EYFS Medium Term Planning Date: Autumn Term 2
Main focus/Theme:On the Move- Hajj Journey,journey to the moon, rockets, transport, airport, holidays, obstacle course, maps, wheels, cogsChristmas/ Christmas Play
Trips:visit Walthamstow Market on the train, go to City Airport
Role Play: train station/airport/bus station
Author:Quentin Blake
Books: Dinosaurs Day Out, The Journey Home from Grandpas / Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Can play in a group
Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying
Is more outgoing towards unfamiliar people and more confident in new social situations
Shows confidence in asking adults for help
Aware of own feelings and knows that some actions and words can hurt others feelings (Circle Time) / Communication & Language
Is able to follow directions
Shows understanding of prepositions (behind, under, on top)
Responds to simple instructions
Beginning to understand ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions
Begin to use some more complex sentences
Question what happened and give explanations
Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are important to them / Physical Development
Begins to use anticlockwise movement to retrace vertical lines
Travels with confidence and skill around, under and through (obstacle course)
Begins to form recognisable letters
Show some need for safety
Dresses with help (buttons and zips) (get ready for going on a journey)
Maths
Use positional language (related to maps and journeys)
Recites numbers up to 10
Sometimes match numeral to quantity
Compares to groups of objects, saying when they have the same number (cars)
Shows an interest in number problems
Uses some number accurately in play
Orders familiar events (getting up and journey to school)
Uses everyday language related to time (journeys/holidays) / Literacy
Draw and label their own maps
Gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint
Handwriting (sitting, holding pencil, making the correct movements)
Listens to and joins in with stories
Describes story settings, events and main characters
Recognise familiar words (look out for familiar words on journeys)
Anticipates key events in stories
Begins to break the flow of speech into words / Understanding the World
Show an understanding of other cultures and communities (Hajj/Christmas)
Use different technology (Beebots and maps)
Show interest in the lives of people familiar to them
Show an interest in why things happen and how things work (how does a train/car move? Make a car with wheels that move/cogs)
Completes a simple program on the computer / Expressive Arts and Design
Begin to build a repertoire of songs and dances (Christmas Play)
Construct with a purpose in mind (making cars/places to visit)
Engages in imaginative role play based on first hand experiences (going on a train/bus)
Selects appropriate resources
Initiates combinations of movements (going on a train journey- narrative using movement and gesture)
Characteristics of Effective Learning
Playing and Exploring:
- Finding out and exploring
- Using what they know in their play
- Be willing to have a go
- Being involved
- Keeping on trying
- Enjoying and achieving
- Having their own ideas
- Using what they know to learn new things
- Choosing ways to do things and finding new ways
On-going tracking and assessments taken in the form of long and short observations with clear next steps for individual children on the Ipad
Individual Tracking Record of Achievements highlighted for every child on entry to the setting
Continue to provide appropriate support and refer children to SENCO/ outside agencies for SEN and Speech and Language, EAL issues / Environment/Resources
Listening and responsive adults who are aware of daily/ weekly termly aims
Inside and outside environment planned for on a weekly basis
Resources accessible and labelled for all
Continue 2 Make a Profile for each child
Role Play: train, bus station / Parents
Continue to develop relationship with parents/carers
Invite parents to come and watch the Christmas play
Invite parents on local trips, to change book bags, to share experiences with the class and read on a one-to-one basis