Learning objective
- To explore the Easter story and make connections to new life.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
- Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Understanding the world
ELG: Past and present
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society.
ELG: People culture and communities
Children at the expected level of development will:
- 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.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
- Reduce the number of pairs in the game to make it easier to remember the locations and focus on fewer matches at a time.
- Challenge the children to draw pictures of new life to match up with the images from the Activity: Pairs to create their own pairs game.
Key vocabulary
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angel
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cross
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Easter
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tomb
