Expressive Arts and Design
Literacy
Mathematics
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Introduce individual reading- reading record books
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Introduce Guided Reading
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Phonics- Introduce phonic schemes and high frequency
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Birthday display
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Numbers as labels and for counting, Shape, space and
measures, Calculating
words
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Height chart- Make comparisons of heights
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Handwriting- cursive script handwriting activities
Name writing activities – name crowns, finger painting
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Maths songs/rhymes
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names, ordering letters in our names and name cards
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Make a class book about ourselves
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Stories- Starting School, Owl babies, Three Little Pigs,
Reception
Titch, Little Red Hen, Monkey Puzzle, Peepo, My Dad
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Family tree activity – write names of members of our
Make our own homes. Junk modelling
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Hand painting – for kind hands display
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Make Autumn leaf sculptures
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Harvest food printing
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Diwali –role play, make divas, paint Rangoli patterns
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Colour mixing
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Autumn walk- special object printing
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Make scented and coloured play dough
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Eckington House role play- dressing up clothes, babies,
kitchen
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Friendship/Ourselves songs
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Music express- Special people unit
Autumn Term 1 2015
families
Ourselves
Miss Tooley
Understanding the World
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Communication and Language
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Introduce new topic- Question and discussion session.
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Mini drama- Act out the story of the Three Little Pigs
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Developing listening skills through Rhymes and Stories.
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Question and answer session with characters from stories.
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Introduce learning partners
Children to bring in photographs of themselves and
family. Focus on similarities and differences between
families.
Spirituality
Personal, Social and Emotional education –
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Family topic sharing afternoon
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Focus on The Royal Family – British Values
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Family tree display.
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Look at our own homes- How are they different/same?
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Kind hands display
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Our community-Focus on Eckington
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Focus on settling the children into school – Separation from parents
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Science- Animals- our pets, Introduce animals around the
Carers- use Owl babies story, Play getting to know you games and
world
activities, friendship songs/activities
PSHE Scheme unit- Me, My Feelings and Relationships- Me and My
Look at differences between ourselves- (Titch story)
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Nurse Visitor- To discuss hand washing, keeping ourselves healthy
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Make a body display
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Listening games- Use Puppets – Share discussions on emotions, use
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Label our body parts
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Our senses- listening game, taste activity, feely bag,
emotion balls
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Introduce the ‘Wow Wall’- Celebrate ourselves
activity and memory games
Autumn walk- notice changes in the seasons.
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Harvest activities- discuss the meaning of Harvest
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Diwali – Share interactive learning clips, stories
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Outdoor learning activities- mud painting, animal shelters
and special bracelet activity.
Show care and concern for the special people in our lives.
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Awe and Wonder of creation – us as individuals and the
beautiful animals in our world.
Feelings (Ground Rules and Self Awareness)
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Religious Education- Where do we belong?
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Each person is unique and valuable - religious beliefs and our
ideas
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God loves each of us - palm decorating activity (Isaiah 49
v.16)
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Jesus believing children are very special - story activity
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Gods love for children - Baptism activity (role play) children
share experiences
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Welcoming of children in other faiths and belief communities
- interactive stories
Physical development
Independence skills- Dressing/Undressing for PE
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Keeping healthy- Discuss the effect of exercise on the body
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Dance – Focus on safe space, movement to music and high and low levels
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Games- Focus on team games- hoops and quoits, working together
Follow Val Sabin PE Scheme of work document
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Consider ways of showing that people are special from other
religions e.g. Hinduism: Stories about Hindus celebrating
Rakshan Bandhan – which celebrates the special bond
between brothers and sisters.
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Signs and symbols for welcoming children into the faith
community - baptismal candle
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An introduction of harvest
The children will cover a range of learning objectives taken from the EYFS and Characteristics of Effective learning documents. The learning objectives will be shown on
the daily planning. The children will be immersed in child initiated purposeful play and adult led teaching. Children that are exceeding the Early Learning Goals will be
extended to work within the National Curriculum learning objectives and tracking assessment.