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Use stimuli to discover and explore- visits and visitors, artifacts, books, videos, outside learning and our locality. Literacy: • Lightboard writing in the dark den. • UV pen writing in the dark den. • Halloween/ Diwali/ Hanuankk/ Christmas themed writing tables. • Road safety posters. • Christmas card • Letters to Father Christmas. • Listening to a wide range of themed stories e. g. the story of Rama and Sita, the Nativity story • Halloween rhyming • Phase 2 Phonics Expressive Arts and Design: • Making air dry clay divas • Exploring mehndi patterns • Making powder paint Rangoli patterns • Fireworks splatter painting • Making fireworks rockets • Christmas biscuits • Exploring movement in response to music. Understanding the World: • Learning about the believes and customs of other faiths and religions. • Dark den to explore light sources and shadow. • Exploring augmented reality Pudsey book for Children in Need. • Thinking about changing seasons • Just one tree- human impact on the environment. Create independent learners, creative thinkers, real-life challenges, controlled risk-taking through discovering and exploring our environments. Create nurturing responsible citizens through collaborative learning, care for our environments, sharing talents, decision makers, links in and around Northiam, other communities and the environment. Key Question: What makes us all unique? Planned Trips/ Extended Learning Opportunities Visit to the church. An Winter walk across our field sites. Friday Focus Afternoons: Reception will have DT Bots Communication and Language: • Role-play Christmas Grotto and Christmas post office. • Listening to a wide selection of themed stories. • Following instructions in PE • Contributing to carpet time or talking with talk partners – PSHE – being kind, a good friend, bucket fillers, talking about ourselves in positive terms. Celebrations! Willow Autumn 2 Special Events/ Festivals; Winter (seasons), Nativity Personal, Social and Emotional Education: • Learning that we are special and unique. • Learning to respect each others differences. • Different celebration party games. • Role-play Christmas Grotto and Christmas post office. • PSHE- being kind, a good friend, bucket fillers, talking about ourselves in positive terms. • Taking turns during games and activities. • Small world tuff trays • Providing new and challenging activities to promote resilience and confidence to try new things. Maths: • Shape pictures • Counting a range of weekly themed objects • Ordering numbers to ten and beyond • Weighing in the Christmas post office • Counting and matching activities • Prepositions in PE activities. Physical Development: • Wrapping Christmas presents • Selection of Funky Fingers (finger gym) activities including; feeding the tennis ball monsters, balancing Christmas baubles, ping pong ball on golf tees • PE- getting used to the hall and using the gym equipment to explore movement • Ball and beanbag toss games • Pencil control and writing • Cutting activities for Christmas decorations • Road safety and keeping safe at firework displays • Food safety- making Christmas biscuits.