St. Peter’s Early Years Unit Medium Term Planning
Summer 1
Development Matters
Week 1 (please make reference to coded
system for planning PSRN)
What makes plants grow?
SSM12,17,18,20,23,25,29
NLC17,26
C12
Related ELGs X Curricular links
(please make reference to coded system for
planning in the additional five areas of
learning)
D&A 9,10,11
Effective Practice:
Adult-led activities
1. Sorting and justifying decisions
Here are some pebbles and shells. Put all the shells in
this box. Tell me one way in which these two buttons
are the same. Now tell me one way in which they are
different. Tell me how you have sorted the objects.
Tell me why you sorted the objects like that.
Record as appropriate.VAK X curric. PSED, CLL,
CD
2. Measures
I am giving each of you six paper strips. Find two
strips in your set which are the same length. Show
them to me. Now find a strip in your set which is
longer than this one. How many cubes will balance
the parcel on the scales? Which tree in the picture is
the tallest? Which is the shortest? Record as
appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED, CLL
3. Sequencing time
Which do you put on first, your shoes or your socks?
At what time of the year do the leaves fall off the
trees? These cards tell a story of how some children
built a snowman. Put the cards in order.
What is your bedtime? Record as appropriate.VAK
X curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
4. O’clock times
The children will make their own clocks. Children
will be asked to order numbers 1-12 and position
them correctly on the clock face. Children will attach
hands using a paper fastener. Children will use their
clocks to show me o’clock and half past times. The
clocks will also be used when reading ‘the bad
tempered ladybird’ next week. Record as
appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED, CLL, PD
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
Stories and rhymes
Effective Practice:
Look, listen and note
Opportunities to explore and apply
The children will have lots of
opportunity to engage in number
song, rhymes, problems and other
activities. A variety of resources will
be on hand so that children can
choose to count, count sets of
objects, count in tens, fives and twos,
recognise numerals 10 and beyond,
match numbers to dots, words and
sets.
Resources include number mats and
shapes, jigsaw, puzzles, games,
computer software, number lines,
number fans, flashcards, pegs,
boards, 2D and 3D shapes. Some
activities will be set up for the
children to access whilst others are
available on the shelf for children to
select and use.
Garden centre role play
The children will engage in role play
within a Garden Centre. This will
give the children the opportunity to
pay and give change, using a range
of mathematical vocabulary. VAK
X curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Look, listen and note whether children can
order two or three items by length or
height.
Feedback during weekly team meeting.
Related Profile Points
Dispositions and attitudes
Social development
Emotional development
Lang. for comm. & thinking
Linking sounds and letters
Reading
Writing
Numbers as labels and for counting
Calculating
Shape, space and measures
K and U of the world
Creative development
Physical development
Thirsty roots
The children will be provided with the
equipment needed to measure and
compare the length of onion roots.
VAK X curric. PSED, KUW, PD
Key vocabulary sort, why, how, length, long, short, same, weight, heavy, light, time, order, o’clock, face, hands, half past, number names 1-12
VAK in orange
differentiation in red
X curricular links in green
Development Matters
Week 2 (please make reference to coded
system for planning PSRN)
What makes you bad tempered?
SSM18,20,21,23,25
NLC5,7,13,14,16,21,24,25,26,27
Related ELGs X Curricular links
(please make reference to coded system for
planning in the additional five areas of
learning)
D&A 9,10,11
Effective Practice:
Adult-led activities
1. Sorting and counting
Look at this set of coloured cubes. Count all the red
cubes for me. Now draw the red cubes that you
have counted. Sort the cubes for me. Put all the
cubes that are the same colour together. How many
green cubes are there? Pick up that number from
this set of number cards. Put it with the green
cubes. How many blue cubes are there? Pick up that
number from the set of number cards. Put it with
the blue cubes. Record as appropriate. VAK X
curric. CLL, PSED
2. Time
The children will use the clocks they made last
week to show and tell o’clock times. The children
will first be introduced to the clock, the clock face,
short and long hands etc.
More able children will be taught how to read half
past times. Record as appropriate. The clocks will
be used when reading ‘the bad tempered ladybird’
this week. VAK X curric. CLL, PSED, KUW
3. Capacity
The terms ‘full’ ‘half full’ and ‘empty’ will be
reinforced with the children. Is this full? What does
empty mean? Show the children three different
shaped and sized containers. Which of the
containers do you think will hold the most water?
Why? How can we find out? Carry out the
investigation and record as appropriate. VAK X
curric. CLL, PSED, KUW
Effective Practice:
Look, listen and note
Opportunities to explore and apply
The children will have lots of
opportunity to engage in number
song, rhymes, problems and other
activities. A variety of resources will
be on hand so that children can
choose to count, count sets of
objects, count in tens, fives and twos,
recognise numerals 10 and beyond,
match numbers to dots, words and
sets.
Resources include number mats and
shapes, jigsaw, puzzles, games,
computer software, number lines,
number fans, flashcards, pegs,
boards, 2D and 3D shapes. Some
activities will be set up for the
children to access whilst others are
available on the shelf for children to
select and use.
