2014-2015 Reception and NurseryTopic Map
Nursery
Term / Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Half Term Topic Focus / All About Me
(My first day at school, My Immediate Family (Mum, Dad, Brothers & Sisters) looking after myself, how big am I?, how many fingers, what I like (eat/do)) / Celebrations
(Diwali, Christmas, Birthday, Wedding, New Year) / A Taste of the World
(Different Countries)
(Food from around the world, traditions, tasting, colours, songs, dances, growing food to eat. Sensational – What can we see, hear, smell in these countries? / Animal Fun
(Pets, Farm Animals, Jungle Animals & Wild Animals)
(how to look after your pet, what it needs)
Animals and different animal homes
Pie Corbett Focus Text (3 weeks study) / / / /
My Mum Is Fantastic
Marvellous Me / It’s my Birthday
When Willy Went To The Wedding / Lima's Red Hot Chilli (Lima)
Handa’s Surprise (Africa) / Runaway Chapatti (India)
The Little Red Hen (UK)
Oliver’s Vegetables / Itchy Bear (Intro - Forest/Wild)
I Want A Pet (Pets) / The Three Little Pigs (Farm)
Giraffes Cant’s Dance (Jungle)
Possible Topic Books / / / /

Texts/Books /
  • My Dad Is Brilliant
  • What I like about me
  • My Family
  • This Is My House
  • My New Baby
  • Peace At Last
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  • My Birthday
  • Celebration
  • Lighting a lamp
  • Angelina and the Royal Wedding
  • When Willy went to the Wedding
  • Rama and Sita
  • Nativity
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  • All Around the World / Songs from around the world (CD)
  • Sticker dolly – Around the World
  • It’s disgusting and we ate it
  • My Granny went to Market
  • Salamatou and Kandoni go missing
  • My 5 senses / Super senses (Dr Seuss)
  • Look, listen, taste, touch and smell
  • Polar Bear, Polar Bear (senses)
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  • My perfect pet
  • How many pets
  • Looking after rabbits
  • The Pet Shop
  • Caring for Kittens and Cats
  • Dear Zoo
  • Rumble in the Jungle
  • Walking through the jungle
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  • Farmer Duck
  • Mrs Wishy Washy
  • The pig in the pond
  • Mr Penguin
  • Solo
  • We are going on a bear hunt
  • Brown Bear Brown Bear

Trips / Rainbow Fairy Workshop / Shopping for cooking sessions / Shopping for cooking sessions
Nancy Restaurant/ Pizza Express – make your own pizza
Dalston Curve Garden
International cooking with parents – Inviting them in / Discover Centre
Clissold Park – Mini Zoo / Zoo comes to school
Vets/Pet Shop
Hackney City Farm
Role Play Ideas
(o) outside/(I) Inside / Doctors (I)
Home Corner (O) / Carnival (I)
Birthday Table (O) / Chinese Take Away (I)
Ice-cream shop (O) / Indian Restaurant
Market Stalls (O) / Vet (I)
Pet shop (O) / Jungle Theatre (I)
Construction Zone
Help Centre (O)
Reception
Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Half Term Topic Focus / People In My Life
(my family, my friends, my home, people who help me, new friends) / Traditional Tales
(Fairytales, Nativity, Diwali – Rama and Sita) / Transport
(How we travel to school, to visit family, to go on holiday) / Adventures
(pirates, magic carpet, explorers) / Growing
(plants, the growth cycle, what plants we see in our local environment) / Minibeasts and Megabeasts
(in the local environment, compared with other places)
Pie Corbett Book
(I book every 2 weeks) / /
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Not Now Bernard
Elmer
Dr Dog
Fireman Small
My Mum Has X-Ray Vision / Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Little Red Riding Hood
Gingerbread Man
The Three Billy Goats Gruff / Lost and Found (Oliver Jeffers)
The Hundred Decker Bus
The Train Ride
Mr Gumpy’s Outing
The Journey Home From Grandpa’s / Aliens / Pirates Love Underpants
The Way Back Home (Oliver Jeffers)
Whatever Next
The Lion Hunt
Beegu / Jack and The Beanstalk
The Tiny Seed
Dominic Grows Sweetcorn
The World Came To My Place Today / Superworm
The Bad Tempered Ladybird
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Dinosaur Chase!
Texts/Books /
  • My Family
  • This Is My House
  • Owl Babies
  • A Squash and A Squeeze
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • Mr Big
  • Dentist / doctor books
  • Emeka’s Gift
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  • Seriously Silly Stories
  • Revolting Rhymes
  • Goldilocks (Ahlberg)
  • Rama and Sita
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  • Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus
  • Duck In The Truck
  • Room On The Broom
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  • Alien Tea On Planet Zum-Zee
  • Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party
  • Mrs Pirate
  • Ten Little Pirates
  • The Night Pirates
  • Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
  • Tim, Ted & The Pirates
  • My Gran Is A Pirate
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  • The Curious Garden
  • Isabella’s Garden
  • The Carrot Seed
  • Planting A Rainbow
  • Sam Plants A Sunflower
  • A Seed In Need
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  • Norman The Slug With The Silly Shell
  • Tadpole’s Promise
  • Dinosaur Roar!
  • Never Ask A Dinosaur To Dinner

Role Play / Home Corner
Hairdressers
Police Station / Three Bear’s Cottage
Theatre
Troll’s Cave / Train Station/Airport Travel Agents / Pirates Ship
Ocean Theatre
Space Station / Garden Centre / Plant Nursery / Minibeast World /
Investigation Lab
Campsite
Trips / Visits / Fire Station
Parents who are nurses, vetsetc / Discover Centre
Hackney Empire / Pantomime
Theartrebugs
Performance poet / London Transport Museum
Random trip using public transport
Discover Centre / Diana Memorial Playground
Cutty Sark
Zoo Lab (brings in animals, maybe for Lion Hunt) / Eastern Curve Garden
Growing Communities workshops
St Mary’s Garden
Springfield Forest School
Geffrye Museum (Plant workshop) / London Zoo
Natural History Museum
Clissold Park (also do workshops)