Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Year: Foundation Stage
Key Questions
(Learning Intentions)
Week 1 1/9/14 INSET and Home visits
What is your name?
Week 2 8/9/14
Who am I?
Getting to know you
Staggered start days for term What are the rooms in Foundation called?
How should I behave in different parts of
of birth
the school?
MON-Summer
How shall we make this the best classroom
TUES-Spring
in the world?
WED-Autumn
Term: Autumn 1
Learning Skills
(NC/EYFS)
PSED:
• Names of other children and staff
PD / PSED:
• Areas of FLS / being part of FLS
PSED:
• expectations in the garden and in the classroom
Learning Outcomes/
Challenge/Assessment
Recognise their name
Know the names of other children and staff
Become familiar with Foundation Unit and areas in
school
Contribute ideas to create the best classroom in the
world
Stunning Start: On Friday 12th September the class will receive an invitation to Kipper’s birthday party on Wednesday 17th September.
Kipper is in the Foundation Unit having his birthday party! He is sitting between Yellow room and Blue room wearing the birthday hat, surrounded by different shaped presents!
Week 3 15/9/14
Here I Am!
Kipper’s Birthday by Mick
Inkpen
What do I look like? by Nick
Sharratt
(WOW books: Birthday
pictures)
(Share birthday pictures on
Monday)
CLL: Who is this? Can you listen to
the story?
Mathematics: How old is Kipper?
When is his birthday?
PSED: Who are you? What is your
name? What do you look like?
Mathematics: When is my birthday?
How old am I? How old will I be on
my next birthday?
UW: How do people celebrate
birthdays?
CD: Can you design and make a
birthday card? Can you draw a
picture of yourself for Kipper? Can
you look carefully in the mirror and
paint your picture the same as your
face? Can you make a party hat for
Kipper's party?
PSED SCSA ELG 3:
They are confident to speak in a familiar group
PD EMM ELG 1: Children sing songs, make music
and dance
PD MH ELG 3: They handle equipment and tools
effectively, including pencils for writing
Mathematics SMM ELG 6: Recognise, create and
describe patterns
Mathematics SMM ELG 7: They explore
characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and
use mathematical language to describe them
UW PC ELG 1: Children talk about past and present
events in their own lives and in the lives of family
members
UW PC ELG 3: They know about similarities and
differences between themselves and others and
among families, communities and traditions
EAD EMM ELG 3: They safely use and explore a
variety of materials, tools and techniques
EAD EMM ELG 4: They experiment with colour,
design, texture, form, and function
EAD BI ELG 2: They represent their own ideas
thoughts and feelings through design and
technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories
1
PSED:
•
talk about birthdays and listen to other people
•
respond to significant experiences
PD:
•
learn and play ring games
•
wrap presents
•
play outdoor party games
•
cut playdoh cakes and sandwiches
Mathematics:
• sort children by age 4 and 5
• count candles and/or children
• say the months of the year
• recognise and use shapes and patterns on wrapping
paper
• measure and pour party drinks in the water tray
UW:
• talk about birthdays in your family
• find out about a past birthday party of someone in your
family
• role play birthday parties with the doll’s house
EAD:
• role play celebrating and preparing birthdays
• design and make cards, wrapping paper and invitations
CLL:
• talk about birthday parties and share birthday stories
• describe games and other party activities
• write birthday cards for Kipper
Cooking:
• Decorate fairy cakes
Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Week 4 and 5 22/9/14
Show a picture of Kipper
enjoying his birthday with
his family.
Homes (Big Book)
Three Little Pigs First
Stories Usborn
My family and my home
My Dad by Anthony Browne
My Mum is Fantastic by
Nick Butterworth
Grandfather and I Helen E.
Buckley and Jan Ormerod
Friday 26th September
Macmillan Coffee
Morning.
Year: Foundation Stage
Term: Autumn 1
Key Questions
Learning Skills
Learning Outcomes/
(Learning Intentions)
(NC/EYFS)
Challenge/Assessment
PSED
SC
SA
ELG
3:
They
are
confident
to
speak
in
a
PSED:
PSED: Who is special to me? What
familiar group
• talk about what you like doing with your mum/dad
do you like doing with this person?
CLL LA ELG 2: They listen to stories accurately
CLL:
CLL: Can you write some of their
anticipating key events and respond to what they hear
• talk about people who are in your family
names?
with relevant comments, questions or actions
• listen to the story of the three little pigs
Mathematics: How many people live
CLL U ELG 2: They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions
• write the names of each person in your family
about their experiences and in response to stories or
in your home?
