1
Spring 2
Curriculum
Area
Weekly Focus
Book Focus
PSED – Circle time
Making
Relationship
s
Selfconfidence
and Selfawareness
Managing
Feelings and
Behaviour
Week 1
23rd – 27th February
CL
Understandi
ng
Speaking
9th
Week 3
– 13th March
St. David’s Day
Ash Wed
Book week - dress up Fri
Obs & Assessment week
Mothers Day
The Gruffalo
Book Week
The Gruffalo
See Jigsaw Planning – Piece 2 –
We like to move it, move it! (CS)
MY Mum
See Jigsaw Planning –
Piece 1 – Everybody’s
Body (CS)
I can talk about the
classroom rules and the
consequences for not
following them.
(CS) Discussion on
classroom rules and
consequences – child’s
voice.
MR 1.g.a
MFB 3.40.2 / 3.g.b.c.d
Listening
and
attention
Week 2
2nd – 6th March
I can talk about my half
term news and answer
questions.
I can listen to others
and ask relevant
questions.
(CS) Chn to share half
term news and chn are to
listen and respond with
questions. Chn to answer
‘how’ and ‘why’ questions –
child’s voice
LA 1.40.1/1.g.a.b.c
U 2.40.4/2.g.b
S 3.40.1.3.4/3.g.a.b.c
SC & SA 2.40.1/2.g.b
16th
Week 4
– 20th March
St. Patrick’s Day –
Holi –
23rd
Week 5
– 27th March
Obs & Assessment week
See Jigsaw Planning – Piece
3 – Food Glorious Food (CS)
Plants
Owl Babies
See Jigsaw Planning – Piece 4 –
Sweet Dreams (CS)
Plants
The Easter Story
See Jigsaw Planning – Piece 5 –
Keeping Clean (CS)
I can talk about how we show
feelings and show sensitivity to
others’ needs and feelings.
(CS) Discussion on different
feelings and situations when we
might have different feelings.
Talk about how we should act
towards people and their
feelings – child’s voice.
CI Observations (ELG’s)
CI Observations (ELG’s)
Carpet sessions linked to CI
observations.
I can talk about my half term
news and answer questions.
I can listen to others and ask
relevant questions.
(CS) Chn to share half term
news and chn are to listen and
respond with questions. Chn to
answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions
– child’s voice
CI Observations (ELG’s)
CI Observations (ELG’s)
Carpet sessions linked to CI
observations.
I can talk about my
experiment and answer
questions.
I can listen to others and
ask relevant questions.
(CS) Chn to talk about
their egg cress head
experiment (home learning
from the previous week)
and chn are to listen and
respond with questions. Chn
to answer ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions – child’s voice
I can follow instructions
involving several ideas or
actions.
(CS/AL) Give chn different
instructions to follow building on
the amount of instructions.
Continue as AL/CI observations.
MR 1.g.c
MFB 3.g.a.b.d
LA 1.40.1/1.g.a.b.c
U 2.40.4/2.g.b
S 3.40.1.3.4/3.g.a.b.c
SC & SA 2.40.1/2.g.b
CL-U 2.g.a
LA 1.40.1/1.g.a.b.c
U 2.40.4/2.g.b
S 3.40.1.3.4/3.g.a.b.c
SC & SA 2.40.1/2.g.b
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Term: Spring 2
Theme: Plants and Animals
2
See Val Sabin planning –
Lesson 1 and 2
(gymnastics)
Moving and
Handling
I can show increasing control
over an object in pushing,
patting, throwing, catching or
kicking it.
(AL/CI).
All week – egg & spoons, bats,
balls, bean bags, basketball hoop
and goal post to practise
pushing, patting, throwing,
catching and kicking.
See Val Sabin planning –
Lesson 3 and 4
(gymnastics)
I can talk about the
importance of good
health and ways to keep
healthy and safe.
(CS) Class discuss on ways
to keep healthy talking
about physical exercise,
healthy diet, sleeping,
hygiene and staying safe –
Children’s voice. (Link to
Jigsaw)
I can talk about the
importance of good health and
ways to keep healthy and
safe.
