Social Emotional Development Personal (PSED) Talk about the life of a pirate to understand other cultures Would you like to be away from your family for a long time? Stealing – where pirates right to steal? Is it right to steal?
Literacy (LD) Read and re-tell stories about mermaids and pirates Learn new words that describe the pirates and their lives. Write captions for pictures Daily phonic lessons Beginning to hear and write initial sounds
Pirates and Mermaids Small world pirate ship Role play pirate ship Sequencing pirate stories Using ‘and’ and ‘because’ in our speech to further our sentences
Religious Education (RE) Come and See
Exploring floating and sinking Using ICT to find out more about pirates and mermaids
St. George’s Day (23rd April)
Good News Friends
Physical Development (PD)
Order numbers to 1-20 Count backwards from 10 Using positional language to place items around a pirate ship Sorting jewels by colour and shape Order the days of the week and months of the year. Find one more or one less on a number line or using a group of objects. Finds one more or one less in groups of objects. Carry on with number formation practice.
Celebration Days
Understanding the World (UW)
Topic Web Summer 1 2016
Communication and Language (CL)
Mathematics (MD)
Weekly dance lessons Weekly hand writing practise Continue to develop our fine motor skills in the finger gym by using hole punches to create patterns on a mermaids tail
Expressive Art and Design (EAD) Making mermaids head bands Making paper plate pirate hats Use a variety of media to create pirate pictures Builds stories around toys, eg. Mermaids needing to be rescued from evil pirates Use available resources to create props to support role-play.