CONTINIOUS PROVISION PLAN WEEK BEGINNING ;……………23.11.15……………..

Area / Activities /Enhancements
Role of The Adult / What do we want the children to learn
(Development Matters ) / Observations
Role Play / Adults to encourage the children to play in the role play area taking on roles and acting out their experiences
Adults to encourage the children to dress and undress independently when using costumes etc adults to encourage the children to fasten fastenings put on hats etc
Encourage the children to use the mark making tools to make shopping lists, take orders in the café or leave notes for family members etc
Adults to encourage the children to introduce a narrative into their play with peers.
Adults to encourage the children to play alongside others engaged in the same theme
Adults to encourage the children to use language to develop and enrich their play and learning / Being imaginative – 22-36 months
Begin to make believe by pretending
Uses available resources to create props to support role-play
Being imaginative 30-50 months
Engage in imaginative and role play based on own first hand experiences
Being imaginative 40-60 months
Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.
Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme
Understanding the world –people and communities 30-50 months shows an interest in different occupations and ways of life
Health and self care 22-36 months
Helps with clothing, e.g. puts on hat, unzips zipper on jacket,
Takes off unbuttoned shirt.
Beginning to be independent in self-care, but still often needs adult support.
Moving and Handling 30-50 months
Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp.
Holds pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and uses it with good control.
Writing 40-60 months
Gives meaning to marks they make as they draw, write and paint
Speaking 22-36 months
Uses language as a powerful means of widening contacts
sharing feelings, experiences and thoughts.
30-50 months
Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their
Experiences. / All Groups
Book Area / Adults to read to children and encourage them to discuss the text, look at the print and the pictures and share the stories with others.
Adults to ask the children a series of open ended questions and encourage discussion and attentive listening.
Adults to encourage the children to look at books independently and use them correctly / Reading 22-36 months
Has some favourite stories rhymes poems or jingles
Repeats words or phrases from familiar stories.
Fills in the missing word or phrase in a known rhyme, story or game, e.g. ‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a ……..
30-50 months
Knows information can be relayed in the form of print
Show an interest in illustrations and print in books
Enjoy listening and joining in with stories in small groups and one to one.
Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.
Suggests how the story might end.
Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall.
Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
Looks at books independently.
Handles books carefully.
Knows information can be relayed in the form of print.
Holds books the correct way up and turns pages.
Knows that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom.
40 -60 months
Enjoys an increasing range of books.
Knows that information can be retrieved from books. / All groups
Writing /Mark Making / Explore various mark making materials. Adults to encourage the children to make marks using the equipment available. Adults to provide the children with various familiar words such as their own name and encourage them to hold a pencil effectively to begin to scribe familiar letters and words.
Adults to encourage the children to mark make for various reasons such as making shopping lists, writing letters etc / Writing 22-36 months
Distinguish between the different marks they make
Writing 30-50 months
Sometimes give meanings to the marks they make
40-60 months Gives meaning to marks they make as they draw and write / Writes own name
Moving and Handling 30-50 months
Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer sing whole-hand grasp.
Holds pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and uses it with good control.
Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name
40-60 months
Begins to form recognisable letters
Shows a preference for a dominant hand.
Begins to use anticlockwise movement and retrace vertical lines.
Uses a pencil and holds it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed / All groups
Expressive arts and design / Encourage the children to use various media and materials and tools and techniques safely and competently.
Encourage the children to make their own models and creations using various materials provided.
Cutting and sticking materials –adults to encourage the children to develop their cutting and manipulative skills and encourage the children to test out various items that are suitable for sticking i.e sellotape, prit stick PVA glue
Adults to create mendhi patterns with the children and use face paint to paint mendhi patterns on each others hands.
Adults to encourage the children to make Christmas decorations to be used at the Christmas tree festival
Adults to encourage the children to build and create models using various junk modelling materials. / Expressive arts and design –exploring media and materials 30-50 months
Realises tools can be used for a purpose
40-60 months
Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary
Selects tools and techniques needed to shape assemble and join materials they are using
Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately
Creates with a purpose in mind using a variety of resources
Explore what happens when they mix colours.
Being imaginative 40-60 months
Create simple representations of events people or objects
Moving and handling 30-50 months
Uses one-handed tools and equipment, e.g. makes snips in paper with child scissors.
Writing 22-36 months
Distinguish between the different marks they make
30-50 Months
Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and
paint.
40-60 months
Gives meaning to marks they make as they draw, write and paint.
People and communities 22-36 months
Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.
30-50 months
Shows interest in different occupations and ways of life. / All Groups
Green group whole group observation w/c 15/11/15
Red group AM SH 16.11.15 SB 18.11.15 AM 20.11.15
Water / Emptying and filling various containers –adults to encourage the children to fill and pour and empty. To count how many cups it takes to fill a bucket etc.
Explore and investigate water and flow
Provide a variety of open ended resources measuring jugs, bottles, cups funnels, tubes etc
Adults to encourage the children to explore quantities and measure.
Adults to encourage the children to notice changes and think about cause and effect
Adults to encourage the children to notice how things work for example how the water makes the water wheel go round. / Mathematics -Numbers – 22-36 months
Begin to make comparisons between quantities
40-60+ months numbers
Begins to identify own mathematical problems based on own interests and fascinations
Shape space and measure 40-60 months =
