Autumn 1 

Autumn 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2 

Getting to know you 

Woodland animals 

Growing 

PSE 

Jigsaw: Being Me in My World 

Jigsaw: Celebrating Difference 

Jigsaw: Dreams and Goals 

Jigsaw: Healthy Me 

Jigsaw: Relationships 

Jigsaw – Changing Me 

Physical 

Gross motor & fine motor focused activities and child initiated activities.    

Balance 

Ball Skills 

Coordination & agility 

Sports day practice  

C&L 

Word of the day 

Teach social phrases (good morning/good afternoon) 

Daily story time 

Weekly poetry basket poem/action  

Reading areas in all rooms & outside 

Word of the day 

Teach sentence structure (who, what, where) 

Daily story time including non fiction books 

Weekly poetry basket poem/action 

Reading areas in all rooms & outside 

Curiosity Cube – encourage discussion 

Word of the day 

Teach sentence structure (who, what, where, when/how) 

Daily story time including non fiction books 

Weekly poetry basket poem/action 

Reading areas in all rooms & outside 

Curiosity Cube – encourage discussion 

Literacy 

Phonics: Phase 2 

Blending & segmenting 

Sound of the day – daily practice of writing sounds/words 

Daily story – focus on vocabulary, retrieval, retelling the story.   

Phonics: Phase 2 

Blending & segmenting 

Sound of the day – daily practice of writing sounds/words 

Daily story – focus on vocabulary, retrieval, retelling the story.   

Phonics: Phase 3 

Reading:  A range of topic related texts & Bug Phonics books 

Writing:  

List of animals 

Describe animals (adjectives) 

Instructions 

Speech bubbles 

Phonics: Phase 3 

Reading:  A range of topic related texts & Bug Phonics books 

Writing: 

Captions 

Sentence structure 

Rhyming words 

Labels 

Phonics – phase 4 

Reading:  A range of topic related texts & Bug Phonics books 

Writing: 

Instructions 

Descriptions 

Lists 

Labels 

Sentences 

Acrostic Poem 

Phonics – phase 4 

Reading:  A range of topic related texts & Bug Phonics books 

Writing: 

Sentences 

Lists 

Instructions 

Letters 

Maths 

Number of the week focusing on 1-10 – daily maths lessons focusing on:  

counting accurately (10 objects that cannot be moved) 

subitising (to 3) 

comparing quantities 

name shapes 

Recap numbers to 10 

Patterns and shapes 

Ordinal numbers 

Counting in 2’s/10’s 

Odds and evens 

Number of the week focusing on 11-15 

Calculations 

Number bonds 

Arrays 

Estimating 

Doubling 

Composition of teen numbers 

One more/less 

Number of the week focusing on 16-20 

Sharing 

Halving/doubling 

Square numbers 

Calculations 

Estimating 

Subitising 

Arrays 

2D shapes 

Problem solving 

Number of the week focusing on numbers to 20 

Odds and evens 

Problem solving (numbers) 

Problem solving with measures 

Counting on  

Number patterns 

UW 

learn about interests 

Colour Monsters – identify feelings 

Construction 

My body – look at body parts 

Spiders – what do they eat/where do they live etc.   

Autumn – Leaf Man, pumpkin investigation 

Bonfire night – history & safety 

Remembrance 

Our homes 

Christmas story & traditions 

Facts about woodland animals (fox, hedgehog, owl) 

Nocturnal animals 

Make dens, bird hides, nests & hedgehog homes 

Chinese New Year 

Floating/sinking (feathers) 

Life cycles 

Facts about woodland animals (birds, squirrels, mice, badgers, deer, rabbits) 

Bird identification 

Easter – story & traditions 

Plant flowers and vegetables 

Learn how plants grow 

Look after plants 

Experiments with flowers/vegetables 

Learn about different jobs 

Life cycles 

Animal prints 

Our bodies 

EA&D 

paint/draw pictures of ourselves 

make colour monster puppets 

humpty dumpty crafts 

rainbows – explore colours 

spider crafts 

music – harvest songs, Humpty Dumpty, I Can Sing a Rainbow, Incy Wincy Spider 

Nursery rhyme week: Jack & Jill, Hickory Dickory Dock, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Row Row Row Your Boat, The Wheels on the Bus 

Leaf man pictures 

Fireworks pictures 

Poppies 

Pictures of our homes 

Pictures of our friends 

Christmas cards & crafts (tbd) 

Nativity songs 

Winter handprint pictures 

The Fox & the Star inspired art 

Clay hedgehogs 

Owl Baby printing 

Chinese New Year – lanterns & dragon puppets 

Music – SingUp:  

I’ve Got a Grumpy Face (Timbre, beat, pitch contour) 

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Musical storytelling, louder/quieter, faster/slower, higher/lower, timbre) 

Witch witch (Call-and-response, pitch (la-so-mi-do), timbre.) 

Silhouette birds 

Printing with acorn cups 

Mouse finger puppets 

Black & white art 

Antler art 

Easter cards & crafts 

Music – SingUp:  

Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Beat, pitch (step/leap), timbre.) 

Birdspotting – Cuckoo (Active listening, beat, pitch (so-mi), vocal play) 

Shake My Sillies Out (Timbre, pitch (higher/lower), tempo (slower/faster), beat.) 

Sunflower pictures 

Vegetable printing 

3D flowers 

Sketching flowers 

Collaborative art using finger/hand printing 

Music – SingUp:  

Up and down (Pitch contour (rising and falling) 

Five Fine Bumble Bees (Timbre, tempo, structure (call-and-response), active listening.) 

Down There Under the Sea (Timbre, structure, active listening, tune moving in step (stepping notes), soundscape.) 

Paint future self 

Make 3D nests and birds 

Feet hand printing 

Pictures for new teachers 

Large scale art outside 

Music – SingUp:  

It’s Oh So Quiet (Dynamics, timbre, musical storytelling, improvising and composing, exploring instruments.) 

Slap Clap Clap (Music in 3-time, beat, composing and playing) 

Bow Bow Bow Belinda (Beat, active listening, instrumental accompaniment.)