1. Dinosaurs!
Literacy
We will use our topic to support our learning. We will:
Use our phonic knowledge to sound out and write words.
Predict outcomes.
Use drama.
Use descriptive language.
Identify story structure.
Write our own versions of stories.
Become aware of the use capital letters and full stops in sentences.
Use past, present and future forms accurately.
Identify rhyming words and continue rhyming strings.
Understanding the world
We will be learning about:
Identifying common types of animal.
How to care for animals.
The similarities and differences between living things.
Carnivores, omnivores and herbivores.
Fossils and how they occur.
How environments differ and change through time – volcanoes.
EAD
Represent our own ideas, thoughts and feelings through art, dance and role-play.
Experiment with colour, design, form and function.
Explore a range of materials, tools and techniques.
We will be creating:
Dinosaur masks.
Pterodactyl mobiles.
T-Rex head using junk modelling.
Dinosaur sock puppets.
Erupting volcanoes
Maths
Counting to 100.
Ordering numbers.
Ordinal numbers.
Estimating.
2D shape and symmetry.
Addition.
Repeating patterns.
PSED
To talk confidently in a familiar group.
To learn to be sensitive towards others ideas and feelings.
How we keep healthy.
Identifying and being proud of the tings we are good at.
Working as part of a group and following group rules.
Identifying when we feel angry.
Physical development
Move safely and actively about the space.
Understand how to use equipment for it's intended purpose.