Author: Fay

Physical Development
- Use outdoor area to develop gross motor skills
- Explore climbing frame and the rules to use it safely
- Mix and pour in mud kitchen
- PE lessons—follow adult instructions
- Move in a variety of ways

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Talk about feelings.
- Develop friendships with children.
- Express a range of emotions.
- Exploring new areas
- Notice and ask questions about differences.

Communication and Language
- Listen to others talk with interest.
- Start to say how they are feeling.
- Use mirrors to look at and identify their feelings
- Identify familiar objects (pictures from home).

Literacy
Shared texts—
Books—
The Colour Monster
Only One You
What Makes Me?
Who is in My Family?
Writing—
- Use a wide range of mark making implements
-Trace writing patterns
- Mark make in shaving foam, rice, sand

Nursery
Theme ‘Who Am I?’
Autumn term 1 2021
*Plans subject to change inline with pupils interests*

Maths
- Take part in finger rhymes with numbers.
- Compare sizes, weights etc. using language such as big, tall and heavy.
-Talk about ages, who is the oldest in our class?

Characteristics of effective learning
Playing and exploring
* Showing curiosity with new objects, textures
* PDR sessions - enabling chn to initiate their own play and interests
Active Learning
* New outdoor provision—learning about new equipment
Creating and Thinking Critically
* Investigate materials by testing ideas, theories and predictions
* Outdoor provision

Understanding of the World
- Make connections between the features of their family and other families.
-Bring in photos from home to share family life
- Notices differences and similarities between people.

Expressive Arts and Design
- Explore materials freely using all their senses to investigate them.
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- Enjoy taking part in action songs like the wheels on the bus and will join in.