Transition

Topics 2019-2020

Autumn Term

All about me, Our senses, Our body,  Similarities and Differences.

Autumn.

Books and Stories

Christmas

Spring Term

Different environments - Hot  and Cold Places

Different places -  The pond, Under the sea, Up in the air, Outer Space, The Vets, The Petshop,

Different Times - Chinese New Year, Winter, Spring and Easter.

Summer Term

Traditional Stories

The Shops

The Café

The Farm

Seaside and Holidays

Religious Education: Come and See Scheme: Myself, Welcome, Birthday, Celebrating, Gathering, Growing, Good News, Friends, Our world.

Communication and Language:

Developing speaking, listening and attention skills. Developing an understanding of Language.

Individual and shared reading skills, developing phonic knowledge to decode words, reading comprehension skills.

Using writing to communicate ideas with accurate handwriting skills.

Developing a love of reading - using a wide variety of stories and picture books, retelling stories, using props and role play to interact with stories.

Mathematics

Numbers: Revising, recognising and consolidating numbers 0-10, up to 20 and beyond. Ordering numbers, missing numbers, moving on a number line, creating sets of amounts. Using numbers in play, topic work, shopping and role play activities. Using quantities, addition and subtraction skills. and numerals. Problem solving activities. Early skills in recording mathematics.

Shape, Space and Measure: Using mathematical language to explore size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money. Comparing quantities and problem solving.