Toys and Games – medium term plan
Toys and Games
Year One, Autumn One
Toys and Games – medium term plan
Key questions…
Literacy books and stimulus
Maths strands
Kipper’s Toybox
Labels and captions matching to
Kipper’s toys
Favourite toy information and
description
Number understanding
Writing numbers in different mediums
Dot to dots, counting spots on dice
Numicon to make staircases, ordering and counting
Counting objects (toys) and recording
All Kinds of Toys
Non-fiction model for information
writing
Shape
2D Mr Potato Heads
Cup and ball game as concrete spheres and cones
Sorting shapes by properties
Toy Catalogues
Listing activities
WOW factors…
Computer game
battle – children
against grandparents
Trip to Newarke
Houses Museum
Science objectives
distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood,
plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
perform simple tests
Sorting toys into the materials they are made from
Filling sock toy with different materials
Measure
Exploring objects using non- standard measures
Trip recount
Opportunities also taken to reinforce times of the day, days of the
week and months of the year.
Computing – covered through the scheme of work
Geography – none
History – Pupils should be taught about changes within living memory
Older relatives tapped into as a source to collect information about older fashioned toys… comparisons with current toys
Chronological ordering of teddy bears
Museum trip to explore design and materials used for older toys … further comparisons
Playing playground games from the past
PE – Games and dance
Music – https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/toys-singing-and-composing-6128563
experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music
Art – use drawing and painting to develop and share ideas, experiences and imagination
Painting favourite toys
DT – design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
Making spiral snake toys, dress the doll activities and a Jack-in-the-box with a slider mechanism
RE – SACRE A1 develop a knowledge and understanding of religious beliefs through key figures, sacred writings and traditions
Share some of the stories and formative events from principle world religions to develop awareness of different belief systems
PSHE - myself and my relationships
Toys and Games – medium term plan
Light and Dark – literacy and numeracy
Literacy step one
-spell common words
-orally retell stories
-form lower case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the
right place
-say out loud what they are going to write about
-read simple sentences using phonic knowledge
-show some awareness of how full stops are used in writing
-write simple sentences and phrases
Numeracy step one
-compare lengths and heights using standard units
-tell the time to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these
-read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving add and equal
signs within 10
-solve one step problems involving addition using concrete objects
-use the vocabulary of addition