ball skills including throwing, catching, kicking, passing, batting, and aiming. Develop confidence, competence, precision, and accuracy when engaging in activities that involve a ball.	Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: regular physical activity, healthy eating, toothbrushing, sensible amounts of ‘screen time’, having a good sleep routine, being a safe pedestrian.	Combine different movements with ease and fluency Develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient.	Confidently and safely use a range of large and small apparatus indoors and outside, alone and in a group. Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: - regular