- Self portraits for Spring term.
- Continue to recognise and write own name, ensuring correct letter formation
- Read/listen to a variety of topic related stories and rhymes
- Sound of the week (Jolly Phonic)
- Develop pencil grip & left-right orientation through pre- writing activities: increasingly complicated writing patterns, colourings,tracing , shaving foam, stencils
- Develop pre- reading activities – odd one out, left to right orientation, difference between pictures and print, picture snap/lotto
- Group reading activities - sharing stories
- Develop speaking and listening skills- 'Letters & Sounds' phase 1 activities
- Emergent writing activities – favourite part of story/character, invitations, labelling, etc
MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT
- ABACUS scheme activities.
- Count, recognise and name numbers 1 – 10 and on to 20
- Number of the week
- Count, match, order sets of objects.- 1-1 correspondence
- Develop positional vocabulary - on/under/beside/in front/above/between/behind
- Begin to understand that adding is increasing a set by 1,2 or 3
- Compare toys by size/weight/quantity/material
- Recognise and name 2D shapes
- Recognise and continue simple repeating patterns
- Use money in role play areas
-Use Ict to generate pictograms
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
- ‘Val Sabin activities (gym, games,).
- Develop spatial awareness.- coloured ribbons, coloured spots, coloured hand/footprints
- Awareness of body parts.- transfer weight to body parts, carry beanbags on body parts, travel on different body parts(record and evaluate using tough cam)
- Play traffic lights to develop response to instructions
- Develop, co-ordination and gross motor skills –pedalling, manoeuvring, climbing, sliding, pushing ,pulling, throwing, catching, rolling, jumping, hopping, skipping ,balancing
- Develop fine motor control – peg board colour patterns, sorting small coloured objectswith tweezers, threading coloured beads
WELSH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
- Continue to introduce ‘brawddeg yr wythnos’ (Sentence of the week) on a weekly basis to build up phrases
- Develop a range of topic-related vocabulary:- toys, colours, numbers, greetings, weather, etc
- Watch Welsh language videos/DVD’s (‘Ding Dong’, ‘Fflic a Fflac’) to enhance and develop language
- Choose a ‘Helpwr Heddiw’ and ‘Seren y dydd’ daily
- Sing a range of simple Welsh songs
PERSONAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Primary National Strategy PSE scheme (SEAL)
- Continue to learn to share and take turns.
- Continue to adapt to school routines and become independent in personal
needs
- Continue to identify different feelings and emotions
- Develop an awareness of toys used in other
cultures
- Develop self confidence
- Develop understanding of right and wrong
-Toy Story- friendships
-Identify special/favourite toys (Dogger)
- Toys we played with as babies
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
- ART - Make St Dwynwen card,Mother's Day card, Easter card
- Observations drawings of toys/teddies
- Potato printing
D.T – Make a robot using split pin mechanism
- Design and make a pape bag puppet
- Design and make a Jack-in -the-box
- MUSIC – ‘Music Express’ activities- how can you make sound of bouncing ball, clockwork toy etc
- Listen to Vivaldi Four Season- paint colour for picture that “sounds” like the music
- DANCE – ‘Val Sabin’ dance activities
- Respond to different stimuli - move like a spinning top
- Explore a variety of simple movements- explode , turn, spin, shoot, spring ,bounce, - sequence 2 movements
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD
- Use a variety of sources to compare old/new toys
- ICT 2 simple -create pictures of favourite toys
- Beebot /I pad activities
- Materials used in toys - use senses and identify
- Describe how toys move - how can we make them faster/slower/stop/light up?
- Find a good location for our Teddy Bears Picnic e.g grass, by a stream
- Toy hunt - can you find the toys that are hiding around the school?
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VISITS, VISITORS & MATTERS OF INTERESTSt Dwynwen's Day - 25th January
Valentines Day
Chinese New Year
Shrove Tuesday
Mothers Day
Easter celebrations
