“WHAT GOES UP” Theme
WEEK 1
5th -8th January / Spaceship roleplay
Space playdough mats
Space planets using crumpets as sponges
Blowpaint space pictures / MATHS / ICT / LANGUAGE & LITERACY
Counting to 20 objects
Recite to 100
Count back
Order numbers
Countdown from 10 / Family Learning maths & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Whatever Next?
Powerpoint
Prediction & sequencing
WEEK 2
11th – 15th January / Spaceship roleplay
Light sources: our sun
Our solar system – planet models using balloon & papier mache
Reflections in water / Estimate, count objects, actions & sounds,
ordinal numbers
Countdown from 20 / Family Learning maths & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Whatever Next?
Roleplay the story with props
WEEK 3
18th – 22nd January / Planets powerpoint (Twinkl)
Our solar system- name planets
Paper plate planets
Box model rockets & spaceships
Duplo rockets
Space-ship pictures with children’s faces on them
Make Bob’s packed lunch
Spacedust – pre-writing patterns / Countdown from 30
TIME: Days of the week, count actions in a minute
Key times of day / Family Learning maths & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Man On The Moon
Lists: What would you take to the moon?
Lists: What jobs need doing on the moon?
Research – 1st man to walk on the moon
WEEK 4
25th -29th January / Astronaut helmets
Hospital roleplay (RE link)
Space playdough mats
Crater printing
Film canister rockets
Moon buggys in the sand
Phases of the moon / 2D SHAPE & Sorting & classifying
Rocket 2D shape pictures/printing / Family Learning maths, shape & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Man On The Moon
Write a passport to go to the moon
Words to describe space
Postcard from the moon
Story ordering
WEEK 5
1st – 5th February / Hospital roleplay (RE link)
Paintings of underpants with patterns and lines on
Alien paintings
Alien playdough figures
Alien finger painting
Duplo Alien
Assembly: Friday 5th at 9am / ADDITION
Washing line underpants numbers
Pairs matching of underpants.
Underpants sorting / Family Learning maths & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Aliens Love Underpants
Descriptive riddles to describe underpants
Rhyming words
WEEK 6
8th – 12th February / Chinese New Year customs
Beebot – Chinese dragon
Chinese food / Patterns & Symmetry
Space food data handling / Family Learning maths & phonics
Phonics Play Phase 2/3 / Chinese New Year – non fiction
Questions
The above outline will be adapted depending on children’s interests, pace of coverage and other learning that crops up as the term progresses.