Cygnets Autumn Curriculum

Young children’s learning is often driven by their interests. Plans need to be flexible. Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Autumn Fun at Cygnets Childcare Redhill

In the crisp autumn air, at Cygnets we play,

Learning and laughing, every single day.

Leaves are falling, red, yellow, and brown,

Our learning style the best, the talk of the town!

We sing and we dance, with pumpkins so round,

In our cozy home setting, joy will be found.

From counting acorns to stories so grand,

Every child’s learning, hand in hand.

With funny faces and costumes so bright,

Halloween’s coming, what a delightful sight!

We carve out pumpkins, and giggle with glee,

At Cygnets Childcare, it’s the place to be!

So here’s to autumn, with all its cheer,

At Cygnets Childcare, the best time of year.

With songs and stories, and laughter so sweet,

Our curriculum’s a treat, that can’t be beat!

Dear Cygnets Parents

Please read below and be familiar with the Cygnets curriculum guidance to support your child at home.

Topic	Autumn 2024/2025 Expected targets for Cygnets children age 3+ from Monday, 23rd Sep 2024 - Friday, 20th December 2024	Autumn 2025/2026 This is the planned curriculum and expected targets for Cygnets children age 4+ from Monday, 22nd September 2025 - Friday, 19th December 2025	School Readiness Goals - Early Years Support
Topic (to focus on the key learning areas)	All About Me ➢ My Family ➢ Houses ➢ My friends ➢ Keeping Healthy ➢ My brain	Celebrations ➢ Toys ➢ The Nativity ➢ Celebrations (Christmas, Diwali, Hannukah) ➢ Seasonal Change	Play My First Day at School - BBC Bitesize Supporting-transitions-guidance.pdf (surreylocaloffer.org.uk)
Celebrations and Festival (to promote diversity)	Harvest Festival (Oct 1^st) Halloween (Oct 31st)	Diwali (Nov 12^th) Bonfire Night (Nov 5^th) Remembrance Day (Nov 11^th) Hanukah (Dec 7^th – Dec 15^th) Christmas (Dec 25^th) New Year
British Values & Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning (to prepare Cygnets children for a diverse and dynamic world with holistic development and develop both hard skills like writing, budgeting, activity project managing, play risk analysis and repairing and soft skills, AKA people skills like analytical thinking, critical thinking and creativity involving collaboration that enhances sharing, turn taking, teamwork and helps achieve early years co values and develop qualities that will help future academic and career success as an adult at a later stage)	• British Value: Individual Liberty • Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning: Engagement - Playing and Exploring	• British Value: Rule of Law • Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning: Engagement - Playing and Exploring	Table Data
Building Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan (to promote holistic well-being and influence child self-esteem, confidence, and ability to cope with challenges and novelty with a structured support plan that is enjoyable and involves child, family and Cygnets team members)	• Social and emotional skills: attitudes: values:	• Social interaction and sense of belonging skills: attitudes: values	Table Data

Schemas & Interests, personality, and experiences to complement exploration. E,g. Transporting (at different levels of development: First, children learn through the senses called sensorimotor stage-discovering their weight differences, how things around them can be transported from one place to another, their distances, journeys, mapping, and where things belong and secondly, children develop in to Symbolic representation stage where children use one thing to stand for another (e.g. using a leaf as pretend money)	• Technology • Mark Making and Writing • Music.	• Painting • Small World Play
Core Text (Children wread with Early years practitioners to gather knowledge and foster a love for books and numbers)	The Three Little Pigs Owl Babies What I like about me	Room on the Broom Kippers Toy Box The Elves and the Shoe Maker Jack Frost The First Christmas
Suggested Further Reading Texts (to foster a love for reading books and practising numbers at home with family members. Research suggests that children who regularly read at home and hear more vocabulary can read early and there can be a 'million-word gap' for children who aren't read to at home. )	• I Like Myself • It’s Okay to be Different • We all Have Different Families • I’m Starting Pre School Learning • The Paper Dolls • No Matter What • All about me • My Body	• One snowy night • The little Christmas Tree • The Lost and Found • Is it Christmas Yet? • I’m a little Firework • Fireworks Sense Poems • Stickman • Jolly Christmas Postman • The Christmas Story • Meg and Mog • Winnie the Witch	Table Data
Suggested Rhymes, Poems, Songs (to promote joyful muscle memory, boost language skills, lay the foundation for literacy, maths.ie. counting, scale and order, following directions, relatability and understanding the world in a fun way)	• Daddy Finger • We Are a Family • Skidamarink A Dink A Dink • This Is The Way We Make Friends • Healthy habits	• When Santa got stuck up the chimney • Jingle Bells • Christmas Pudding	Table Data
Vocabulary & Role Play to remember and do more (to promote precise communication as a paintbrush for mind canvas, maintain engaging conversations like dance steps with words adding colour and rhythm to chats to keep diverse listeners hooked and connect with people from various backgrounds, build Persuasion power to use the perfect word tool to sway opinion confidently, emotionally charge and resonate with audience in negotiation, presentation or in leading, and use vocabulary to Cognitive Boost to upgrade the brain software for critical thinking, building blocks of ideas and effective reasoning so children can extend the story beyond imagination and recreate own story to experience and live in.	• Autumn Words: Autumn Leaves, Pumpkin, Harvest, Acorn, Scarecrow, Windy, Sweater, Apple, Wasp, Nest • Three Little Pigs or take child lead Vocabulary: Brave, Mother, Brothers, three, Bold, Big, Little, Goodbye, Bad, Good, Sharing, heavy, load, house, straw, sticks, brick, leave, high, set off, creeping up, help, growl, growled, turnips, 5 O’Clock, angry, crash, splash Role Play Phrases to wonder : ‘I’ll huff and I’ll puff and blow your house down’	• Autumn Words: Crisp Bonfire Corn Hayride Mushroom Rake Thanksgiving Lantern • Elves and the Shoemaker or take child lead Vocabulary: Cygnets educator to decide based on the child interested book choice. Role Play starting Phrases to wonder:	• Autumn Words: Maple, Chestnut, Gourd, Cider Hedgehog Foggy Pinecone Harvest Moon

Communication and Language - Prime Area.

Pre School Skills Developed	I know how to listen to stories, and I can remember much of what happens. I can respond to stories, songs and rhymes by joining in. I can sing rhymes and look at picture books.

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Dear Cygnets Parents

Communication and Language - Prime Area.