Garden centre role play
The children will engage in role play
within a Garden Centre. This will
give the children the opportunity to
pay and give change, using a range
of mathematical vocabulary. VAK
X curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Look, listen and note whether children can
read and show o’clock times.
Feedback during weekly team meeting.
Related Profile Points
Dispositions and attitudes
Social development
Emotional development
Lang. for comm. & thinking
Linking sounds and letters
Reading
Writing
Numbers as labels and for counting
Calculating
Shape, space and measures
K and U of the world
Creative development
Physical development
Time pieces
A range of clocks and watches will
be available for the children to
explore. What time is it? Which is the
long hand? Children will be provided
with the resources needed to make
clocks and record times.
Key vocabulary sort, count, time, o’clock, face, hands, half past, capacity, full, half full, empty, most, least
VAK in orange
differentiation in red
X curricular links in green
Development Matters
Week 3 (please make reference to coded
system for planning PSRN)
Why is the spider busy?
SSM4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,
27,28
Related ELGs X Curricular links
(please make reference to coded system for
planning in the additional five areas of
learning)
D&A 9,10,11
Effective Practice:
Adult-led activities
1. 2D flat shapes
Look at this set of flat shapes. Put all the circles
inside this hoop. Put the triangles on a pile. Move all
thee squares to one side. The children will spend
some time learning the names of flat 2D shapes.
Record as appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED
Effective Practice:
Look, listen and note
Opportunities to explore and apply
2. 3D solid shapes
Look at this set of solid shapes.
The children will have lots of
opportunity to engage in number song,
rhymes, problems and other activities.
A variety of resources will be on hand
so that children can choose to count,
count sets of objects, count in fives
and twos, recognise numerals 10 and
beyond, match numbers to dots, words
and sets.
Pick up a shape with two faces that are triangles; a
shape with six faces that are all squares; a shape with
two faces that are circles; a shape with three faces
that are rectangles. Children will spend some time
learning the names of solid 3D shapes. Record as
appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED
Resources include number mats and
shapes, jigsaw, puzzles, games,
computer software, number lines,
number fans, flashcards, pegs, boards,
2D and 3D shapes. Some activities
will be set up for the children to
access whilst others are available on
the shelf for children to select and use.
3. Positional language
The children will be given opportunity to
understand and use positional language. Put your
animal in the middle of the table. Now put the pig
behind the sheep. Put the cow in front of the horse.
Follow my instructions to get through this obstacle
course. Go over the mat, through the tunnel, climb
to the top of the bars. Are the felt pens on top of,
under or next to the books? Record as appropriate.
VAK X curric. PSED, KUW, PD, CLL
Look, listen and note whether children use
language such as ‘circle’ or ‘bigger’ to
describe the shape and size of solids and
flat shapes.
Feedback during weekly team meeting.
Related Profile Points
Dispositions and attitudes
Social development
Emotional development
Lang. for comm. & thinking
Linking sounds and letters
Reading
3D shapes
Writing
The children will be given lots of
opportunity to explore and investigate Numbers as labels and for counting
Calculating
3D solid shapes. Children will be
invited to make towers, buildings and Shape, space and measures
other things using different 3D shapes. K and U of the world
Creative development
Children will record their
Physical development
constructions as appropriate and will
be encouraged to talk about the shapes
they have used. VAK X curric. PSED,
KUW, PD
Flower shop role play
The children will engage in role play
within a florists. This will give the
children the opportunity to pay and
give change, using a range of
mathematical vocabulary. VAK X
curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Key vocabulary circle, square, triangle, rectangle, semi-circle, sphere, cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder, triangle prism, pyramid, under, over, through, on, next to, in between, top
VAK in orange
differentiation in red
X curricular links in green
Development Matters
Week 4 (please make reference to coded
system for planning PSRN)
What does Jack need in order to
make his beans grow?
Effective Practice:
Adult-led activities
1. Days of the week
As part of the work surrounding the book ‘Jasper’s
beanstalk’ the children will learn and order the days
of the week. VAK X curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Effective Practice:
Look, listen and note
Opportunities to explore and apply
The children will have lots of
opportunity to engage in number song,
rhymes, problems and other activities.
A variety of resources will be on hand
so that children can choose to count,
count sets of objects, count in fives
and twos, recognise numerals 10 and
beyond, match numbers to dots, words
and sets.
Look, listen and note whether children can
find one more or one less than a number
from one to ten.