Mathematics:
events
• find out how many people are in your family
EAD: Can you draw a picture of
CLL S ELG 1: Children express themselves effectively,
• compare to others; collect data
your family?
showing awareness of listeners needs
• shapes of doors and windows
UW: Who is in your family? Where
CLL W ELG 1: Children use their phonic knowledge tow
Mathematics:
does your family live? Who lives in
rite words in ways which match their spoken sounds
• find out if your home has a number
CLL W ELG 2: They also write some irregular common
my home with me?
• find out the age of people in your family
words
Mathematics N ELG 1: Children count reliably with
numbers from 1 to 20
Mathematics SMM ELG 7: They explore characteristics
of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical
language to describe them
EAD EMM ELG 3: They safely use and explore a variety
of materials, tools and techniques
EAD EMM ELG 4: They experiment with colour, design,
texture, form, and function
EAD BI ELG 1: Children use what they have learnt about
media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses
and purposes
EAD BI ELG 2: They represent their own ideas thoughts
and feelings through design and technology, art, music,
dance, role play and stories
UW W ELG 1: Children know about similarities and
differences in relation to places, objects, materials and
living things
UW PC ELG 3: They know about similarities and
differences between themselves and others and among
families, communities and traditions
PD MH ELG 3: They handle equipment and tools
effectively, including pencils for writing
2
• count the letters in your name
EAD:
• draw a picture of all the people in your family in your
wow book
• brick printing
• Huff Puff song
• Role play the story of the Three Little Pigs using finger
puppets
• Role play builders yard
• use reclaimed materials to create a home for the three
little pigs
• Make cards for grandparent
UW:
• talk about different people in your family
• talk about where your home is
• find out which materials are in your home
• use story boards to role play with small world
PD:
• build LEGO homes
• write the names of each person in your family
Cooking:
• make (wolf!) stew (Friday PM Neil Yates to support)
Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Week 6 6/10/14
My Community
Places we share by Sally
Hewitt
Where people live by
Barbara Taylor
Wednesday 8th October:
Welly walk to the library.
Year: Foundation Stage
Term: Autumn 1
Key Questions
Learning Skills
Learning Outcomes/
(Learning Intentions)
(NC/EYFS)
Challenge/Assessment
EAD:
EAD EMM ELG 3: They safely use and explore a
PSED: Where do you go in Flitwick?
• Draw a map of Flitwick
variety of materials, tools and techniques
CLL: Have you been to ...? e.g. the
EAD
EMM
ELG
4:
They
experiment
with
colour,
• Paint pictures of different places you have
leisure centre, the park, the library,
design,
texture,
form,
and
function
been to in Flitwick
TESCO
EAD
BI
ELG
1:
Children
use
what
they
have
learnt
•
Use reclaimed materials to build key buildings
UW: Can you draw a map of
about media and materials in original ways, thinking
in Flitwick
Flitwick?
about uses and purposes
UW:
UW: Can you tell me how to walk
UW T ELG 1: Children recognise that a range of
• Programme Bee bot round a map of Flitwick
from school to the library?
technology is used in places such as homes and
CLL:
UW: Can you programme Bee bot
schools
• Talk about your favourite places and what you
round a map of Flitwick?
UW T ELG 2: They select and use technology for
do there
particular purposes
CLL LA ELG 1: Children listen attentively in a range
of situations
CLL S ELG 3: They develop their own narratives
and explanations by connecting ideas or events
PD MH ELG 3: They handle equipment and tools
effectively, including pencils for writing
PD MH ELG 1: Children show good control and
coordination in large and small movements
PD MH ELG 2:Children move confidently in a range
of ways safely negotiating space
PD HSc ELG 1: children know the importance for
good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet
and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe
UW W ELG 2: They talk about the features of their
own immediate environment and how environments
might vary from one another
PSED MFB ELG 4: They adjust their behaviour to
different situations
PSED MFB ELG 5: They take changes of routine in
their stride
3
PD: / UW: / PSED:
• Walk to the library on Wednesday 8th
October to listen to a story and find out what
happens there; meet the librarian.
Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Week 7 13/10/14
Harvest
Scarecrow in class on
Monday, surrounded food/
animals.
YEAR one to join us for part
of the morning's activities.
