Development Matters – EYFS - Curriculum
• The early year has its own curriculum, development matters (DM).DM starts from 0 years till the end of Reception. DM views children holistically and is not meant to be use as a tick sheet.
• At the end of Reception year the child will be
assessed against the Early Learning Goals before moving onto the National Curriculum.
• They will receive either an emerging, expected or
exceeding grade for each area of the Early Learning Goals.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
Topic
Birthday Eid Diwali Guru Nanak
Bday
Sukkah/
Sukkot
The Nativity Commercial
Christmas
Literacy
(Focus)
Writing
invitations
Writing cards Writing a
sentence
about the
Rama and Sita
story.
Drawing and
labelling a
picture
picture of
Guru Nanak
Using senses
to write about
things in a
Sukkot
picture.
Character
booklets
Writing a
Christmas
wish list
Maths
(Focus)
Sort shapes in
different ways
Height Weight Find one
more
Find one less Name 3D
shapes
Describe 3d
Shapes
KUW / CA
FOCUS
(completed by
TA)
KUW
Draw a picture of
another day that
your family
celebrate and
talk about it
Creative Art
Creating a
dance to
show what
happens at
Eid
Creative Art
acting out
Rama and Sita
story
KUW – ICT –
Draw one of
the 5 K’s on
the IWB using
dazzle/ paint
KUW –Talk
about the
similarities
and
differences
between
themselves
and a friend
in the class.
Creative Art
Practising
Nativity
Parent
performance
Creative Art
Snowman
foot print
paintings
In class TA
intervention
Literacy or
Mathematics
Literacy
Intervention
Maths
Intervention
Maths
Intervention
Literacy
Intervention
Literacy
Intervention
Maths
intervention
Maths
intervention
Roleplay
themes
Literacy Rooms – Celebration Area Maths Rooms – Arctic Area
Outdoor Roleplay - Outdoor Restaurant Outdoor house – Post office