WIRRAL
Early Years Foundation Stage Planning
MEDIUM TERM PLANNING
Autumn Term 2
Focus - Celebrations and Festivals
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FOCUS: Diwali
Personal, Social and Emotional – Development Matters
Play in a small group
Keep play going responding to others are doing or saying
Select and use activities and resources with help
Understand – be aware of other cultures/lifestyles
Show enjoyment in cultural differences.
Show feelings.
Communication and
Language–
Development Matters
Listen to and respond to stories.
Listen to others.
Use simple statements and
questions.
Able to follow instructions
Use vocabulary focused on objects.
Builds up new vocabulary based
on experiences
Mathematics–
Development Matters
Use appropriate shapes to make
pictures and patterns.
Observe and use positional
language.
Talk about symmetry when making
rangoli patterns
LiteracyDevelopment Matters
Reading Listen and join in with stories
with increasing attention and
recall
Show interest in illustrations
and print in books
Look at books independently
Know that information can be
relayed in the form of print
Writing
Labelling - give meaning to
marks as the draw, write and
paint
Use some clearly identifiable
letters to communicate
meaning
Understanding the World –
Development Matters
Describe events and family
occasions.
Gain awareness of cultures and
beliefs of others.
Physical development –
Development Matters
Respond to rhythm, music and
story
Use movement to express feelings
Manipulate materials to achieve a
planned effect.
Expressive Arts & Design –
Development Matters
Respond to what they see/
hear/touch.
Imitate and create movement in
response to music.
Use different media to make
pictures and patterns; chalks, wax
crayons, pens and felt tips.
Experiment to create different
textures.
Engage in imaginative role play
Chooses particular colour to
use for a purpose
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Area of
Provision
Enhancements - Additional Resources, Visits,
Role play
Home corner representational play using role
play clothes and equipment. Decorate the house
for Diwali, dress up.
Planning & Resourcing
visitors, Displays
Clothes, house artefacts, photos and
books.
Bring in different foods to taste
Snack
Asian sweets and foods
Fiction and non-fiction books
Book area
Dual language books and stories about Diwali.
Diwali cards , diva lamps, RE box
Investigation
table
Diwali cards, diya lamps, statues of Ganesh
and other Indian deities.
Creative area
Preparing for Diwali - Making garlands,
paper chains to decorate house for Diwali,
making cards, neck garlands out of pasta,
puppets to act out story
Malleable
area
Playdough Diva lamps - decorate with
sequins
ICT
Colour Magic - rangoli patterns
Strips of paper, sellotape
Coloured playdough, sequins
See website address below for ICT
links
PowerPoint presentations - showing pictures
of Diwali to look at and discuss
Outdoor area
Large scale Rangoli patterns on the floor
using chalk
Hand painting outside
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/earlyict/pages/divali.htm
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Areas of
Learning and
Development
Focused Activities – Effective Practice
CL (LA)
CL (U)
UW PC)
Talk about Diwali and how it is celebrated
Use Big Book - Hinduism and ICT interactive
presentations.
CL (LA, S)
LIT (R)
EAD (I)
The Diwali story - Listening to story of Rama
And Sita with pictures or puppets - children to
listen to story, act out story using face mask and
story puppets.
Planning & Resourcing
CBeebies - all about Diwali
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/stories/tikkabilladiwali/
Photo pack
Big Book - Hinduism
CBeebies story of Rama and Sita
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lets-celebrate/stories/letscelebrate-diwaliperformance/
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/the_story_of_diwali.htm
All about Diwali / Rama and Sita story
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngflcontainer/re-unit3-en.html
Story / Script, pictures and puppets.
Colouring in pictures (sparklebox/activity
village)
EAD (EMM)
MATH (SSM)
Making symmetrical Rangoli patterns, on paper
and on the ground with chalk, rice and other
grains
Paper, crayons, chalks, pictures of
Rangoli patterns, lentils, rice, dried peas
PD (MH)
EAD (I)
Making Mendhi hand patterns - draw around
hands and decorate with Mendhi patterns
Hand templates and black fine felt tips
PD (MH)
EAD (I)
Making Diva Lamps from clay and decorating
with glitter and or sequins
Clay(or salt dough) , tools, paints, books,
photos, sequins, tealights, artefacts diya
lamps
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PD (HSc)
Making traditional Indian sweets to
celebrate Diwali
Recipe and ingredients for coconut barfi
PSE MR
EAD (I)
Preparing for Diwali. In role play area
children to dress up for a diwali party, light
candles, decorate house, give cards and
sweets.
Photos, non fiction books, sari
material pegs to fasten, cards (made
previously), sweets (made previously)
EAD (I)
EAD (EMM)
Dance - to Indian music
Learn some indian style moves and make
up own dance to music -
Indian (Bollywood) music and dance
moves
EAD (I)
Singing and playing musical instruments
Joining in with Diwali songs and rhymes
Rhymes Diwali song, 10 little lights
LIT (W)
Making Diwali cards to send home
Diwali cards, diwali pictures to cut
out, blank card and envelopes.
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KS/PL 01 September 2012