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Yellow and Platinum Classes

 

Year

2024-25

Autumn

 

Spring

Summer

My Communication including PSHCE

Individual or small group reading.

Sharing and recording weekend news

Activities to support the learning of functional literacy (themed)

Various communication games and activities

Storybooks chosen – ongoing through the year for sequencing, Blank level questioning and Colourful Semantics.

Being me in my world

 

Recognise and know my own name. Show and communicate about my favourite toy or activity. Identify and share how I am feeling. Talk about our class rules and how we can be a good friend. Looking after our classroom.

Celebrating differences

 

Recognising what we are good at and that we are good at different things. Begin to recognise that families are all

different. Explore

different types of home. I can say No if I do not want to do something.

Dreams and goals

 

I can try something new, not giving up if I don’t succeed first time. Discuss

things that might take time to learn. Set a relevant goal (e.g. I want to learn to build a wall of Lego or do a Jigsaw) I know who I can ask for help if I need to. I can work well with a small group. I can celebrate my own success and the success of my friends.

Healthy me

 

Try different exercises and start to recognise healthy

snacks. Identify which

exercise activities I like to do.

Make a healthy food choice (sandwich, fruit

salad, healthy pitta pizza etc.) I recognise the

things that I do to get ready for bedtime. Recognise when my face or teeth are dirty and be involved in cleaning myself.

 

Relationships

 

I recognise and name the people in my family and begin to say what jobs they do at

home. Who are your

friends and why do you like them? Look at kind and unkind words.

I can say how to be a kind friend.

Changing me

 

I can name parts of my body.

I can tell you what I can do and what

foods I like to eat. I know that I have

grown from a baby and that I will get bigger.

I can share what I have loved about

being in my class. I

can say what I think will be good on my new class.

Narrative storytelling – ongoing through the year (themed).

Super Duper You! And What Makes Me a Me?

The Three Little Pigs

Goldilocks And The Three Bears

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Stomp Chomp, Big Roars, Here Come The Dinosaurs

Meet The Weather And Once Upon A Raindrop

Can I Build Another Me ? And I Like Bees, I Don’t Like Honey!

The Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig

Goldilocks And Just The One Bear And The Ghanaian Goldilocks

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom And Tad

Stomp Dinosaur Stomp And Mad About Dinosaurs

The Weather Girls And The Rhythm Of The Rain

Maths

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

Measurement – Money and Length

 

 

Measurement – Capacity, Mass, 3D and 2D shape

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

Measurement – Time, 3D and 2D Shape

 

Handling Data

 

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

Measurement – Money, Length and 3D and 2D shape

 

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

Measurement – Mass, 3D and 2D Shape

 

 

Counting And Properties of Number

 

Measurement – Capacity

 

Symmetry

 

Position, Direction And Movement

 

 

Number And Place Value

 

Addition And Subtraction

 

Measure – Money and Length

 

Multiplication And Division

 

Fractions And Geometry

 

Number And Place Value

 

Addition and Subtraction

 

Addition And Subtraction

 

Measurement – Time And Mass

 

Fractions And Geometry

 

Multiplication And Division

 

Number And Place Value

 

Addition And Subtraction

 

Addition And Subtraction With Money and Mass

 

 

 

Multiplication And Division

 

Geometry

 

Number And Place Value – Addition And Subtraction

 

Number And Place Value – Addition And Subtraction

 

Fractions – Multiplication And Division

 

Measurement – Time, Capacity And Volume

 

Geometry

 

My Play And Leisure

 

Functional Play & Parallel Play

 

 

Pupils explore objects as they are intended to be used.

 

Toys and games that have a specific purpose: Dolls, cars, tea sets

 

Games: Simon Says, What’s the time Mr Wolf, Musical chairs

 

Develop turn taking, sharing and interaction, following rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structured Play

 

 

Goal orientated play with staff joining in and offering direction.

 

Board games, Structured play boxes, card games, Lego, building, whole class games

 

Develop listening skills, turn taking, following rules, fine motor skills, cooperation

tolerance

 

Free Play

 

 

Creative and improvised with no set goal and unlimited possibilities.

 

Variety of activities and resources available; dressing up, sensory resources, messy play, playdoh, outdoor play, food

 

Develop tolerance, creativity, imagination, sharing resources, cooperation, preferences.

