NURSERY SHORT TERM WEEKLY PLANNING AUTUMN TERM 1 WEEK 6 /
REFLECTIONS/NEXT STEPS
“…”: letter sound assessment. “…” was playing in dough last week, and calling out names of some letter shapes.
Eagles phonics group: continue to encourage all children to join in with group songs, rhymes and actions. Physical Development was a good link, and we did as much phonics as possible outside. LAs working on concentration; did well when this was a focus last week.
INDOOR ENHANCEMENT –
Fine motor: threading leaves: “ …”loved threading numbers.
Autumn puppets and positional language puppets in sound station. Autumn flashcards with vocabulary and picture clue, to read together with the children.
Dot to dot leaves in writing area: encourage the children to choose a colour, and to fill in their shapes, too.
Easel: brown paint on a plate: use thumbs to paint a tree, then finger tips to ‘dot’ leaves on to branches from other plates of paint.
Pine cones in sand
Junk boxes in workshop: with Mrs Stoddard. This is a new skill in Nursery for the children. I feel they will benefit from some adult guidance.
Play dough: make hedgehogs by ‘snipping’ dough with scissors. Guide children to hold the scissors in a natural grip.
Sand: paint numbers on to conkers using acrylic paint. Encourage the children to name and recognize the numerals.
Construction: 2d or 3d shape blocks: “ …” spending time making detailed arrangements with shapes.
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Circle time – Learning intention / Introduce the concept of Autumn.
Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people who are of particular importance to them.
Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences. / To count to 10 in unison.
To say the number names in the correct order.
To say one number name for each item.
To know that the last number we say is the total. / May be beginning to show preference for a dominant hand.
Draws lines and circles using gross motor movements. / To know that God made each of us to be different and special. / Shows awareness of similarities in shapes in the environment.
Beginning to use mathematical names for flat 2d shapes.
Circle time – activity
Collective worship takes place at the beginning of circle time each morning.
We have been saying the ‘Hail Mary’ during the month of October. / Using props from the sound station, and photo cards, introduce the mini topic of Autumn. Focus on new vocabulary (eg. conkers, acorns), and adjectives we could use to describe Autumn leaves (eg. crunchy, colour names). Mrs Green to display vocabulary cards which match the children’s suggestions. If they suggest something which is not on one of our cards, she will model write the word, and draw an impropmptu picture of it!! / Rote count to 20 together, using fingers and toes. Then crouch down at 5 and 15, jump up at 10 and 20.
Sing ‘1,2,3 little acorns’ together. Before starting, demonstrate correspond counting by placing the acorn pictures in a line, counting slowly, touching each acorn and saying one number name for each item. Emphasise the last counting number, and re enforce that this number is the total.
“ …” to have a turn at counting along the line, saying one number name for each acorn.
CG to take LAs to rote count to 10 together, and then to observe who can do this by themselves! / Write Dance: All children to have a turn with scrimbling sticks, ribbons or scarves. Focus on MAs and LAs copying circles and up/ down movements. The last \Write Dance session needed lots of verbal repetition, and 2-word level language, to facilitate the children to make marks on paper. We will try with some different materials today, to music.
Split into family groups. Once in groups, half of the children to have a turn while the others watch, then swap over. / Invite the children to march to music. When the music stops, listen to adult instruction, eg. ‘Sit down if you have curly hair.’ Adult to emphasise that some of us are sitting down, whilst others are standing. This is because God made us all differently. We are all special to him.
Sing ‘I’m a Special Person’ together. / Recap the names of some 2d shapes by looking again at the shape cards we used when walking in the park. Sing sensory songs, pointy fingers for drawing in shaving foam, talk about shape properties. Demonstrate how the children can draw the shapes with the scrimbling sticks in wet sand.
CG to take HAs to teach oval, hexagon and rhombus. Use cont prov shapes.
Introduce / Puppets
Writing area
easel / Stencils in writing area / Workshop with Mrs Stoddard / Cards and envelopes in writing area
Phonics: in split groups; works well if indoor and outdoor prov finishes at 10.50 and we tidy up, ready to sit down for 11.00.
. / Phase 1 Aspect 3/6
Recall: Sound Discrimination: listen to body percussion or voice sounds AND COPY
Teach: Jamaquacks
Practice: some individual ch to have a turn.
Eagles to do this with the adult modelling throughout. / Phase 1 Aspect 4
Recall: Give some examples of emphasized rhyming words to the ch from the bat/cat/mat sack.
Teach: Experience a rhyming story told at a natural pace, with rhyming words emphasised.
‘Let’s Take Over the Nursery.’
Practice/ Apply: Send ch off for snack by saying their rhyming names, eg. ‘Ralex, Salex, it must be …Alex!’
Eagles to experience and respond to the story / Phase 1 Aspect 1
Recall: A Listening Moment (in the classroom).
Teach:Mrs Ryan has a box (fill with environmental sounds).
Practice: ch to have a turn at suggesting what could be in the box.
Apply: how do you know it is …? What kind of sound is it? (quiet, rustling, …) / Phase 1 Aspect 4
Recall: rhyming names
Teach: I’ve got a phone, Down on the farm (noisy raps)
Practice: tapping a steady beat correctly
Eagles to tap the beat of different genres of music using body percussion, modeled by adult.
Story/Song (in keyperson groups) / Explain that we are going to gather together to sing some Harvest songs now that it is Autumn. Enjoy singing and signing together.
Split into family groups to encourage all ch to use their singing voices (ie. Ask, ‘Which is the loudest singing group?)
Focussed Indoor Activities
(See also separate planning) / Mon-Wed: Beebots collecting Autumn leaves or photos
Thur: Phonics group. Quieter children, and those working on concentration.
Fri: HA letter sound assessment
Welly Walk Focus / Shows awareness of similarities in shapes in the environment.
Beginning to use mathematical names for flat 2d shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
We will walk the same route as last week. This week each adult will have a laminated sheet with a dry wipe marker attached to it. Each sheet will have photographs of 2d shapes to find on the route, and we will encourage and facilitate the children to spot these in the environment.