counting in all areas of our nursery and activities. We will use stories this term as a stimulus in all areas of maths including problem solving, counting and shapes. We will estimate numbers and then check by counting. We will use Aliens love underpants to find one more and one less than a number Literacy
Texts this term include traditional stories,
Handas surprise, Whatever next, aliens love underpants, loon on the moon We will use books and stories as a stimulus in all our learning this term. Our mark making includes writing labels and tickets and drawing and writing posters for our theatre performances. We will sequence stories using cards and props.
Communication and Language
In our centreour we will use on andstories knowing that information WeGarden will use topic to support writing as a means of recording can be retrieved from books and our listening, understanding and speaking and communicating and attempt computers. skills. writing for different purposes, We will share stories including including recounts of what we Jaspers Beanstalk, Titchs We will listen to and be able to recall have done, descriptions and Garden, The Tiny Seed and The stories and rhymes. Very Hungry Caterpillar. instructions. WeIn willour continue to develop We will the language letters andour sounds wedevelop will be able reading skills and learn about we use for communication by to show awareness of sustaining rhyming words and sounds and letters which will attentive listening, help us use of our us phonic to what a we have some will be ableresponding to continue knowledge to write simple heard with relevant comments, rhyming string. regular words and make questions or actions. phonetically attempts We will listening We willplausible use our TV studio toenjoy retell andto and at more complex words. using spoken and written make up our own stories. As gardeners we will find out language, and readily turn to it Weplants, will showing use our pretending that and about an talk in id explorethe meanings sounds ofelse new words. understanding of how for something objects stand for information can be found in nonexample a box that may be a rocket. fiction texts to answer questions about why and how Wewhere, will who, continue to use a variety of
questions and be able to give simple
explanations.
Creative Development
Our Role play will be a TV studio with a
dressing room and box office where we can sell tickets. We will make our own camera to film our stories and songs. We will also use our house to tell stories and change it depending on the story we are focusing on each week. We will use objects in nursery to use as props for our stories We will paint and use collage to create aliens In music we will explore instruments and find out how we can change the sound of instruments.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
We will use stories as a stimulus to find out
about different people and different ways of life including those from other countries Africa We will find out about travelling to the moon and what it might be like. We will remember and talk about our favourite stories from home. We will enjoy imaginative play through our TV studio. We will use cameras and a camcorder to record our stories so we can watch them. We will read and play games on the computer such as bananas in pyjamas and other stories. Physical Development
In P.E. we will use our stories to move in
different ways. We will listen to and move to different music as we retell our stories e.g. African music in Handas surprise We will continue to develop our pencil control and some of us will be able to Write letter like shapes or letters in our name and some that are familiar to us.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Acorn class will continue to develop our
routines during our day. In our circle times our themes will be Good to be me. We will begin to work and play together to retell and create stories in our role play areas. We will gain confidence when we talk and work with other children and adults. We will begin to take account of what others say and do.