Nursery Autumn 1 – Core Text All About Me A1: Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

Nursery Rhymes book:

• Showing interest in books. • Show interest in rhymes • Making marks and

beginning to distinguish between the marks

• Identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Using familiar words from a known rhyme or story.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

Children’s choice

Nursery Rhymes (Various)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear what

do you see?

Nursery Autumn 1 – Non Core: All About me

All

Ab

out

Me

Literacy Links Maths Link Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development

Understanding of the

World/Technology

Communication, Language and

Literacy

Reading Sharing books and stories Holding books correctly Recognising own name Writing Mark making using a variety of resources Developing fine motor skills. Guided Reading and writing with wordless books

Repeating numbers/counting by rote using fingers Number rhymes

Sorting by colour Shape puzzles Responding to positional Language Pet shop role-play Fruit and veg role-play

We focus on ~ settling in ~ making friends ~ learning new routines/rules ~ managing coats independently

Choosing spread for toast

Circle time: Talking about what they’d

like to be when they grow up

Role play – home corner Singing colour songs Boogie mites Dancing with coloured ribbons Investigating colour in the environment Outdoor art – pictures using natural objects

Ball skills Using jugs, hammers and mark making tools Moving in a variety of different ways ~ bikes ~ music/dance ~ small apparatus Cutting skills Health and Self

Care Dressing/undressing

Managing personal hygiene

Favourite fruits Playground action

rhymes: Ring o roses

People and Communities Talking about personal experiences, family and Friends Introduce police role-play doctors surgery The World Investigating different types of weather Going on a colour hunt Looking at the different seasons Caring for the garden/ Using Ipads, toaster to make toast, remote control; cars

.

Read and discuss stories about colour and colour rhymes Key Text: Brown Bear Brown Bear Use puppets to encourage talk Letters and Sounds Phase 1 phonics

Role-Play: Home, fruit and veg shop, pet shop, and police

station

Shows an interest in play with sounds,

songs and rhymes.

Listens to others one to one or in small

groups.

To listen to and follow whole class and

individual instructions and the code of

conduct. Half Term

Nursery Autumn 2 – All About Animals Core A2: Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?

• Showing interest in books. Begin to use familiar words from story and rhyme T4W

• Making marks and beginning to distinguish between the marks. Begin to identify and form initial letter from name in a variety of media

• Identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover, title and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

• Join in with rhythmic and rhyming activities

• Recount of visit from animal man

Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear

The snowman

Children’s choice

Nursery and Number Rhymes (Various)

Nursery Autumn 2 – Non Core

English Links Maths Link

Personal, Social and Emotional

Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development Understanding of

the World/Technology

Communication, Language and

Literacy

Reading Recognising names – on coat pegs/name cards Listening to and responding to a wide variety of stories about bears – traditional stories/poems/rhymes Non-fiction books linked to bears/ animals Posting Christmas cards Developing book handling skills Use First, next, then and last to talk about animal man visit.

Writing

Mark making in role-play and other play areas. Beginning to make story maps Guided Reading and writing with wordless books

Creating different lines

and shapes

Counting forwards and

backwards up to 3 and 5.

Daily counting Number rhymes, e.g. 5 naughty teddy bears Counting boxes Magnetic numbers Numicon activities Exploring mathematics through play Sorting by colour and shape Printing with shapes Constructing with 3d shapes Language of size

Sharing – is it fair? Beginning to think

about 1:1 correspondence Maths number

workshop

~ making friends ~ taking turns ~ following instructions ~ choosing resources independently

~ developing listening skills

Exploring and using media Animal / bear pictures using different media Designing and making skills – junk box modelling telescopes Sponge painting Bubble painting Mixing colours Use animal man visit and shape to explore work of famous artist (Kandinsky, Matisse e.g. etc. Exploring musical instruments Being Imaginative Role play Boogie mites/steady beat Dance – responding to music

Riding bikes – pushing and pedalling Moving in different ways linked to the Dear Zoo story – run, hop, skip, jump and scramble Using playground equipment Moving with streamers Parachute games Playground Action Rhymes Oliver Twist Developing fine motor control Write dance Health and Self Care Dressing/undressing Healthy eating

