Shade Primary School

Autumn Term

• In Maths we will be counting through play up to 5. We will look at shapes (circles, squares, triangles), have a go at drawing them and introduce what a pattern is. We will start to learn about days of the week, months of the year and the weather. We will be learning and singing lots of counting nursery rhymes too!
• Phonics – Phase 1 -  Listening and comparing the sounds of different toys or musical instruments, making sounds a part of storytelling, singing songs and rhymes, clapping along to words or songs, introducing rhyming words, listening out for initial sounds in words.
• Topics may include: Autumn, Forest animals, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Halloween, Fireworks and Christmas. We keep these flexible as primarily we will be following the children’s interests. They will also have their own focus week each.

Within topics and child led areas of interest we will also be including a broad range of activities including: craft, baking, science, the world around us, fine motor skills activities, dance and music, as well as other areas of learning provided through resources in continuous provision.

Spring Term

• In Maths we will have a number of the week from 1 - 10. This lets us look at each number in depth and have a go at writing each number. We will continue look at shapes (including rectangles), have a go at drawing them and making patterns. We will continue to learn about days of the week, months of the year, the weather, and counting nursery rhymes too.
• Phonics - Phase 2 - letters and their sounds are introduced one at a time as a ‘Sound of the Week’! We will be practising letter recognition for reading and recall, practising writing this letter, listening out for initial/ middle/ end sounds in words, practising oral blending and segmentation for reading and writing. We will also be practising writing our own name.
• Topics may include: Winter, Chinese New Year, Valentine’s, Pancake Day, Mothers’ Day, Babies, Farm Animals and Easter. We keep these flexible as primarily we will be following the children’s interests. They will also have their own focus week each.

Within topics and child led areas of interest we will also be including a broad range of activities including: craft, baking, science, the world around us, fine motor skills activities, dance and music, as well as other areas of learning provided through resources in continuous provision.

Summer Term

• In Maths we will revisit our number of the week from 1 - 10. This time we will have a go at using each number in a variety of different ways and practice writing each number. We will begin to practise saying number names in order to 20. We will continue to count through play, up to 10, with increasing 1:1 correspondence. We will continue to learn about shapes, patterns, months, weather and counting songs.  
• Phonics - Phase 2 continued - letters and their sounds are introduced one at a time as a ‘Sound of the Week’! We will be practising letter recognition for reading and recall, practising writing this letter, listening out for initial/ middle/ end sounds in words, practising oral blending and segmentation for reading and writing. We will also continue to practise writing our own name.
• Topics may include: Plants and growing, Minibeasts, Summer, Seasides, Under the Sea and Pirates.  We keep these flexible as primarily we will be following the children’s interests. Instead of focus weeks this term we work on continuing to develop the children’s individual next steps with them through their play. 

Within topics and child led areas of interest we will also be including a broad range of activities including: craft, baking, science, the world around us, fine motor skills activities, dance and music, as well as other areas of learning provided through resources in continuous provision.