1. Growing Nursery – Summer 1 Expressive Arts and Design Literacy Maths
Say and use number names to 10 and beyond, reciting number names in order and continuing the count
Order a given set of selected numbers
Symmetrical patterns
Making simple estimates and predictions
Recognising, ordering and writing numbers to 10
Subtraction – counting back
Reading
Jasper’s beanstalk
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Enormous Turnip
I love Bugs!
How to grow a Sunflower
Jack and the Beanstalk
Phonics – Phase 1 and 2
Writing
Name writing
Mark Making
PSED
Circle Time
Demonstrating care and concern for living things and the environment
Knowledge and Understanding
2 simple/colour magic – flower pictures
Planting Seeds – using magnifying glasses
Senses – touch, smell, look
Signs of Spring – New Life
Espresso – flowers and plants around the world
Walks in our local environment looking for signs of spring
Forest schools activities
Life cycles
Creating a wormery/bug house
Expressive Arts and Design
Exploration of colour mixing
Paintings and observational drawings based on the work of famous artists (Van Gogh)
Seed Collages/ Leaf Printing
Cuttings from garden magazines
Flower songs and rhymes
Weather Music
Fruit and Vegetable Printing
Physical Development
Using mark making implements with basic control throughout both indoors and outdoors
Outdoor experiences plentiful – caring for plants/flowers in our garden
Dance (specific PD sessions)
Use of small apparatus
Vivaldi – Four Seasons, movement to music to fit in with dance
Using garden tools effectively
Using bodies to represent growth of plants and flowers