TOPIC
Autumn term
All about me
Wildlife
Celebrations
Spring Term
Weather/
frozen
Enchanted
forest
Personal ,social
and emotional
development
Class rules and
routines.
Getting to
know each
other.
Developing
listening and
concentration
skills.
Awareness of
own needs and
feelings.
Cultural
awareness.
Circle time.
Communication
and language
Physical
development
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding
the world
Expressive arts
and design
Developing
speaking and
listening skills.
Rhymes and
stories.
Role play
Develop early
reading and
writing skills
RWI phonics
Sounding and
blending
Mark making
Emergent
writing
Name writing
Introducing
art and craft
skills
Painting
Printing
Action songs
Exploring
sounds
Role play
Small world
Developing
speaking and
listening skills.
Rhymes and
stories.
Role play
Counting and
number
rhymes
Number
recognition
Comparing
differences in
quantity
Shape and
patterns
Measurements
Money
One more/ one
less
Problem
solving
Counting and
number
recognition
Shape and
patterns
Measurements
Money
Problem
solving
Position
Body parts
Similarities
and
differences ,
families,
growing,
Seasonal
change
Celebrationsbirthdays,
harvest, Divali,
bonfire night,
Christmas.
Computing
Developing
speaking and
listening skills.
Developing
good
relationships.
Awareness of
needs and
feelings of
others.
Using outdoor
area.
Climbing and
play
equipment.
Moving and
travelling.
Write dance.
Pencil skills
Cutting skills
Construction
toys
Dough gym
Awareness of
health and
safety
Use of outdoor
learning area
Climbing
Ball skills
Pencil control
Seasonal
changes ,
comparing
environments
Cold places
Dinosaurs
Space
Designing and
making
Use of Ict and
Drawing
Painting
Model making
Singing
Using musical
instruments
Role play
Small world
Cutting skills
Construction
toys
Dough gym
Develop
reading skills
Rhymes,
stories and
non-fiction
RWI phonics
Develop word
building skills
Key word
recognition
Transport
People who
help us
Summer term
Superheros
Mini Beasts
Under the
Sea
Develop
independence.
Cultural
awareness and
respect.
Circle time.
Developing
speaking and
listening skills.
Working
together.
Understanding
right and
wrong.
Consequences
of words and
actions.
Cultural
awareness and
respect.
Circle time.
Awareness of
health and
safety
Developing
speaking and
listening skills.
Rhymes and
stories.
Role play
Use of outdoor
learning area
Climbing
Ball skills
Pencil control
Cutting skills
Construction
toys
Dough gym
Awareness of
health and
safety
Developing
writing
Write initial
sounds and
dominant
sounds
Rhymes,
stories and
non-fiction
RWI phonics
Develop
independent
reading and
word building
Key word
recognition
Develop
independent
writing/simple
sentences
Practical
addition and
subtraction
Comparing and
ordering
numbers
Counting in 1s,
2s, 5s and 10s
Addition and
subtraction
Shape and
patterns
Measurements
Money
Problem
solving
programmable
toys
Mini beasts
growing and
changing,
lifecycles,
observing
similarities
and
differences
Under the sea
– sea life
Pirates
Sinking and
floating
Drawing
Painting
Model making
Singing
Using musical
instruments
Role play
Small world
Musical
instruments
collage