1. Personal Social & Emotional Development Literacy
To inspire the children we plan through themes. The activities may change due to the interests of the children and the observations we make. All of the activities foster the characteristics of early learning. Play and exploring, Active Learning, Creating and Thinking Critically.
Personal Social & Emotional Development
Support children to make friends, share, and take turns.
Classroom routines and rules (discuss how it makes adult feel).
Personal Hygiene.
Dressing and undressing for PE.
Home Link – Share All About Me treasure boxes.
How to deal with anger e.g. when someone has taken a toy.
Learning about themselves – what we can do.
Talk about where they live.
Talk about families – who is in their family? How many people?
SEAL: New Beginnings
SEAL: Getting on and falling out
Literacy
Starting School Stories – Lucy and Tom Start School, Topsy and Tim’s First Day At School, Starting School.
Topic Theme Books – Funnybones, Avocado Baby, Titch, What I like about me, Marvellous Me.
Recognising own name.
Recognising other children’s names.
Julia Donaldson rhyming books – learning to continue a rhyming string
Individual readers how to hold a book, telling stories through pictures.
Trace / Copy own name
Writing name labels.
Individual readers – introduce scheme books
Phonics – Phase 1 and Phase 2
Write labels and captions for the parts of the body.
Make fact files all about me.
Label a picture of a person.
Read labels / captions and match to images to from the story.
Read a selection of books about human body – fiction and non fiction.
Record on a mind map what they know / want to know about themselves and their friends.
Introduce letter sounds.
Listening to stories and rhymes.
Writing lists.
Learn new vocabulary relating to the topic.
Sequence pictures from familiar stories.
Learning the difference between fiction and non fiction books.
Communication & Language
Listen to stories and rhymes.
Make own stories using props and role play.
Helicopter Stories – telling stories.
Re – enacting stories.
Learn to speak with confidence during circle and carpet times.
Learn to listen and respond appropriately with relevant comments, questions or actions.
Learn new vocabulary relating to the topic.
Julia Donaldson rhyming books – learning to continue a rhyming string.
Home Corner and Hospital Role Play Areas.
Physical Development
Managing own personal hygiene.
Developing an awareness of space and of self.
Group games; ring and playground games.
Parachute Games.
Gaining control over fastenings when getting dressed and undressed for PE sessions.
Tweezer work – picking items up with tweezers.
Using correct pencil grip and gaining control with mark making implements.
Using and holding scissors correctly.
Pencil control: Following patterns
Pencil control: Letter formations
PE FOCUS: Music and Movement / Ring Games / Parachute
Maths
Baseline Activities – Getting to know learners.
Numbers: Counting & Recognition
Recognise some numerals of personal significance.
Recognises numerals 1 to 5.
Counts up to three or four objects by saying one number name for each item.
Count actions or objects which cannot be moved.
Selects the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5 objects.
Counts an irregular arrangement of up to 5 objects.
Shape, Space & Measure: 2D Shape
Beginning to use mathematical names for ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Selects a particular named shape.
Use familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models.
Shape, Space & Measure: Money
Beginning to use everyday language related to money.
Numbers: Addition & Subtraction
Uses the language of ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare two sets of objects.
Finds the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Says the number that is one more than a given number.
Finds one more or one less from a group of up to five objects.
In practical activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.
Understanding The World
Talk about the similarities / differences of families.
Learn about our bodies – the different parts of our body.
Learn about our senses – hands, nose, ears, eyes, mouth.
Learn about our skeleton – our bones.
Where do we live - learn about Congleton.
Use a digital camera to take pictures of the local area and match to an aerial view of the area.
Looking after ourselves; washing, hygiene routines, healthy eating.
Reflections – our faces in mirrors.
Learning about Diwali – festival of lights ( )
Learning about Bonfire Night ( )
Computing: Learning about what is a computer. Children will make their own computer using junk and develop basic computer skills through playing a variety of games. Children will learn about sending their first and the rules that they should be aware of when communicating digitally.
Science: Our Bodies - Learn about what we look like – parts of the body. Developing an understanding of growth.
Keeping Healthy – learn about good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene and how they can contribute to good health.
RE: Caring & Belonging - Who am I? Where do I belong? Harvest - Why do people celebrate Harvest?
Expressive Arts & Design
Self-portrait – starting school
Role Play – Home Corner / Hospital
Painting – easel; colours and mixing colours
Drawing – skeleton
Making funny face biscuits
Collage – paper plate faces and collage person for display.
Finding a voice (learning lots of new songs and Nursery Rhymes to sing with confidence.
Firework & Bonfire Pictures
Making Diwali Mehdi Hands and Clay lights.
Music – Me! – explores growing, homes, colour, toys, how I look. My stories – explores using your imagination.