Foundation Stage 1 Medium Term PlanningSpring Term 1 2018

Topic: Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Tales

Imaginative Play – Bakery- The Ginger bread man/pirate ship-/Boat- row, row, row your boat/5 little speckled frogs/ 5 little ducks//3 bears cafe.

TERM / Personal, Social and Emotional Development / Communication and Language// Literacy / Mathematics / Understanding of the World / Physical Development / Expressive Arts and Design
Activity / Activity / Activity / Activity / Activity / Activity
Week 1
03/01/2018 / Show confidence in linking up with others.
Working together
Sharing and turn taking
Team time- check psed whole school planning
Talking about home life- what the chn did over the holidays. / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Begin to use more complex sentences// Ascribe meaning to marks// To develop a concept of rhyme// Enjoy rhyming & rhythmic activities // To use speech to communicate with and respond to others.
Big book: Goldilocks and the three bears/ Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name./ Rhyme of the week: 10 IN A BED// teddy bear, teddy bear//the 3 bear rap Traditional tale of the week: no tale
Writing – free choice- alphabet mats/ numbers/ names/ To use writing for a variety of purposes- Parent Helper: Letter writing
Tongue twister: red lorry yellow lorry/ Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2 / Reciting rhymes and songs involving number.
COUNTING OBJECTS
Learn counting song: 5 current buns in a bakers shop
Big books/tape/CD: COUNTING FOR THE UNDER 5’S
Number of the week-1/2 / Construct with a purpose in mind using a variety of resources
CD player: FREE CHOICE
Computer: LGFL-purple mash/ mixing bear game scholastic TRADITIONAL TALES
Cooking- no cooking this week
Writing name on iwb / Children to move individually and as a group, exploring a wide range of movements, i.e. jumping, skipping, hopping, crawling using hands and feet.
Messy play: VEG PRINTING- SEE EAD
Gross motor: Mats down so chn can slither, shuffle, roll, crawl, walk,
Fine motor : THREADING/ PLAYDOUGH
Stop, freeze, still. Listen. Gallop. How were the king’s horses moving? Gallop. What sound did HD make when he fell? / Tap out simple repeated rhymes
To use paint to make topic related pictures.- linked to ict
Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
Role play: BAKERY
Small world:3 BEARS and goldilocks/ dolls and bandages
Rhyme/Song: round and round the garden like a teddy bear/ THERE WAS AN OLD MAN NAMED MICHAEL FINAGAIN/ MISS POLLY
OUTSIDE: 3 BEARS CAFE
Week 2
08/01/2018
Role Play- Trad Tales / Show confidence in linking up with others.
Working together
Sharing and turn taking
Team time- check psed whole school planning
WC: HOW TO PLAY TOGETHER/ KEEP PLAY GOING / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Begin to use more complex sentences// Ascribe meaning to marks// To develop a concept of rhyme// Enjoy rhyming & rhythmic activities // To use speech to communicate with and respond to others.
Big book: Goldilocks and the three bears/ Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name./ Rhyme of the week: 10 IN A BED// teddy bear, teddy bear// Traditional tale of the week: sleeping beatuy
Writing – free choice- alphabet mats/ numbers/ names/ To use writing for a variety of purposes- Parent Helper: Letter writing/ Tongue twister: red lorry yellow lorry/ Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2 / Reciting rhymes and songs involving number.
Matching numerals and quanitity.
Comparing sets of objects
Positional language
Number problems
SEPARATING OBJECTS
Learn counting song: 5 current buns in a bakers shop
Big books/tape/CD: COUNTING FOR THE UNDER 5’S
Number of the week-1/2 / Construct with a purpose in mind using a variety of resources
CD player: FREE CHOICE
Computer: LGFL-purple mash/ mixing bear game scholastic TRADITIONAL TALES
Cooking- porridge with honey/fruit.
Writing name on iwb/ using a program / Children to move individually and as a group, exploring a wide range of movements, i.e. jumping, skipping, hopping, crawling using hands and feet.
Messy play: PORRIDGE/ NATURAL MATERIALS- borrow from reception
Gross motor: Mats down so chn can slither, shuffle, roll, crawl, walk,
Fine motor : THREADING/ PLAYDOUGH
Stop, freeze, still. Listen. Gallop. How were the king’s horses moving? Gallop. What sound did HD make when he fell?
FOCUS- chn to copy their name and decorate with felt tips.
PARACHUTE PLAY- ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN LIKE A TEDDY BEAR/ THERE WERE TEN IN THE BED/ mushroom- lift up and sit inside underneath / Tap out simple repeated rhymes
To use paint to make topic related pictures.
Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
Role play: BAKERY
Small world: 3 BEARS AND DOLL HOUSE/ DOLLS AND BANDAGES
Rhyme/Song: round and round the garden like a teddy bear/ THERE WAS AN OLD MAN NAMED MICHAEL FINAGAIN/ MISS POLLY
OUTSIDE: 3 BEARS CAFÉ
OUTSIDE ART- Small bottles fill with running paint and throw- outside art
Week 3
15/01/2018
Friday 22nd Jane – Library trips / Take initiative and manage developmentally appropriate tasks
Children to become as independent as possible when managing take off and put on their shoes.
