Autumn Term 1 Sept-Oct Weeks 1-7 Week Context Development Matters EYFS Areas of Learning Teacher Led Activities Continuous Provision 1-2 Settling In Separates from main carer with support and encouragement from a familiar adult (22-36) Shows understanding and cooperates with some boundaries and routines (22-36) Beginning to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools (22-36) Explore new environments. (16-26 months) Responds to a few appropriate boundaries months) Interested in others play and starting to join in. (22-36 months) Demonstrates friendly behaviours, initiating conversations with peers and adults (30-50 months) Understands simple sentences (16-26) Uses simple sentences (22-36) Responds to simple instructions (30-50) Drinks well without spilling (22-36) Clearly communicates for toilet (22-36) Can select and use activities and resources with help (30-50) Is more outgoing towards unfamiliar people and more confident in new social situations (30-50) Demonstrates friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults. (30-50) Recognises familiar words and signs such as own name and advertising logos (30-50) PSED Communication & Language Literacy Becoming familiar with the nursery. Becoming familiar with the school site. Percy the Park Keepers Treasure Hunt Becoming familiar with nursery routines. Making friends Exploring boundaries Small World Dolls House Water tray Bubbly water Role Play Babies and accessories Tuff Tray Dry sand and glitter for mark making Creative Apple printing Maths Tape measures Outside Stop/go boards with bikes Tuff tray and tweezers
Beginning to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes. (40-60) Selects a particular named shape. (40-60) Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources (40-60). Create simple representations of events, people and objects (40-60) 6 Toys: Old and New Expresses own preferences and interests (22-36) can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas. (30-50) Uses talk to in pretending the objects stand for something else in play (30-50) Begins to categorise objects according to properties (22-36) Separates a group of objects in different ways but still recognise they have the same number. (30-50) Understands some talk about past and future (22-36) PSED C&L M UtW Our favourite toys Teddy bears Compare bears Toys that move Toys from yesteryear Small World Water tray Role Play Tuff Tray Cars in paint/ foam Creative Maths Outside Teddy bears picnic Weeks 1-6 Outdoor Learning Shows understanding & co-operates with some boundaries and routines (22-36) Comment’s and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world. (30-50) Can inhibit own actions and behaviours (22-36) C&L UtW PSED Exploring site, observe children and their interests. Use this to plan for following weeks Weeks 1-2 3-4 5-6 Gardening- A time to Harvest Gardening- A time to tidy Understands who, what, where in simple questions (22-36) Shows an interest in technological toys (30-50) Sometimes gives meanings to marks as they draw (30-50) Repeats words and phrases from familiar stories (22-36) Suggest how a might end (30-50) Begin to use more complex language to link thoughts (30-50) Enjoys the responsibility of carrying out small jobs. (30-50) developing an understanding of growth, decay, and changes over time (30-50) Squats with steadiness and to feet without using hands (22-36) C & L UtW L L L&A PSED UtW PD Explore allotment, can we identify the plants, take photos and develop an identification guide. Collect seeds (from a sunflower if ready) Read ‘Ten Seeds’ Other tidy up jobs Look for signs of Autumn
Create simple representations of events (40-60+) Week 2 and 3 5th – 16th Nov Nocturnal Animals ‘The Prickly Hedgehog’ by Mark Ezra ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell Developing and understanding of growth, decay and changes over time (30-50) Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions (40-60) Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world (30-50) Listens to and joins in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups (30-50) Builds stories around toys (30-50) Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change. PSED Physical U of W C&L Literacy- Reading EAD- BI Can’t You Sleep Little Bear - re-enact story using bears, lights and other props - re tell the story in sequence using velcro board Owl babies -make our own owls (art room) - use the story sack to retell the story. about nocturnal animals: Sort day time and nocturnal animals Make natural hedgehogs with stick and clay. -make hedgehog bread Black playdough with glitter added experimenting with torches Dark den Light box Nocturnal and Diurnal animals Role Play: Farm shop Week 4 and 5 19th Nov- 1st Dec Harvest Stories: ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper Rosies Walk Expresses own preferences and interests (22-36) Feeds self competently with spoon Understands the use of objects (e.g. what do we use to cut things?) (30-50) Understands that equipment and tools have to be used safely (30-50) Shows understanding for the need for safety when tackling new challenges, and considers and manages some risks (40-60) Expresses own preferences and interests (22-36) Confident to speak to others about own needs, wants, interests and opinions (40-60) U of W Literacy- Reading EAD- BI -activities around the story Pumpkins -draw our face on the pumkin and have a with him -size sorting -weighing -tip tap nails and hammers walk to collect seeds -seed sorting Little Red Hen Survey of preferred soup- Purplemash Pumpkins, mallets and golf tee’s- fine motor Drawing fruit and vegetables Weighing and comparing vegetables Make Pumpkin soup Develop an understanding of Winter vegetables