• Talk about members of their immediate family and community. 

• Name and describe people who are familiar to them. 

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

• Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. 

• Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries. 

                                                         EARLY LEARNING GOALS

• Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps. 

• 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. 

• Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and (when appropriate) maps. 

Children will have an RE session once a week which, this term, will cover World Faith Stories.  All sessions will be interactive. The Core Learning question for this topic will be 'Which stories are special and why?'

• Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. 

• Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them. 

• Explore the natural world around them. 

• Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside. 

                                            EARLY LEARNING GOALS

• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants. 

• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. 

• Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter. 

• Comment on images of familiar situations in the past. 

• Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.

                                                        EARLY LEARNING GOALS

• Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society. 

• Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. 

• Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.