Year R
Please see below the overview of learning for Year R.
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2
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Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Topic |
Me |
Make |
Explore |
Grow |
Discover |
Change |
Literacy/CLL |
Speaking and Listening Names and labels Lists |
Speech bubble Captions An instruction Notes |
Simple sentence to recount an experience Line of poetry for class poem Sentence based on a story
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Information label or caption Factual sentence Longer note/letter Describing sentence |
Sentence to describe familiar character Retell a story Explanation sentence |
Longer sentence Personal recount Sentence using new vocab Retell a recycled story |
Maths |
Getting to know you Match, sort and compose Talk about measures and patterns It’s me 1 2 3 Circles and Triangles 1 2 3 4 5 Shapes with 4 sides |
Alive in 5 Mass and Capacity Growing 6 7 8 Length, Height and Time Building 9 and 10 Explore 3D shapes
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To 20 and beyond How many now? Manipulate, compose and decompose Sharing and Grouping Visualise, build and map Make connections Consolidation |
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Understanding the World (Science) |
Harvest & Autumn National sports day How our bodies work Life cycles: caterpillar to butterfly. What is harvest? What is the weather like in Autumn? How does dough change when we make bread?
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Exploring light and dark Exploring winter weather Clothing What is the weather like in Winter? How is the weather different? What do we wear in winter? Why? |
Exploring the habitats in school, Planting seeds/bulbs What do plants need to grow? How can we look after plants? What is the lifecycle of a flower? |
Spotting signs of spring What is the weather like in Spring? How is the weather different? What do we know about ‘Yucky Worms’? |
Gardening and mini beast hunts What is a minibeast? What minibeasts can you find? How can you describe your minibeast? How is your minibeast different to your friend’s minibeast? |
Summer Trips to Nature Reserve and the beach International space week Earth What is the weather like in Summer? How is the weather different? What do we wear in summer? Why? What do we know about ‘Surprising Sharks?
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Understanding the World (History) |
What was different at school and home when my mum & dad were children? How was it different when my nan and grandad where young? History in Nursery Rhymes: Polly put the kettle on How have homes changed? |
Christmas in the past. What have their families done during Christmas’ in the past? How was Christmas celebrated in the past? |
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Women’s’ history month What can women/girls do? (everything!) |
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Significant figures who have been to space Who has been to space? What did they do in space? How did they get to space? |
Understanding the World (Geography) |
Places we have been with our family Where have you been with your family? How did you get there? Who did you go with? What did you do while you were there? When did you go? |
Who celebrates Holi/Diwali? What is it like in India? |
Exploring nature in our wider community What can you see in nature? How are the things you’ve found different? Why do some people celebrate Chinese New Year? What is it like in China? |
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Map work Recycling and how we can take care of our world. Look at what rubbish can do to our environment What is a map? Why do we use maps? What do you like/dislike about Ramsgate? What is recycling? What can we recycle? Why do we recycle? How can we look after the world? |
Have you ever been to a different country? Why is Africa Amazing |
Understanding the World (Computing) |
Online safety (Think before I click & ‘Smartie the Penguin’, taking photos, IWB games, Multimedia (video & music) and researching |
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Digital self portraits Sound recording – digital speech bubbles Can you Paint on an iPad to draw a digital self-portrait? Can you record a message using the speech bubble? |
QR codes E books Reading apps Can you use a website to read ‘books’? |
History focus – old tech What technology did they have in the past? What technology do they have now? How has technology changed? |
Science focus – digital microscopes What does it look like under a microscope? |
Deography focus Google maps/Earth Beebots on maps – following instructions Where is Ramsgate? How do we make the beebot move? How can we get the beebot from ___ to____? |
Art & sport focus Stop watches Digital art What is your favourite sport? Why? |
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Expressive Arts (Art) |
Colour mixing and printing Mould and manipulate play dough What colours do you mix to make ___? How can you twist/pull/push/poke/ share the play dough?
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Pattern- Rangoli, Self-portraits Colour & emotions- Picasso, Clay- Diva lamps and Christmas cards What is a self-portrait? |
Print-repeating patterns, Observational drawing-flowers, Brushwork & mark making- Chinese calligraphy How can you make a repeating pattern? What comes next? What is an observational drawing? |
Easter cards- collage Spirals and dots Clay spirals, Printing-insects What is collage? How can you mould/use the clay? |
Collage- scenes of areas, Class family tree -Andy Goldsworthy, Observational drawings Who is in your family? |
Art Week Weaving- Fabric printing, wax resist painted backgrounds, Clay- African tile, embossing. What is weaving? |
Expressive Arts (DT) |
Peg doll How can you make a peg doll? What does your doll need? Why |
Rockets & Christmas decorations How can you make a rocket? What does your rocket need? What Christmas decoration are you going to make? How are you going to make it? |
Chinese lanterns & Dragon construction How can you make a Chinese lantern? |
Pop-up cards & Spoons Can you use 2 different pop-up methods? |
This is not a box What are you going to turn your box in to? Why? How are you going to make your box into a ___? What does it need? Why? |
African jewellery box and savoury snacks from garden How can you make African jewellery? What materials/colours will you use? Why? |
RE |
What stories are special and why? Where do we belong? |
What times are special and why? |
What is special about our world? |
Which people are special and why? |
Which places are special and why? |
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Music |
Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and (when appropriate) try to move in time with music |
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Physical Development (PE) |
Cooperation Games |
Dance |
Ball skills |
Balance |
Obstacle Activities |
Races Team Games Sports Week |
PHSE including British Values |
Golden Rules: Safe, Kind and Ready |
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Mutual Respect |
Tolerance |
Rule of Law |
Individual Liberty |
Democracy |
Recap all British Values |