Term

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic

Settling and Colours Everywhere

Transport

Once Upon a Time and World Tales

Forms of Art

Metamorphosis

Around Our World

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Settling in

Making friends

Joining in with others during play

Looking after our resources

Being Kind

Taking turns and sharing

Playing cooperatively

Following rules and set boundaries

Making relationships

Self confidence

Working together to act out stories

Building confidence by sharing stories with others

Gaining independence

Working as a group- large scale painting

Painting to music- expressing our feelings

Following and giving simple instruction

Understanding consequences of words and actions

Healthy eating

Observing changes as we exercise

Caring for the environment

Transition to reception

Dealing with change

Caring for our family and friends

Beginning to negotiate

Communication and Language

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Using language to describe colours we see

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Shows interest in songs and rhymes

Listening skills

Taking turns to talk during carpet time

Talking about how they get to school

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Maintaining attention

Increasing vocabulary

Develop language associated with storytelling

Role play-storytelling

Orally telling own story to adult

Understands, uses and answers simple questions

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Responding to instructions

Expressing thoughts and ideas through exploring art

Expressing a preference for different forms of art

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Listens and responds in conversations

Extends vocabulary

Language for role play (scientists)

Describing changes that we can see and explore- through experiments and lifecycles

Joins in with stories and songs

Listening to stories

Responding to 2 part instructions

Listening and responding to stories from around the world

Talking about home and family

Describing our local environment

Physical Development

Pencil grip

Moving with confidence

Scissor skills

Dancing with juggling scarves

Developing fine motor skills

Climbing confidently

Mark making

Using tools and equipment

Squiggle while you wiggle

Scissor skills

Pouring drinks independently at snack table

Self-care- putting on and buttoning coat

Mark making

Writing stories

Making props

Moving as different characters from stories

Building spaces to act- theatres and sets

Dancing as our favourite characters

Writing letters correctly

Experiments with moving

Large scale art activities

Using a variety of art tools

Moving with confidence

Hold pencil correctly

Focus on health and understanding changes when we exercise

Movement and dance as variety of animals

Jungle dance

Underwater dance

Moving with confidence

Negotiates space safely

Travels with confidence- around, over, under and through

Develop ball skills- catching throwing and kicking

Literacy

Handles book carefully

Begin to colour in pictures with some control

Enjoys joining in with stories

Explores mark making

Gives meaning to marks they make

Ascribes meaning to marks they see

Making simple tickets for role play

Draws pictures of transport

Large scale mark making- shaving foam

Enjoys a variety of stories

Gives meaning to marks they make

Ascribes meaning to marks they see

Phoneme of the week

Mark making and illustrating own books

Sharing a range of storybooks

Making a theatre to act out our stories

Phoneme of the week

Gives meaning to marks as they write

Rhyming words

Invitations and posters for exhibitions

Phoneme of the week

Gives meaning to marks as they write

Alliteration

Exploring non-fiction books

Making labels for experiments

Sketching and mark making about minibeasts

Phoneme of the week

Gives meaning to marks as they write

Oral segmenting and blending

Making shopping lists

Making labels for shop role play

Talking about characters and events from favourite stories

Maths

Number songs and rhymes

Sorting

Uses number names in play

Counting

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

Looking at simple patterns when printing with leaves

Becoming familiar with Numicon equipment

Counting beyond 10

Number songs and rhymes

Counting

Shapes- sorting 2D shapes, making simple vehicles using shapes

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

1:1 correspondence

Sorting

Using Numicon in different areas of the Nursery

Car/train tracks using shape roads/tracks

Counting beyond 10

Number songs and rhymes

Counting

Naming 2D shapes and shapes in the environment

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

1:1 correspondence

Positional language

Sequencing stories and ordinal numbers (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd)

Counting beyond 10

Number songs and rhymes

Counting

Exploring 3D shapes and looking at 3D shapes in art- cubism

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

1:1 correspondence

Patterns

Measuring

Printing with numerals

Recreating patterns in art

Counting beyond 10

Number songs and rhymes

Counting

Properties of shapes

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

Finding total of 2 groups

Simple estimation

Symmetry

Patterns in nature

Counting beyond 10

Number songs and rhymes

Counting

Properties of shapes

1 more/less

Language related to time/money

Recognising numbers to 5 and beyond

Counting beyond 10

Understanding the World

Exploring changes: Autumn

Seeks to acquire basic skills- turning on/off simple ICT equipment

E-Safety

Enjoys small world imaginative play

Exploring changes- Autumn sensory area

Using ramps to explore simple forces- cars, conkers

Cutting up pumpkins and collecting seeds

The world around us- learning about different modes of transport.

E-Safety

Using 2simple draw illustrations

Storytelling using small world toys

Understanding similarities and differences through stories from different cultures

Sharing stories from home- favourites and cultural stories

Exploring changes: Winter

Making and melting ice

Chinese New Year

E-Safety

Photography

2simple art programs

Exploring textiles and art from around the world

Learning about different schools of art eg expressionism and abstract art

Making art from natural materials

Making paint from a red cabbage

Exploring changes: Spring

E-Safety

Using bebots

2go program on PCs

Making maps

Changes to food (decay)

Experiments

Floating and sinking

Exploring changes: Spring

Weather

Minibeasts

Lifecycles- butterflies and frogs

Growth- growing bean plants 

E-Safety

Map making

How we get to school

Using bebots to follow a map

Using variety of software to support learning

Food from around the world

Clothes from around the world

Exploring changes: Summer

E-Safety

Expressive Art and Design

Painting with single colour

Mixing primary colours

Colour names

Natural materials collage

Takes on roles in the imaginative play area

Making vehicles from junk modelling

Making trains from shapes

Exploring music with our music station

Making salt dough decorations

Storytelling

Creating Props for stories

Making and using puppets for storytelling

Illustrating our stories

Graphic design

Photography

Different forms of painting

Clay and sculptures

Printing/collage

Large scale art- action painting

Printing with fruit

Make own patterns from animal prints, fish scales etc

Bubble art

Butterfly symmetry painting

Songs from other cultures

Dances from around the world

Cultural art