Subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Focus

Marvellous Me

Let’s Celebrate

Help!

Once Upon a Time

Come Outside

Where in the world?

Key Texts

• Giraffes Can’t Dance

• The Colour Monster

• What makes me a me?

Significant figure: My Family

• The story of Divali: Rama and Sita

• Nativity story

• The Jolly Christmas Postman

• Mog and the V-E-T

• Emergency!

• Firefighter

Significant figure: Fire Service

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• Little Red Riding Hood

• The Snail and the Whale

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Jasper’s Beanstalk

• The man on the moon

• The Smeds and the Smoos

• Handa’s Surprise

Significant figure: Tim Peake

English

• Write some or all of their name.

• Write some letters accurately.

• Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.

• Read single words.

• Spell words by identifying the sounds.

• Read a few common exception words

• Read simple phrases and sentences.

• Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.

• Understand what has been read to them by retelling stories.

• Read aloud simple sentences and books.

• Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.

Maths

Recite numbers past 5.

• Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5.

• Solve real world mathematical problems with numbers up to 5.

• Link numerals and amounts.

• Link numerals and amounts.

• Understand the ‘one more than/one less than’.

• Continue, copy and create repeating patterns.

• Subitise.

• Automatically recall number bonds for numbers 0-10.

• Have a deep understanding of number to 10 (including addition and subtraction).

• Compare quantities up to 10

Personal, Social, Emotional Development

• Be increasingly independent in meeting their own care needs, e.g. brushing teeth, using the toilet and washing hands.

• Make healthy choices about food, drink, activity and toothbrushing.

• Build constructive and respectful relationships.

• Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.

• Manage their personal hygiene needs.

• Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.

• Think about the perspectives of others.

• Be confident to try new activities.

• Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly.

• Manage their own hygiene and personal needs independently.

• Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs.

Communication and Language

• Sing a large repertoire of songs.

• Develop their pronunciation.

• Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important.

• Describe events in some detail.

• Learn rhymes, poems and songs.

• Retell a story.

• Ask questions to find out more.

• Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen.

• Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions.

• Offer own ideas during group discussions.

• Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges.

• Use full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses.

Physical Development

• Show a preference for a dominant hand.

• Skip, hop, stand on one leg and hold a pose.

• Be increasingly independent as they get dressed and undressed

• Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding a pencil.

• Refine rolling - crawling - walking - jumping - running - hopping - skipping - climbing

• Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently – including cutlery

• Develop confidence, precision and accuracy with ball activities.

• Develop an accurate handwriting style.

• Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing.

• Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing.

Understanding the World

• Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary.

• Show interest in different occupations.

• Name and describe people who are familiar to them.

• Comment on images of familiar situations in the past

• Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.

• Draw information from a simple map.

• Understand that some places are special to members of their community.

• Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.

• Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.

• Understand the effect of seasons.

• Understand processes and changes in the natural world

• Know some similarities and differences between:

- things in the past and now

- life in this country and life in other countries

- different religious and cultural communities

Expressive Arts and Design

• Begin to develop complex stories using small world equipment.

• Explore different materials freely and develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make.

• Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them.

• Join different materials and explore different textures.

• Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.

• Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.

• Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.

• Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.

• Refine ideas and develop their ability to represent them.

• Create collaboratively.

• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories.

• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories.

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques.

Trips / visits

Postman visit

Fire Engine Visit

Farm Trip