2. Measuring beanstalks
The children measure beanstalks using a range of
standard measures. More able children will use a
Feedback during weekly team meeting.
ruler and record the length of beanstalks in
centimetres. Average and lower ability children will
use cubes to measure the length of the beanstalks and Resources include number mats and
record it as appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED, CLL, shapes, jigsaw, puzzles, games,
KUW
computer software, number lines,
Related ELGs X Curricular links
number fans, flashcards, pegs, boards, Related Profile Points
(please make reference to coded system for
Dispositions and attitudes
2D and 3D shapes. Some activities
3. Problem solving
planning in the additional five areas of
Social development
Put
seven
cups
and
six
saucers
on
a
table.
will
be
set
up
for
the
children
to
learning)
Emotional development
Here are some cups and some saucers. Find out
access whilst others are available on
Lang. for comm. & thinking
whether
there
are
more
cups,
or
more
saucers,
or
the
the
shelf
for
children
to
select
and
use.
D&A 9,10,11
Linking sounds and letters
same
number.
How
did
you
find
out
that
there
are
E&I11,12,13
Reading
more
cups?
In
how
many
different
ways
can
we
put
Flower
shop
role
play
P5,6
five cakes on two plates?
The children will engage in role play Writing
Numbers as labels and for counting
Show me five fingers. Use both hands. Show me
within a florists. This will give the
Calculating
another way to do it. There are four cups on the
children the opportunity to pay and
Shape, space and measures
table. Put two more cups on the table.
give change, using a range of
K and U of the world
How many cups altogether are on the table now?
mathematical vocabulary. VAK X
Creative development
We have four easels. There are seven children who
curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Physical development
want to paint. How many more easels do we need?
VAK X curric. PSED, CLL
Measuring
The children will be provided with
tape measures, rulers and cubes so
4. One more/ one less
I am going to add one more cube to this set of these that they can measure the growth of
four cubes. How many cubes will there be then?
the beanstalks using standard and
Tell me the number that is one less than the number non-standard units.
on your card. Record as appropriate. VAK X curric.
PSED
Key vocabulary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, measure, ruler, centimetres, cubes, problems, work it out, how?, one more, one less
SSM7,17,23,29
NLC24,25,26,27
C6,7,12,13,14,15
VAK in orange
differentiation in red
X curricular links in green
Development Matters
Effective Practice:
Effective Practice:
Look, listen and note
Opportunities to explore and apply
Adult-led activities
1. Days of the week As part of the story ‘very
The children will have lots of
Look, listen and note whether children
Week 5 (please make reference to coded
system for planning PSRN)
hungry caterpillar’ the children will learn and order
opportunity to engage in number song, share objects into equal groups and count
the days of the weekVAK X curric. PSED, CLL,
rhymes, problems and other activities. how many in each groups.
Why is the caterpillar always
KUW
A variety of resources will be on hand
hungry?
so that children can choose to count,
2. Hungry caterpillar maths
The children will take part in a range of maths
count sets of objects, count in fives
NLC11,12,13,14,18,20,21,23,27
activities which reflect the events in the very hungry and twos, recognise numerals 10 and
C10,11,12,13,14,15
caterpillar story. The activities include number
beyond, match numbers to dots, words Feedback during weekly team meeting.
SSM15,23
recognition, addition and subtraction and sequencing and sets.
shapes. VAK X curric. PSED, CLL, KUW
Resources include number mats and
3. Symmetrical patterns
As part of our work on lifecycles, the children will
shapes, jigsaw, puzzles, games,
be involved in making symmetrical patterns using a computer software, number lines,
Related ELGs X Curricular links
range of media. Resources include wooden boards
number fans, flashcards, pegs, boards, Related Profile Points
(please make reference to coded system for
Dispositions and attitudes
and pegs, elastic bands and boards and paint and
2D and 3D shapes. Some activities
planning in the additional five areas of
Social development
paper.
VAK
X
curric.
PSED,
CD,
KUW,
PD
will
be
set
up
for
the
children
to
learning)
Emotional development
access whilst others are available on
4. Counting
Lang. for comm. & thinking
Find
all
the
dominoes
that
have
a
total
of
six
spots.
the
shelf
for
children
to
select
and
use.
D&A 9,10,11
Linking sounds and letters
I
have
hidden
two
cubes
in
this
box.
There
are
three
E&I11,12,13
Reading
cubes
on
the
table.
How
many
cubes
are
there
Symmetry
P5,6
Writing
altogether? Count these pairs of socks. How many
Children will be provided with
Numbers as labels and for counting
pairs are there? How many socks are there
mirrors and pictures so that they can
Calculating
altogether? Record as appropriate. VAK X curric.
explore symmetry. Children will be
Shape, space and measures
PSED, KUW
encouraged to create symmetrical
K and U of the world
patterns using a variety of media.
5. Counting in twos and fives
Creative development
Count the cubes in twos. Count the cubes in fives.
Physical development
Record as appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED
6. Sharing
Share these pencils equally between two children.
How many pencils will each of them get. Record
other examples as appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED
7. Number problems
Put half of these ten animals in the ark. How many of
the animals are in the ark? How many children can
have two squares each of this chocolate? Record as
appropriate. VAK X curric. PSED, KUW
Key vocabulary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, symmetry, symmetrical, count, number names, counting in twos, share, how many?
Week 6- Review and recap. Assessments.
VAK in orange
differentiation in red
X curricular links in green