EAD yearly breakdown 40-60 months and ELG


Expressive arts and design
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6
Autumn 1 / • Experiments to create different textures.
• Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
• Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme. / • Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.
• Create simple representations of events, people and objects. / • Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using.
• Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play. / • Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.
• Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out
a narrative. / • Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.
• Initiates new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences. / • Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.
• Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose.
Autumn 2 / • Initiates new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences. / • Create simple representations of events, people and objects. / • Begins to build a repertoire of songs and dances. / • Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.
• Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.
• Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative. / • Explores the different sounds of instruments. / • Explores what happens when they mix colours.
• Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose.
Spring 1 / • Begins to build a repertoire of songs and dances.
• Explores the different sounds of instruments. / • Initiates new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences. / • Create simple representations of events, people and objects.
• Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.
• Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.
• Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative. / • Explores what happens when they mix colours.
• Experiments to create different textures.
• Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose. / • Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects.
• Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.
• Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. / • Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.
• Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary.
• Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using.
Spring 2 / • Create simple representations of events, people and objects.
• Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play. / • Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.
• Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative / • Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.
• Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative / • Initiates new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences.
Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them. / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Summer 1 / They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. / They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. / Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them. / Children use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Summer 2 / They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. / They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. / Children sing songs, make music and dance, andexperiment with ways of changing them. / Children use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes / They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.