1. Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
Early Years Autumn Term (NEW)
Autumn
Autumn
Topic
Hey look at me!
(3 week)
Oh no it’s a Gruffalo!
(2 weeks)
Over the rainbow
African Adventures
(3 weeks)
The Land Before Time
Jingle Bells
Focus Author
Julia Donaldson
Oliver Jeffers
Dates
4th September – 22nd September
25th September – 6th October
9th October – 20th October
30th October – 17th November
20th November – 1st December
4th December – 15th December
Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
*Home visit
*Sharing starting school books
*Watch Gruffalo DVD/ footprints on nature trail
*Perform Gruffalo story to another class
*Splatter painting outside
*Perform Brown Bear, Brown Bear
*Noah the drummer
*Tribal masks /necklaces to take home
*Bone/egg found on the nature trail
*Dinosaur dig
*Christmas decorations in base
*Watch Y2 performance/ Singing concert/ pantomime
Visitor/ Trip and Cost
None
Noah the African Drummer
Dinosaur drama
Parental Involvement
Home visits
Home learning
Performances
Extra Role Play
Art gallery
African jungle/ safari
Dinosaur cave
Santa’s workshop PE
Getting changed for PE/ movement around the hall/ parachute games etc
John and Jasmine learn to juggle- FUNS 8
Monkey Business- FUNS 2 (3 weeks)
The birthday bike surprise- FUNS 10
Key texts
I Am Absolutely Too Small for School
Splat the Cat
Lucy and Tom Go to School
Gruffalo
What the Ladybird Heard
Rhyming Rabbit
The Snail and the Whale
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Can You See?]
The day the crayons quit/ The magic paintbrush
Non-fiction texts about Africa
Maps/atlases
The Leopard’s Drum
Non-fiction dinosaur texts
Harry and the Dinosaurs go to the Museum
Stomp Dinosaur Stomp
Dinosaurs Galore
Santa’s Special Letter
Jolly Postman (Christmas edition)
Christmas story
Other texts
Dear Miss
Going to School
Oh Boris!
Starting School
Topsy and Tim
Tyrannosaurus Drip
A Squash and a Squeeze
Smartest Giant in Town
Gruffalo’s child
Take a walk on a rainbow
Rainbow Fish
The Queen of colours
My blue is happy
Handa’s Hen
Handa’s Surprise
Rumble in the Jungle
A is for Africa
Dinosaurs Love Underpants
The good dinosaur
The little green dinosaurs

2. Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
Early Years Spring Term
Spring
Spring
Topic
You shall go to the ball
(4 weeks)
People who help us
(2 weeks)
Walt Disney Wonders
Pirates Ahoy
Focus Author
Claire Freedman
Michael Rosen
Dates
2nd January – 26th January
29th January – 9th February
19th February – 16th March
19th March – 29th March
Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
*Invitation from Prince Charming
*The Grand Ball- Thursday 2nd Feb
*Visits from various people
*Dance teacher – learn dances
*Disney Performance
*Drama session
*Dress up as pirates-20th March
Visitor/ Trip and Cost
None
Police/Firemen/Nurse/ Dentist/Vet/Pilot
Dancer teacher
Drama teacher
Parental Involvement
Home learning
Invited to the ball
Performance- 17th March
Role Play
Cinderella’s house
Hospital/ Vets
Theatre
Pirate ship PE
Ballroom dancing
Move It Project- Foundation Sports (6 weeks)
Clowning around
Disney dance
Pirate Pranks- FUNS 1
Key texts
Cinderella
Non fiction texts about people who help us
Non-fiction texts about musical families
Giraffes can’t dance
Tanka Tanka Skunk
Disney stories – Frozen and The Jungle Book
Non-fiction books about pirates/ Harry Paye
Other texts
Each Peach Pear Plum
The Gigantic Turnip
The Three Little Pigs
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Other traditional tales
Pirate Adventure
Night Pirates
Pirates Love Underpants
My Granny is a Pirate

3. Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
Early Years Summer Term
Summer
Summer
Topic
Circle of Life
(5 weeks)
Supertato to the rescue!
(2 week)
To Infinity and Beyond
(3 weeks)
Wheels, wings and other things!
(2 weeks)
Moving on Up (1 week 2 days)
Focus Author
Eric Carle
Sue Hendra
Dates
16th April – 18th May
21st May – 25th May
Half term
4th June – 8th June
11th June- 29th June
2nd July – 24th July
Sparkly Starter and Fab Finish
*Caterpillars & duck eggs arrive
*Crazy Creatures
*Release butterflies/ exhibition
* Food tasting
* Cooking
* Space dome / Watch video ‘First Journey to the Moon’
* Re-enact journey to the moon
* Visit to new classroom
* Transition activities with Year 1
Visitor/ Trip and Cost
Ducklings/ butterflies/ crazy creatures
Ingredients
Space dome
Picnic and activities with Year 1
Parental Involvement
Home learning
Circle of life exhibition
Summer holiday home learning activities
Role Play
Garden centre
Café/ restaurant
Space and a rocket PE
Sammy Squirrel and his rolling nuts- FUNS 11
Ringo to the Rescue- FUNS 12
Journey to the Blue Planet- FUNS 6/
Sports day practise
Tilly the Train’s big day- FUNS 5
Key texts
Hungry caterpillar
Non-fiction books about nature and life cycles
Non-fiction books about food and cooking
Supertato
Non – fiction books about planets and space
Whatever next!
Naughty Bus
Transport
Other texts
All Afloat on Noah’s Boat
Tadpole’s Promise
The Bad Tempered Ladybird
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar
The Teeny Weeny Tadpole
Mad About Minibeasts
Aaarrggh Spiders
Oliver’s vegetables
Eating the alphabet
Way Back Home
How to Catch a Star