(CS) Class discuss on ways to
keep healthy talking about
physical exercise, healthy diet,
sleeping, hygiene and staying
safe – FOCUS ON EATING A
VARIED DIET – Children’s voice.
(Link to Jigsaw)
Gruffalo charactersNon-fiction books (Link
to UW-W)
Gruffalo characters- Nonfiction books (Link to UW-W)
Also: transporting
equipment safely within
lesson (link to PD-HSc)
PD-HSc 2.40.4.5.6
I can show good control and
co-ordination in large and
small scale movements.
(AL/CI) Observations on the
children in the outside area on
the climbing frame and
different equipment outside
(large and small scale
equipment).
See Val Sabin planning – Lesson 5
and 6 (gymnastics)
I can talk about the
importance of good health
and ways to keep healthy
and safe.
(CS) Class discuss on ways
to keep healthy talking
about physical exercise,
healthy diet, sleeping,
hygiene and staying safe –
FOCUS ON HEALTHY
EATING - Children’s voice.
(Link to Jigsaw)
I can talk about the
importance of good health and
ways to keep healthy and
safe.
(CS) Class discuss on ways to
keep healthy talking about
physical exercise, healthy diet,
sleeping, hygiene and staying
safe – FOCUS ON SLEEPING Children’s voice. (Link to Jigsaw)
I can talk about the importance
of good health and ways to keep
healthy and safe.
(CS) Class discuss on ways to keep
healthy talking about physical
exercise, healthy diet, sleeping,
hygiene and staying safe – FOCUS
ON HYGIENE - Children’s voice.
(Link to Jigsaw)
My Mum
Owl babies
GR –comprehension sheet
Using the internet and nonfiction books to find out
information about Owls
10 reception books – children’s
choice
The Easter Story
10 reception books – children’s
choice
Also: transporting
equipment safely within
lesson (link to PD-HSc)
PD-HSc 2.40.4.5.6
Also: transporting equipment
safely within lesson (link to PDHSc)
PD-HSc 2.40.4.5.6
PD-MH 1.g.a.b.c
PD
PD-MH 1.40.5 / 1.g.a.c
Health and
Self-care
PD-HSc 2.40.3/2.g.a.b
PD-HSc 2.40.3/2.g.a.b
PD-HSc 2.40.3/2.g.a.b
PD-HSc 2.40.3/2.g.a.b
LITERACY
PD-HSc 2.40.3/2.g.a.b
Shared
Reading
GR –comprehension sheet
GR – Bug Club / Project X books
10 reception books –
children’s choice
GR – Individual readers
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Phonics assessment
GR – Bug Club / Project X books
Term: Spring 2
Theme: Plants and Animals
3
Mon – Read the story
‘Gruffalo (talk for
writing)
Tue – Write a label for
different Charactors
Thurs & Fri – Write a
caption for a picture
GG – News
Book week
Invitation
Design a ticket
Story map
Wanted poster
Fact sheet
Face painting
Writing
Mon – Read and retell the
story ‘My Mum’ (talk for
writing) – Model writing a
Mother’s Day card
Tues –– Draw a picture of
your mum and describe
your mum
Thurs – Writing what you
like to do with your mum
Fri – Independent caption
writing
GG – Writing Mother’s Day
card Thurs & Fri – Chn to
write a sentence to match
a picture from the book
GG – Writing a sentence to
match a picture from the
book.
Mon – Reading the story
Tues – St Patricks Day
Wed: Note from mum to baby
owls
Thurs – Days of the week
Fri – labelling the food that
Owls eat
GG – Children’s next steps –
Reading assessment
Starters: Ordering / writing /
one more & less to 20
Mon – Read and retell the story
‘Easter Story’ (talk for writing) –
Model writing an Easter card
Tues – Sequence and order the
Easter story pictures
Thurs – Write what you like to do
at Easter
Fri – Easter egg hunt
GG – Writing an Easter card
Whole class – letter
formation.
