EYFS Curriculum

Reception have been using the story ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ to inspire their topic ‘Power of imagination’. We have been learning about Chinese traditions including Chinese New Year and how they use red and gold to decorate their homes.  This year it is the year of the snake and children have enjoyed making their own patterned snakes and picking out snakes using chopsticks.  The children have also really enjoyed immersing themselves in the culture of Chinese New Year and love the dragon dances that are used to celebrate this time of year.

The children have learnt how Shen defeated the Emperor by using her imagination in her paintings.  We have then innovated our own stories choosing our own main characters and what they would paint to defeat their enemies. 

In maths we have been using numbers 6, 7, 8 and looking at the different make up of these numbers.  We have grouped as pairs and explored odd and even numbers and we have also looked at doubling.