Communication, Language and
Personal, Social and Emotional
Literacy
 Traditional stories, rhymes and poems
 Simple non-fiction texts.
 ORT stories.
 Pie Corbett story telling with actions.
 High frequency words.
 Initial and final sounds in simple words.
 CVC words e.g. sit, bit and how we sound
them out.
 Rhyming words.
 Recognising and writing own name.
 Forming letters correctly.
 Writing independently and in response
to different stimuli.
 Differentiated writing tasks for
challenging/supporting children’s
learning dependant on ability.
 Writing recounts of trad. Tales.
 Tape recorder- Listening to trad tales
and rhymes.
Physical Development.
 Moving with confidence around the school
accompanied and independently.
 Stopping and starting on command.
 Big Bike Rules and reinforcement of play
ground rules,
 Listening for instructions.
 Movement.
 Outside play activities – construction, water,
sand, house, big messy activities.
 Developing gross and fine motor skills.
 Work on space, warm-up, down.
 Using small apparatus.
 Working in a group and taking turns.
Mathematical Development
 Counting up to 20 in order.
Development.  Counting up to 10 or more objects reliably.
 Trying new activities.  Recognising numbers to ten and beyond for
 Working and playing together. H.A.
 Listening and taking turns.  Reciting numbers to twenty and beyond.
 School rules.  Number songs and rhymes.
 Expressing likes and dislikes in appropriate  Begin to recognise some 3D shapes and use
ways. appropriate mathematical language to
 Developing independence. describe them – flat, curved etc.
 Comparing objects bigger, smaller, more,
less.
Reception Autumn (2)  Comparing lengths- shorter, tallest
smallest etc.
 Compare 2 masses- heavier/lighter.
2005.
 Compare capacities full/ half full/ empty.
 1 more/1 less than.
Traditional tales /Christmas.  Recognise smaller units of change and
begin to use them 1p, 2p, 5p.
 Sequence events countdown to Christmas/
other festivals e.g. Divali.
Creative Development.
 Role play – Puppets for trad tales.
 Cutting/ sticking/ painting. Knowledge and Understanding of
 Collage the World.
 Firework paintings (Giant if dry!!)
 Investigating floating and sinking.
 Weaving Elmer.  Finding best material for Red Riding
 Traditional tales cottage e.g. Three bears, Hood’s cloak!!
Red riding hood.  Investigating materials and describing
 Clay thumb pots, diva lamps. them.
 Making Christmas hats.  ICT- Dressing Teddy, Elmer elephant
 Sewing cards. colour pictures.
 Mini Christmas cakes.  Investigating ‘draw’ program and finding
 Christmas biscuits. xmas stampers to dev. ICT xmas card.
 Making xmas cake boxes.  Finding ways to other areas of the school
 Snow flakes/ trees. and talk about local environment ‘What do
 Wooden decs. we have as facilities in Carisbrooke
 Xmas post office. Village?’