Topic: ‘The Victorians’ Area: Creative Development
Foundation Phase Skills
Art
 explore and experiment with a variety of techniques and materials
 mix, shape, arrange and combine materials to create their own images and objects that communicate and express their ideas, feelings and memories creatively
Creative Movement
 work on their own and with others to pretend, improvise and think imaginatively
 Perform movements or patterns, including some from traditional Welsh dances and from other cultures.
Music
 play simple rhythmic and melodic patterns on a variety of instruments
 recognise and describe sounds, and listen and respond to music
 reflect on their own and others’ music
 Become aware that information exists in a variety of forms.
 Become aware that ICT can be used to communicate ideas.
 Listen and respond simply to what they hear in familiar circumstances, with growing attention and concentration
LNF
LITERACY
 C Steps - Express interest in information just read
 C Steps - Follow simple two stage instructions
 YR – choose reading materials including books
 YR - Shows an awareness of the difference between stories and information
 YR – recognise and make sense of pictures and words on screen
 Y1 –Explore language information and events in texts
 Y1 - Identify words and pictures on screen which are related to a topic
 Y2 – identify key words to search for information on screen
NUMERACY
 C Steps - Consistently match pictures to objects
 C Steps - Use sorting and ordering
 Y1/Y2 – Sort and classify objects
 Thinking about and asking questions about themselves, other people and living things, and listening to the answers
 Show awareness of personal needs and skills.
 Show curiosity and explore everyday stimuli.

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Topic: Symbolic Places Area: Creative Development
Art – Victorians
Artist study - Lowry
Using Lowry’s 5 colour palette to create art work : ivory black, vermillion,
Prussian blue, yellow ochre and flake white
 Develop as many different methods of paint application as possible using hands, both ends of a paintbrush, card, combs etc.
 Using the same small colour palette as Lowry (see page 6) practice mixing as many different shades, colours and tones as possible
 Create a class panel of an unusual landscape made up of very different buildings, castles, mills, beach huts, factories, churches etc. Collage together
 Investigate exciting, local buildings
 Find the tallest and smallest buildings
Stained glass windows
 Thomas Willement 1811 – armorial window began stained glass revival
 Creating stained glass window collages
Alice in Wonderland
 Mad hatter hats – creating unique designs
 Card people using deck of cards and photos of pupils
 Card print wallpaper – hearts/clubs/spades/diamonds
 Queen of heart crowns craft activity
Vincent Van Gogh
Art - Christmas
 SEE SEPARATE PLANNER FOR CHRISTMAS....
Music
 Victorian Parlour Music
 Continuing with Music Express Units

DT
 Cookery – Alice in Wonderland tea party, Victorian Afternoon tea, Queen of hearts Jam tarts
 Inventions – Alexander Graham Bell – The telephone. Creating telephones using string and cups
Creative Movement/Role Play
 Opportunities to dress up in Victorian costume and compare fashion then and now
 Alice in Wonderland theme and dress up activities related to a ‘Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party’
 Photographic stimuli of Victorian Shops and Fashions – role play corner for
Victorian shop
Sensory
 Opportunities to use foot spa and Relax Kids Meditation for quiet reflection and calm time
 Sensory bin/treasure basket – time for tea – exploring tea and tea leaves as drank by the Victorians
 REonline website – The Nativity
Story and related activities
 Nativity
 Harvest Festival
 Visit to Church
 Key Welsh vocabulary – continue with Fflic a Fflac Coch pack
 Welsh songs from Victorian Era
 Inventions and forces