Week 1
Tracking assessments – Autumn assessment nursery (F1) and reception (F2) Halloween/ Bonfire night Focused Texts: Funny Bones Expressive Art: Skeleton pictures, bonfire hand pictures, fireworks blow painting Maths F1: Uses some number names accurately in play.
Every Child Matters 1: stay safe 2: be healthy 3: enjoy and achieve 4: make a positive contribution 5: achieve economic well being
objects. Counts objects to 10 and beginning to count beyond 10. Counts out up to six objects from a large group.
Week 2
Celebrations – Diwali and Children in need What is Diwali? Who celebrates Diwali? What are divas?
Focused Texts: Funny Bones (T4W) - The Story of Rama and Sita Expressive Art: Making Divas and rangoli patterns Maths F1: Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. Beginning to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures.
Maths F2: Uses language ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare two sets of
objects. Find the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Week 3 (friendship week)
Christmas cards and calendars
Maths F1: Notice simple shapes and patterns in pictures. Shows an interest in shapes and space by playing with shapes or making shape arrangements with objects.
Maths F2: Uses positional language.
Can describe their relative position such as ‘behind’ or ‘next to’
Celebrations – Nativity
Week 4
Maths F1: Shows awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment. Shows interest in shapes in the environment.
Maths F2: Orders two items by weight or capacity. Orders two or three
items by length or height (ensuring understanding of the different terms)
costumes – Antlers
Maths F1: Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set.
Orders and sequences familiar events.
Celebrations Autumn 2 2014 Role Play: Nativity Christmas workshop – present wrapping
Celebrations – Nativity
Week 6
Focused Texts: The Christmas Story (nativity) - T4W format Expressive Art: Making community Christmas cards and posters Maths F1: Compares two groups of objects, saying when they have the same number.
Maths F2: Counts an irregular arrangement of up to ten objects. (Extend
Visitors: Santa Fri 5th December 1:30 -2:30 – Theatre production of a Christmas carol Visits:
to 20 when needed) Select the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5, then 1 to 10 objects. Finds the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Week 7 (concert)
Tracking assessments and electronic EYFS profiles Autumn assessment nursery (F1) and reception (F2) Celebrations – Hanukkah
Wed 10th December – Cusworth hall – Victorian Christmas
Focused Texts: Eight Candles to Light: A Chanukah Story Expressive Art: making Menorah using a range of materials and techniques
Church T4W Nativity story and Christmas crafts
Magical Me – wk. 1
Focused Texts: The Christmas Story (nativity) - T4W format Expressive Art: Christmas concert practise – songs and actions, making Christmas decorations.
Focused Texts: The Christmas Story (nativity) - T4W format Expressive Art: Christmas concert practise – songs and actions, making
Maths F2: Uses everyday language related to time.
Celebrations – Nativity
Focused Texts: The Christmas Story (nativity) Expressive Art: Christmas concert practise – songs and actions
Week 5
Begins to make comparisons between quantities.
Recites numbers in order to 10
Maths F2: Select the correct numerals to represent 1 to 5, then 1to 10
Celebrations – Nativity
Outdoor Learning
Maths F1: Recap and consolidate gaps in learning Maths F2: Recap and consolidate gaps in learning
Exploring the changes in weather – (Document changes/ take photos for weather topic later in year). Use the weather to inspire expressive art e.g. mark making in the snow, making kites for the wind. Opportunities for gross motor development