Summer 2
For the love of reading text
The Tiger who came to tea
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be extending our understanding of pattern by making our own together and individual, we will be extending our subitising skills to include numbers up to and including 5 and we will develop our matching, sorting and comparing skills.
Geography/ History
We will begin to explore the concept of other countries existing in the world as well as highlighting some differences from the past and the present.
Science
We will be exploring the changes in states of matter and talking about what we observe. We will also be discussing about all the animals we see on our zoo trip!
Educational Visit
Chester Zoo
PSHE/RSE/ RE
We will be continuing to learn about different emotions and discuss how we feel in more depth. We will be learning about UK Armed Forces Day for our SMSC focus.
Art/ D & T/ Music
We will be developing our drawings, adding more complexity and detail, as well as developing our small world play to include more complex ideas and resources.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday PM.
Spellings/ Reading
We will continue to practice segmenting and blending and keep developing our spelling practice
Summer 1
For the love of reading text
Goldilocks and the three bears. The children will fully immerse themselves into this story throughout summer 1, they will have extended conversations about the book, characters and plot and will be retelling the story themselves,
White Rose Maths
We will be continuing to learn about subitising and then moving on to comparing and sorting different collections. Finally, we will look at line and repeating patterns.
Geography/ History
We will be ordering pictures of before, now and after by looking at the past and the present.
Science
We will be planting and caring for our own plants, learning how to take care of a plant and what they need to survive whilst exploring the key features of their life-cycle.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
We will discuss special places such as homes, school and church and talk about which places are special to Christians on our SMSC day learning about ST Georges day.
Art/ D & T/ Music
In nursery we will be continue to extend our pretend play by acting out known stories by dressing up, as well as engaging in small world roleplay to retell different fairy tales. We will be exploring how to join and explore a variety of textures and materials.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday PM. We will be taking part in group games, supporting us to work as a team. We will be increasing our confidence in changing our clothes by getting into our full PE kits.
Spellings/ Reading
We will continue with Phase 2 and learn the last of the phonics sounds continue to practice segmenting and blending and keep developing our spelling practice.
Spring 2
For the love of reading text
The Very Hungry Caterpillar follows the journey of a caterpillar as it transforms into a beautiful butterfly. The simplicity of the text, combined with the vibrant and colourful illustrations captures the imagination of young readers, encouraging them to explore the wonders of nature and the concept of growth and change.
White Rose Maths
We will be starting to explore shapes and how they can be used in patterns. In number we will start to learn how to identify a group and then take out a certain number using 1:1 correspondence. Finally, we will explore routes and position.
Geography/ History
We will be exploring the country of England looking at maps and where England is and how this also relates on a globe identifying what is sea and what is land.
Science
We will be focusing on learning about life cycles particularly that of a butterfly. We will also look at the world of minibeasts as a whole.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
We will be looking at healthy foods alongside our story to compare the foods the caterpillar ate. Towards the end of the term we will be looking at the celebration of Easter and our SMSC day this half-term will be exploring Eid al Fir.
Art/ D & T/ Music
We will continue to explore ways of using paint with different tools to create butterfly pictures and use objects to represent something else. We will make a simple model of the life cycle of the butterfly and also explore some new musical instruments.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday PM. We will be following more complex sequences to music and learning different ways to move our bodies.
Spellings/ Reading
We will continue with Phase 2 phonics including practicing segmenting and blending CVC words.
Spring 1
For the love of reading text
A Superhero Like You - Lily knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up: a superhero! But she's not interested in being a silly superhero. She doesn't want to wear her pants outside her trousers! Lily wants to be a REAL superhero: the kind who helps people and makes the world a better place. We will follow Lily as she meets the extraordinary superheroes all around us, from doctors, teachers and air ambulance paramedics to scientists, recycling truck drivers and carers. Discover the amazing work these real-life heroes do using their incredible superpowers of kindness, care and love.
White Rose Maths
For maths this half term we will begin to look at numbers through nursery rhymes. Then we will be counting to 1, 2 and 3 as well as ordering and seeing if we can spot a group of up to 3 objects without counting. Finally, we will be exploring repeats and patterns further using the skills we have already learnt.
Geography/ History
We will be focusing on learning about the roles of all the people who help us in the community such as nurses, doctors, fire fighters and comparing new and old. We will continue our learning about the environment by taking a visit to the local park and recognising features we can see both there and on the way.
Science
We will be looking at different materials and how they can be used to create and change different creative ideas. In addition, we will be looking at simple push and pull forces as well as continuing our understanding of the daily weather and seasons.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
We will be discussing our likes and dislikes allowing the children to assert themselves as individuals. We will also look at disabilities and different religions as well as celebrating Shrove Tuesday for our SMSC day.
Art/ D & T/ Music
We will be using our imagination to find different ways of using materials such as making a superhero cape as well as taking part in action songs and dancing to different types of music.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday PM. We will be following sequences to music learning different ways to move as well as increasing our confidence with gross motor movements.
Spellings/ Reading
As we continue Phase 2 phonics we will recap the phonemes s,a,t,p,i,n and how to blend sounds and read simple cvc words. We will move on to m,d,g,o,c,k.
Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
In Literacy, we will be focusing on ‘One Snowy Night’. We will be exploring the story and retelling it through role play. We will also be creating a story map for each section of the story to help us remember what happens. We will also be looking at describing a character and the setting in our own words and using our mark making skills.
White Rose Maths
In maths we will be learning how to count backwards and forwards to 3. Our learning will then move on to recognising sequences of 1, 2,3, finding them in stories and recognising that anything can be counted. We will end the half-term by looking at repeated actions in stories and songs.
Geography/ History
We will be looking at the school’s wooded area just like Percy the Park Keeper and how this fits in with our local environment. We will be comparing the different environments and discussing what we have seen.
Science
We will be exploring changes in matter such as water, ice and snow. We will also get to enjoy making some hot chocolate.
Educational Visit
Visit to Wood Farm to see their Winter display and Santa
PSHE/RSE/ RE
This half term we will be focusing on our emotions, we will be identifying our own emotions and those of others. We will be linking this to our text and how the animals feel when they can’t fit in the bed.
Art/ D & T/ Music
We will make spikey hedgehogs using clay and sticks as well as using different natural materials as painting tools. To increase our music skills we will be listening to the sounds made by different materials and continue learning new songs for our Christmas Nativity.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday PM
Spellings/ Reading
In phonics we will be continuing to embed our learning in PHASE 1 phonics and starting on PHASE 2 to learn our first initial sounds.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
Elmer follows the story of a patchwork elephant who doesn’t enjoy being different so plays a trick on his friends when he tuns himself grey.
White Rose Maths
We will be comparing small and large groups of objects as well as finding out about shapes and how they can be used to build. We will make simple line patterns and start simple counting saying number names in order.
Geography/ History
We will looking at our home environment and also discussing our families and who our family members are.
Science
We will use our sense to explore natural objects and investigate different types of materials.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
We will be engaging in imaginary play as part of settling in and then also understanding why we are special and what happens at a special celebration such as a birthday.
Art/ D & T/ Music
We will be singing and dancing along to familiar songs and making marks in our drawing to resemble a face.
Spanish
N/A
PE day
Friday
Spellings/ Reading
We will be sharing books together and remembering words from the story as well as exploring all aspects of PHASE 1 phonics such as alliteration and rhythm and rhyme.