Long Term Planning – 2014/2015
Little Explorers
Foundation Stage Unit (Reception specific)
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Topic and
Sub-title
Wherever Next?
Jukebox
Frozen
In the sky
Rhyme and Rhythm
Ice Cold
Weeks
Personal,
Social and
Emotional
Developmen
t
6 + 1 RE week (Diwali)
5 + 2 Christmas weeks
5
- Separating from
main carer
- Selecting
resources
independently
- Following rules and
routines
- Taking turns
- Bonfire night
safety, Firemen,
calling 999
- Selecting
resources
- Working with
others
- Sharing resources
- Talk about own
needs and wants
- Giving and
receiving
- Listening to
stories
- Talking about
stories
- Talking in our play
- Understands ‘who’,
‘what’, ‘where’ in
simple questions
- Learning new
words and using
them in speech
- Listens to others
- Responds to
simple instructions
Spring 2
Heroes and
Heroines
Summer 1
Summer 2
Art Attack
Under the Sea
Colours all around
Pirates
Sea Animals
5 + 1 RE week (Judaism)
5 + 1 RE week (Buddhism)
8 – (4 Pirates, 4 Sea animals)
- Confident to talk
to others in play
- Selects resources
needed
- Works within
boundaries set
- Welcomes praise
for what they have
done
- Taking turns in
group games
- Talking about own
ideas
- Working with
others on different
activities
- Sharing resources
- Talking about my
likes and dislikes
- Talking about own
abilities positively
- Being confident
in asking for help
- Working with
others
-Sharing ideas
- Using resources
independently
- Asking for help
when needed
- Playing games cooperatively
- Initiated play for
others to join in
- Sharing ideas
- Preparing for new
class/teacher
(Transition activities)
- Listening to
stories
- Talking about
stories
- Talking in our play
- Understands ‘who’,
‘what’, ‘where’ in
simple questions
- Learning new
words and using
them in speech
- Using language to
recreate roles in
role play
- Listening to
stories
- Talking about
stories
- Talking in our play
- Understands ‘who’,
‘what’, ‘where’ in
simple questions
- Learning new
words and using
them in speech
- Introducing
narrative to play
situations
- Listening to
stories
- Talking about
stories
- Talking in our
play
- Understands
‘who’, ‘what’,
‘where’ in simple
questions
- Learning new
words and using
them in speech
- Listening to stories
- Talking about
stories
- Talking in our play
- Understands ‘who’,
‘what’, ‘where’ in
simple questions
- Learning new words
and using them in
speech
- Two channel
attention – listening
and do.
- Follow instructions
with several parts
Superheroes
Communicat - Listening to
stories
ion and
- Talking about
Language
stories
- Talking in our play
- Understands ‘who’,
‘what’, ‘where’ in
simple questions
- Learning new
words and using
them in speech
- Speaking in
sentences
Long Term Planning – 2014/2015
Little Explorers
Foundation Stage Unit (Reception specific)
- Listening to adult
with increased
attention
- Learning to hold a
Physical
Developmen pencil with a tripod
grip
t
Literacy
- Using scissors to
make snips/cut
- Negotiating the
space available
outside
- Eating a range of
healthy food
- Putting on outdoor
clothing
- Catching, throwing
- Balancing
- Travelling over,
under etc in
different ways
- Dressing for PE
- Learning to hold a
pencil with a tripod
grip
- Using scissors to
make snips/cut
- Using different
climbing equipment
outside
- Eating a range of
healthy food
- Drawing circles
and shapes
- Managing own
hygiene
- Throwing,
catching, rolling,
pushing
- Letter formation
- Learning to hold a
pencil with a tripod
grip
- Using scissors to
make snips/cut
- Moving in
different ways –
slithering, shuffling
etc
- Eating a range of
healthy food
- Forming shapes
and letters
- Managing own
hygiene
- Parachute games,
running games etc –
negotiating space
- Letter formation
- Rhyme Activities
- Letter of the week
- Listening to
stories
- Mark making
- Phase one phonics
sound games
- Rhyme Activities
- Letter of the week
- Listening to
stories
- Mark making
- Phase one phonics
sound games
- Rhyme Activities
- Letter of the week
- Listening to
stories
- Mark making
- Phase one phonics
sound games
- Use a range of
tenses
- Use talk to
organise and
clarify thinking
- Use a range of
tenses
- Learning to hold a
- Learning to hold a
pencil with a tripod
pencil with a tripod
grip
grip
- Using scissors to
- Using scissors to
make snips/cut
make snips/cut
- Travelling under
- Throwing,
and over
catching
- Eating a range of
- Eating a range of
healthy food
healthy food
- Forming shapes
- Forming shapes
and letters
and letters
- Managing own
- Managing own
hygiene
hygiene
- Gymnastics, rolls, - Travelling
balancing
through, under,
- Letter formation over
- Throwing and
catching
- Letter
formation
- Rhyme Activities
- Rhyme Activities
- Letter of the week - Letter of the
- Listening to
week
stories
- Listening to
- Mark making
stories
- Writing name
- Mark making
- Writing name
- Learning to hold a
pencil with a tripod
grip
- Using scissors to
make snips/cut
- Sports day running
races etc
- Eating a range of
healthy food
- Forming shapes and
letters
- Managing own
hygiene
- Sport days skills
- Kicking, Throwing
and catching – ball
games
- Letter formation
- Rhyme Activities
- Letter of the week
- Listening to stories
- Mark making
