Through our new topic, children will continue to learn a range of vocabulary. 

Children will listen participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary. Children will offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate. 

Children will express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher. 

Children will develop their gross motor skills by negotiating space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others; Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing. They will move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing. 

Children will develop their fine motor skills by holding a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases. Using a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery. They will begin to show accuracy and care when drawing. 

Through our Sports Day, children will practise key gross motor skills from running to balancing to team events as well as having so much fun! 

Children will give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.

Children will be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.

Through our new topic, children will explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly.

Through daily phonics and literacy, children will write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed. They will spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters and most children will write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others. 

In reading, children will say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs e.g. sh, ch, th, ee, igh, oo etc.  They will read words consistent with phonic knowledge by sound-blending (Fred Talk) and read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words. 

Comprehension wise, children will demonstrate an understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary. Through our Traditional Tales topic, children will anticipate, where appropriate, key events in stories. They will use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play. 

In maths, children will have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number. Children will subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5. 

Through daily practise, children will automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts. 

Through our Traditional Tales topic, children will compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past. They will frequently share texts, images, and tell oral stories that help children begin to develop an understanding of past and present.  

This will feature fictional and non-fictional characters from a range of cultures and times in storytelling, listen to what children say about them. Draw out common themes from stories e.g. bravery, difficult choices, kindness, and talk about children’s experiences with these. In addition to storytelling, children will be introduced to characters, including those from the past using songs, poems etc. Children will compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past. 

Children will talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society. They will know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. 

Children will understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling. 

Through a variety of creative activities and experiences, children will invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher, sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs and perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and, when appropriate, try to move in time with music. 

Creating with materials wise, children will safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. 

They will share their creations, explaining the process they have used. 

Children will make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories in our role play/small world areas.