Making links

* Continue to be interested, excited and motivated to learn

* Have a developing respect for their own cultures and beliefs and those of others

* Understand that there need to be agreed values and codes of behaviour for groups of people, including adults and children, to work together harmoniously

* Consider the consequences of their words and actions, for themselves and others

Communication, language and literacy

* Interact with others, negotiating plans and activities, taking turns in conversations

* Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words

* Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences

* Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events

* Know that print carries meaning

* Attempt writing for different purposes, using features of different forms such as lists, stories and instructions

Mathematical development

* Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts

* Use language such as 'circle' or 'bigger' to describe the shape and size of solids and flat shapes

* Use everyday words to describe position

* Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns

* Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems

Knowledge and understanding of the world

* Investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as appropriate

* Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change

* Ask questions about why things happen and how things work

* Build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate resources and adapting their work where necessary

* Find out and identify the uses of everyday technology and use information and communication technology to support their learning

* Differentiate between past and present

* Observe, find out and identify features in the place they live and the natural world

* Find out about their environment, and talk about those features they like and dislike

Physical development

* Move with confidence, imagination and safety

* Move with control and co-ordination

* Show awareness of space, of themselves and others

* Use a range of small and large equipment

* Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control

Creative development

* Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two and three dimensions

* Use imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative role play and stories

* Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel