EYFS and Year 1 Phase Lead, Assistant Principal
Nursery Teacher
Nursery Teaching Assistant
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Half of set 1 sounds
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Settling in Nursery and understanding routines
-Likes and dislikes
-Facial expressions
-Names of children
-Indoor and outdoor independence
Communication and Language
-Recall holidays
-Name and talk about family members
-Name facial features
-Food sorting game
-How and Why questions
- Emotions matching game worksheet
-Responding to name and instructions
Physical Development
-Self portraits-pencil sketch for books
-Draw family tree outside-use big chalks
- Detailed self-portraits- use mirrors
-Learn to use climbing equipment safely outside
-Following instruction games-outside
-Introduce bike area outside-safety and sharing
-Develop confidence to move freely and safely outside
Literacy
-Big Book/ story time
-Brown Bear Brown Bear
-Meanies came to school
-Dear Zoo
-I love animals
-The very hungry caterpillar
-Crocodile Tea
-Rat a tat tat
Mathematics
-Number nursery rhymes
-Name numerals
-2D shape matching game
-Name numerals and make number line
-Make repeating patterns
-Kim's game-memory game
-Count body movements-claps,jumps
Understanding of the world
-Model how to use the water tray-4 children/water aprons
-To create a family tree
-Explore/watch children of the world
-Sort pictures into groups of like and dislikes
-Sort/Post pictures of feelings
-Collect/compare natural objects
-Making friends/roll the ball name game
-Explore Bee-Bots
Expressive arts and design
-Hand prints
- Make facial features using playdough /face mats
-Painting-self portraits
-Food collage
-Playdough/create using potato head pieces
-Paint mixing
-Nursery rhymes-joining in
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Half of set 1 sounds
All of set 1 sounds
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Remembering nursery routines
-Bonfire night
-identify own feelings
-Helping each other with coats/play
-How do you celebrate your birthday;pass the teddy game
-Turn taking introduce Christmas advent calendar
-Working together to decorate the Christmas tree
Communication and Language
-Recall holidays
-Talk about themselves;wearing the correct clothes for the weather
-Playing collaboratively in the post office role play
-decorate birthday/celebration cake
-How does the weather make you feel
-Words to describe weather
-Learn about the festival of Chanukah
-Learn Christmas song
Physical Development
-Name writing in books
-Action games-how to keep warm
-Diwali/Bollywood fabric dance
-Delivering/posting presents at the post office
-Explore ice
-Make a Star of David
-Write family/own names in celebration cards
Literacy
-Big book/Story time
-Owl Babies
-Stick Man
-Rama and Sita
-Jim Jam Jim
-The Christmas Story
-The Gingerbread Man
-Elves and the Shoemaker
Mathematics
-Colour sorting/matching
-Size posting game
-Create shape pictures
-Naming numerals and make number line
-More and less
-Positional language
-Match number to quantity
Understanding of the world
-Spider hunt outside
-Recall Bonfire night/Halloween
-ICT-Diwali story
-Explore environmental sounds
-Customs at Christmas time
-Talk about similarities and differences
-Introduce Chanukah story-ICT
-Write letters to father christmas
-Explore toys with push buttons
Expressive arts and design
-Free choice/children's interests
-Paint mixing
-Concepts of primary and secondary colours
-Make Diva lamps with clay
-Wrapping presents station
-Make hand prints using paint for Christmas calendar
-Collage a Star of David
-Make christmas decorations to decorate nursery
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Orally fred-talk cvc
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Recall Christmas holiday
-Talk about family members
-Introduce dinosaur theme
-Make a class dinosaur theme book
-Dinosaur display
-Teach name game-dinosaur song
-Make dinosaur cave/den outside
-Dinosaur diet- Carnivore/herbivore
-How would you feel/talk if you was a dinosaur
Communication and Language
-Plan a dinosaur birthday party
-Listening to instructions outside-move like a dinosaur
-Positional language game outside -use equipment
-Discuss Dinosaur Habitats-small world
-Dinosaur speech bubble-what would a dinosaur order for lunch
-Descriptive words for dinosaurs
Physical Development
-Pencil control-self portraits
-Dinosaur hunt outside
-Make pasta dinosaur skeletons
-Dinosaur maze- match food to the dinosaur
-Hand gym-correct number of pegs on the dinosaur
-Match dinosaur to correct diet
-Match dinosaurs silhouettes to correct dinosaur
Literacy
Big book/Story time
-Dinosaur Roar
-How do dinosaurs learn colours and numbers
-There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
-Selection of fiction and non-fiction books
-The Tiger Who Came To Tea
-The Billy Goats Gruff
-Lazy Ozzie
-Handas Surprise
Mathematics
-Counting candles on dinosaur birthday cake
-Long and short-use multi links to measure dinosaurs
-Teach names of dinosaurs x3
-Sort dinosaurs by size and colour
-Use shapes to make dinosaurs
-Use cotton buds to make patterns on dinosaur silhouettes
-Hand gym -spotty dinosaur game match colour and shape
Understanding of the world
-Teach days of the week/Month
-Teach dinosaur songs
-Dinosaur egg ice balloons
-Hunt/dig for dinosaur fossils
-Dinosaur diets-Big floor Venn diagram
-Discuss staying safe during the holidays
-Explore using cameras to take photos
Expressive arts and design
-Green playdough-make dinosaurs
-Tray painting-make green;mix blue and yellow
-Paint dinosaur features- use A3 template x3 dinos
-Dinosaur songs- use instruments
-Make Chinese new year cards
-Make dinosaur head bands-move like a dinosaur dance
-Make 3d dinosaur
-Dinosaur mask-scissor control
-Black playdough-dino rock buns
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Reading consonant-vowel-consonant words
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Settling in