MATHEMATICS
Phonics
Numbers
Shape,
space and
measure
Starters: Ordering /
writing / one more & less
to 20
Starters: Number bonds to 20 /
Ordering / writing / one more &
less to 20
Starters: Ordering /
writing / one more & less to
20
Main: Addition
Main: Subtraction (throwing
eggs)
Distance – how far can you
throw an egg or bean bag and
measure
Main: Doubling, Halving and
Sharing (solving problems)
Weight and capacity
Repeating patterns
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Children’s next steps
Main: Addition and Subtraction
problems
Time and days of the week
Term: Spring 2
Children’s next steps
Theme: Plants and Animals
4
See Discovery RE planning
– Lesson 1: Signs of
Spring
People and
communities
I can talk about
similarities and
differences between
themselves and others,
and among families,
communities and
traditions.
(CS/CI) Discussion on St.
David’s day. Model how to
make tissue paper and
pipe cleaner daffodils.
(Link to EAD-EMM)
See Discovery RE planning –
Lesson 2: Springing into Life
I can talk about past and
present events in their own
lives and in the lives of family
members.
(CS/AL) Discussion on Shrove
Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. As
a class, make pancakes. (Link to
PD-MH)
See Discovery RE planning –
Lesson 3: What is Easter?
I can talk about past and
present events in their
own lives and in the lives
of family members.
(CS/AL) Discussion on
Mothering Sunday – child’s
voice.
UW – PC 1.40.1/1.g.a.b.c
UW – PC 1.40.1/1.g.a.b.c
See Discovery RE planning –
Lesson 4: The Easter Story: The
Beginning
See Discovery RE planning –
Lesson 5: The Easter Story: The
Middle
I can talk about similarities
and differences between
themselves and others, and
among families, communities
and traditions.
(CS/CI) Discussion on St.
Patrick’s day. Model how to make
clovers using pepper stamps and
collage material. (Link to EADEMM)
See Discovery RE planning –
Lesson 6: The Easter Story: The
End
EASTER ACTIVITIES
UW – PC 1.40.1/1.g.c
I can talk about similarities
and differences between
themselves and others, and
among families, communities
and traditions.
(CS/CI) Discussion on Holi.
UW
UW – PC 1.40.1/1.g.c
UW – PC 1.40.1/1.g.c
The World
I can make observations
and explain why some
things occur and talk
about changes.
(CS/AL) Discuss the life
cycle of a plant and what
plants need in order to
grow. Adult-led activity –
planting outside – child’s
voice
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.c
I can make observations and
explain why some things occur
and talk about changes.
(Science home learning) At
home, chn to grow an egg cress
head. Chn to write about and
draw the changes as their home
learning and then to discuss in
school. (Link to CL next week)
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.c
I can talk about similarities and
differences in relation to places,
environments and animals.
(CS/CI) Look at different animals
and where they live – discuss
similarities and differences between
the environments. Chn to draw what
the two different environments look
like and child’s voice. (Link to L-R)
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.b.c
I can make observations
and explain why some
things occur and talk
about changes.
(CS) Discuss the life cycle
of a human – discuss the
arrival of a baby. Use books
and the internet to find out
information about the life
cycle of a human
I can make observations and
explain why some things occur
and talk about changes.
(CS) Discuss the life cycle of an
owl. Use books and the internet
to find out information about
the life cycle of an owl.
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.c
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.c
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Term: Spring 2
I can make observations and
explain why some things occur
and talk about changes.
(CS) Discuss the changes that
occur when we cook eggs in
different ways – chn to predict
what they think will happen and
then talk about what actually
happened.
UW-W 2.40.1 / 2.g.a.c
Theme: Plants and Animals
5
I can use ICT hardware
to interact with ageappropriate software.
(CS/AL/CI) Model how to
use Paint program to draw
a gruffalo. Chn to
complete gruffalo
drawing in adult-led
activity and print picture
with children’s voice. (Link
to UW-W)
Technology
UW-T 3.40.1.2
I can select and use
technology for particular
purposes.
(AL) Show the children a
range of technology for
chn to choose which is
the best to record the
story of the gruffalo’ –
child’s voice (Link to L-W
GG)
I can use ICT hardware to
interact with age-appropriate
software.
