Time days months and seasons of the year

Time, days, months and seasons of the year. Comparing habitats – beach and woodland. Space focus – surface of the moon, space exploration, imaginary visit to space. Cooking activities. Junk modelling - making a rocket for baby bear to fly to the moon. Sorting materials using different criteria. Investigation to find the best materials to make a suitable den for baby bear on the moon. Weather with an emphasis on the summer suitable clothing, safety in the sun, water evaporation. Visits/ visitors – e. g. visit to local beach, minibeast workshop, visit to Scolton Manor. 3 d sculpture beach art. Daily songs in English and Welsh. Natural art using beach/ woodland materials. Creating a miniature seaside in a bottle. Music linked to space and the moon. Use of music for sound effects. Junk modeling – making a rocket for baby bear to fly to the moon. Mark making and media exploration. Healthy eating and living. Play to Learn scheme linked to stories and themes. Fine motor and gross motor skills. Use of large and small apparatus and equipment. Sports day preparation. Out of school trips and visitors. Values education. Developing care and respect for all living things (mini-beasts and creatures of the beach). Health and hygiene. Dosbarth Enfys Summer Term ‘Places’ Phonological, grapheme and mark making activities. Letters and Sounds sessions. Nursery rhymes and songs. Developing writing and sentence building skills. Talk 4 writing recount and instruction texts. Poetry. Writing for purpose – appreciation cards. Story map making and story sequencing. Use of a variety of stories and poems e. g. Whatever Next, Space/ the moon information books. Writing corner, reading area and role play area. Accurate counting, number recognition and number formation. Addition and subtraction – counting on, counting back and mental strategies. . Practical measuring, comparing and ordering e. g. size of dens, how many cups of sand to fill a bucket. Problem solving and real life problems. Begin to count in 2’s and 10’s. Basic understanding of time and clocks. Sorting and matching activities e. g. things that belong to the beach or woodland. Use of Welsh throughout daily routines, songs and daily language. Weather, colours, counting, feelings, food, likes and dislikes. Use of Fflic and Fflac stories. Ar Lan y Mor (The Seaside) – linked with pirates and beach focus.