- Self portraits for autumn term (assessment)
- Begin to recognise and write own name.
- Read/listen to a variety of nursery rhymes (also taped/CD/online).
- Develop spoken vocabulary in role play areas
- Develop correct pencil grip & left-right orientation through directed pre-writing activities e.g. writing patterns, colourings.
- Develop speaking & Listening skills through singing Nursery rhymes, sharing news, circle time activities, listening lotto games.
- Emergent writing activities e.g.‘write' instructions for Mary Mary/Christmas lists to Santa/prescriptions in baby clinic
- Pre-reading activities e.g. jigsaws, looking at/handling books correctly.
- Computer/IWB/Plasma screen activities for language activities
Mathematical Development
- ABACUS scheme activities
- Count, recognise and name (number of week matched to nursery rhymes)
- Count, match, order sets of objects.
- Learn number/counting rhymes to support number work.
- Number games/flashcards/jigsaws/templates.
- Computer/IWB/Plasma screen for number activities.
- Compare objects by size/weight.
- Recognise and name simple 2D shapes.
- Recognise and continue simple repeating patterns.
- Use play money in role play areas
Personal & Social Development
- Make new friends.
- Learn to share and take turns.
- Take turns to take nursery rhyme characters home for the night
- Adapt to school routines and become independent in personal needs (going to the toilet, washing hands, putting on own coat, etc)
- Identify different feelings and emotions e.g how did Humpty feel ?
- Develop self confidence.
- Begin to understand right and wrong.
Knowledge & Understanding of the World
- Plant bulbs(Mary Mary)
-Morning/night - "Twinkle"
- Days of week
- Compare past/present (Hickory Dickory)
- People who help us
- Explore floating/sinking (Row row ...)
- Animals (Old MacDonald )
Nursery Rhyme cooking
Creative Development
ART – Humpty Dumpty characters for Welcome display.
- Theme-related craft activities/painting/drawing/friezes/models.
- Christmas Craft
MUSIC – ‘Music Express’ activities.
-Learn as many nursery rhymes as possibe
DANCE – ‘Val Saben’ dance activities
- Respond to different stimuli- focus nursery rhymes
Physical Development
- gym, games and dance activities.
- Develop spatial awareness.
- Awareness of body parts.
- Various activities to develop and refine fine manipulative and
gross motor skills e.g. using small tools / large apparatus.
- Practise lining up for hall/assembly/lunch/playtime.
- Outdoor activities including play fort, bikes, climbing frames,
walks, etc.
- Practise putting on/taking off coats and painting aprons
independently.
- Develop fine motor skills e.g peg boards, threading
Welsh Language Development
- Introduce ‘brawddeg yr wythnos’ (sentence of the week) on a
weekly basis.
- Develop a range of daily (incidental)/topic-related vocabulary e.g. colours, numbers,
greetings, weather, parts of the body
- Watch Welsh language videos/DVD’s (‘Ding Dong’, ‘Fflic a Fflac’) to
enhance and develop language and extend vocabulary.
- Choose a ‘Helpwr Heddiw’ (today’s helper) and ‘Seren y dydd’ (star
of the day) daily.
