Literacy, Language and CommunicationOracy Skills

Circle time – what do you know about space and the planets? Share their planets art/craft/music what do you like? How could

they improve it? NASA role-play area Dee the sheep to go home for the weekend! Talk about ‘you-tube’ space and the planets footage Who? What? Why? How? Listen to alliteration and rhyme, poetry and stories. Sequencing space stories. Join in with songs, stories and rhymes Ask questions about something that has been said Take part in group activities when discussing science

experiments, what will happen if….. Children to talk about their bedtime routine Learn bedtime rhyme ‘Star light, star bright, first star I see

tonight…’ can you hear the rhyme? Who works when I’m asleep?

Reading/Phonics Skills Themed reading/library corner, book of the week display. Story time – focus on reading left to right. Planetarium bedtime story, cushions and blankets - children can

bring in their teddy. VCOP (vocab, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation) board –

populate with words from daily shared reading and writing. Big Write Jolly Phonics games and songs, initial sounds ad blends. Display names in class, self-registration. Fact and fiction space books Book/sound of the week. Relate information from text to personal experience – what happens

when we fall asleep? Books: Aliens love Underpants, See Inside Space, Zoom Rocket

Zoom! Whatever Next….How to Catch a Star, Owl Babies. Identifying phonics in name on a keyboard Reading interactive stories on computer

Writing Mark making opportunities – paint, sand, tracing, large paper with

pens and pencils, water and brushes, chalks, messy play etc. Big Write (using working VCOP wall) Writing opportunities in all class areas Hand exercises, flexibility and pencil hold (crocodile). Overwriting and copying patterns/words/phrases Writing challenge table using themed word mats and WOW words Typing name using Pages

‘Look up to the stars’Topic Map

Autumn Term 2018Reception Class

Mathematical DevelopmentNumber

Daily CLIC activites (Little, Big Maths) Counting up to 100! Counting back from 20 Identifying numbers to 20 Splat 100 – patterns, identifying numbers, what’s

before/next? Counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s Ordering numbers – planets. Cbeebies ICT counting games Numicon focus activities and in continuous provision

Shape, Position and Movement Junk modeling rockets – 3D shapes. Create space pictures using the 2D shapes. Use ‘Paint’ to make 2D pictures of planets and stars. Recognising repeating patterns – copy and continue. Understand biggest / smallest. Match pictures and objects by their size. Order planets, stars and rockets by size. What weighs more/less? Estimating then using scales to

weigh two objects.

Measures and Money Space Rock Café! Coins up to £1 Days of the week, months of the year and seasons songs. Weekly weather record Outdoor weather station – thermometer Time – what time is the register, break, lunch, home time?

Clocks on display Sequencing your day – shared and group work. Measuring objects using non-standard units of measure.

Personal and Social Development Deciding on our class rules. Glitter hand washing. How are you feeling? Register Circle time -Understanding others’ feelings

through ‘how would you feel if..?’ activity. Self-registration and half termly target setting. Group tasks to work as a team – building a

rocket outdoors / solar system. Talking partners during carpet time. Increased group work during focus activities. Develop independence through continuous

and enhanced provision. Helper of the day Star of the week Buddy system with year 6; Shared reading

sessions. Healthy eating – what would you take on a trip

to the moon? Sorting healthy/unhealthy food using ICT

Knowledge and Understanding of the WorldLiving and Non-Living Things

Season – Autumn sensory table (sorting using ICT) Body parts – astronauts. Differences between our planet and another. Light sources – such as the sun and darkness is the

absence of light. Craters on the moon – can we make them using flour and

pebbles. Why do stars shine? Experiment using a box and torch!

ICT/Digital Competency

Using JIT for writing Log on independently Use mouse to find internet icon Log off independently Work cooperatively alongside an ICT partner.

Welsh Language Development

Greeting ‘bore da’ ‘hwyl fawr’ hwyl fawr ffrindiau song…. Following commands - Gwrandewch, ‘Dyma’r ffordd i olchi

dwylo’ (wash hands), amser snac Flic a Flac/Tedi a Doli ‘dyma fi’; Pwy wyt ti? Sut wyt ti?

….ydw i, wedi blino, iawn etc Diolch/os gwelwch yn dda Un, dau, tri, pedwar, pump etc up to 15 Following commands ‘amser chwarae’ ‘amser snac’ etc

Planetarium bedtime story. Nocturnal animals – how do they find food/their way?

Time and People Human achievements and big ideas that have shaped the

world – first man on the moon, the world is round! Can we make a ‘big ideas’ timeline?

People and Places Which planet is closest to Earth? How long does it take to

travel to the moon? Why do we need sleep? Children to keep a sleep diary for

one week. How much sleep did we all get? The same/different?

Record role-play using voice recorders and ipads.

Use iPads to search for information about space

Internet Safety / iPad rules. Take photographs of their own work using

iPads.

Sut mae’r tywydd heddiw? Mae hi’n …….gymylog, wyntog, heulog, bwrw glaw, bwrw eira, braf, stormus.

Penblwydd Hapus Ble mae? Where is? Coch, melyn, oren, gwyrdd, glas, du, llwyd, porfor, pinc,

brown. Gwrandewch/ amser tacluso / amser chwarae / amser cinio

etc. Welsh songs.

RE This terms value Harvest – why do we celebrate? Baking our own bread What is prayer for? Do other countries celebrate Harvest? Whole school assemblies Learning hymns

Creative DevelopmentMusic

Autumnal sounds – rain, rustling, wind….what instruments can we use to make these sounds?

Autumn songs Can you sing a lullaby? Quiet voice…add in quiet

instruments. To follow instructions to sing loud/quiet.

Art & Craft Making planets for display, thinking about size and texture

(3D and 2D) Rocket, junk modeling. Use chalk, silver pens and gummed stars to make a galaxy

picture Decorate large rocket with various materials. Make a sock alien!

Continuous ProvisionPlaydough

Playdough mats – making comets, rockets, stars Use cutters, rollers, stamps

Construction

Can you reach the star? Children to build blocks /lolly sticks up to the star on the wall?

Create lunar landscape using tuff spot – sand, pebbles and moon buggies.

Small world

Can you build a dream world? Rockets and fabric, what planet shall we visit?

Physical Development

Dance – using music, slow/fast, big or small movements. Space Odyssey, Rocket Man…

Wooden climbing frame. Outdoor – bikes and scooters Parachute games. Ball skills Team games – beanbag relays etc.