SUM1 W2 wc24th April 2017
Curriculum Focus
Planting
Letters and sounds
Phase 1 phonics
Adults will: Support children to access and play interactive phonics games on the
IWB.
EXT; Adults will introduce the children to segmenting and blending, modelling this
for the children and encouraging children to identify the initial letter sounds in
words during story time eg by looking at the words making up the title.
Role play –Expressive arts and Design.
Jack and the beanstalk Castle (outside)
Fire station (outside)
Coffee Shop – Café (inside)
Adults will: Support and extend children’s role-play; maximise on
opportunities for language development and writing.
Cooking – Hummus with vegetable crudite
Prime Areas
Specific Areas
Personal, Social and Emotional
Literacy
To be able to describe main story settings, events and principle
characters.
To take turns
Adults will: support children through all opportunities in their play. Play turn-taking games.
Support children in waiting for their turn. Reassure them that they will have a go and
ensure that is the case. Praise children for their efforts.
Physical Development
To aim at a target!
Adults will provide a variety of activities in the environment to enable children to
develop their ability to aim and hit a target.
Activities include; skittles, basket ball, football, bean bags into hoops etc.
Communication and Language.
To listen and respond accordingly to instructions or
requests
Adults will: support and encourage children in listening and responding accordingly
through all available opportunities during play. Support children at the end of the
session in putting resources away. Provide instructions and support children in
following them through eg taking a message or item to someone; instructions for
the Bee Bots. Acknowledge success and offer praise.
Adults will: Discuss with children the characters in books being read, encouraging them to
predict outcomes – see role play.
Mathematics
To count out a given number from a larger group.
Adults will: support children in counting out a number of objects from a larger one in all
available opportunities through play. Support children in counting out a required number of
seeds for planting.
Understanding the world
To know that seeds and plants need water and sunlight to grow
Adults will; Support children in their understanding through opportunities such as
planting seeds in the vegetable patch; planting their own sunflower seed to take
home; ‘planting’ cress. Talk to children about the needs of seeds and plants for
growth. Link to the spring flowers and how they are growing.
Expressive arts and design
To enjoy joining in with dancing. To tap out a simple repeated
rhythm and to explore how sound can be changed.
Adults will provide children with lots of opportunities to: experiment with musical
instruments; listen to a wide range of music on the CD player; play ‘copy the beat’ at
story time - encourage children to make up their own beats.