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| Area of Learning and Development | Autumn Term 1
People Who Help Us |
Autumn Term 2
Seasons |
Spring Term 1
Dinosaurs |
Spring Term 2
Traditional Tales |
Summer Term 1
Pirates |
Summer Term 2
Water |
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| Big Question | What makes you a superhero? | Why do leaves go crispy? | What laid an egg like this? | Knock Knock who’s there? | Where on earth
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Why is Water so Wonderful? | |
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Visits from local community occupations
Theatre Visit – Dec |
Visit to Hardwick park.
We’re going on a leaf hunt. |
Where did this egg come from?
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Children to make gingerbread men and one runs away (video). | Pirate picnic
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Water Fun Day
Trip to Sea Life centre |
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Meeting new friends/making new relationships
Meeting new adults (visitors) Weekend bear to share home experiences – linked to class email Class target – I can fasten my coat Introduce tooth brushing Introduce Code of Conduct, DoJo & Traffic Light System Safety during school visits. |
Something special, children bring in a special item from home on a rolling programme. Children to explain own knowledge and ask appropriate questions of others. Using How, who, when, what, where and why questions.
Talk about what makes a good friend. Read stories about friendships and discuss how to resolve conflicts.
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Children talk about how they and others show feelings.
Safety around water-while walking around lake in Ropner Park and at Tynemouth beach when visiting Sea Life centre Heart Start Lucinda and Godfrey Looking at environments with lack of water. Water Walk |
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| Communication & Language | LA
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Establish routines for good listening – before input eg clapping, rhymes and listening code
Developing vocabulary – sharing news and experiences Speaking – What I am good at! Asking questions. Listening to stories with increased attention and recall. Introducing topic related vocabulary
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Extend the children’s vocabulary and sentence composition.
‘Answering how and why questions.’ Responding to stories. Expressing themselves. Learning, exploring and correct use of new and topic related and imaginative vocabulary. Listen to rhyming stories. Join in with repeated refrains of traditional tales. |
Children use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future.
Topic related vocabulary. Speaking in front of a large group -assembly |
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| Physical
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M & H
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Being healthy – food, exercise
Toilet/hand washing routines Daily fruit and milk Practise using knife & fork – progressive tasks Coat fastening, scissor skills Pencil skills – writing name, drawing recognisable picture of themselves – progressive AM task Whiteboard work PE sessions, finding a space and moving around the space safely and in different ways. Cosmic Kids Yoga |
Children to know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.
Healthy food preparation Develop co-ordination and movement through PE Continue letter formation & families
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Discussions around the need for water for life –
· Drinking · Keeping clean · Cooking · Swimming · Plants
Sports Week activities Heart Start 999 activity Road safety |
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Letters & Sounds
Reading & spelling system Writing Targets Name writing Pre cursive script Letter formation & families Bank of words e.g. mum, dad, sister etc. & key words. Writing challenges Sentence composition and conventions. Topic resources to encourage writing. What makes you a super hero? Introduce reading roundabout
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Continuing to work through reading and spelling system at individual level
Letters & Sounds – 4 groups Reading Roundabout |
Continuing to work through reading and spelling system at individual level
Letters & Sounds – 4 groups Reading Roundabout Topic related Fiction and non-fiction books Using phonic and keyword knowledge to read and write simple sentences.
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Number Target – I can count to 10/20
1 to 1 counting Ten Town Introduce Numicon & RM Maths Doubling & halving How many jumps/hops? Comparative vocabulary – e.g. taller/shorter. How far can I . . ? Data collection – eg graph of eye colour/height chart Rich Mathematical Tasks
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Money, sharing, addition and subtraction.
R.M. maths Patterns around them One more, one less Solving problems doubling and halving. Properties of 3D shapes Solving problems involving addition and subtraction. Write digits up to 20 |
Problem solving.
Capacity Recognise, create and describe patterns. Use mathematical language to describe everyday objects and shapes. Use everyday language to talk about a variety of measures. Count on and count back
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| SS&M | Describe positions of Dinosaurs
Dinosaur counting activity for SIA. Measuring bones. |
Explore time
Distance
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| Understanding of the World
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P & C
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Family celebrations – birthdays, weddings
Cultural celebrations (Christmas) Awareness of differences Learning about occupations – people who help us Introduce different roles in school and job in the community. Autumnal changes Trip to Hardwick park looking at the natural environment and the seasonal changes. Introduction to ICT suite, & RM Maths Introduction to using cameras Children take a picture of various types of trees in groups, each time we visit the park take a picture of the tree and observe the changes. Reading eggs
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Chinese New Year
Spring and weather observations. Planting seeds and monitoring growth. Using magnifying glasses – dinosaur artefacts. Language master – dinosaur facts Life cycles – Tadpoles & butterflies Interest Tables – materials, textures ICT – finding programs independently |
Look at the UK, explore the physical and natural features.
Discuss the difference between towns, villages and cities.
Look at different modes of transport to travel around the UK.
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Logging onto the computers.
Explore different countries around the world.
Discuss differences and similarities of different cultures.
Looking at maps. Explore water features in different parts of the world. |
Animals that live in water.
Monitoring growth flowers and plants. Tadpoles. Floating and sinking. Local water features, lake, fountain, River Tees Water investigations using piping and water channels.
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