Welcome parents and carers Learning in ELP during

Welcome parents and carers Learning in ELP during Summer 2

Some of our topics this year Festivals and celebrations Working together Animals Growth We use these topics as a stimulus for cross-curricular teaching.

Our topic this term is Out and About This is the over-arching theme for this term. We use this theme to support teaching in other areas of the curriculum e. g. Literacy, Understanding the World, Expressive Arts etc. We pay close attention to the children’s interests and their developmental needs and next steps.

What will be taught within each area?

Books: Dinosaur Roar Literacy Focus: To listen to stories with increasing attention and recall. To enjoy the story of Dinosaur Roar! Begin to fill in the words at the end of familiar lines. To trace pre-writing patterns or single letters. Books: Rocket Countdown Focus: To describe main storysettings, events and principle characters beginning to be aware of the way a story

Books: Old Macdonald Focus: To listen to stories with increasing attention and recall. Provide book and story props in free play time for children to retell the story. Books: Driving my Tractor To describe main story settings, events and principle characters beginning to be aware of the way a story is structured

Maths The children will learn to confidently use numbers to 10 in play, counting out 6 objects and splitting small amounts in different ways. Begin to understand that the last number counted is how many there are.

Maths We will continue action songs such as ‘I am little’. Model size language in all areas of the nursery, particularly at circle times e. g. ‘big egg, small egg, and small seed’. When counting out equipment in group activities and one to one, adult will count out loud and say, “One, two, three, I have three. ” At circle time and free play: adults will count out toys/ equipment and then say something like, “There are three cars”. As appropriate, adult will begin to leave space for child to fill in how many there are. Free play: Adults will model counting out a certain amount of items. Adult will then use open hand gesture and say, “give

Expressive Arts and Design Learn new songs and begin to join in with words and actions. Explore paint and printing. Link pretend play to a real experience. Drama game: Oh look it’s raining on you, followed by small world equipment to act out same rhyme. To notice that percussion instruments sound different according to the way they are played. Playing percussion instruments loudly and quietly, fast and slow. Songs: Make a noise, shake everyone together.

Understanding the World To explore different textures and hear appropriate language modelled. To be aware that living things grow and get bigger. To be aware of different people in my class Group activity: creating a variety of textures on playdough dinosaurs – bumpy, spiky, and slimy. Adults will model appropriate language. Visiting the garden area, watering plants in outside area.

Personal, Social, Emotional Development PSED To be increasingly aware of my peers and to work as part of a group. To be able to wait for my turn, both with one other person and in a group. Adult will model and then support all children to participate as well as have a turn Adults to ask ‘Who would like a turn? ’ Encourage children to answer ‘Me’. Passing equipment to the next person circle time and group activities. Encouraging children to put their hands out to receive the toy rather than grab and also encouraging children to get out of their seat and

Communication and Language Adults will introduce new activities and new symbols to individual timetables. Adults will support children in looking at new cards and moving to new activity. Children will initially be given hand over hand support to use individual visual timetable. Support will be decreased as children become familiar with the routine. . Adult will join a child’s play and ensure that the child knows the names of the objects. The adult will then give an instruction such as ‘give the pear to Charlene’ or ‘give the purple triangle to Bianca’. Continue with Phase One and Two and introduce Phase Three (discrimination) and Phase Four (‘I want card’ in a sentence strip) where appropriate. Communication boards in classroom and outside areas for children to request

Communication and Language To be able to respond to a request for a game of chase using PECS. Adults will model requesting game of chase using PECS. Then adults will support children in responding to an adult request for a game of chase. To use single words and short phrases to express feelings such as, ‘stop, I don’t like it’ or, ‘It’s my turn’. When a child is having difficulty in expressing himself, the adult will speak on the child’s behalf and leave opportunity for the child to copy the modelled language. To develop joint attention with an adult in play activity.

Physical Development Circle time: Throwing and Catching game. Outside area: provide opportunities for throwing and catching using bean bags and balls. Either in pairs or with an adult. Outside area: Moving in different ways around the playground i. e. stomping, creeping, running, walking, going backwards. Wobbling, reaching, jumping etc. To show increased control in mark making. Drawing rockets on white boards by drawing squares and triangles. To be able to manipulate small objects using a finger and thumb grip. Pressing small pegs and matchsticks into play dough Martians. To be able to kick a ball. Adults will provide large balls at running time and model kicking them. Continue to encourage children to have a go at putting arms in sleeves and pulling

Reading • • • Reading with an adult Building upon phonic skills Opportunities to talk about pictures Reading tricky words Opportunities for independent reading • Opportunities to read for pleasure Story-time twice a day

The importance of reading regularly Reading for pleasure Developing Confidence Supporting writing skills Special Time

Questions or queries? You are still able to email your child’s class teacher directly. elp. teachers@winterbourne-inf. croydon. sch. uk