Team time- check psed whole school planning
Little miss muffet game
WC: IF SOMEONE IS SAD WHAT SHOULD WE DO / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Distinguish one sound from another - rhyming activities
Begin to be aware of the way stories are structured
To recognise that stories rhymes and songs have a sequence.
Big book: the gingerbread man
Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name.
Rhyme of the week: incy wincy spider/ little miss muffet
Traditional tale of the week: snow white
Writing – free choice- alphabet mats/ numbers/ names/ To use writing for a variety of purposes- Parent Helper: Letter writing
Tongue twister: peter piper pick a pickled pepper
Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2. / Matching number and quantity.
Counting objects - linked to topic/fingers during songs.
FOCUS:
Make paper plate spiders and count OUT 4 LEGS FOR EACH SIDE- SAY ONE MORE/LESS THAN 4.
Learn counting song: 1 2 buckle my shoe
Big books/tape/CD:
Number of the week-3-4 / Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar
world such as the place where they live or the natural world/ Can talk about some of the things they have observed such as
plants, animals, natural and found objects
CD player: FREE CHOICE- NURSERY RHYMES
Computer: LGFL- traditional tales gam/ scholastic through the keyhole Writing name on iwb/ using a program
Cooking- Ginger bread man / Listening and responding to a wide range of music, sounds in the environment, rhyme and nursery rhymes.
Messy play:Fruit juice factory- oranges and lemons and squeezers
Gross motor: pouring
Fine motor finger puppets
PARACHUTE PLAY- WASHING MACHINE / Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
To respond physically to a wide range of sounds.
To involve themselves in role-play and act out topic rhymes/ nursery rhymes/ stories.
Scented Ginger bread man collage
Role play: 3 BEARS CAFÉ/ BAKERY
Small world: GINGERBREAD MAN AND HOUSES
Rhyme/Song: INCY WINCY SPIDER/ LITTLE MISS MUFFET/ JACK AND JILL/ THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY
Outside art: Chalk road on black paper-outside/ under shelter- rearrange the tables and make a race track
Week 4
22/012018 / Display high levels of involvement in activities.
Show pictures on sheet ‘Happy or Sad’ and discuss.
FOCUS: READ Cinderella AND think about how the sisters and step mother treat her. what should they be like? How could they show Cinderella they are sorry?
Make expression faces with play dough mats and play dough- discuss feelings and what makes us happy/ sad and the physical effects of feelings.
Team time- check psed whole school planning
Children to become as independent as possible when managing take off and put on their shoes. / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Understand that marks can convey meaning.
Develop a core of nursery rhymes, songs, poems & jingles that children can say from memory.
Big book: the 3 little pigs
Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name.
Rhyme of the week: Mary had a little lamb/ Old MacDonald had a farm/LITTLE BO BEEP
Traditional tale of the week: cinderella
Writing – free choice- alphabet mats/ numbers/ names/ To use writing for a variety of purposes- Parent Helper: Letter writing
Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2/ Tongue twister: A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies / Playing counting games, board games, items in story and rhymes
Collecting or making groups of objects.
Comparing sets of objects
Positional language
Number problems
Learn counting song: 1,2,3,4,5 ONCE I CAUGHT A FISH ALIVE.
Big books/tape/CD: counting songs for the under 5
Number of the week-5-6 / Examine objects and living things to find out more about them - Talk about animals mentioned in different rhymes/ traditional tales.
CD player: free choice
Computer: lgflTyping name on activprimary and printing off work
Cooking- pig cup cakes / PE in the hall/ art block.
Activities to encourage mark making through brushes, pencils, in a range of sizes.
Messy play: rainbow Sticky spaghetti- make letters, numbers and shapes
Gross motor- painting large lines and circles outside on long paper
Fine motor – see messy play
PARACHUTE PLAY- FINDING OBJECTS/ going underneath to find a pairing pair/ finding different objects / Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
Different textured materials to make topic related models.
Use clay to make topic related models.
Role play:farm/ cafe
Small world: farm animals
Rhyme/Song: Mary had a little lamb/ Old MacDonald had a farm/LITTLE BO BEEP/ I went to visit a farm one day./ 5 little sucks
Outside art: see pd/painting blowing
Week 5
29/01/2018 / Team time- check psed whole school planning
Discus why it is important to be safe- how to be safe in the nursery/ stranger danger
Children to become as independent as possible when managing take off and put on their shoes. / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Playing rhyming games.
Begin to use more complex sentences
Ascribe meaning to marks
Sharing rhyming stories & books – drawing attention to pattern in sounds & similarities in words that rhyme.
Big book: Jack and the bean stalk/ little red riding hood
Tongue twister: RED BULB BLUE BULB RED BULB BLUE BULBLetter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name.
Rhyme of the week:humpty dumpty
Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2 / Enjoy joining in with number rhymes
To represent & record numbers using fingers marks on paper using own invented system.
