Summer term overview

  This term our topic is 'Under the water'. Below is the overview of the areas of learning. We have already started discovering lots about this new topic and are excited for the weeks to come. 

Language, Literacy & Communication

    •        Recounts – holiday news, activites in the day, day trips
•        Make collections of significant words linked to topic
•        Stories/Poems/facts- topic realted reading material
•        Shared writing – letters, invitations, lists, thank you letters         (mermaids/mermen party) (Dear Greenpeace etc)
•        Use knowledge of rhyme to identify families of  rhyming cvc words
•        Use capital letters and full stops in simple sentences.
•        Reading books/guided reading
•        Jolly Phonics – Recap 42 sounds and alternative spellings - JP         action, letter recognition and formation.
•        Identifying sounds in words, blending/Dictation of simple words
•        Use pictures and symbols to compose writing on screen
•        Continue to introduce tricky words (reading/spelling)
•        Recap letter names and capitals, understanding alphabetical order

Mathematical Development

·       Counting to 100, count on from a given number, saying the next number
·       Counting up to 20 objects, estimating and recording numbers
·       Recognising numbers between numbers
·       Using the language of direction
·       Adding by counting on and combining two sets/partitioning sets
·       Subtracting by counting back; removing small number of objects from a larger set
·       Use direct comparisons with length/height /distance (longer/shorter than);/weight (heavier/lighter than); capacity (holds more/less than)
·       Beginning to count in 10’s
·       Use 1p,2p,5p,10p coins to buy items
·       Use sand timers to time daily activities (use in role play)
·       Use direct comparisons when describing temperature (hot/cold)
·       Record collections using marks, numbers or pictures

Personal and Social Development, well-being and cultural diversity

SEAL – Relaltionships (theme 6) & changes (theme 7)
Relationships
-        Roll the ball game (pass the shell) – dealing with fair/unfair
-        Associated photocards/written scenarios (fair/unfair) talk about the feelings/scenarios shown in the photos
-        Use stories as a stimulus for debating the fair/unfair issues (e.g. Sharing a shell)
Changes
-        Discuss in rounds how the children felt on their first day in Rec.
-        Read stories and discuss possible solutions/role play
-        Talk about how feelings change
Sun safety –Water safety
•        Sort clothes that we wear at different times of the year
•        Care of garden wildlife – Countryside Code/school pets
•        Working together – Bees making honey• 

Knowledge and Understanding of the World 

Sorting objects found in the pond into living/non-living

•        Spring/Summer walk in woods
•        Sequence life cycle of a frog including ICT games
•        Compare similarities and differences between salt water and fresh water environments (sea/pond)
•        Discuss transport & clothing/equipment on/under the water
•        Discuss rockpools/pond life/sea life/rivers
•        Seas/oceans/climates/hot & cold with reference to their holiday experiences
•        Think about shipwrecks (Titanic) what can we learn about the past?
•        Create simple maps using a key with given symbols to find the shipwreck
•        Observe the river and discuss seasonal changes
•        Investigation floating and sinking·       

Physical  Development

Gross Motor - Large equipment – bikes, scooters, trikes, climbing frames, fort (see Creative movement)
·       Throwing and catching beanbags, balls and quoits.
·       Bouncing balls of different sizes individually and with a partner
·       Hitting ball with a bat along the floor and into the air.
·       Using large apparatus- balancing, climbing, pushing and pulling.
·       Fine Motor- Scissors skills, increasing control of paintbrush, pencil, tweezers. Magnetic fishing rods, Controlling mouse, Beebot, ipad etc
·       Manipulating clay/ playdough – making sea creatures
·       Play to learn & PESS (using underwater stories)· 

Creative Development      

• Observational drawings of sea creatures
• Make aquariums/rockpool- junk modelling
• Create clay fish/starfish etc
• Bubble painting
• Sequin sparkly fish (The rainbow fish) – create a mobile
• Sew mermaid’s purses (fill with treasures/sparkly stones)
• Role play & display mermaid cavern/shipwreck/tuff tray
• Decorate pebbles with underwater scenes
• Music express moving patterns 
• Music express working world 
• Music express – our senses – seaside
• Creative movement –  underwater music/Movement phrase – Dolphin dance (story)
•  Create submarines (junk modelling)
• ICT – underwater scene

       Welsh Language Development

·       Fflic a Fflac books – Hwyl yn yr haf, Ar lan y mor, Snap! Snap!
·       Beth wyt ti’n weld? (What do you see)
·       Songs – Mae’r tywod yn sych (The sand is dry)
Mae’r tywod yn wlyb (The sand is wet)
Sbisio, sblasio yn y mor (Splish, Splash in the sea)
Chwarae yn yr haul (Play in the sun)
·       Brawddeg yr Wythnos – Helpwr Heddiw
·       Seren Y dydd

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Cefn Mably trip

What a lovely way to end our 'On the farm' topic! We had a wonderful day at Cefn Mably farm park! All of the children really enjoyed the indoor play area . They saw and fed lots of farm animals including sheep, goats, horses, cows, ducks, geese, birds, pigs and piglets as well as pets including chinchillas, rabbits, guinea pigs which they got to hold and brush!

They remembered to wash their hands every time they fed or held the animals. 

Lots of very happy, tired children and staff by the end of the day but this farm was well worth the visit and not so far away from school either! Now onto our brand new topic "Under the water' - watch this space.......