Day and Night time animalsOwls visiting us!

Finding your way around school and finding equipment in class

Using the Internet Use Colour Magic to create Christmas, firework and autumn pictures

ICTTo know how to operate simple equipmentTo become familiar with parts of a computer

On-going Construction and cutting including a focus on Christmas activities

Discussing how to keep clean

Dance with ARTIS

Balancing, carrying, jumping, aiming, throwing and catching

Games– To use space safelyTo travel with increasing control and co-ordinationTo use small games equipment safely

Physical

Autumn leaf prints

Discuss birthdays and Christmas celebrations

Keeping warm when the weather changes

Firework code and Keeping safe

How sound / light can warn us of danger

Personal, Social and Emotional

Choose colours for loud and quiet paintings

Changing season collect objectsDiscuss changes we make

Colour Mixing

Investigate autumn and then Christmas coloursCreate collages from outdoor materials

Create Day and Night pictures

Create Firework pictures using various media

Art– Colour and Line

Creative

LightInvestigate what we use to seeSources of LightWhat males lightPlay looking games

SoundInvestigate what we use to hearSounds we hearWhat makes soundsSounds we like and sounds we dislikePlay listening games

Knowledge and Understanding Of The

World

RECEPTIONAutumn Term 2007Main Topic Theme:Colour, Light and

Sound

Day and Night time animalsOwls visiting us!

Finding your way around school and finding equipment in class

Using the Internet Use Colour Magic to create Christmas, firework and autumn pictures

ICTTo know how to operate simple equipmentTo become familiar with parts of a computer

On-going Construction and cutting including a focus on Christmas activities

Discussing how to keep clean

Dance with ARTIS

Balancing, carrying, jumping, aiming, throwing and catching

Games– To use space safelyTo travel with increasing control and co-ordinationTo use small games equipment safely

Physical

Autumn leaf prints

Discuss birthdays and Christmas celebrations

Keeping warm when the weather changes

Firework code and Keeping safe

How sound / light can warn us of danger

Personal, Social and Emotional

Choose colours for loud and quiet paintings

Changing season collect objectsDiscuss changes we make

Colour Mixing

Investigate autumn and then Christmas coloursCreate collages from outdoor materials

Create Day and Night pictures

Create Firework pictures using various media

Art– Colour and Line

Creative

LightInvestigate what we use to seeSources of LightWhat males lightPlay looking games

SoundInvestigate what we use to hearSounds we hearWhat makes soundsSounds we like and sounds we dislikePlay listening games

Knowledge and Understanding Of The

World

RECEPTIONAutumn Term 2007Main Topic Theme:Colour, Light and

Sound

Day and Night time animalsOwls visiting us!

Finding your way around school and finding equipment in class

Using the Internet

ICTTo know how to operate simple equipmentTo become familiar with parts of a computer

On-going Construction and cutting including a focus on Christmas activities

Discussing how to keep clean

Dance with ARTIS

Balancing, carrying, jumping, aiming, throwing and catching

Games– To use space safelyTo travel with increasing control and co-ordinationTo use small games equipment safely

Physical

Autumn leaf prints

Discuss birthdays and Christmas celebrations

Keeping warm when the weather changes

Firework code and Keeping safe

How sound / light can warn us of danger

Personal, Social and Emotional

Choose colours for loud and quiet paintings

Changing season collect objectsDiscuss changes we make

Colour Mixing

Investigate autumn and then Christmas coloursCreate collages from outdoor materials

Create Day and Night pictures

Create Firework pictures using various media

Art– Colour and Line

Creative

LightInvestigate what we use to seeSources of LightWhat males lightPlay looking games

SoundInvestigate what we use to hearSounds we hearWhat makes soundsSounds we like and sounds we dislikePlay listening games

Knowledge and Understanding of the

World

RECEPTIONAutumn Term 2007Main Topic Theme:Colour, Light and

Sound

RECEPTIONAutumn Term

Will you be my friend?How many colours in a

rainbow?

Understanding the World

Harvest – The BIG breakfast, trip to church, harvest assemblies, food tasting.

Expressive art and design

Music- exploring sound and instruments, musical patterns

Singing songs and rhymes

Autumn art work – collage, printing, rubbings etc

Using different materials to create collages – exploring materials –

natural and made.

Personal, Social and Emotional/ Communication

Talking about different families’ choices and respecting that everyone has different preferences.

Working as a group or team. Physical

Games – team games, circle games, throwing and catching skills.

Practising dressing and undressing for PE, wearing role play costumes and being independent using the toilet.

Discussing how to ensure a healthy lifestyle, trying new foods during school dinners

Ourselves our families and our schools – how families differ and are special, photos, self portraits, holidays news, pets.

Making new friends and learning about how we are similar and different.

Computing – using familiar technology and learning how to use RM maths.

Autumn walk to the park – seasonal change, colour, pattern, shape. Leaf painting, feely trays and games.

Forest school/ outdoor learning lessons with exploration and map making.

Keeping safe and looking after others in the classroom and local environment.

Classroom rules, changes in routine, social events in school

Taking part in finger gym activities, dough disco’s and squiggle while you wiggle sessions.

Self portraits – drawing and painting

Mathematics*Number recognition and careful counting*Ordering numbers and saying 1 more and 1 less*Sorting and grouping objects and numbers in different ways*Shapes – 2D and 3D shapes around us*Colours and patterns*Money and weight

*Number sense – understanding numbers

Literacy*Phonics – letter sounds and applying them*Reading and book skills*Story telling and small world play*Letter formation*fiction and non fiction books*Role play*Mark making and drawing*Name writing*Squiggle while you wiggle*Magic writing

*Weekly Library sessions

Role play, deconstructive play and shared stories and experiences.

Exploring colour and events when light is important – Bonfire night, birthdays, Christmas, Diwali, Advent.

Learning about Christmas and other religious celebrations including Diwali.

Roll play and deconstruction play – telling stories and taking on roles.

Colour mixing and exploring colour changing.

PE and outdoor learning sessions on the school site.

developing fine and gross motor skills through using large and small outdoor equipment.

Being good friends, taking turns, sharing and beginning to listen to each others ideas.

Creating using different media – painting, sand and water play, junk modelling. Messy exploration, small construction

Developing independence when using cutlery at meal times.Speaking and

listening gamesTapestry Time – sharing home experiences.