 

 

Socio dramatic & role play

Create imaginary worlds, characters, & scenarios, which relate to the real world. Variety

of resources to enable pupils to act out scenes

e.g., hospital resources

My Outdoor School

Focus : Orienteering

 

Promote free exploration and investigation – use positional language

 

Focus : Creativity

 

Minibeasts within the environment

Focus : Wilderness Explorers

 

Creating a shelter

 

Focus : Environmental Awareness

 

Seasonal Changes

Focus : Making a Fire

 

Be safe around a fire

Focus : Campfire Cooking

 

Cooking different food on the campfire

My Independence – my shopping, my cooking, my travel training and my dressing/undressing

 

My Cooking

Making basic foods and drinks

Collecting equipment

Dangers in the kitchen

Washing up

 

My Shopping

Role play and modelling

 

My Dressing & Undressing

 Develop an understanding of washing and getting dressed

 

My Travel Training

To move around the school safely

 

 

My Cooking

Recognising ingredients

Weighing ingredients

Using equipment safely e.g., knives graters

 

 

My Shopping

Role play and modelling

Making and using a list

Safer strangers

 

My Dressing & Undressing

Dressing for hot and cold weather

 

My Travel Training

Spotting hazards in school

 

My Cooking

Recognising ingredients

Weighing ingredients

Using equipment safely e.g., knives graters

 

 

My Shopping

Role play and modelling

Exchange money

Visit the shops and buy items

Recognise who to ask for help

 

My Dressing & Undressing

Be safe and private when getting dressed around others

 

My Travel Training

Preparing to travel out and about Preparing to travel in cars & minibuses

My Physical Well-Being

Exploring skills: ball skills

              

              

Creative movement: gymnastics

Working together and individual challenge

Creative movement:

Dance

 

Exploring skills: racket/bat skills

Developing movement: running, jumping, throwing.

 

The World About Me

 

 

 

 

 

People

 

 People who are important to me, why they are important. Friendships and family. A global community.

 

Annually : Harvest Festival

Festivals

 

Diwali: Hindu festival

of light. Sharing the story of Rama and Sita.

 

Christmas festivities around the world.

 

Annually : Bonfire Night And Remembrance Day

The Seasons - Spring

 

Seasonal changes,

in the weather/ climate,

plant growth, activities

that people might do,

what animals are doing

in Spring.

 

Annually : Easter And New Life

 

Weather

 

Experience the different types of weather and the impact the weather has on them in regards to clothing, activities etc.

 

Annually : Easter And New Life

 

A long time ago

 

The prehistoric

world

pupils to have

opportunity to study

either prehistoric life

(such as dinosaurs)

 

Annually : Sporting Events

 

The Seasons – Summer And Water

 

Seasonal changes,

in the weather/ climate,

plant growth, activities

that people might do,

what animals are doing

in Summer.

 

Explore, observe and investigate water and its properties.

 

Annually : Sporting Events

 

My Creativity – My Art

Collage - Pattern, texture, and form

 

Copy and continue patterns, identify objects by shape and differing size.

 

Painting - Primary and secondary colours

 

Mixing primary colours.

Printing – Explorative mark making using pattern and texture

 

Printed rubbings.

 

Drawing – Line and space

 

Fine motor movement and mark making.

Textiles – Weaving

 

The process of using differing materials to push, pull, poke in and out, over, and under to create a woven effect.

 

Sculpture – form and space

 

Various 3D shapes.

My Creativity – My Music

Harvest and Christmas Songs

 

Pulse and Rhythmic Patterns - Musical games and singing/ call-and-response.

 

Simple rhythms to familiar songs/ poems, represent using graphic notation.

 

Rhythm – Experience rhythmic patterns -  notions of being surrounded by rhythm

 

Rhythm - Copy a simple or complex rhythm – name chanting

Easter Songs

 

Music – Moods, Pictures, and Soundscapes – Emotions, expressions, and moods. Facial expressions and changing voices. Simple soundscapes.

 

Timbre – Different timbres – soundscapes

 

Tempo – Emotional states through changes in tempo Timbre – Experience timbre between different sounds

Weather and Water Songs / Dinosaur Rap

 

Patterns with Pitch –Listening games.

 

Creating graphic notations – pipe cleaner notation.

 

Listen to and begin to perform rap music, using visuals to support.

 

Dynamics – Dynamic listening – dramatic effect Structure – Three-piece musical structure – Paper Orchestra Pitch – Rap music

My Creativity – My Drama

Route 1: Interactive drama games, pretending to use items and describing. Hold stillness whilst their character is in role and develop conversation across the space. Interactive movement and sound games, experimenting with different styles of conversation and body shapes. Individuals experiment with different sounds.

 

Route 2: Make-believe and sensory make-believe, becoming familiar with the routine of lessons and engaging with props. Interacting with teacher in role. Prescribed drama structures - Aunty Glad/ Cinderella/ Maisy’s Holiday/ Each, Peach, Pear, Plum

 

Route 3: Drama from real-life experiences –non-verbal communication i.e. the camping trip, drama from a story, drama from TV or film

 

Route 4: Storyboarding, improvisation into script, embedding dialogue, creating a new context – interacting with others in their character role.

My Thinking and Problem-Solving

My Creativity Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - show awareness of a simple sequence

My Creativity Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - be involved in getting a favourite item from its usual place

My Independence Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - indicate they want help to get their favourite items

My Independence Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - to be involved in finding items they need

The World Around Me Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - to be involved in putting items away

The World Around Me Focus

 

Memory building and sabotage - recognising that the thing that I want is broken/not working

Off-site opportunities

Keydells Garden Centre Christmas Lights Walk

Local Farm Visit

Tesco / Café Weekly Visits