Foundation Stage
Topic Themes
Autumn 1
A
Whole School Topic
B
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Celebrations
(Hook: Bonfire Night)
UTW: People and
Communities
EAD: Exploring and using
media and materials
PD: Moving and
Handling
You are what you eat!
(Hook: Visit to
restaurant? Café?)
UTW: Technology
CLL: Listening
PD: Health and Self care
Spring 2
Fairy Tales
(Hook: Theatre
Production)
L: Reading
CL: Speaking
EAD: Being imaginative
Summer 1
Summer 2
How does your garden
grow?
(Hook: Planting seeds or
visit to Garden Centre)
UTW: The
World/Technology
PD: Moving and
Handling
M: Shape, Space and
Measures
Oh I do like to be beside
the seaside!
(Hook: Visit to Seaside)
EAD: Exploring and Using
Media and
Materials/Being
Imaginative
UTW: The World
PD: Health and self-Care
PSED, C&L, L, M ongoing throughout the year through differentiated phonics and maths sessions and continuous provision.
Whole School Topic
People who help us
World Kitchen
Who lives in a house
Bears
Minibeasts
(Hook: Emergency
(Hook: Parents cooking
like this?
(Hook: Teddy bears
(Hook: Visit from Zoolab)
services visit)
cultural foods)
(Hook: 3 Little Pigs/Local
picnic)
Trip to Butterfly Farm
UTW: People and
UTW: People and
walk/ Visit to sundown
L: Reading (Bear stories)
UTW: The
adventure)
PD: Moving and
World/Technology
Communities
Communities/The
EAD: Being imaginative
World/Technology
CL: Speaking
Handling
PD: Moving and
PD: Health and Self-Care EAD: Cultural music
EAD: Exploring and using UTW: The World
Handling
PD: Health and Self care
media and materials
M: Shape, Space and
M: Shape, Space and
Measures
Measures
PSED, C&L, L, M ongoing throughout the year through differentiated phonics and maths sessions and continuous provision.
C
Whole School Topic
Transport!
(Hook: Bus ride of local
area)
UTW:
Technology/People and
Communities
EAD: Exploring and using
media and materials
PD: Moving and
Handling
Winter Wonderland!
(Hook: All come to
school dressed in winter
woollies)
UTW: People and
Communities
(inuits)/Technology
EAD: Exploring and using
media and materials
PD: Health and Self care
Farms
(Hook: Visit to Cannon
Hall)
UTW: The World
EAD: Exploring and Using
Media and
Materials/Being
Imaginative
PD: Health and self-care
Famous book characters
(Hook: Dress as a book
character)
L: Reading
C&L: Speaking
EAD: Being Imaginative
The Jungle
(Hook: visit to Yorkshire
wildlife park)
UTW: The World
PD: Moving and
Handling
EAD: Being Imaginative
PSED, C&L, L, M ongoing throughout the year through differentiated phonics and maths sessions and continuous provision.