AUTUMN 1

^{Me and My Community
Exploring Autumn}

AUTUMN 2

^{Once Upon a Time
Sparkle & Shine}

Celebrations
Festivals of light
Advent    

Christmas
Ongoing: Daily prayers and collective worship

SPRING 1

^{Starry Night
Winter Wonderland}

Dinosaur Roar! by Henrietta Strickland

Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson

The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Elmer by David McKee
Spring
We're Going on an Egg Hunt

Gross motor skills: Negotiating space successfully; Balancing.
Fine motor skills: Hand exercises for strength and dexterity;

Snipping with scissors.
Ongoing: access to climbing and balancing equipment, wheeled toys, small and large construction, balls, finger gym, yoga, music and movement

Gross motor skills: Throwing and catching; ball skills.
Fine motor skills: Begin to work on pencil grip and control;

Building confidence and skills to use one-handed equipment
Ongoing: access to climbing and balancing equipment, wheeled toys, small and large construction, balls, finger gym, yoga, music and movement

Comprehension;

Using stories in their play.
Word reading: Enjoy reading stories with adults and peers;

Noticing words in the environment.
Writing: Develop ability to distinguish between marks made.
Phonics: Rhyme and rhythm.
Ongoing access to book corner, puppets, role play, story sacks, story CDs, writing tools, name cards, malleable materials, puzzles

Number songs and rhymes
Showing fingers for amounts - counting aloud
Subitising to three (quick recognition)
Describing routes and locations
Comparing quantities- more and fewer
Days of the week; 

Seasons
Recognising and matching shapes in the environment

Past and present: Space discoveries.
People culture and communities: Lunar new year;

Polar lands.
The natural world: Winter;

Light and Dark; shadows;

Polar lands;

freezing and melting
Ongoing access to indoor and outdoor provision in all weathers, natural materials, toys with moving parts, sensory play, sand and water, pond and minibeast areas

Past and present: Dinosaurs
People culture and communities: Healthy living;

Easter and Spring festivals
The natural world: Spring;

Puddles and rainbows;

Spring bulbs- observations
Ongoing access to indoor and outdoor provision in all weathers, natural materials, toys with moving parts, sensory play, sand and water, pond and minibeast areas

Creating with materials: Dinosaur fossils; exploring colour mixing;

natural objects art;

patterns and colours in nature
Being imaginative and expressive: Dinosaur role play;

feelings role play; Easter and spring songs
Make a healthy snack
Mother’s Day cards
Ongoing access to a variety of mark making tools, craft resources, malleable materials, role play, small world toys and musical instruments for child led learning

Spring Festivals
Lent  

Palm Sunday    

Zaccheus
Easter  

Mother's day
Ongoing: Daily prayers and collective worship

SUMMER 2

^{Big Wide World
Splash!}

Listening, attention and understanding:
Maintaining attention and concentrating during activities.
Speaking: Understanding and answering "why?" questions;

Extended vocabulary

Listening, attention and understanding:
Maintaining attention and concentrating during activities.
Speaking: Asking and responding to a range of questions;

Using a wide range of vocabulary during activities and experiences

Gross motor skills: Team games;

Sports Day;

Purpose of exercise and the effect it has on our body
Fine motor skills: Developing a tripod pencil grip;

cutting along a straight and curved line with scissors
Ongoing: access to climbing and balancing equipment, wheeled toys, small and large construction, balls, finger gym, yoga, music and movement

Comprehension;

Recall key events in stories
Word reading: Recognising and ordering the letters from their name
Writing: Copying name and writing recognisable letters
Phonics: Alliteration and initial sounds
Ongoing access to book corner, puppets, role play, story sacks, story CDs, writing tools, name cards, malleable materials, puzzles

Past and present: Life cycles
People culture and communities: Understanding, respect and care for living things, including humans
The natural world: Spring to summer; shadows and reflections;

Planting and growing
Ongoing access to indoor and outdoor provision in all weathers, natural materials, toys with moving parts, sensory play, sand and water, pond and minibeast areas

Past and present: Pirates; at the seaside.
People culture and communities: People around the world.
The natural world: Summer;

Water;

features of the world;

floating and sinking
Ongoing access to indoor and outdoor provision in all weathers, natural materials, toys with moving parts, sensory play, sand and water, pond and minibeast areas

Creating with materials: Salt dough/modelling clay sea creatures.
Being imaginative and expressive: Pirates role play;

Ice cream shop
Ongoing access to a variety of mark making tools, craft resources, malleable materials, role play, small world toys and musical instruments for child led learning

Creation      

Noah's Ark
Ten Ten resources: Life to the Full
Ongoing: Daily prayers and collective worship