-Discuss care for living things outside-watering plants
-Old MacDonald animals- Kim's game
-Discuss -What happens to a seed
-Care for ducklings
Communication and Language
-Share holiday news-mark make and post in postbox
-Talk about the lifecycle of a caterpillar
-Why and How questions-new life
-Jack and the bean stalk speech bubbles-what did Jack say to the giant
-Make individual zig zag books
Physical Development
-Self portraits and write name in books
-Make cards-write names
-World book day activities
-Bean bag game outside
-Make lolly stick puppets-multi media
-Rosie's walk-follow instruction game
Literacy
Big book/ Story time
-Tidy Titch
-The Very Hungry Caterpillar
-Owl babies
-Jack and the Beanstalk
-Rosie's Walk
-Olivers Vegetables
Mathematics
-Number Lotto game-match/name numbers
-Order caterpillars by length
-Make repeating patterns-caterpillars
-Counting songs
-Measuring beanstalk-height
-Positional language-use Rosie's walk cards
Understanding of the world
-investigate signs of growth -growing tray outside
-Mini beast hunt outside
-Life cycle of a butterfly
-Snap game-match farm animals to their babies
-Planting beans
-Visit/Observe the ducklings
-Explore walkie Talkies
Expressive arts and design
-Observational paintings of plants
-Paint butterflies-symmetrical patterns
-Observational paintings of farm animals
-Yellow playdough
-Make collage/3d beanstalk
-Duck duckling collage
-Vegetable printing
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Writing letters
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Develop cooperative play-dance to weather sounds
-Develop independence-indoor and outdoors
-Learning about maps
-Mirror dance/partner copy- move like rainforest animals
-ICT woolly and tig- discuss road safety
Communication and Language
-Learning new words-relating to weather
-Communicating with peers-Rainforest roleplay
-Recall school journey from home-make maps
-Draw rainforest animals-what would the animals say
-Teach names of rainforest fruit-Focus activity
Physical Development
-Make rainmakers
- Symmetrical paintings of butterflies
-Draw big chalk map outside
-Treasure hunt
-Dance like the rainforest animals-ICT
-Balance bean bags on your head game
Literacy
Big book/Story time
-Walking through the jungle
-Rumble in the jungle
-Lets go into the jungle
-The Gruffalo
-Hands Surprise
Mathematics
-Shape hunt -spot 2d shapes in the environment
-Make repeated patterns
-Make number line on the maps-follow to get to your destination
-Feely bag/Describe animals-how many legs
-Memory -Kims game use rainforest animals
Understanding of the world
-Explore different weather ICT
-Whats the weather like outside
-Collect natural objects
-Spot butterflies
-Draw compare local and world maps
-Make a rainforest in the water tray
-Make a handas surprise basket using rainforest fruits
-Make Eid cards
-Explore recording devices
Expressive arts and design
-Make rainmakers
-Paint rainforest creatures
-Green playdough-make trees/plants
-Make rainforest animal masks/headbands
-Painting with rainforest fruit/veg
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Read and write Set 1 Sounds
Read and write 1.5 words
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
-Remembering nursery rules-indoor and outdoors
-Turn taking games
-identifying own feelings
-Talk about safety/adapt own behaviour to different events
-Talk/compare own house to the 3 Little pigs house
-Use props to act out the story of the Billy goats gruff
-Describe self/friend in positive terms.
-Talk about starting new class
-Talk about safety during the holidays
Communication and Language
-Recall and share events from holiday
-Children to plan activities for the next day with teacher
-Fill the suitcase-pack for a holiday
-What will you see on the local visit
-fill in speech bubbles-what did the pigs/wolf say
-discussion-how will you safely cross the bridge
-Pencil control- numbers under the bridge
-Discuss Elmer and friends-their patterns are different but they are all friends
-Make a food list for teddys bears picnic-remember allergies!
-Discuss likes and dislikes in food.
Physical Development
-Self portraits and name writing for books
-Match physical movements to number cards;3 jumps,2 hops etc.
-Make father's/Male day cards
-Make a space ship outside -use foam and wooden bricks/other materials of interest
-Make treasure maps/3 little pig maps on the ground outside -use big chalks
-Make car ramps for speed experiment outside-Focus activity
-Complete Gym trail outside-follow instructions
-Wash nursery toys in the water tray-last week!
Literacy
-Big book/Story time
-We're going on a bear hunt
-The train ride
-Mr Gumpy's outing
-Whatevernext
-Three three little pigs
-The billy goats gruff
-Elmer
-Little red riding hood
Mathematics
-Name numerals make number lines 1-10/20
-Size concepts-Compare sizes of vehicles and sort
-Length concepts-Order/compare toy worms/snake by length
-Prepositions-positional language; in on under etc
-Number matching game-number to quantity
-Shape/colour recognition
-Repeating patterns; use a range of toys, claps and hops, animals etc
Understanding of the world
-We're going on a nature hunt
-Caring for our outside environment
-Discuss who you will go on holiday with you
-Visit local area/big field-Focus activity
-Technology-learn to use Bee bots-Focus activity
-Sensory/feely bag-use billy goats,troll etc.
-Similarities and differences in relation to our friends
-Write invitations-which nursery friend will you invite to the picnic
-Explore chromebooks
Expressive arts and design
-Playdough- make vehicles use interactive picture mats
-Make 3D vehicles using reclaimed materials-Focus activity
-Travel agents role play-pack suitcase-Focus activity
-Painting planets-moon,sun,earth
-Collage 3 little pigs house-use different materials
-Make tracks-painting using cars/vehicles
-Paint Elmer
-Collage Elmer
-Make a collage of picnic food on paper plate