Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
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Circle Times – Learning about how to look after our pets and
discuss the needs of pets and animals.
Weekend news, show and tell and holiday snap shots.
Role Play – Farm and Farm Shop,
Discussing acceptable behaviour during a visit.
Continuing to build positive relationships with friends and adults,
solving problems, sharing and taking turns.
Responding to visits from Eco Animal Adventures and St
Augustines farm.
Communication and
Language
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Literacy
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Continue learning Jolly phonic sounds and actions.
We will be labeling our animals that we paint.
We will be learning the ‘Little Red Hen’ story
We will be writing our own poem based on a jungle animal.
Continue to use phonic knowledge to read and write simple words
Begin to write simple sentences using a capital letter, finger spaces
and a full stop.
Continue learning to blend to read our word keyring words.
We will be starting guided reading (Every fortnight)
Continue to practice writing our first names and surname
Using the role play area: Farm and Farm Shop,
We will continue our morning books and handwriting books.
We will be acting out Farmer Duck.
We will be writing letters to the zoo link to Dear Zoo.
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Weekend news and show and tell.
Continuing to discuss Golden Rules,
and how to ensure we follow them.
Following instructions.
Class Assemblies about or value
‘Perseverance’
We will learn different songs and
rhymes.
Playtimes – spending time with
children from other classes.
Thinking of how to be safe around
animals.
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Begin to recognise numerals 0-20, counting accurately.
Solving problems including doubling, halving and sharing.
Continue to practice writing numbers in order and formed correctly.
Say the number that is one more and one less than a given number.
Solving addition and subtraction number problems using a number line
to count on and back again.
Continue to represent numerals and writing number sentences.
Beginning to count in 2s, 5s, and 10s.
Solving practical problems that Involve combining groups of 2, 5, and 10.
Using Everyday Language to Talk About Money, comparing quantities
and objects to Solve Problems.
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Continuing fundamental skills with Atlas
sports.
We will be spending lots of time in our
outside area carrying out a range of fun
activities.
We will be playing different circle games.
Using scissors to cut lots of different shapes
and follow lines.
Dough disco and Handwriting
Keeping healthy – finding out where food
comes from.
Continuing to do up coats independently
and getting undressed and dressed for PE
independently.
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Summer 1
Our topic is:
Animal adventures.
(Zoo and farm animals)
Understanding the World
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Expressive Arts and
Designs
Mathematics
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Physical Development
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Carnival of the Animals: moving
and playing instruments to
match animal movements.
 Music Express “When we’re on
the farm” pages 48/49
Painting pictures of an animal I
would like to be.
Designing their own box for an
animal from Dear Zoo.
Using different media and textures
to create collages of animal.
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We will be leaning about different types of
animals and their living environments.
We hope to visit a farm and have lots of
outdoor learning experiences.
We will be sorting zoo and farm animals.
Matching animals to their babies.
ICT – We will learn how to get a picture
and write about it.
ICT – we will use microscopes, cameras
and tablets to record our findings.
R.E We will be learning about our own
special place and special places in school
and the community.
R.E We will be learning about the church as
a special place.
Making bread rolls for the Little Red Hen.