1. Dosbarth Enfys Summer Term ‘Our Living World’
Science: Learning to be based around the topics of animals (needs of animals, caring for animals) and plants (what plants need to grow).
History: Sequencing events such as the life cycle of a chicken. Observing the growth of cress. Calendar countdown when incubating eggs. Days of the week and months of the year.
Design and Technology: Cooking activities, making animal puppets, making bird feeders and creating own miniature gardens.
Visits/ visitors – e.g. visit to a local farm, incubating eggs, visit from a hen or cockerel.
Values education.
Caring for animals and plants.
Health and hygiene.
Comparisons between our needs and those of plants and animals.
Incubating eggs within class.
Trips to consolidate classroom learning.
Phonological, grapheme and mark making activities.
Individual and group reading opportunities.
Letters and Sounds sessions.
Nursery rhymes and songs.
Story telling and sequencing – Oh Dear.
Instruction texts – Making bird feeders, cooking activities, planting cress seeds.
Poetry linked to animals and our natural world.
Recounts – based on news, class trips and the development of a chicken.
Use of a variety of fiction and non-fiction books to support the topic.
Writing for different purposes – appreciation cards, list writing, letter writing.
Role play areas: Garden centre and vets.
Personal and Social Development, Well-being and Cultural Diversity
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Language, Literacy and Communication Skills
Dosbarth Enfys
Summer Term
‘Our Living World’
Art: Observational drawings of chickens.
Large collaborative art to create different animals
Music: Music linked to different animals. Using music to accompany a story.
Daily songs in Welsh and English.
Accurate counting, ordering and number recognition.
Mental maths sessions.
Addition and subtraction activities.
Exploring symmetrical patterns.
Making simple estimates.
Practical measuring and comparing.
Counting in 2’s and 10’s.
Sharing and problem solving.
Use of 2D and 3D shapes.
Developing number formation.
Reading o’clock times.
Use of charts, Venn diagrams and pictograms.
Creative Development
Mathematical Development
Physical Development
Welsh Language
Sports day preparation.
Obstacle courses.
Use of a variety of large and small apparatus and equipment.
Healthy living and the impact of exercise on the body.
Fine motor activities.
Self-initiated opportunities.
Use of Welsh throughout daily routines, songs and daily language.
Use of Fflic and Fflac stories.
Anifeiliaid – Focus on different animal names and talking about pets.
Picnic story – Asking for different items in Welsh and recapping vocabulary learnt over the year.