1. Toys Literacy Numeracy History Science Music WOW Days Computing P.E DT
To talk about favourite toys
To read stories about toys e.g. Dogger, Old Bear stories, escape from the toy museum
Writing stories about toys that get lost
Labelling and describing toys
To write captions
To write about toys from the past
To make a leaflet or class book about toys
Numeracy
Discrete number work
Money – making totals and giving change
History
Looking at toys in the past.
What did our parents and grandparents play with?
Making comparisons and noting similarities and differences.
What might toys in the future look like?
Science
Naming different materials and their uses
Exploring qualities of materials
Observing changes in the seasons, Winter
Toys DT
Exploring how toys move and work
To make levers and sliding mechanisms
To design a toy with a moving part
To make a toy using skills learnt
To evaluate the toy made
Music
The nutcracker
Learn about different instruments and their families
WOW Days
Visit to the toy museum in Bath
Opening up a class toy museum or shop to display work
Computing
E-safety
Using 2Go and simple coding
To learn how to program the Beebot robots RE
How do we celebrate our journey through life?
P.E
Spatial awareness work
Basic games skills
Toy dance

2. Toys Topic Drivers As learners interested in Maths we will:-
Learn about the use of money
Learn about the different coins and denominations
Make amounts using different combinations of coins – applying knowledge of counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
Make totals using knowledge of addition
Give change using knowledge of subtraction
Set up a class toy shop
As learners interested in History we will:-
Look at favourite toys and their characteristics
Learn about toys from the past
What toys did parents and grandparents play with?
Note similarities and differences between toys in the past and present
What may toys look like in the future?
As learners interested in Science we will:-
Explore what a material is
Name common materials
Name uses for these materials
Develop use of scientific vocabulary
Explore different qualities of the materials e.g. waterproof, strength, magnetism etc..
Investigate which materials are fit for a given purpose