Celebrations Through the Year

Content Name

Celebrations Through the Year

Content Type

WOW Lesson

Description

Covering ten festivals and celebrations, this topic is designed to be dipped in and out of throughout the whole year. It's perfect for the early exploration of different cultures, communities and religions. Each festival or celebration has its own teacher input session as well as a selection of enhanced provision activities, key vocabulary and recommended texts.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  EYFS

  Years:

  Reception

  Subjects:

  • Communication and Language
  • Expressive Arts and Design
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development
  • Physical Development
  • Understanding the World

  Topics:

  • ELG: Speaking
  • ELG: Past and Present
  • ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
  • ELG: People, Culture and Communities
  • ELG: Managing Self
  • ELG: Number
  • ELG: Building Relationships
  • ELG: Comprehension
  • ELG: Writing
  • ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive
  • ELG: Fine Motor Skills
  • ELG: The Natural World

  Programmes of Study:

  • Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
  • Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society
  • Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions
  • Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
  • Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly
  • Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling
  • Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number
  • Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5
  • Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs
  • Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps
  • Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary
  • Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers
  • Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others
  • Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters
  • Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories
  • Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher
  • Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases
  • Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing
  • Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter

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