Planning, observing and documenting children’s learning

Yearly overview

Seasonal / Events, festivals, celebrations / Visits and visitors / Characteristics of effective learning
Playing and exploring
Planned learning intentions
PSED – Making relationships Interacts with others and explores new situations when supported by a familiar person – Seeks out others to share experience.- Self-confidence and self-awareness – engages other person to help achieve a goal e.g.to get an object out of reach. – Manages feelings and behaviour – Co-operates with care-giving experiences e.g. dressing – Self-confidence and self awareneness . – explores new toys and environments but checks in with a familiar adult when needed
C+L- Listening and attention – understanding single words in context – Using single words
Speaking- Uses single words
Physical Development – Moving and handling - Pick up small objects between thumb and finger – Enjoys the sensory experience of mark making in damp sand, Paste or paint.
Physical Development Health and safe care – Shows a desire to help with dressing/understanding and hygiene routines.
Mathematics – Numbers – Beginning to organize and categorise Objects.
Shapes space and measure – Enjoy filling and emptying containers – Knows things exist even when out of site – Associates a sequence of actions within daily routine
UW – The world – Notices detailed objects in their environment. People and communications – In pretend play, Imitates everyday actions and events from own family and cultural backgrounds – Remember where objects belong detailed features of objects in their environment.
EA+D – Exploring and using media materials – Explores and experiments with a range of media thorough sensory exploration and using whole body- Beginning to make believe by pretending.- Exploring using media and materials – Notices + is interested in the effects of making movements which leave marks, / Autumn/
winter
Changed colour Leaves.
Nature Walk
Hats, Boots, Gloves
Snow? / Planned learning intentions
EAD
The World
The World / Term 1 / Harvest Festival –
Halloween
Guy Fawkes
Remembrance Day
Christmas
Harnika / Church Service / Active learning
Creative and thinking critically
Prime areas / Specific areas
Personal, social and emotional development / Literacy
Reading
Making relationships / Writing
Self confidence & self awareness / Mathematics
Term 2 / New Year
Valentine’s Day
St David’s Day
St Patricks Day
St Georges Day
Mother’s Day-
Easter- / Afternoon Tea
Easter Hunt/ Easter Bonnets / Numbers
Managing feelings and behaviour / Shape, space and measures
Communication and language / Understanding the world
C + L Understanding – Understanding single words – Speaking – Using single words
Listening and attention – Listens with interest to the noise adults make when they read storys.
Understanding – Selects familiar objects by name and will go and find objects when asked or identify objects from a group.
L- Reading handles books and printed material with interest.
M – Numbers Says some counting words randomly
Shape, Space, measure – Attempts sometimes successfully to fit shapes into spaces or inset boards of jigsaw puzzles
PD:M+H – Holds p-en/Crayon using whole hand
UW – Notices detailed objects in their environment experiments.- The World - Closely observe what animal, people and vehicles do.
EA+D Explores a range of media through sensory exploration and using whole body – experiments with blocks, colours and marks. – Enjoys playing with small world models such as, farm, garage, train track, - Joins in singing favourite songs / Winter/spring
Trees
Snow?
Blossom/Flowers
Farm animals
Listening and attention / People and communities
PSED – Making relationships – Plays alongside others. – Self-confidence and awareness – Gradually able to engage in pretend play – Managing feelings and behaviour – Begins to learn that some things are theirs, some shared and some things are others .
C+L – Understanding – Selects familiar objects by name and will go and find objects when asked, or identify objects from a group.- Speaking – uses sound in pretend play.
PD – Moving and handling – Passes toy from one han to another.
Literacy – Reading – Handles books and pretend material with interest.
M- Numbers – Things exist even when out of sight – Attempts, Sometimes successfully, To fit shapes in to spaces on iset boards or jigsaw puzzles.
EA+D / Summer
Sun hats, Cream
Holidays – Transport / Term 3 / Father’s Day
Independence Day
Ramadan/Eid / Understanding / The world
Speaking / Technology
Physical development / Expressive arts and design
Moving and handling / Exploring and using media and materials
Health and self care / Being imaginative

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