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.
• Understand that some places are special to members of their community.

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.