Early Years

At Holley Park Academy, we believe that children are central to their own learning and development. By believing in them and providing them with well thought out opportunities they are able to achieve.

In our mixed early years provision, pupils learn together in an open plan environment which has been created specifically to encourage pupils to be curious. Our provision has recently been developed working in conjunction with the one of the 13 DFE Ear ly Years Stronger Practice Hubs. Resources within the provision have been chosen to be more open-ended, using natural and real life materials which provoke exploration.

Our curriculum has been carefully constructed making use of the Development Matters documentation and Early Years Framework.

Should you wish to find out more information as to how you can support your child's journey within Early Years, please visit the following:

Early years foundation stage profile handbook_2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage (publishing.service.gov.uk)

What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed.pdf (foundationyears.org.uk)

For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk)

EYFS
	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Phonics	s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f l Tricky words: is I the	ff ll ss j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng nk Tricky words: pull out full as and had his her go no to into she push he of we me be Words with s added at the end.	ai ee igh oa oo o oar or ur ow oi ear air er Tricky words: was you they my by all are sure pure Words with double letters. Longer words.	Review Phase 3 and tricky words. Words with double letters, longer words, words with two or more diagraphs, words ending in ing, compound words.	Short vowels with adjacent consonants. CVCC CCVC CCVCC CCCVC CCCVCC Longer words and compound words. Words ending in suffixes: ing ed est Tricky words: Said so have like some come love do were here little says there when what one out today	Phase 3 long vowel graphemes with adjacent consonants. CVCC CCVC CCCVC CCV CCVCC Word ending in suffixes: ing ed er est. Longer words. Review all tricky words.
Core Books	The Three Little Pigs – Mara Alperin Little People Big Dreams, Rosa Parks – Lisbeth Kaiser The Colour Monster – Anna Llenas The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson The Very Last Leaf – Stef Wade The Great Big Book of Families – Mary Hoffman We’re going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen	Goldilocks and the Three Bers – Mara Alperin Somebody Swallowed Stanley – Sarah Roberts The Christmas Story – J. John The Best Diwali Ever - Sonali Shah The Gruffalo’s Child – Julia Donaldson Room on the Broom – Julia Donaldson And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell	Little Red Riding Hood – Mara Alperin The Easter Story – J. John We’re going on a Lion Hunt - David Axtell The Lonely Wasp – Charles Fuge Little People Big Dreams, Nelson Mandella – Lisbeth Kaiser The Koala who Could – Rachel Bright The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle	Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge – Mem Fox When I was a Child – Andy Stanton Jack and the Beanstalk – Mara Alperin Hello Spring - Jo Lindley The Tiny Seed - Eric Carle The Tin Forest – Helen Ward The Bad Seed – Jory John	The Huge Bag of Worries - Virginia Ironside The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Mara Alperin Little People Big Dreams, King Charles – Lisbeth Kaiser Paddington at the Palace – Michael Bond Donovan’s Big Day - Leslea Newman Katie in London - James Mayhew The Princess and the Pea - Caryl Hart	Field Trip to the Moon – John Hare Light in the Night - Marie Voigt The Gingerbread Man – Mara Alperin Here We Are – Oliver Jeffers Charlie Cooks Favourite Book – Julia Donaldson I love the Season Summer - Lizzie Scott Ruby’s Worry - Tom Percival
Core Rhymes	Days of the Week Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes If your Happy and you Know it The Bear went over the Mountain Five Little Speckled Frogs	Days of the Week It’s Raining its Pouring I Hear Thunder Three Little Fishes Incy Wincy Spider	Days of the Week Tiny Caterpillar on a leaf Rain Rain Go Away Five Little Monkeys Hickory Dictory Dock	Days of the Week 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a Fish Alive Wind the Bobbin up The Wheels on the Bus Mary Mary	Days of the Week Grand old Duke of York Humpty Dumpty London Bridge is Falling Down Five Little Ducks	Days of the Week Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer Old McDonald Row Your Boat Hey Diddle Diddle
Maths	Number and Pattern – Matching Number and Pattern – Sorting Shape, Space and Measure – Comparing and Ordering Number and Pattern – AB Patterns Number and Pattern - Counting	Shape, Space and Measure – Time Number and Pattern – Composition of numbers to 5 Shape, Space and Measure – 2D shapes Shape, Space and Measure – Positional Language	Number and Pattern – Counting Number and Pattern – Ordering Number and Pattern – Addition Number and Pattern – Comparing and Ordering	Number and Pattern – Counting Number and Pattern – Patterns Shape, Space and Measure – Measuring, lengths and heights Shape, Space and Measure – Capacity, developing language Shape, Space and Measure – 2D shapes Shape, Space and Measure – 3D shapes	Number and Pattern – Counting on to add Number and Pattern – Counting forwards and backwards Number and Pattern –Counting to 20 Number and Pattern – Doubling Number and Pattern –Halving and Sharing Number and Pattern – Odds and Evens	Shape, Space and Measure –Mass Shape, Space and Measure –Volume and Capacity Shape, Space and Measure –Money Number and Pattern – Data Number and Pattern – Word Problems Review
Art	Jackson Pollock – Slatter painting		Piet Mondrian – Naming and exploring colour		Henri Matisse – Collage and Weaving
DT		Cooking and Nutrition		Construction and Modelling		Textiles
Geography		Me, My family, My world – home and school environments		Our World – exploring maps and different countries		Explore! – The natural world and living things
History	How I’ve changed since I was a baby?		Homes		Rulers
RE	Being Special: Where do we belong?	Why is Christmas special for Christians?	Why is the word ‘God’ so important?	Why is Easter special to Christians?	What places are special and why?	What times/stories are special and why?
Science	Forces	Materials	Living Things	Living Things	Senses	Earth and Space
	Seasonal Change will be covered throughout the year.
PE	Spatial Awareness and Basic Skills	Moving in different ways	Dance	Gymnastics	Ball Skills	The Olympics
Music	Me!	My Stories	Everyone!	Our World	Big Bear Funk	Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Personal Development	TEAM	Safety First	Britain	TEAM	VIPs	It’s My Body
	Oral Health and Yoga will be covered throughout the year.
Computing	Computing will be embedded throughout the year where children will develop the concepts of: Logical Reasoning, Abstraction, Pattern, Algorithms and Decomposition. This will be done through the approaches of Tinkering, Creating, Collaborating and Persevering. E-Safety will be covered each half term.