Comparing sets of objects
Positional language
Number problems
Where is the wolf?
Learn counting song: 5 little monkeys swinging in the trees
Big books/tape/CD: counting songs for the under 5.
Number of the week-7-8
Parent Helper: number writing / Talk about what is seen and what is happening
Planting beans
CD player: free choice
Computer: Typing name on activprimary and printing off work
Cooking- current buns
FOCUS: ict clipboard / To move in a range of ways, including apparatus work.
Kicking and catching
Understand that tools & equipment have to be used safely
Messy play: gloop
Gross motor:kicking and catching/ large climbing equipment.
Fine motor: weaving a beanstalk
PARACHUTE PLAY- OVER AND UNDER/ making a role play boat/ / Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
Collage - ‘Humpty Dumpty…’
Respond to action rhymes & songs. Stamping, clicking, tapping – quiet/ loud, patting, and marching.
Following movement directions & music
Positional language - forwards /backwards
Role play:café and farm
Small world:humpty dumpty world/ soil and beans
Rhyme/Song: HUMPTY DUMPTY// hickory dickory dock/ 3 blind mice/ THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK/ CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICKEN
Outside art:Comb painting
Week 6
05/02/2018
Chinese New Year – Year of the Monkey
8th
Valentine cards / Show confidence in linking up with others.
Team time- check psed whole school planning
Children to become as independent as possible when managing take off and put on their shoes.
Wc- gruffol is… hurt/ tried… model telling an adult talking in sentences. / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Begin to use more complex sentences
Ascribe meaning to marks
To develop a concept of rhyme
To become increasingly aware of the sounds within language.
Re-reading familiar stories, thymes, using pictures to help children retell the story, song, rhyme in sequence.
FOCUS- RETELLING/ ACTING OUT THE STORY
video and show the chn- linked to ict.
Big book: Billy goats gruff
Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name.
Rhyme of the week: row row row your boat
Parent Helper: Letter writing
Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2/ Tongue twister: A sailor went to seaTo see, what he could see.And all he could seeWas sea, sea, sea. / Count groups of objects becoming able to say one number for each item counted.
Comparing sets of objects
Positional language
Number problems
Learn counting song: 5 little speckled frogs
Big books/tape/CD: counting songs for the under 5.
Number of the week-9-10 / Using cardboard tubes, and then clay. 3D models displayed.
Floating and sinking- making boats
CD player: free choice
Computer: free choice lgfl- i-board
Cooking-peach boats
I know I can use the computer to search for information (eg: ) / PE in the hall/ art block.
To respond through movement to express their feelings.
Messy play: STRONG BREAD FLOUR/DOUGH
Gross motor: kicking and catching/ climbing equipment
Fine motor : making boats out of junk modelling
Parachute- if your happy and you know it / Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
To respond physically to a wide range of sounds.
To involve themselves in role-play and act out topic rhymes/ nursery rhymes/ stories.
Role play:boat/ café.
Small world:water/ lily pads and frogs and logs.
Rhyme/Song: 5 little speckled frogs. Row row row your boat/POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON/ IM A LITTLE TEAPOT
Outside art:Fly swot and painting
Week 7
14/02/2016
Valentine’s day 14/2
Internet safety day 11/2 / Display high levels of involvement in activities.
Team time- check psed whole school planning
Children to become as independent as possible when managing take off and put on their shoes.
WC- Plan support for children who have not yet made friends.- HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS- WHAT DO YOU SAY? / Nursery rhymes sack- l&s
Re-reading familiar stories, thymes, using pictures to help children retell the story, song, rhyme in sequence.
Begin to use more complex sentences
Ascribe meaning to marks
To develop a concept of rhyme
To become increasingly aware of the sounds within language.
Big book: CHN TO CHOOSE THEIR FAVOURITE
Letter of the week: name writing/ first letter of name.
Rhyme of the week: twinkle twinkle,
Phase1- Rhyming soup/ start phase 2
Tongue twister: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, FuzzyWuzzy wasn't very fuzzy... was he??? / Recap half terms maths.
Comparing sets of objects
Positional language
Number problems
Learn counting song: 5 little ducks
Big books/tape/CD:
Number of the week-1-10
Parent Helper: number writing / Set up texture display with children and encourage talk and discussion.
CD player: free choice
Computer: free choice lgfl- i-board
Cooking- PAT-A-CAKE- BAKING- upside down pineapple sponge- needs to be egg free
I know I can use the computer to search for information (eg: ) / Show skill and control when using mark-marking tools.
Messy play: Soap lather and brushes
Gross motor: kicking and catching/ climbing equipment
Fine motor- drawing
Parachute- making a hill to roll things down/ Mexican wave/ / Carpet session/Music:
See weekly plan
Begin to describe the texture of things
FOCUS: making up a dance- joining movements together/ hand castes
To use paint to make topic related pictures.
Role play: café/ boat
Small world: ducks in the pond
Rhyme/Song: 5 little ducks/ twinkle twinkle/ GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK/
Outside art: MUD PAINTING/ TEXTURE RUBBING