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Curriculum

Early Years Foundation Stage

Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Early Years Foundation Curriculum Overview


EYFS Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Reception
Big Picture

- Reception children will be developing their listening and understanding skills by learning Panjabi numbers, body parts, fruits and vegetables through Punjabi rhymes.

First Five letters

CC LINK:- Literacy:- All about me
Numeracy:-Ordinal Numbers
CD:-Communication
- To develop understanding of vocabulary related to greetings, numbers, family & friends through singing poems.
- To develop understanding of the Punjabi alphabets by singing alphabet songs.
-To develop their listening, speaking and understanding skills by learning a range of Punjabi rhymes.

Recap on First five letters

CC LINK:- Answering questions based on
own experiences
CD:-Communication
- Children will be learning new vocabulary by talking about their daily routine.
- To develop understanding of the Punjabi alphabets by singing alphabet songs.

First 10 letters

CC LINK:- Sharing and taking turns ,
Circle time
CD:-Communication
- Listening, understanding and interpreting Panjabi stories. (A Very Hungry Caterpillar in
Punjabi)
- Children will be learning the correct pronunciation of Panjabi Alphabet.

Recap on First 10 letters

CC LINK:- Making healthy food choices
CD:-Communication
- Read, write and recognise the first fifteen letters of Punjabi alphabets.
- Children will be learning the correct pronunciation and correct formation of Panjabi Alphabet.

15 letters of the Punjabi alphabet

CC LINK:-Literacy:- Phonic sounds
CD:-Communication
- Three little Pigs in Punjabi
- Concept of remembering and repeating.
- Talking about special events
- Read, write and recognise the first
fifteen letters of Punjabi alphabets.

Recap on the first 15 letters of the Punjabi alphabet.

CC LINK:-Literacy:- Pets at home
CD:-Communication
Literacy Skills Links
- Listening to stories (Goldilock)
- Singing English nursery rhymes in Punjabi.
- Shopping list of fruits and vegetables and say the name of each fruit in English and Punjabi.
- Punjabi letters and sounds
- Circle time – listening and speaking
- To interpret in English what is being said in Panjabi.
- Talking about family and friends
- Past and present tense in Punjabi.
- Sing the number poems (Once I caught a fish alive, five little monkeys) in Punjabi.
- interpreting from English to
Punjabi.
- Conversation about their daily
routine in English and then in Punjabi.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar in
Punjabi.
- Look at the beginning middle and
ends of stories and answer ‘how’
and ‘why’ questions
- Translate fruits and days in
Punjabi
- Identify & repeat rhymes in English Nursery Rhymes in
Punjabi.
- To listen and follow the instructions in English to form the Punjabi letters.
- To understand the initial sounds in English.
- Name the objects begin with each letter and translate in English.
- Listening to stories (The three-little pig).
- Look at the beginning middle and ends of stories and answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions
- Invite children to interpret in English what is being said in Panjabi.
- Children say the phonic sound of each letter.