PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Develop their sense of responsibility and membership of a community.
Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary.
Become more outgoing with unfamiliar people, in the safe context of their setting.
Write some or all of their name
Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed. This helps them to achieve a goal they have chosen, or one which is suggested to them.
RE/COLLECTIVE WORSHIP
LITERACY
EYFS 10 Prayer What is prayer? Islam, Judaism, Hinduism
Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary.
MATHEMATICS Talk about and explore 3D shapes using informal and mathematical language: ‘sides’, ‘corners’; ‘straight’, ‘flat’, ‘round’.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE Use a wider range of vocabulary.
Make comparisons between objects relating to size, length, weight and capacity.
Enjoy listening to longer stories and can remember much of what happens. Understand a question or instruction that has two parts, such as: “Get your coat and wait at the door”.
MEDIUM TERM PLANNING Growing/Minibeasts Summer 1
Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?”
Extend and create ABAB patterns – stick, leaf, stick, leaf.
Start a conversation with an adult or a friend and continue it for many turns. Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them. Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with a circle and including details. Show different emotions in their drawings and paintings, like happiness, sadness, fear etc. Explore colour and colour-mixing.
Talk about and identify the patterns around them. For example: stripes on clothes, designs on rugs and wallpaper. Use informal language like ‘pointy’, ‘spotty’, ‘blobs’ etc.
Notice and correct an error in a repeating pattern.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Use one-handed tools and equipment, for example, making snips in paper with scissors. Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils. Choose the right resources to carry out their own plan. For example, choosing a spade to enlarge a small hole they dug with a trowel. Show a preference for a dominant hand.
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary. Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. Understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant and an animal. Plant seeds and care for growing plants