Expressive Arts and DesignSing songs relating to body parts e.g. “heads,
shoulders,knees and toes”, Explore using body parts, including voices, to makesoundsClap syllables in children’s names and make intopatterns over a steady beatExplore different ways of making sounds with musicalinstrumentsExplore tools for painting; brushes, rollers, sponges,rags and fingers, use these tools to print patternsName colours and experiment with themLearn how to mix powder paints and record whathappensUse imagination or observation to create paintings oftheir choiceLook at some famous self portraits and interpret theirstyle. Paint pictures of own choice using skills learnedListen to a variety music and interpret it in movement
R.E. (Religious Education)
Thinking about ‘Special People’. This will include family, friends and the school community as well as finding out about Special people in the Bible.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Formulate class rules together Discuss consequences of breaking rulesLook at photographs of children whenthey were babies Play “inside-out” – where each memberof the class says something nice about achosen child.Wash, dress and undress baby dolls inrole play and water tray.Play name games to familiarise eachother with new class membersRole play rules and manners to
establishclass protocolsExplore stories about caring for eachother through role-play, small world
andpuppetry.Play circle games and matching gamesto emphasise turn-taking.Explore the school building and meet
allthe staff- make a board to display thepeople who help us in schoolDevelop relationships between Year Rand Year 6 buddiesPreparing for Harvest Festival and
beinggrateful for all we have and how we canhelp others.
Oak's Topic Plan Term 1 2015
Me and My School
Literacy.Texts: Lucy and Tom go to school, Greedy Jack, Owl babies,
Titch Retell above texts with magnetic story props/small world
toys/puppets and in role play areaSigns and labels for classroom and role-play area using ICTLabels and captions for body, tasting and smelling investigations Contribute to big class information book about senses.Make books in body shapeMake growth zig-zag book from baby to grandparent.Make I spy books (eye shaped)Contribute to class lift the flap book – knock, knock, who’s there,
someone beginning with? Focus on namesForm letters in name correctly using pens, paints, sand, by
labelling models + signing up for class surveys.Ongoing phonics programme ‘Letters and Sounds’ phase 2
Communication and LanguageCircle time, class activities, singing, discussions in small groups.
Observation of 'talk' happening in child-initiated play. Adults modelling correct skills.
Listening to stories, anticipating what comes next. Role play areasstory telling talking with other children to create a combined outcome
Physical Development .Play starting and stopping on a signal gamesExplore ways of travelling using different body partsDo aerobics classes to music and explore changes to bodies afterwardsMake plates of dough food (healthy/non-healthy)Sort out pictures/menus of healthy and non-healthy foods and display asa pictogram.Design and paint posters concerning personal hygiene routines Make aclass book about things that help us to grow healthily and things thatdon’t Role play keeping “baby” clean and well-fedTalk about effects of exercise after PE or outside play Practice sewing skills by punching holes in shapes (body, face) to sewthroughPlay sending and receiving games with bats and balls, etc
Understanding the WorldGetting to know the class and school environment and the people in itUsing the ipads to take photographs of staff and places in schoolUsing directional language to direct each other aroundPlaying with Beebots and other programmable toys and programme their
movementsCookery, making flavoured jelly and child shaped biscuitsLooking at the change in seasons- from Summer to AutumnMaking a collection of natural items on a welly walk for display in the classLooking at changes in ourselves over time, e.g. when I was a baby I could …, Now
Ican …Celebrating Harvest Festival with the community and talking about celebrations athome. How do we celebrate different occasions?Describing themselves and thinking how they are different/the same as otherchildren in the class
MathematicsContribute to pictogram / graph about eye colour or hair colour and
count responsesCollect information in a survey about favourite colours
Record favourite tastes / smells in a pictogram and count responsesSort out pictures healthy and non-healthy foods and display as a
pictogram.Make age pictogram which changes over the year
“I am 4, I am 5” picture moves on child’s birthdayMeasure heights using large plastic bricks
Compare heights and weights of children. Order heights of groups of children
Sort sets of animals, compare bears, play people, shapes and other classroom objects by size and compare and order
Devise different ways to measure and compare heights of childrenPlay counting games using fingers (and toes)
Reciting numbers to 10 and then 20 and recognising the numeralsDescribing and naming common 2D shapes and using language to
describe size and position.Continuing repeating patterns using various criteria, e.g. size, colour.
