Spring 2
Communication and Language
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Circle times (Monday AM), speaking and listening
activities- focusing upon speaking in full sentenceslink to punctuation karate for Year 1 and some
reception.
Show and tell/Oliver Owl- independent sharing
from home. Questions- highlighting what makes a
good question vs. a statement.
Pie Corbett storytelling link- We’re Going on a Bear
Hunt speech, role play areas/small world play.
Recording storytelling using iPad.
If you go down to the woods … - We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
Mathematics
Literacy
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Reception- revisiting Phase 2/3 phonics introducing Phase 4
blending/segmenting of adjacent consonants. Year 1- Phase 5.
All groups weekly guided reading.
3 x handwriting sessions a week for Year 1.
Encouraging children to write independently throughout
continuous provision.
Pie Corbett storytelling- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Actions,
story map, story circles, story pairs, hot seating, freeze
frames, children making own maps, innovation, new story
maps, recording innovated stories- Year 1’s written, Reception
recorded on iPad. Performing during class assembly?
Bear stories in book corner.
Forest role play outside. Bear Hunt small world inside.
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Understanding the World
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Forest schools- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
map making.
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Bear hunt sensory trays, can you find grass,
river, forest, snowstorm, etc.
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Lanhydrock Teddy Bear’s Picnic visit.
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iPad- independent use. Letter/number
formation practise. Maths games.
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Weekly use of ICT suite- education city.
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Discussing home lives- Oliver Owl. What do you
like to do at home? How are your
houses/families similar or different?
Daily use of phonicsplay.co.uk, giant phonics,
Geraldine the Giraffe.
Physical Development
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Daily Leap into Life sessions. Discuss
importance of exercise for our health
during Leap into Life. This term’s
objectives; push and pull, squat and roll,
gallop/slide, direction.
Continued daily access to finger gym
activities, addition of padlocks, golf tees,
polystyrene, marble balancing, etc.
spaghetti threading, skewers, cocktail
sticks, pasta. Sensory activities, aqua
beads, ice, jelly bath, etc.
Cooking, importance of healthy diet.
Encouraging independent dressing, coats.
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Shape (2D/3D), use shapes to make
pictures/patterns and models. Describe
patterns using shapes or numbers. Length,
height, standard units, mass, weight, solving
puzzles or problems, recording using marks
which can be interpreted and explained,
recording information in lists and tables, sort
objects into groups. Recognise
denominations of coins and notes, solve
problems in context of money, pay and give
change, missing number problems. Counting
on or back, doubles, introducing
multiplication, division (Year 1).
Additions to maths area, 2D/3D shapes. Tape
measures, scales, sorting circles, money.
Cuddly toys extended to 20 with cards,
badges.
100 Day Party- what does 100 look like?
Finding different ways to count to 100, etc.
children to bring in 100 small items for maths
display.
Encourage everyday language related to time
through discussing date, months, seasons,
etc. today, tomorrow, minute, hour and
discuss how it can be measured.
Montessori maths resources available in
continuous provision, spindle box
(numeral/quanity 0-9), sandpaper numerals,
number rods, subtraction grid. Number log
with numicon padlocks (numeral/quanitiy 120)
Personal, Social and Emotional
Development
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WOW wall- celebrating achievements from home.
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Discussing selves/each other in positive terms when
discussing abilities and interests.
Year 1- self assessment grids, introducing to Reception.
Weekly circle time- Monday AM. R time.
E-safety- Digiduck’s Bad Decision
Managing feelings and behaviour- selected Mr Men stories
with corresponding ‘feeling’s flashcards’- observations of
children discussing different feelings, characteristics,
scenarios, etc.
Expressive Arts and Design
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Creative Area challenges- can you make a robot? Can
you make a book? What resources will you need? Can
you write a label for your picture/model?
Bear hunt related craft activities- map making, making
paper for maps.
Interpretive movement to We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
story.
Recommended reads
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by
Michael Rosen
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Paddington Bear
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Percy The Park Keeper by Nick
Butterworth.
Some of Class 1’s
ideas for outdoor
continuous provision