Kewaigue School Key Skills Medium Term Planning! !
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
Select the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5, then 1
to 9 objects.
Begin to represent numbers using fingers, marks on
paper or pictures.
Recognise numerals 1 to 9.
Know that numbers identify how many objects are in a
set.
Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects.
Begin to count beyond 10.
Count out up to six objects from a larger group.
Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts.
Use everyday words to describe position.
Find one more or one less than a number from one to
ten.
Use familiar objects and common shapes to create and
recreate patterns and build models.
Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns.
Order two or three items by length or height.
Year(s):!Reception!
Term: Spring 2 March/April 2012
Communication, Language & Literacy
Interact with others, negotiating plans and activities and taking turns in
conversation.
Listen with enjoyment, and respond to stories, songs and other music, rhymes
and poems and make up their own stories, songs, rhymes and poems.
Use talk to pretend imaginary situations.
Recognise rhythm in spoken words - enjoy rhyming and rhythmic activities.
Hear and say the initial sound in words and know which letters represent some
of the sounds.
Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.
Use their phonic knowledge to write simple regular words and make
phonetically plausible attempts at more complex words.
Enjoy an increasing range of books.
Explore and experiment with sounds, words and texts.
Use writing as a means of recording and communicating.
Write their own names.
Use a pencil and hold it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of
which are correctly formed.
Begin to form recognisable letters.
Knowledge and Understanding
Find out about, and identify, some features of living things, objects and
events they observe.
Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
Ask questions about why things happen and how things work.
Investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as
appropriate.
Build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate
resources and adapting their work where necessary.
Select the tools and techniques they need to shape, assemble and join
materials they are using.
Use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.
Construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
Use a mouse and keyboard to interact with age-appropriate computer
software.
Use time-related words in conversation.
Feel a sense of belonging to own community and place.
Theme / Learning Focus Title:
Weather
Starting Point:
Create a ‘thought
shower’ with the
children about
everything they can
think of about the
weather.
Celebration:
Create a mini book
about their
favourite type of
weather.
This section lists some of the likely
activities that will form part of the
cross-curricular lessons:
Write their name confidently - start
to look at surnames.
Daily Letters & Sounds sessions.
Listening to a variety of texts.
Writing words to do with weather.
Learn the days of the week and the
months of the year.
Start to add 2 groups of numbers
together.
Writing numerals 0 - 20.
Create pictograph’s relating to seasons
and birthdays.
Have a go at weather reporting.
Making kits and rain gage’s.
Checking and recording the temperature.
Physical Development
Creative Development
Express and communicate their ideas, thoughts and
feelings by using a widening range of materials,
suitable tools, imaginative and role-play, movement,
designing and making, and a variety of songs and
musical instruments.
Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear,
smell, touch and feel.
Choose particular colours to use for a purpose.
Create constructions, collages, painting and drawings.
Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two
or three dimensions.
Explore the different sounds of instruments.
Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed,
sing simple songs from memory, recognise repeated
sounds and sound patterns and match movements to
music.
Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance,
imaginative and role-play and stories.
Play alongside other children who are engaged in the
same theme.
Travel around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment.
Show awareness of space, of themselves and of others.
Show understanding of the need for safety when tackling new challenges.
Experiment with different ways of moving.
Jump off an object and land appropriately.
Avoid dangerous places and equipment.
Move with control and coordination.
Move with confidence, imagination and in safety.
Go backwards and sideways as well as forwards.
Use a range of large and small equipment.
Engage in activities requiring hand-eye coordination.
Sow increasing control over clothing and fastenings.
Use one-handed tools and equipment.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Persist for extended periods of time at an activity of their choosing.
Maintain attention, concentrate, and sit quietly when appropriate.
Be confident to try new activities, initiate ideas and speak in a familiar group.
Continue to be interested, excited and motivated to learn.
Display high levels of involvement in activities.
Respond to significant experiences, showing a range of feelings when appropriate.
Express needs and feelings in appropriate ways.
Form good relationships with adults and peers.
Work as part of a group or class, taking turns and sharing fairly, understanding that
there needs to be agreed values and codes of behaviour for groups of people, including
adults and children, to work together harmoniously.
Understand what is right, what is wrong, and why.
Have an awareness of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the
setting.
Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others.
Select and use activities and resources independently.
Appreciate the need for hygiene.
Dress and undress independently and manage their own personal hygiene.
This section lists some of the likely
activities that will form part of the
cross-curricular lessons:
Paint with ‘cold’ colours and then
compare with ‘warm’ colours.
Create collages using different
materials.
Contribute to the displays in the
classroom and around the school
linked to various themes.
PE sessions consisting of Apparatus
and skipping.
Daily access to the outdoor area.
Cutting & sticking activities.
SEAL theme of Going for Goals
Think about things the children can
do now, and what they would like
to be able to do when they are older.