Personal Social Emotional Development:
Literacy:
Children demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversation and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall.
Children will be aware of their own feelings, and know that some actions and words can hurt others’ feelings.
Describes main story settings, events and characters.
Enjoys rhyming and rhythmic activities.
Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured. Children will be confident to talk to other children when playing, and will communicate freely about their home and community. Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
Communication and Language:
Mini theme: Harvest
Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them.
Developing an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.
Children build up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences .
Uses everyday language to talk about time (seasons and months).
Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
Beginning to understand how and why questions.
Key activities: Minibeast hunt Make their own mood monster People who we love activity All About Me activities Self portrait Harvest activities Books:
Key Questions: Why do we say thank you to God for Harvest? What is special about you? What makes you happy? Why is it important to respect others?