Early Years

EYFS

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Phonics

s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f l

Tricky words:

is I the

ff ll ss j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng nk

Tricky words:

pull out full as and had his her go no to into she push he of we me be

Words with s added at the end.

ai ee igh oa oo o oar or ur ow oi ear air er

Tricky words:

was you they my by all are sure pure

Words with double letters.

Longer words.

Review Phase 3 and tricky words.

Words with double letters, longer words, words with two or more diagraphs, words ending in ing, compound words.

Short vowels with adjacent consonants.

CVCC CCVC CCVCC CCCVC CCCVCC

Longer words and compound words.

Words ending in suffixes: ing ed est

Tricky words:

Said so have like some come love do were here little says there when what one out today

Phase 3 long vowel graphemes with adjacent consonants.

CVCC CCVC CCCVC CCV CCVCC

Word ending in suffixes: ing ed er est.

Longer words.

Review all tricky words.

Core Books

The Three Little Pigs – Mara Alperin

Little People Big Dreams, Rosa Parks – Lisbeth Kaiser

The Colour Monster – Anna Llenas

The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson

The Very Last Leaf – Stef Wade

The Great Big Book of Families – Mary Hoffman

We’re going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen

Goldilocks and the Three Bers – Mara Alperin

Somebody Swallowed Stanley – Sarah Roberts

The Christmas Story – J. John

The Best Diwali Ever - Sonali Shah

The Gruffalo’s Child – Julia Donaldson

Room on the Broom – Julia Donaldson

And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Little Red Riding Hood – Mara Alperin

The Easter Story – J. John

We’re going on a Lion Hunt - David Axtell

The Lonely Wasp – Charles Fuge

Little People Big Dreams, Nelson Mandella – Lisbeth Kaiser

The Koala who Could – Rachel Bright

The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge – Mem Fox

When I was a Child – Andy Stanton

Jack and the Beanstalk – Mara Alperin

Hello Spring - Jo Lindley

The Tiny Seed - Eric Carle

The Tin Forest – Helen Ward

The Bad Seed – Jory John

The Huge Bag of Worries - Virginia Ironside

The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Mara Alperin

Little People Big Dreams, King Charles – Lisbeth Kaiser

Paddington at the Palace – Michael Bond

Donovan’s Big Day - Leslea Newman

Katie in London - James Mayhew

The Princess and the Pea - Caryl Hart

Field Trip to the Moon – John Hare

Light in the Night - Marie Voigt

The Gingerbread Man – Mara Alperin

Here We Are – Oliver Jeffers

Charlie Cooks Favourite Book – Julia Donaldson

I love the Season Summer - Lizzie Scott

Ruby’s Worry - Tom Percival

Core Rhymes

Days of the Week

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes