Reception Medium Term Planning – AUTUMN 1 - HOW DO BEES MAKE HONEY?
Sept 3,4 & 7-11
(7 days)
Rosh Hashanah
Sept 16-18
(3 days)
Yom Kippur
Jonah and the
Whale
Sept 21
(4 days)
Sukkot
Personal, Social &
Emotional
Development
Physical
Development
Building a caring
and safe
classroom,
friendships,
classroom rules
(SEAL)
Spatial
awareness of
new
environment
Outside:
construction;
water and large
brushes; honey
factory; role
play; using
playdough
Exploring mark
making and
literacy areas
singing
Role play
Listening to
stories, musical
instruments
Listening to
stories
Baseline
assessment
Stencilling
Using large
brushes
New Year cards
Exploring maths
area
Number rhymes
Assessment –
ordering,
number names
Building a caring
and safe
classroom,
friendships,
classroom rules
(SEAL)
Spatial
awareness of
new
environment
Outside:
construction
Honey factory;
plant pansies
Exploring mark
making and
literacy areas
singing
Role play
Show and tell
RWInc Set 1
Listening to
stories – Jonah
and the whale
Baseline
assessment
Using chalk
Sponge letters in
water
RWInc Set 1
Listening to
stories
Design and draw
a Sukkah, use
tracing paper
Pattern
recognition
Number rhymes
Assessment –
ordering,
number names
Families – who is Large
in our family –
construction
link to Sukkot
Role play
Outside
construction
Plant flowers;
shaving foam
Communication &
Language
Exploring mark
making
Role play
Show and tell
Listening to
rhymes/stories
ICT phones
Literacy
Mathematics
Pattern
recognition
Assessment –
ordering,
number names
Understanding
of the World
Expressive Arts
& Designs
Limmudei
Kodesh
Adapting to new
environment;
routes around
school
Bubbles in water
outside; things
with holes in
sand;
playdough;
make bees,
IPads, apples
and honey
How do bees
make honey;
mini beasts in
sand, plant
pansies, ICT
phones
Exploring
making area
Large brushes in
water outside;
playdough; junk
modelling; role
play; make bees,
New Year cards,
polystyrene
bees on honey
pots
Ivrit: The
Hebrew letter ‫ד‬
(d) representing
the word Dvash
(honey)
Jewish life:
talking abut
Rosh Hashannawanting sweet
new year
Shofar factory
Junk modelling;
role play;
decorations for
Sukkah – paper
chains, fruit
paintings
Bees’ world;
Planting flowers;
role play; minibeasts in sand,
ICT phones,
celebrating
Sukkot
Junk modelling;
make bees and
flowers; role
play; make flags
for Simchat
Torah
Ivrit: the Hebrew
letter ‫( ס‬s) for
the words Slicha
(sorry) and
Sukka
J.L: discuss yom
kipur- saying
sorry if we hurt
someon
Ivrit: the Letter ‫ל‬
(L) for Lunlav
J.L sit in the
sukka and have
treats, look at
what a sukka is
made of
Sept 30
(3 days)
Simchat Torah
Oct 7
(3 days)
How do bees
make honey?
Oct 12
Book: Are You a
Bee?
Making friends
Classroom rules
Taking turns
Outside –
construction.
bikes
Cogs and wheels
PE
Honey factory
Show and tell
Role play
Listening to
stories
Show and tell
RWInc Set 1
Pencil control –
bees to flowers;
whiteboards,
markers, taking
turns; initial
letter sounds in
water
Understand
value of number
and begin to
form numbers
correctly. Find
correct number
of bears in sand.
Investigating
cooked pasta;
learning to use
the smartboard,
Junk modelling;
bee collages,
paintings; role
play
Ivrit: the letter ‫ת‬
(T) for Torah and
review ‫ ד‬for
degel (flag)
J.L dscuss why
we are
celebration
Simchat Torah
Making friends
Classroom rules
Taking turns
Encourage
independence
Outside construction
PE
Bee costumes
outside
Draw flowers on
ground using
chalk
Waggle dance
Children make
garden shop
outside;
Listening to
stories
Show and tell
RWInc 1
Whiteboards,
markers; chalks
outside,
initial letter
sounds in water
Pencil control –
bees to flowers
Understand
value of number
and begin to
form numbers
correctly. Find
correct number
of bears in sand.
Baking honey
biscuits
Investigating
cooked pasta;
independent use
of IWB; make
honey biscuits;
Dinosaurs in
sand with
natural
materials
Junk modelling;
role play; garden
shop; waggle
dance
Ivrit: the letter ‫ש‬
(sh) for the word
Shabbat
J.L what do we
need on the
Shabbat table
Making friends
Classroom rules
Taking turns
Encourage
independence
PE
Lego
Waggle dance
Baking
Drama –
pretend to be
bees
Listening to
stories
Show and tell
Role play
Non-fiction
books
Counting on –
one more than.
Tessellation –
hexagons – link
to honeycombs
Life of a bee,
bee hives,
dinosaurs in
sand;
independent use
of IWB
Honeycomb
patterns, junk
modelling; make
bee hive in small
group
Ivrit: the letter ‫ח‬
(ch) for challah
J.L continue
discussing
Shabbat- why do
we have a day of
sest
PE
Role play
Outside
Lego
Baking
Cups, teapots in
water
Listening to
stories
Show and tell
Role play
Non-fiction
books
RWInc 1
Sand in trays,
colouring bees,
flowers, dot-todot bees.
Counting
syllables in
words
RWInc 1 –
consolidation;
Counting on –
one more than –
which is the
biggest number?
Journey of a bee
Cooking honey
cake,
Tasting honey
Make honey
cake, junk
modelling, role
play
Ivrit: revising all
the letters done
so far
JL: and getting
ready for
Shabbat UKlearning Shabbat
songs
Making friends
Oct 19
Classroom rules
Journey of a Bee Taking turns
bee rhymes,
Sand in trays,
colouring bees,
flowers, dot-todot bees. Letter
pebbles in sand.