Long Ago:
	What changes over time?

In the Long Ago project your child will learn about their history and how they have changed from when they were babies. They will learn about their family history and heritage and find out what life was like when their grandparents were children. They will learn about what it was like to go to school in the past and how everyday objects, such as clothes, toys and vehicles have changed.

Supporting your child at home

• Look at photographs of the children as babies and discuss how they have grown and changed.
• Look at family photographs so the children can see family members when they were children.
• Talk about what your life was like when you were a child.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Vocabulary

Here you will see weekly updates and galleries of our topic-based learning, provision and creations.

Week 1:

World - Past and present 

Begin to spot similarities and differences between pictures of the past and the modern day.

The past only includes things that have already taken place.

Music Long Ago  Exp Art and Design

Learn and sing songs and rhymes as part of a larger group.

Nursery rhymes are songs that have been sung to children for hundred's of years.

Long- Ago - Yearly Changes

Describe simply how weather changes as the seasons change.

The weather and local environment changes with the seasons.

Week 2 : 

Materials

To make observations about objects and artefacts from the past, such as toys, clothes and other items relating to everyday life.

To understand objects from the past can look different to objects today.

Week 3:

World - Understanding the world

Physical development

Recognise and discuss how they have changed from when they were babies.

People change as they grow and have changed since they were babies, both in their appearance and what they are able to do.

People grow from being babies to adults. As people grow older, they look different and can do different things.

Lullabies

Exp A&D - Being imaginative and expressive lesson

In this lesson children will:

Sing well-known songs and nursery rhymes in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.

By the end of this lesson children should know:

Lullabies are songs that adults sing to babies to help them get to sleep.

Key text: Rosie’s Hat by Julia Donaldson

Skills and knowledge to develop

The past is made of events that have already happened.

Memories are things we remember from the past.

Your history is all the events that have happened in your life.

A timeline shows the order in which events happened.

Key vocabulary: memory, remember, baby, toddler, adult, grow, history

Week 4 

PSED - Building relationships lesson

In this lesson children will:

Build constructive and respectful relationships and talk about the special people in their lives and why they are important.

By the end of this lesson children should know:

All families are special and different. They are different sizes and have different family members.

Special people include anyone important in a person's life. It could be parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends or teachers.

UTW: People and Places

To explore Lunar New Year

Week 5 

UTW Past and Present

In this lesson children will:

Explore and talk about pictures, stories and information books on the theme of

royalty.

By the end of the lesson:

In the past kings and queens lived in castles and palaces.

UTW: Past and Present

In this lesson children will:

Explore and talk about pictures, stories and information books on the theme of

royalty.

By the end of this lesson children should know:

In the past kings and queens made rules to decide how people should behave.

Week 6: 

To understand that some people celebrate Valentine's day

Toys from the past

Exp A&D - Expressive arts and design 

Skills In this lesson children will:

• Construct simple structures and models using a range of materials

How has life changed?

World - Past and present lesson (Reception)

SkilIs in this lesson children will:

• Make observations about objects and artefacts from the past, such as toys, clothes and other items relating to everyday life.

Core knowledge

By the end of this lesson children should know:

• Everyday objects, like clothes, vehicles and toys, tell us about the past. They also change over time.