| | Nature Explorers | Bear Hunt Storybook Day | Stickman Storybook Day | Superworm Storybook Day | Gruffalo Storybook Day |
| Communication and Language |
| ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding |
| 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. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding. | | X | X | X | X |
| ELG: Speaking |
| Participate in small group, class, and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes, and poems when appropriate. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Personal, Social and Emotional Development |
| ELG: Managing Self |
| Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience, and perseverance in the face of challenge. | X | X | X | X | X |
| ELG: Building Relationships |
| Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Physical Development |
| ELG: Gross Motor Skills |
| Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping, and climbing. | X | X | X | X | X |
| ELG: Fine Motor Skills |
| Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Literacy |
| ELG: Comprehension |
| Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary. | | | X | | X |
| Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories. | | X | X | X | X |
| Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes, and poems and during role-play. | | X | X | X | X |
| ELG: Word Reading |
| Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words. | | X | X | X | X |
| Mathematics |
| ELG: Number |
| Have a deep understanding of numbers to 10, including the composition of each number. | | | X | | |
| Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5. | | | X | | |
| ELG: Numerical Patterns |
| Verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system. | | | X | | |
| Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally. | | | X | | |
| Understanding the World |
| ELG: The Natural World |
| Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter. | X | X | X | X | X |
| Expressive Arts and Design |
| ELG: Creating with Materials |
| Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools, and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form, and function. | X | | X | | X |
| Share their creations, explaining the process they have used. | | | X | | X |
| Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories. | | | X | | X |
| ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive |
| Invent, adapt, and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher. | | | X | | X |
| Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. | | X | | | |
| Perform songs, rhymes, poems, and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music. | | X | X | | |
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