Foundation Stage
Topic Web
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
•Understand the work of people in the wider
community.
•Recognise people who help us in school
•Know who keeps us safe
•Understand the role and importance of
family and friends.
•Think about the needs of others
•Know how to co-operate with peers.
Literacy
• Use books to gather information and
look at print in the environment
• Use our phonic knowledge to segment
and blend words and simple sentences
• Link sounds to letters and form letters
correctly
• Attempt to write for different
purposes
• Continue to explore opportunities for
independent writing
Physical Development
• Experiment different ways of moving
and how to catch, throw and kick a ball
• Understand how our bodies change when
active
• Develop an awareness of space
• Handle tools with safety and control
• Develop vocabulary to describe actions
and movements
Mathematics
• Use the vocabulary of more, plus, add,
together and equals
• Work out how many are needed to make
a larger number
• Count and recognise numbers beyond 20
and know the names of larger numbers
• Understand and find number bonds to 10
• Find doubles of numbers
Expressive Arts and Design
•Observe people in different roles
•Develop role play - school, doctors, fire
fighters, police
•Handle, manipulate and enjoy using
materials creatively
•Construct and make models
•Explore colour in the environment
•Draw with various media
Spring Term One
People who help us
Communication and Language
•Recognise that there are a variety of ways
to communicate in order to meet needs and
to convey thoughts, intentions and feelings
•Listen to others and ask questions
•Respond to instructions
•Sing a range of songs and rhymes from
memory.
Understanding of the World
• Know who helps us and the different
jobs people do
• Notice differences in the local
environment
• Ask questions about why things happen
and how things work
• Know the difference between the past
and present