Learning objective
- To investigate why some places are special to people in the community by going on a visit.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
- Name and describe people who are familiar to them.
- 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
Adults can use the opportunity to:
- Encourage the children to look for other special places and add these to the Activity: I spy special places.
- Challenge the children to label their drawing.
- Ask the children to write labels for the photos to create a display.