(CS/AL/CI) Model how to use
Paint program to draw a
gruffalo. Chn to complete
gruffalo drawing in adult-led
activity and print picture with
children’s voice. (Link to UW-W)
UW-T 3.40.1.2
I can use ICT hardware
to interact with ageappropriate software.
I can select and use
technology for a
particular purpose.
(CS) Discuss how we can
use the internet and books
to find out information UW-
I can select and use technology
for particular purposes.
(AL) Show the children a range
of technology for chn to choose
which is the best to record the
story of the gruffalo’ – child’s
voice (Link to L-W GG)
UW-T 3.g.a.b
I can use ICT hardware
to interact with ageappropriate software.
(CI) Children to complete
their RM Maths
T 3.40.1.2/3.g.a.b
UW-T 3.40.1.2
I can use ICT hardware to
interact with age-appropriate
software.
(CI) Children to complete their
RM Maths
UW-T 3.40.1.2
I can use ICT hardware to
interact with age-appropriate
software.
(CI) Children to complete their
RM Maths
UW-T 3.40.1.2
I can use ICT hardware to
interact with age-appropriate
software.
I can select and use
technology for a particular
purpose.
(CS) Discuss how we can use the
internet and books to find out
information about Owls
UW-T 3.40.1.2/3.g.a.b
UW-T 3.g.a.b
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Term: Spring 2
Theme: Plants and Animals
6
Exploring
and using
media and
materials
I can sing songs and
experiment with ways of
changing them.
(CS/CI) Teach the
Gruffalo
with actions and then
experiment with changing
the words. After CS,
leave instruments out for
chn to experiment with.
I can safely use and explore a
variety of tools and techniques, and
experimenting with colour and
texture.
(CS/CI) Model how to create a split
pin gruffalo looking at using colours
and textures to create fur effect.
EAD-EMM 1.40.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 / 1.g.b
EAD-BI 2.40.1.3 / 2.g.a
I can safely use and
explore a variety of tools
and techniques.
(CS/AL) Children to model
and decorate a clay egg cup
holder using different tools
and techniques.
I can role-play and act out a
narrative.
(CS/AL/CI) Act out the story
‘the gruffalo’ for chn to continue
in L-W GG and independently.
Have masks and props ready for
chn.
EAD-BI 2.40.2.4.5.6 / 2.g.b
I can use what I have
learnt about media and
materials in original ways,
thinking about uses and
purposes.
(CI) Children to create
tissue paper and pipe
cleaner flowers.
EAD-EMM 1.40.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 /
1.g.b
I can safely use and explore a
variety of tools and
techniques.
(CS/AL) Children to model and
decorate a clay egg cup holder
using different tools and
techniques.
EAD-EMM 1.40.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 / 1.g.b
I can safely use and explore a
variety of tools and techniques,
and experimenting with colour
and texture.
(CS/CI) Model how to decorate an
egg in different ways to create
something different (person, bird,
mouse, pig, superhero, sheep).
EAD-EMM 1.40.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 / 1.g.b
EAD-BI 2.40.1.3 / 2.g.a
EAD-EMM 1.40.1.2 / 1.g.a
EAD
I can safely use and explore
a variety of tools and
techniques.
(CS/AL) Children to model
and decorate a Paper pot
using different tools and
techniques.
EAD-EMM 1.40.4.5.6.7.8.9.10
/ 1.g.b
Being
imaginative
I can role-play and act
out a narrative.
(CS/AL/CI) Act out the
story ‘the gruffalo’ for
chn to continue in L-W GG
and independently. Have
masks and props ready
for chn.
EAD-BI 2.40.2.4.5.6 / 2.g.b
I can represent my own ideas,
thoughts and feelings through
design and technology and art.
(CI) Children’s choice with
resources and tools available for
the chn to choose and use.
EAD-BI 2.g.a.b
EASTER CRAFT ACTIVITIES –
all areas of EAD – EMM and BI
EAD-BI 2.g.a.b
Role - Play
Early Years Foundation Stage Medium Term Planning - Reception
Term: Spring 2
Theme: Plants and Animals