| Term | Topics | Communication & Language | PSED | Physical Development | Literacy Reading & Writing | Mathematics Number | SSM | The World | EUMM | Wow Opportunities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | All about Me and My World | Listening in small groups Begins to use talk when pretending | Settling into our new environment What are rules? To make friends and develop relationships. | Developing control. Beginning to handle equipment and tools. Learning about healthy diets. Beginning to manage their own hygiene and personal needs. | Developing giving meanings to things they draw. Handles books carefully. Look at books independently | Shows an interest in numbers. Counts by rote. Counts things that cannot be moved like jumps or claps. Beginning to represent numbers with fingers. | What is a shape? Making shape arrangements. Develop an understanding of time-based events. | Who am I? What are my likes and dislikes? Talk about themselves and members of their family. | Portraits Manipulating materials. | Forest School |
| Autumn 2 | Light and Dark | What is light and what is dark? What gives us light? Looking at the changes of Autumn. | Pattern making. Explore how sound can be changed. Describing textures. | Forest School | ||||||
| Spring 1 | Traditional Tales & Rhymes | Uses and understands humour. Can follow a story with no props or pictures. Uses vocabulary focused on objects. | Feelings and Emotions | Making marks using a range of media and giving meaning. Handling equipment and a range of writing tools. Learning about healthy diet and exercise. Beginning to be independent in self-care | Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet. Giving meanings to marks as they draw. | Selects the correct numerals to represent 1-5. Counts out up to 6 from a set of objects. Touch counts. Order digits. | Shapes in the environment. Looking at different sizes. | Shows an interest in different ways of life. Interacts with age appropriate software. | Role-play. Musical Instruments. Singing favourite songs. Dancing and moving rhythmically. | Visit the local library. |
| Spring 2 | People in the Community | Roles in the community: Shopkeepers Vets Dentists Nurses | To construct with a purpose in mind using a range of construction materials. | Firefighters Visit | ||||||
| Summer 1 | Living and Growing | Beginning to understand what and why questions. | I can play with others around me and initiate conversations. | Developing control and coordination of movement. Handling equipment and tools, including for writing. To show an understanding of how healthy eating and exercise. Managing their own hygiene and personal needs. | Hears and says initial sounds in words. Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet. Writes own name. | Selects the correct numerals to represent 1-5 and 1-10. Use counting on and number knowledge for simple addition (set making). | Prepositional language. Let’s describe shapes. | Observing changes in plants. Caring for our world. | We can create models. | Animal Visit |
| Summer 2 | Travelling | Looking at different forms of transport. | Hoar Farm |