Orders items by weight or capacity
Understanding the world- the world 30-50 months
Talks about why things happen and why things work. / All groups
Construction / Adults to encourage the children to design, build and construct their own constructions using the various construction materials available. Encourage the children to observe and discuss shapes and their properties.
Adults to encourage the children to assemble and join construction materials etc.
Encourage the children to mark make in this area using the white boards and clipboards available.
Encourage the children to follow instructions to build things.
Adults to encourage the children to create simple structures and arrangements and to sort out blocks into categories. / Mathematics -Shape space and measures 30-50 months
Shows an interest in shape by sustained construction activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements.
Shows an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects
Beginning to talk about the shapes of everyday objects,e.g. ‘round’ and ‘tall’.
Number 22-36 months
Uses some language of quantities, such as ‘more’ and ‘a lot’.
Expressive arts and design –exploring media and materials 30-50 months
Uses various construction materials
Beginning to construct making enclosures and creating spaces.
Joins construction pieces together to build and balance
Expressive arts and design -Exploring and using media and materials
40-60+ months
Constructs with a purpose in mind using a variety of resources
Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary
Selects tools and techniques needed to shape assemble and join materials they are using.
Literacy -Writing 22-36 months
Distinguish between the different marks they make / All groups
Red group DR 18.11.15
Small World / Adults to encourage the children to engage in imaginative play using the variety of resources available.
Adults to encourage the children to make up story lines and introduce narratives into their play. Encourage the children to take on and act roles etc that reflect their own experiences. / Expressive arts and design –being imaginative 22-36 months
Beginning to make-believe by pretending.
30-50 months
Engages in imaginative role-play based on own first-hand
experiences.
Builds stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from an armchair ‘cliff’.
Uses available resources to create props to support role-play.
40 -60 months
Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.
Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme.
Plays cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative.
. / All groups
Mathematics / Adults to encourage the children to use the maths table and count and sort a variety of objects
Encourage the children to use number language and recognition.
Engage in mathematical play and problem solving discussions.
Encourage the children to notice and recreate patterns. / Mathematics- numbers 22-36months
Recites some number names in sequence
30-50 months Numbers
Use some number names accurately in their play
Show an interest in number problems
Shows an interest in numbers in their environment
Sort according to their own function
Sometimes matches number and quantity correctly
40-60 months numbers
Recognises numerals 1-5
Counts up to 3 or 4 objects saying a number name for each item
Counts objects to ten and beginning to count beyond ten
Counts out up to six objects from a larger group
Mathematics -Shape space and measure 22-36 months
Beginning to categorise objects according to properties such as shape or size.
Begins to use the language of size.
40-60 months
Orders two or three items by length or height
Shape space and measure 22-36 months
Notices simple shapes and patterns in pictures. / All groups
Music / Explore a variety musical instruments –adults to encourage the children to play the instruments and explore the sounds they make. Adults to encourage the children to move their bodies to music
Play a variety of songs and encourage the children to move and dance.
Pretend they are in the band etc
Adults to encourage the children to dance and sing along to their favourite songs or jingles / Expressive arts and design - exploring and using media and materials 22-36 months
Create sounds by banging tapping shaking etc
30-50 months
Imitates movement in response to music
Beginning to move rhythmically
40-60 months exploring and using media and materials
Explore the different sounds of instruments / All groups
Physical / Adults to encourage the children to observe the effects of exercise on their bodies, Adults to encourage the children to use the variety of physical equipment available.
Encourage the children to take turns and share the equipment etc
Adults to encourage the children to use the equipment safely and appropriately.
Adults to provide the climbing frame slide for children to practice climbing / Managing feelings and behaviour 16-26 months
Beginning to learn that some things are theirs some things are shared and some things belong to other people.
30-50 months moving and handling
Move freely with pleasure and confidence in a range of ways
Mounts stairs, steps or climbing equipment using alternate feet.
40-60 months
Experiments with different ways of moving. / All groups
Jigsaw Table / Variety of small and large table/ floor jigsaws –adults to encourage the children to fit the shapes and join the pieces together / 16-26 months shape space and measure
Attempts sometimes successfully to fit shapes into spaces and inset boards or jigsaw puzzles / All groups
End of session circle time /going home circle / Adults to encourage the children to dress themselves in their outdoor clothing and attempt to or practise fastening up their coats etc, Adults to praise their efforts and achievements. / Health and self care 22-36 months
Helps with clothing eg puts on hat unzips zipper on coat
30-50 months
Dresses with help e.g puts arms in open fronted coat and pulls up zipper once it is fastened at the bottom / All groups

Key person time

Activity / Resources/ Role of the Adult / What do we want the children to learn / Observations
Look at stories and non fiction books about different occupations / Adults to encourage the children to look at and discuss a variety of different occupations / reading 30-50 months
Knows information can be relayed in the form of print
Show an interest in illustrations and print in books
Enjoy listening and joining in with stories in small groups and one to one
People and communities 22-36 months
Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.
30-50 months
Shows interest in different occupations and ways of life / Blue group observation 18.11.15
Parachute activity / Adults to encourage the children to take turns, play together cooperatively and develop language skills. / Making relationships 30-50 months
Demonstrates friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Self confidence and self awareness 30-50 months
Confident to talk to other children when playing / Red group whole group observation
Chatting with children activities / Adults to encourage the children to engage in chatting with children activities / .Speaking 30-50 months
Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences / Green group whole group

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