A Wet and Windy Harvest
for Puddles by Gill Vaisey
Year: Foundation Stage
Key Questions
(Learning Intentions)
CLL:
What do the words ‘harvest’ or
‘harvesting’ mean?
CLL: / PSED:
How do we make bread?
CLL:
How do you help at home?
UW:
Where does your dinner come
from?
UW:
What happens during Autumn?
The Little Red Hen
Traditional story
After the Storm by Nick
Butterworth
Thursday 16th Harvest
Assembly 9:30 (World Food
Day)
Term: Autumn 1
Learning Skills
(NC/EYFS)
CLL S ELG 3: They develop their own narratives
and explanations by connecting ideas or events
CLL U ELG 2: they answer ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions about their experiences and in response
to stories of events
CLL U ELG 1: children follow instructions involving
several ideas or actions
PSED SC SA ELG 1: children are confident to try
new activities
PSED MR ELG 1: children play co-operatively,
taking turns with others
UW PC ELG 2: they know that other children don’t
always enjoy the same things and are sensitive to
this
UW W ELG 2: They talk about the features of their
own immediate environment and how environments
might vary from one another
UW W ELG 3: they make observations of animals
and plants and explain why some things occur and
talk about changes
Learning Outcomes/
Challenge/Assessment
EAD:
•
•
•
•
•
PD: / UW: / PSED:
•
Walk onto the field to play with the leaves PM,
collect some and look for signs of Autumn
CLL:
•
•
•
Join in with the story of the Little Red Hen
Talk about harvesting fruit and vegetables
from an allotment
Does anyone send food to a church collection
or harvest?
Cooking:
•
•
•
4
Sing harvest songs:
o I’m a dingle dangle scarecrow
o At Harvest time
o Oats and beans and barley grows
Practise songs and poems for performance
Make own scarecrow
Finger print apple trees
Create a leaf collage
Make different breads and talk about the
changes that occur
Unusual vegetable tasting table
Try Chinese/Indian/Italian other food on World
food day
Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Week 8 20/10/14
My Body
Me and My Body by Two
Can publishers
Funnybones stories by
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
21st & 23rd Parents
Evening
Year: Foundation Stage
Term: Autumn 1
Key Questions
Learning Skills
Learning Outcomes/
(Learning Intentions)
(NC/EYFS)
Challenge/Assessment
UW:
/
CLL:
/
PSED:
PD HSc ELG 1: children know the importance for
PD: Can you name the parts of your
• Discuss playing in the park using the picture on
good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet
body?
p12.
and
talk
about
ways
to
keep
healthy
and
safe
PD: What happens to your food
PSED SC SA ELG 3: They are confident to speak in a
•
Talk about how to keep your body fit and healthy:
inside your body?
familiar group
o Food and exercise
PD: Can you feel all the bones in
PSED SC SA ELG 4: They will talk about their ideas
o Healthy cafe chef puppet
your feet?
UW PC ELG 3: They know about similarities and
o Hygiene
differences between themselves and others and among
PD: What do you do to keep
o Healthy teeth
families, communities and traditions
healthy?
•
Write
prescriptions for medicine
CLL S ELG 1: Children express themselves effectively,
PD: / PSED: What healthy food do you
• Role play Doctors Surgery/baby clinic/opticians?
showing awareness of listeners needs
like?
PD: / EAD:
CLL S ELG 3: They develop their own narratives
UW: What job does a optician do?
• Sing action songs about the body
and explanations by connecting ideas or events
CLL: Does anyone have shoes for a
o Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes
special purpose?
o I’ve got a body, a very busy body
o Miss Polly
o Me
EAD:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Make Funny Bones skeletons with art straws
Print patterns with fruit and vegetables
Make sunglasses
Create a large frieze of a mouth to label
Explore light and sight using colour paddles
Make a feely book
Play ‘eye spy’
Try on different glasses
CLL:
•
Pose some questions to ask the optician when
she visits
Cooking:
•
•
Fabulous Finish: Near to the end of the week a visit from: optician, sports partnership, nurse, baby clinic person????
5
Prepare fruit salad for our visitor
Make smoothies
Context Title: Here I am!
Learning Context
Year: Foundation Stage
Key Questions
(Learning Intentions)
Term: Autumn 1
Learning Skills
(NC/EYFS)
Stunning Start:
6
Learning Outcomes/
Challenge/Assessment