- Writing name
- Phase one phonics
sound games
Long Term Planning – 2014/2015
Little Explorers
Foundation Stage Unit (Reception specific)
Mathemati
cs
- Hearing initial
sounds
- Matching a sound
to a letter
- Write own name
- Hearing sounds in
words
- Matching a sound
to a letter
- Write own name
and other words
- Hearing sounds in
words
- Matching a sound
to a letter
- Write own name
and other words/
sentences
- Counting rhymes
- Number of the
week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Using shapes for
pictures
- Completing jigsaws
- Writing numerals
to 5
- Selecting the
correct numeral
- Counting rhymes
- Number of the
week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Using size
vocabulary
- Writing numerals
to 10
- Selecting the
correct numeral
- Learning shape
names
-Using simple ICT
equipment such as
CD player, iPad etc
- Enjoying and
joining in with family
routines
- Counting rhymes
- Number of the
week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Looking for shapes
in the environment
- Using positional
language
- Patterns
- Addition and
subtraction
- 1 more or less
- Looking at
patterns and change
- Observe and talk
about their own
environment
Understand - Noticing features
in the environment
ing of the
- Understanding
World
growth and how to
care for things in
the environment
- Phase one phonics
sound games
- Hearing sounds in
words
- Matching a sound
to a letter
- Writing words/
sentences
Counting rhymes
- Number of the
week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Using description
of shapes
- Selecting the
correct numeral
- Addition and
subtraction
- Ordering by
length and weight
- Talks about
features of their
own environment
- Cares for living
things
- Phase one phonics
sound games
- Hearing sounds
in words
- Matching a
sound to a letter
- Writing words/
sentences
Counting rhymes
- Number of the
week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Knowing colours
- Learning about
2d and 3D shapes
- Addition and
subtraction
- Sharing
- Recognising
numbers to 20
- Show care and
concern of living
things – including
planting
- Observe change
- Hearing sounds in
words
- Matching a sound
to a letter
- Writing words/
sentences
Counting rhymes
- Number of the week
- Counting to 5, 10
and beyond
- Recognising
numerals
- Counting out the
correct number of
objects
- Using different
shapes for pictures
and building
- Finding double and
half
- Addition and
subtraction
- Recognising
numbers to 20
- Show care for living
things – caring for
plants, knowing how to
care for animals
- Observe change
Long Term Planning – 2014/2015
Little Explorers
Foundation Stage Unit (Reception specific)
Expressive
Art and
Design
End
Product
- To know things
around
- Playing with small
world models using
known understanding
- Talking about
objects around them
- Respecting
different cultures
- Using a computer
on an age related
program
- Creating simple
representations
- Mixing colours
- Manipulating
materials to achieve
the planned effect
- Creating different
textures
- Singing new
rhymes and songs
- Adding actions to
rhymes and songs
- Talking about and
observing changes in
the environment
- Looking at
different
occupations
- Talking about
special events
- Understanding the
Christmas story
- Talks about special
family events
- Using simple
programs on
computers
- Talk about why
things happen and
how things work
- Looking at changes
over time
- Knows what makes
a person special and
different
- Using different
ICT equpiment
- Respecting other
cultures
- Learning new songs
- Adding movement
to music
- Using different
instruments
- Tapping different
rhythms
- Using various
construction
materials to make
instruments
- Joining in with
favourite songs
- Constructing from
different materials
- Using different
tools competently
- Join materials in
different ways
- Mixing colours –
tones/shades
- Creating simple
representations
- Experimenting
with different
sounds
- Using different
tools to construct
- Using different
materials
- Construct with a
purpose in mind to
achieve a planned
effect
- Introducing story
into play
- Creating simple
representations
- Creating and using
different textures
Children to make and
decorate their own
rocket biscuits
Parents to come and
join in with a Rhyme
Time.
Parents to visit to help
with some ‘Ice Cold’
Activities
Children to create own
superhero cape to give
a teddy super powers
- Can talk about
some of the things
they have
observed such as
plants, animals,
natural and found
objects.
- Using iPads,
cameras and
computers
- Respecting other
cultures
- Mixing different
colours
- Using colour in
different ways
- Combining
different media to
create a planned
effect
- Choosing colour
for a particular
purpose
- Creating simple
representations
objects etc
Children to help
collage a giant Elmer
- Talks about local
area
- Knows how things
work and why
- Uses simple ICT
equipment
- Can talk about
themselves and how
they are different
- Creating simple
representations of
sea animals
- Mixing colours
- Construction with a
purpose in mind
- Manipulating
materials to achieve a
planned effect
- Joining materials in
different ways
- Using different
tools to construct
Children to help create
a model fish tank