Codnor Community Primary School

EYFS Curriculum Progression

Understanding the World	Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary. Explore the natural world around them. Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside. Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.	Talk about members of their immediate family and community. Name and describe people who are familiar to them. Understand that some places are special to members of their community. Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. Comment on images of familiar situations in the past.	Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary. Talk about the differences between materials and changes they notice. Explore the natural world around them. Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them. Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. .	Plant seeds and care for growing plants. Understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant and an animal. Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries. Explore the natural world around them. Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.	Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.	Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. Draw information from a simple map. Explore and talk about different forces they can feel. Talk about the differences between materials and changes they notice.
Statements addressed across the whole year Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them Describe what they see, hear, and feel whilst outside. Explore the natural world around them. Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past. Talk about members of their immediate family and community. Name and describe people who are familiar to them.
Expressive Arts and Design	Take part in pretend play and develop imaginative skills. Explore materials freely, in order to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. Draws with increasing complexity and detail and shows different emotions in drawings. Explore colour and colour mixing.
Drawing skills	Use shapes to depict an idea or image and talk about what they have drawn.	With support begin to add detail and appropriate colours. Begin to think about the size of their drawing in correlation to the paper and images/shapes.	To draw a detailed picture which is recognisable by an adult selecting appropriate colours.
Colour mixing	Naming, sorting and comparing colours. Identifying primary colours.	With support, use poster paints to mix colours. Identify and compare light and dark colours.	Independently mix colours and explore shades and tones.
Collage and texture	Use pre-cut materials Use glue sticks Use a given outline	Use a range of cut and un cut materials With support, select appropriate glue for materials e.g. glue stick or PVA Use given outlines and begin to create their own outlines Select a material from more than one choice e.g. feathers or collage, to create a more a personalised outcome.	Use a rage of uncut materials Use a range of glue Have a free choice of outcome
Painting	Use fat brushes Use lidded pots for paint Use ready mixed paint	Introduce thinner brushes Use water pots to clean brush Begin to explore mixing colours Use colour pallets and blocks	Use water pots to clean brush and change water when needed To choose appropriate brush size To know how to make some secondary colours To mix their own colours