Understanding of the world People and communities Learn why we have bofire night Lean about how they and their friends celebrate Christmas How do other countries celebrate Christmas? Learn the Christmas story Other celebrations – Diwali, Hanukkah, Eid Shows interest in the lives of people who are familiar to them. Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experience. Recognises and describes special times or events for family or friends. Knows some of the things that make them unique, and can talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends or famil y. Enjoys joining in with family customs & routines. Children talk about past & present events in their own lives& in the lives of family members. They know that other children don’t always enjoy the same things, & are sensitive to this. They know about similarities & differences between themselves & others, &among families, communities & traditions.
Technology Use beebots to help Santa deliver presents on his journey around to world Design and make a pop up Santa Create emails to Santa Knows how to operate simple equipment, e.g. turns on CD player and uses remote control. Shows skill in making toys work by pressing parts or lifting flaps to achieve effe cts such as sound, movements or new images. Completes a simple program on a computer. Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes & schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.
Physical Development Dress and undress for PE Dressing up clothes available in role play areas PE and outdoor provision Move freely with pleasure and confidence in a range of ways, such as slithering, shuffling, rolling, jumping, skipping, sliding and hopping. Runs skilfully and negotiates space successfully, adjusting speed or direction to avoid obstacles. Experiment with different ways of moving Jump off an objects and land appropriately. Negotiate space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles. Shows increasing control over an object in pushing, patting, throwing, catching or kicking it Children show good control & co‐ordination in large & small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment & tools effectively, including pencils for writing.
Personal, social and Emotional Development On-going throughout all activities
Theme Overview Autumn 2 Celebrations
Enrichment -Wed 10th December – Cusworth hall Victorian Christmas -Theatre production of a Christmas carol Fri 5th December 1:30 -2:30 -Santa visit
Parent workshop -Christmas concert – hot chocolates and biscuit and sing song together
Outcomes Christmas concert Celebrations display
How is Christmas celebration around the world? Opportunities for children to work and play with others in adult and child led activities. Team and group work opportunities throughout all areas of learning
Making relationships Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas, e.g. building up a role‐ play activity with other children. Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them. Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing. Demonstrates friendly behavior, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults. Initiates conversations, attends to and takes account of what others say. Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of ot hers. Takes steps to resolve conflicts with other children, e.g. finding a compromise. Children play co‐operatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity. They show sensitivi ty to others’ needs and feelings, & formpositive relationships with adults &ot her children.
Expressive arts and design Role play areas - Nativity setting (backdrops in hall) in F1. Toy shop in F2, making wrapping paper, wrapping and label presents. Making Christmas decoration, Christmas cards, wrapping paper and calendar Making divas and hanukah candles Create firework pictures using different tools to paint. Christmas concert singing and creating actions Exploring & using media & materials Sings a few familiar songs. Beginning to move rhythmically. Imitates movement in response to music. Realises tools can be used for a purpose. Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects. Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect. Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Children sing songs, make music & dance, & experiment with ways of changing them. They safely use & explore a variety of materials, tools & techniques, e xperimenting with colour, design, texture, form & function. Being imaginative Developing preferences for forms of expression. Notices what adults do, imitating what is observed and then doing it spontaneousl y when the adult is not there. Engages in imaginative role‐play based on own first‐hand experiences. Builds stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from an armchair ‘cliff’. Uses available resources to create props to support role‐play. Create simple representations of events, people and objects. Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play. Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme. Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop & act out a narrative. Children use what they have learnt about media and materials inoriginal ways, thinking about uses & purposes. They represent their own ideas, thoughts & f eelings through design & technology, art, music, dance, role play & stories.
Mathematics Weighing and wrapping presents – Making the correct sized paper to fit the present Rangoli repeating patterns Outdoor obstacle courses to encourage the use of positional language Matching letters and parcels to the correct number house. Foundation 1 Ongoing – counts forward to 20 Week Area Skill 1 Number Uses some number names accurately in play. Recites numbers in order to 10 2 Number Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. Beginning to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures. 3 Shape, space Notice simple shapes and patterns in pictures. and measure Shows an interest in shapes and space by playing with shapes or making shape arrangements with objects. 4 Shape, space Shows awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment. and measure Shows interest in shapes in the environment. 5 Number Knows that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. Begins to make comparisons between quantities. 6 Number Compares two groups of objects, saying when they have the same number. 7 Recap
Autumn 2 Ongoing – counts in 2’s, counts forward to 30 and begin to count back from 10 Week Area Skill 1 Number Select the correct numerals to represent 1 to 5, then 1to 10 objects. Counts objects to 10 and beginning to count beyond 10. Counts out up to six objects from a large group. 2 Number 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. 3 Shape, Uses positional language. space Can describe their relative position such as ‘behind’ or ‘next to’ and measure 4 Shape, Orders two items by weight or capacity. space Orders two or three items by length or height. and measure 5 Shape, Uses everyday language related to time. space Orders and sequences familiar events. and measure 6 Number Counts an irregular arrangement of up to ten objects. (Extend 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. 7 Recap and extend any areas needed.
8-20 months 16-26 months 22-36 months
30-50 months 40 – 60 months ELG
Communication and Language T4W retelling stories – The nativity – Retold by the children Children discussing what they celebrate and how they celebrate. Listen to and discuss stories from other cultures e.g. Rama and Sita Understanding Understands use of objects (e.g. “What do we use to cut things?’) Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object. Beginning to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions. • Able to follow a story without pictures or props. • Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion. Children follow instructions involving several ideas or actions. They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences & in response to stories or events. Speaking Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts (e.g. using and, because). Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went down slide, hurt finger). Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how. Uses language to imagine & recreate roles and experiences in play situations. Links statements and sticks to a main theme or intention. Children express themselves effectively, showingawareness of listeners’ needs. They use past, present and future forms ac curately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future. They develop their own narratives and explanation sby connecting ideas or events.
Literacy Text: Funny bones, The Christmas story, Father Christmas needs a wee, Father Christmas on the Naughty Step, Father Christmas Comes up Trumps! The night before Christmas. T4W format – Introduce text – Introduce story map – learn the story – change the story. Reading Listens to and joins in with stories and poems, one‐to‐one and also in small groups. Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories. Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured. Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall. Describes main story settings, events and principal characters. Shows interest in illustrations and print in books and print in the environment. Holds books the correct way up and turns pages. Knows that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom. Hears & says the initial sound in words. Can segment the sounds in simple words & blend them together & knows which letters represent some of them. Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet. Begins to read words & simple sentences. Children read & understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words & read them aloud accur ately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read. Writing
Writing letters to Santa. Labelling presents. Creating and writing Christmas cards and posters for the community. Using the T4W format to change and write stories. Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint. Ascribes meanings to marks that they see in different places. Gives meaning to marks they make as they draw, write & paint. Begins to break the flow of speech into words. Hears and says the initial sound in words. Can segment the sounds in simple words & blend them together. Links sounds to letters, naming & sounding the letters of the alphabet. Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence. Writes own name and other things such as labels, captions. Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts. Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. The y write simple sentences which can be read by themselves & others. Some words are spelt correctly & others are phonetically plausible.