Understanding the World
Personal, social and Emotional
Communication and Language
Use ICT hardware to interact with age
Play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas, e.g.
Listens & responds ~ maintains attention, concentrates and sits
appropriate software ~ data handling,
building up a role-play activity with other children ~ jungle,
quietly during appropriate activity
pictures of animals, research life
vets, cave & child initiated activities
Topic related texts ~ listens to stories with increasing attention
cycles, growing seeds etc on www.
Demonstrates friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and
and recall, able to follow a story without pictures or props
Explore and investigate outdoors,
forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults
Extends vocabulary, especially by grouping or naming, exploring
identify plants & flowers growing,
Caring for our animals ~ developing kindness and caring
the meaning and sounds of new words
encourage care and handling of school
Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests
Role-play, vets, farm ~ uses language to imagine and recreate
animals, collecting eggs etc
and opinions
roles and experiences in play situations
Children know about similarities and
responds to instructions involving a two-part sequence,
differences in relation to places,
listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in
objects, materials and living things.
conversation or discussion
They talk about the features of their
own immediate environment and how
environments might vary. They make
observations of animals and plants and
explain why some things occur, and talk
about changes.
*hatching*
Zimbabwe Week ~ cultures & lifestyles
Spring 2 2015
Growth & Life Cycles
Literacy ~ Reading and Writing
Developing an interest in books/print ~ shows an interest in
illustrations and print in books and print in the environment ~
igloo, reading with torches
Writing own name, mothers’ day/Easter cards, recipe
instructions independent writing ~ meaning to marks they
make as they draw, write and paint. Hears and says the initial
Expressive Arts and Design
Songs/rhymes ~begins to build a
repertoire of songs & dances,
explores the different sounds of
instruments
Mud painting ~manipulates materials
to achieve a planned effect
Role play, home corner castle ~ plays
cooperatively as part of a group to
develop and act out a narrative
constructs with a purpose in mind,
using a variety of resource
Acrylic spring pictures
sound in words
Physical Development
 Moving to music, experiments with different ways of moving,
P.E. ~ jumps off an object and lands appropriately
Outdoor activities ~ travels with confidence and skill, around, under,
over & through balancing and climbing equipment, mini beast hunt
Developing fine motor control and coordination ~ handles tools,
objects, construction and malleable materials safely & with increasing
control, weaving/threading ~ spider webs
Recognises the importance of keeping healthy ~ eats a healthy range
of foodstuffs and understands need for variety in food.
Digging for worms, collecting soil in the wheelbarrow planting seeds
and plants/herbs
Mathematics
Counting everyday objects reliably ~ selects the correct numeral
to represent 1 to 5, then 1 to 10 objects.
Comparing weight ~ baking activities, physical activities outdoors
Days of the week, time ~ hungry caterpillar, bad tempered
ladybird, Jasper’s Beanstalk, My Bean Diary
Positional Language ~ treasure hunt activities, Easter Egg Hunt
handling data and estimating
Addition ~ practical activities to encourage adding 2 and 3
numbers together to total 10.