1. Creative Development Under the Sea Term 5 2016
Dressing up and taking on roles from stories 'Under the Sea'
Role play areas
Mask making
Making finger puppets to re-enact the stories
Play dough
Creating clay model sea creatures
Songs and stories
Painting sea creature designs on pebbles
Cooking bread roll sea creatures
Bubble wrap paintings and prints of fish
Communication, Language and Literacy
Role play area- a pirates' ship and 'under the sea‘ and a beach hut.
Dressing up as sea creatures.
Make leaflets on caring for sea creatures.
Following and creating instructions.
Labelling contents of a rock pool.
Recording class visits
Small world play
Descriptions of sea creatures- 'What am I?'
Focus books: Commotion in the Ocean, Tiddler, Sally and the Limpet, The Rainbow Fish and Sharing a Shell.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Role play areas
RE unit 'Story Time' encouraging the children to think about honesty, kindness to others, modesty, etc. through religious tales
SEAL unit 'Good to be Me' developing children’s self-awareness, managing feelings and empathy
Circle time
Stories and songs
Understanding the World
Using maps and atlases to find out where the oceans are.
Finding our nearest beach
Looking at the differences between Downton and the seaside
Finding out about sea creatures
Making a collection of words to describe sea creatures.
Making sets of sea creatures.
Creating rules for caring for wildlife.
Discovering objects which float or sink.
Looking for signs of Spring on a farm e.g. lambs
Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
Time: o'clock and months of the year.
Counting: to 100, in 1s and 10s, estimating
Addition: adding 1,2 or 3 to any number to 20 by counting on
2D shape and data handling: sorting shapes and objects according to a variety of criteria, creating pictograms
Addition and subtraction: pairs with a total of 6 or 7, doubles to double 5
Pattern: create and complete repeating patterns, count in 2s
Under the Sea
Term
Physical Development
Junk modelling
Fine motor control with buttons and zips.
Large wheeled vehicles outside
Building 'ships' using large construction blocks
Moving and dancing like sea creatures
Throwing and catching skills with a variety of equipment, e.g. balls, quoits
Daily handwriting and fine motor skills exercises