HOW THE WORLD WORKS

Through playful exploration, children will observe and investigate patterns in nature, daily routines, movement, sounds, numbers, and shapes. They will begin to recognise repetition, sequences, and similarities, developing early thinking and reasoning skills. This unit helps children make sense of the world around them, supporting their ability to predict, organise, and find meaning in everyday experiences.

ON-GOING UNIT

Students will explore language, symbols, and stories through play, talk, and creativity. They will engage in rich conversations, enjoy songs and rhymes, and notice sounds and patterns in words. They will experiment with drawing, mark-making, and writing for real purposes, including their own names. They will use art, role play, and dramatic play to share ideas and feelings. They will enjoy books, ask questions, retell stories, and connect print with meaning, building strong foundations for literacy.

ON-GOING UNIT

Students will understand that numbers, shapes, patterns, and symbols help us make sense of the world. They will use mathematical language to describe ideas, solve problems, and explain their thinking. They will explore symbols, marks, and materials to represent quantities, patterns, and relationships. They will enjoy stories, songs, and play as opportunities for rich numeracy learning. Through inquiry, real-life experiences, and collaborative conversations, they will connect mathematics to their lives, express ideas in many ways, and build joyful confidence in numeracy.

PATTERNS IN MOVEMENT

Students will develop their physical skills through Ball Skills and Aquatics, with a focus on patterns, repetition, coordination, movement, and exploration. Integrated with the EY4 How the World Works Unit of Inquiry, children will explore how patterns can be found, created, repeated, and changed through physical movement. In Ball Skills, they will notice and practise simple patterns when rolling, throwing, catching, bouncing, and combining movements. In Aquatics, they will explore repeated body movements, kicking, breathing, and simple swimming sequences, discovering how patterns can help them move more confidently and effectively in water. As part of their stand-alone PE learning, children will combine two or more movements, experiment with different ways of moving with and without equipment, try unfamiliar activities, and begin to recognise and talk about their own abilities and movement preferences.