PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND NUMERACY
Term One
· Recognize numerals 0-10
· Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects
· Talk about, recognize, and recreate patterns.
· Use language such as circle or bigger to describe the shape and size of solids and flat shapes.
· Say and use the number names, in order and in familiar contexts, such as nursery rhymes.
· Use non-standard measures.
· Use language of time-‘o’ clocks.
· Experience practical capacity.
· Sort or match objects and talk about sorting.
· Find one more or less from a group of up to five objects.
Term Two
· Find one more or one less than a number from 0-10.
· Counting and ordering numbers to twenty.
· In practical activities and discussion begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.
· Show an awareness of money.
· Use language such as more or less, greater or smaller, heavier or lighter to compare two numbers or quantities.
Term Three
· Consolidate all areas covered in previous terms.
· Begin to relate addition to combining two groups of objects and subtracting to ‘taking away’.
· Read, write and order numbers 0-20
· Use everyday words to describe position
· Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve problems
· Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Term One
· Have an emerging self confidence to speak and listen to others about wants, needs and interests.
· Children will develop a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.
· Extend their vocabulary to explore the meanings and sounds of new words.
· Recognize letter sounds and introduce blending.
· Children will learn to form lower case letters correctly and to write own name.
· Recognize initial sounds in and letters in words and writing.
· Show an interest in illustrations and print in books.
· Look at simple non-fiction texts.
· Learn to recognize high-frequency and familiar words.
Term Two
· Listen to and join in stories and poems one to one and also in small groups.
· Children will continue to consolidate work from the previous term.
· Children will continue to practice handwriting, learning correct letter formation.
· Children will become aware of the need to use punctuation.
· Show an interest in illustrations and print in books.
· Begin to be aware of how stories are structured.
· Write labels, captions and simple sentences.
· Write words by blending sounds.
Term Three
· To continue and consolidate work from previous terms.
· Show an understanding of the elements of stories such as main characters, sequence of events and openings.
· Use writing as a means of recording and communicating.
· Retell narratives with increasing detail. Retell stories giving main points in sequence.
· Know initial, medial and final sounds in common words
· Children will attempt writing for a variety of purposes.
· Children will begin writing simple sentences, sometimes using punctuation.
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Term One
· Children will sing simple songs from memory.
· Tap out simple repeated rhymes.
· Children will be given opportunities to experiment with construction kits, paintings and drawings.
· Experiment with materials to create different textures.
· Work creatively on a large or small scale.
· Imitate and create movement and respond to musical stimulus.
· Perform Nativity-Drama and songs.
· Children will have opportunities to engage in representational play.
Term Two
· Opportunities for children to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings in a variety of ways such as, role-play, painting and responding to music.
· Appropriate materials and media will be used to extend children’s thinking through involvement.
· Children will learn to find solutions to problems.
· Children will have opportunities to dance and to respond to music.
· Children will recognize and explore how sounds can be changed.
· Children will recognize sound patterns and match movement to music.
Third Term
· Activities will be designed to build children’s confidence and self-esteem.
· Language will be introduced that enables children to talk about their experiences in greater depth and detail.
· Children will continue to extend their experience and imagination through pictures, paintings, poems and stories, music and dance.
· Children will be encouraged to share their ideas and to discuss and appreciate the beauty around them in nature and the environment.
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIOANAL DEVELOPMENT
Term One
· Children will be encouraged to show an interest in classroom activities.
· Children will be taught to operate independently within the environment and show confidence in linking up with others for support and guidance.
· Children will be expected to dress and undress independently and manage their own personal hygiene with adult support.
· Experience circle time and share experiences and feelings.
· Develop an awareness of different cultures and religion.
Term Two
· Children will select activities and resources independently.
· Activities will be provided which enable children to ask questions seek answers, make decisions and solve problems
· To provide experiences, activities and materials which are challenging but achievable.
Term Three
· Provide activities and familiar experiences to allow children to share knowledge from different parts of their life experiences.
· To further develop an awareness of culture and religious differences.
· To allow opportunities for the children to become curious, enthusiastic and busy resulting in confident, independent learners.
PHYISCAL DEVELOPMENT
Term One
· Children will move with confidence in a variety of ways showing some awareness of space.
· Children will be encouraged to join in with action songs.
· Children will move with imagination and with safety.
· Children will have opportunities to move around, over, under and through balancing and climbing equipment.
Term Two
· Children will show an awareness of space.
· Role-play experiences will be encouraged.
· Children will use small and large equipment, showing a range of skills.
· Children will begin to handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with basic control.
Term Three
· Children will develop and demonstrate fine motor control and coordination.
· Children will begin to recognize the importance of keeping healthy and recognize changes that happen to their bodies.
· To provide the opportunity for children to develop and refine existing skills.
· Children will continue to use a wide range of small and large equipment showing a range of basic skills.
· Swimming lessons will take place once every term.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD- POSSIBLE LINES OF DEVELOPMENT.
Term One
· Myself: Food and health. Children will learn about the importance of food, water, and exercise for humans to stay healthy and alive.
· Harvest: healthy and unhealthy foods.
· Myself: My Environment and School/Home. In studying their environment children will learn to ask questions about where they live and the natural world.
· Myself: Families. Children will look at their families and family trees. They will identify simple features and significant personal events in their lives.
· Gorillas: habitats and Climates.
· Dry weather: Seasons.
· Christmas.
Term Two
· People who help us. We will look at people who help us at home and school. Children will learn about the Emergency services and keeping safe.
· New Year and wet seasons. We look at seasonal changes and traditions and customs. Children will learn about animal’s survival in different weather. Children will look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
· Resurrection. The Resurrection story and new life.
Term Three
· We will explore the history of animals; extinct and surviving and their fossils and nature.
· Transport. We will learn about a variety of transport systems, looking at the history of transport; air, land and sea transport.
· Hot weather. We will investigate outside- small beasts, hot weather patterns, plants and flowers and understand that plants need light and water to grow.
