Personal, social and Emotional Development Skill- To talk about own experiences Children confident to talk about celebrations they have attended Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions. Skill - to talk about own feelings Explore celebrations and how they make us feel / happy / excitied/ thankfull Aware of own feelings, and knows that some actions and words can hurt others’ feelings. Skill – To work together Children work together to complete tasks such as baking Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas, e.g. building up a role-play activity with other children.
Physical Development Skill – to move The children will move like different fireworks Creates movement in response to music Experiments with different ways of moving. Skill – to dance The children will create a winter dance Experiments with different ways of moving. They represent their own dance Skill – to have increasing control The children will use different tools and construction materials to make some firework models. Handles tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control. Skill – to record letters The children will record the sounds they hear when writing words to describe fireworks. Begins to form recognisable letters.
Theme Overview Celebrations and festivals
Enrichment Visit year2 wedding FS Birthday party
Parent workshop Christmas Nativity
Outcomes Christmas nativity
Understanding of the world Skill – To share their experiences The children will talk about their experiences of Christmas Recognises and describes special times or events for family or friends Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines. Skill – To retell a cultural story The children will retell the story of Rama and Sita. Shows interest in the lives of people They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. Skill – To talk about change The children will talk about how our reasons are changing. Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time. Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change. Skill: To use a mouse Children will create a picture of a fire work Uses ICT hardware to interact with age-appropriate computer software.
Mathematics Skill – To count Children will count fireworks , bangs whistles ect Counts objects to 10, and beginning to count beyond 10. Counts up to three or four objects by saying one number name for each item. Skill- To compare Children will compare number of items in a set using paper chains adding 2 sets together 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. Skill - To measure Children will measure quantities to make cupcakes non standard measures. Orders two items by weight or capacity Skill – To use positional language Children will go on a treasure hunt to find traditional items Can describe their relative position such as ‘behind’ or ‘next to’. Uses positional language Skill- To count Children count Christmas items and find the correct number to match penguins, presents Counts an irregular arrangement of up to ten objects Selects the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5, then 1 to 10 objects. Skill – to order Children order the Christmas day sequencing events by time. Uses everyday language related to time. Orders and sequences familiar events.
Communication and Language
Literacy
Skill- to talk about own experiences Children talk about celebrations they have taken part in Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them. Skill – To share ideas
Skill – To describe Children use description language to describe firework sounds / winter language
Skill – To listen Children listen and enjoy Christmas and celebration stories Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall. Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories. Skill – To create a story Children recreate stories of celebrations / nativity / mr wolf and three bears Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations. Skill – To follow instructions Children listen to respond to instructions , children follow instructions to bake / treasure hunt Responds to instructions involving a two-part sequence. Understands humour, e.g. nonsense rhymes, jokes.
Hears and says the initial sound in words. Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together. Skill – To make marks Children write replies to year 2 for their wedding/ children write invitations for children to attend FS party
Gives meaning to marks they make as they draw, write and paint. Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint. Skill – to make a list Children to write or draw a list of bonfire night food / of what they need for a birthday party
Writes own name and other things such as labels,captions. Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence. Skill – to make a letter Children write a letter to santa
Hears and says the initial sound in words. Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.
Expressive are and design Skill – To make Children to use clay to make diva lamps Uses various construction materials. Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect Skill – To construct Children to make a Christmas card Joins construction pieces together to build and balance. Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Skill – To explore colours Children to use primary colours to make secondary colours when creating a firework picture Explores colour and how colours can be changed Explores what happens when they mix colours Skill – To explore sounds Children to create winter music using instruments Explores and learns how sounds can be changed Explores the different sounds of instruments