Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum Map 2025 - 2026

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

General Themes

NB: These themes may be adapted at various points to allow for children’s interests

Marvellous me

Autumn / Harvest

Seasons

Celebrations

Once Upon a time

Growing

Minibeasts

Under the Sea

RE

Creation and Covenant

Prophecy and Promise

Galilee to Jerusalem

Desert to Garden

Dialogue and Encounter

To the ends of the earth

High quality Texts

The Tiger who came to Tea

Peace at Last

All about me

The Colour Monster

The Invisible String

Funnybones

Stuck

Leaf Man

The Little Red Hen

Shine

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo’s Child

Owl Babies

Stick Man

Room on the Broom

Bog Baby

Percy the Park Keeper

The Christmas Story

The Gingerbread Man

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Three Little Pigs

Little Red Riding Hood

Cinderella

Jack and the Beanstalk

So much

Handa’s Hen

Handa’s Surprise

Once there were Giants

Non-Fiction books

Growing Good

Oliver’s vegetables

Oliver’s Fruit Salad

The Tiny Seed

When I grow Up

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Mad about Minibeasts

What the Ladybird Heard

Arrgh Spider

Superworm

The Rainbow Fish

Sharing a Shell

Alba the 100 year old fish

Who Swallowed Stanley

Little People Big Dreams

A home for a Pirate

Pirates/Seaside

Enrichment

School Visits

Harvest mass

Welcome Assembly

Baking Bread

Autumn Walks

Bonfire night - firefighter visit

Remembrance Day

Owls visit – Surrey Falconry

Welcome Assembly

Nativity Production

Chinese New Year

Visit to Beijing Restaurant

Food tasting – different cultures

Living eggs – Class chick project

Mother’s Day

World Book Day

Spring Concert

Easter Celebrations

Sewing Bee

Little Chefs

Little Gardeners

Live Caterpillars

Frogspawn in classroom

Minibeast walks

Minibeasts Hotels – school woods

Under the Sea – singing songs and sea shanties

Map work  - Find the Treasure

Father’s Day

Pirate Day

Summer concert