Curriculum Map: Traditional Tales.
Personal, Social & Emotional
The children will be learning about friendship and
working together. They will learn to negotiate and
share through role play activities:
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Play co-operatively and take turns with
others.
Confident to try new activities and share
interests.
To form positive relationships with adults
and other children.
Communication & Language
The children will be developing communication
and language skills through role play, stories and
songs about traditional tales. They will be:
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Listening to stories and retelling.
Using language to develop imagination
and story- telling.
Introducing and creating stories through
play.
Physical Development
Understanding the World
The children will be exploring movement and
balance through drama and dance. They will be
retelling stories. Children will develop skills to:
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Move with imagination and confidence.
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Move in response to music.
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Experiment with different ways of
moving.
We will be exploring story settings and features
of natural environments. Children will be learning
about plants and growing a beanstalk. We will
explore;
Numeracy
The children will be learning to count accurately
up to 10/20, recognising and matching numerals.
We will be solving problems and exploring weight
and capacity. Children will learn:
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To compare sets of objects, more or
fewer.
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Counting and finding the total of two
sets- simple addition.
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Comparing and ordering items by weight
or capacity.
Literacy
The children will be sharing, retelling and acting
out traditional stories. Writing will be developed
through role play and story writing. Children will
be:
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Visits and events
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Visit from an Author
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Story teller visit
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Chinese New Year
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Using vocabulary and speech influenced
from stories.
Sequencing pictures to retell stories.
To compose and write simple sentences.
Exploring rhyming words.
Miss Bell: Reception : Spring 1st Half Term 2016
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Features of different environments.
Develop an understanding of growth and
changes of a plant.
Different customs and cultural storiesChinese New Year.
Expressive Arts & Design
The children will be exploring a range of media
and materials to create story boards and
character art in 2D and 3D. Children will;
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Use a range of different materials and
resources.
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Select tools and develop techniques to
shape, assemble and join materials.
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Sing songs and rhymes listening to
musical patterns.
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Use their imagination to create stories
through role play.
Outdoor Learning
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Explore environments to create stories.
Use a range of resources and materials
to create dens, castles and houses.
Look at plants and trees – seasons and
changes.