Coat challenge

People and communities Daily sharing of news/birthdays/ special events The World Observing the changes of weather and in melting chocolate Exploring melting chocolate Autumn Walk Cooking activities Investigating darkness and light using torches How to take care of animals Making footprints

Technology Using ICT to paint a picture

Story hones Beebot Camera

Responding and listening in small groups Role play activities – home corner/police / shop / Dressing up Listening to, retelling and sequencing stories Exploring descriptive vocabulary about bears/weather Nursery rhymes and songs Visual literacy

Letters and Sounds Phase 1 phonics

Half Term

Nursery Spring 1 – Core Spr1: Can You Cook it?

Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

• Identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover, title, blurb and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

• Identifying describing words • Alliteration and rhyme Phase 1 • Hearing initial sounds through

playing I spy with objects • Begin to match GPC • Orally blending and segmenting

cvc words • Re-tell a simple story using ‘Once

upon a time’ • Practise forming different lines

through art short and long lines • Use time conjunctions (orally) to

order things. (E.g. ‘First’, ‘Next’, ‘then and last’)

• Reading and writing name

The Chinese New Year The Runaway Chappati

Childrens choice

Various Nursery Rhymes Ros Bayley Rhymes

The Gingerbread Man

Nursery Spring 1 – Non Core

English Links Maths Link

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development

Understanding of the World/Technology

Communication, Language and Literacy

Reading Sharing a variety of bear stories Non-fiction books about bears Clapping rhythm of name Writing shopping lists

Visual Literacy – Dinosaur video Using first,

next then and last to say

how to make porridge

Counting bears – in the water tray/sand swamp Bear counting rhymes Numicon Activities Repeating patterns using bears Sorting bears for size Positional language during a bear hunt outside in the garden

Shape walk

We focus on ~ playing co- operatively with others

~ forming good relationships with other

children

Clay bears Junk box modelling – large scale bear modelling Music - moving like Bears and other animals

Throwing and catching skills Cutting skills

Copying names, name tracing

Playground action rhymes

Describing different types of bears Small world dinosaur play Making porridge

Making an erupting volcano

Role play – pet shop environment Descriptive

vocabulary to describe animals

Half Term

Nursery Spring 2 – Can you grow it? Spr2:

Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

The Little Red Hen

• Identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover, title, blurb and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

• Continue identifying describing words

• Continue Alliteration and rhyme Phase 1

• Continue hearing initial sounds through playing I spy with objects

• Continue orally blending and segmenting cvc words

• Continue to re-tell a simple story using ‘Once upon a time’

• Continue to practise forming different lines through art Van Gogh Sunflower,

• Continue to use time conjunctions (orally) to order things. (E.g. ‘First’, ‘Next’, ‘then and last’)

• Continue to practise reading and writing name

Jack and the Beanstalk Planting Seeds (Kathryn Clay)

Jasper’s beanstalk

Easter story

Various nursery rhymes

Ros Bayley Songs

Instructions – Planting

Nursery Spring 2 – Non Core *For PE overview, see separate scheme of work

Uses lines to enclose space

and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects – sketching

spring flowers.

English Links Maths Link Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development

Understanding of the

World/Technology

Communication, Language and

Literacy Reading Stories linked to topic Non-fiction books about chicks

Writing Writing a class

diary

Counting eggs and number of male/female chicks Looking at more/less during observation of the chicks hatching Positional language – in and out Shape pictures of chicks using 2d shapes Building an enclosure for the chicks using 3d wooden building blocks

We focus on ~ caring for animals (chicks) ~ taking turns (handling

chicks)

Dancing – pretending to be chicks hatching, chicken dance

Papier mache chicks

Name writing Life cycle of a chick – observing them hatching

Caring for animals – handling/feeding the chicks

Developing observational skills – looking at chicks using

magnifying glasses, recording how they change Small world

farm animals Making pancakes Visit to the farm

Describing the chicks

Role play- ~ vets

~ farm ~ pet shop

Acting out stories linked to the topic

Non-fiction books about animals that lay eggs

Half Term

Nursery Summer 1 – Story Chest Eric Carle Sum1:

Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Continue to identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover, title, blurb and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

• Continue identifying describing words

• Continue Alliteration and rhyme Phase 1

• Continue hearing initial sounds through playing I spy with objects

• Continue orally blending and segmenting cvc words

• Continue to re-tell a simple story using familiar words and phrases

• Continue to link sounds to graphemes

• Continue to use time conjunctions (orally) to order things. (E.g. ‘First’, ‘Next’, ‘then and last’)

Ten little caterpillars Ten little ladybirds

Childrens choice

Various nursery rhymes Ros Bayley Rhymes

The Bad Tempered Ladybird

• Continue to practise reading and writing name

Practise writing some cvc words.

Reception Summer 1– Non Core Story Chest Eric Carle

English Links Maths Link Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development

Understanding of the

World/Technology

Communication, Language and

Literacy Reading Sharing a variety of different Eric Carle Stories Retelling stories Linking sounds and letters activities Visual Literacy Descriptive vocabulary through Eric Carle stories Beginning to have favourite stories Writing Mark making Write dance

Measuring and Counting linked to the Hungry Caterpillar 1 more Time/ days of the week – linked to the Bad- Tempered Ladybird Vocabulary of size – long/short

~ making friends ~ sharing and taking turns

~ working together Nursery tea party

Responding to Music Rhythm and Rhyme

activities

Moving in a variety of different ways – outdoors and indoors

Write dance activities/scribbling Scissor

skills

Life cycles of mini-beasts within Eric Carle stories Making Cakes/tea for the Eric Carle tea party

Retelling stories Learning new vocabulary in the

context of stories Opportunities to ask questions

Half Term

Nursery Summer 2 – Core Making a splash Sum2: Core text Focus on key skills Additional texts Additional texts poetry

Pirates Love Underpants (Claire Freedman)

• Identify picture, writing, front cover, back cover, title, blurb and talk about the pictures understanding who what where why how questions.

• Choosing a sharing book daily with family on entry.

• Continue identifying describing words

• Continue Alliteration and rhyme Phase 1

• Continue hearing initial sounds through playing I spy with objects

• Continue orally blending and segmenting cvc words

• Continue to re-tell a simple story using familiar words and phrases

• Continue to link sounds to graphemes

• Continue to use time conjunctions (orally) to order things. (E.g. ‘First’, ‘Next’, ‘then and last’)

• Continue to practise reading and writing name

• Continue to practise writing cvc words.

Aliens Love Underpants –

Rainbow fish

Children’s choice

Various nursery rhymes Ros Bayley Rhymes

Nursery Summer 2 – Non Core Making a splash

English Links Maths Link Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Expressive Art and Design

Physical Development

Understanding of the World/Technology

Communication, Language and Literacy

Reading ~Books linked to water – fiction and non fiction ~Rhyming stories ~Recognising names and familiar signs ~Listening and responding to a wide variety of stories ~Visiting the library

Writing ~Mark making / writing using recognisable letters

~Writing names

~Daily counting activities ~Number rhymes ~Capacity ~Magnetic fishing games ~Repeating patterns using different types of fish ~Shape pictures

We focus on ~ becoming independent ~getting ready to start school

~ safety near water

~Underwater collages ~Colour mixing to create underwater effects ~Responding to music – watery stormy music ~Bubble painting

Sharks and fish game

Sewing sea creatures using lacing cards

Moving in a variety of different ways ~ bikes ~large PE apparatus

~Climbing frame ~ music/dance ~ small apparatus

-Cutting skills

Exploring changes – making ice-lollies/jelly/ice cream ~Floating and sinking ~Exploring wet/dry sand ~Using senses to explore water. How does it feel/smell? What colour is it? ~Looking at different sea creatures ~celebrating special events

and times Visit to Sea-life centre

Identification of self Responding and listening to news Role play

~ underwater world ~ beach

~Acting out and retelling stories ~Exploring descriptive vocabulary linked to the topic ~Having conversations with our teachers and friends in nursery and listening to

each other

Half Term