Nursery Medium Term Plan 2020-2021

Autumn 1: All About Me

22 – 36/30 – 50 months
Pupils should be taught: Health & Wellbeing
 PSED  Getting to know others
We will be playing with other children and making friends.  Recalling names
We will be learning the Nursery rules and routines.
We will be thinking about our feelings and being kind to other people.
 Recognising similarities and differ-
 C&L ences between people in the class
We will be listening to stories and joining in with our favourite parts.  Identifying what is special about
We will be following simple instructions. themselves
We will talk to the other children and adults in the Nursery.  Exploring feelings that you may have
 PD starting nursery i.e. anxious, nervous,
We will be moving around outside in lots of different ways. sad
We will be learning to use the outdoor equipment safely.  Celebrating achievements
We will join in with activities to strengthen our fingers.
 Recognising what children can do
We will use one-handed tools such as pencils and paintbrushes.
We will go to the toilet by ourselves and remember to wash our hands.  Setting and achieving simple goals
We will choose to have a drink or some fruit if we are thirsty or hungry.  Recognising qualities of a good friend
 LIT  Understanding how to recognise and
We will look at books and handle them carefully. respond to bullying
We will join in with stories and guess what might happen next.  Working with another child
We will talk about what we are drawing and painting.
 Importance of keeping clean Oral
 MATHS
We will use number names and words like ‘more’ and ‘a lot’ while we are playing.
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We will say some number names in order.
We will use shapes to build and talk about our constructions.
 UTW
We will be talking about ourselves and our families.
We will be learning about our bodies and how we are growing.
We will use technological toys and equipment.
 EAD
We will paint pictures of ourselves, looking carefully at our features.
We will sing songs and nursery rhymes. We will be having lots of fun in the role play area.

Core Books Whole School

 Funnybones by Janet & Allan Ahlberg  Diwali
 The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss and Helen Oxenbury  Pumpkin Party
 Only One You by Linda Kranz (matching puppet)
 Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak and Sarah Ackerley
 You Choose by Pippa Goodhart & Nick Sharrat
 Hello World by Jonathan Litton & L'Atelier Cartographik
 Human Body (Shine-A-Light) by Carron Brown & Rachael Saunders
 Let's Make Faces by Hanoch Piven
 All Kinds of People by Emma Damon
 What Makes Me A Me? by Ben Faulks & David Tazzyman
 The Great Big Book of Feelings by Mary Hoffman & Ros Asquith
 Marvelous Me: Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard
WEEK Main Activities Resources/ Books
1 Inset and parent meetings
31.8.20
2 INSET
07.9.20 Settling with staggered starts
Activities to be set up based on what was discussed in the initial meetings. Have ready the
children’s favourite activities to aid their settling.
3 Settling with staggered starts  Starting school by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
14.9.20 Talking about ourselves – who we are, learning names and making friends  Harry and the dinosaurs go to school by Ian
Modelling how to use resources and areas of the classroom appropriately Whybrow
Hand prints/ finger painting

4 Drawing/ painting ourselves – paper plate faces  Is this my nose? By Red Fox
21.9.20 C&L - Talking about ourselves  Teeth by David Glover
Modelling how to use resources and areas of the classroom appropriately  Paper plates
LIT –letter formation  Skin tone paints
 Mirrors

5 Parts of the body/ myself and my body  Heads, shoulders, knees and toes by Child’s Play
28.9.20 EAD – Making representations of ourselves using craft resources.  Body templates
MD – counting rhymes, saying number names in order  Craft resources
LIT –letter formation

6 Parts of the body/ myself and my body  Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
05.10.20 Drawing around children to make big body pictures – naming and labelling the body parts
LIT – name writing practise/ letter formation
MD – counting rhymes, saying number names in order

7 Who is in our family? – Family photos  My Grandma is wonderful by Nick Butterworth

12.10.20 C&L – children to bring in a family photo and talk about the people who are special to them
LIT – name writing practise/ letter formation
 MD – comparing amounts, using words such as ‘more’ and ‘a lot’

8 Families continued
19.10.20 LIT – Mark making – drawing your family
MD – comparing amounts, using words such as ‘more’ and ‘a lot’