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Free Chinese New Year Provision Enhancement

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This EYFS Chinese New Year Provision Enhancement resource includes a variety of activities for enhancing provision in the classroom. The activities can be used to support independent or adult-led play across 6 different areas of provision. Children will enjoy exploring and learning all about Chinese New Year. Each card includes helpful advice as well as questions that could be asked to prompt discussion.
 

It covers the following objectives for children in reception:

Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons
Develop overall body-strength, balance, co-ordination and agility
Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways
Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses
Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses

Curriculum Objectives

  • Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others
  • Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing
  • Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing
  • Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
  • Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed
  • Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters
  • Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others
  • Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
  • Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and, when appropriate, try to move in time with music

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