Reception Butterflies All Around the World Summer 2 Understanding the World
KEY ACTIVITIES
Country- continent- sea – ocean- same - different- explore
Shows interest in different ways of life. Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. Looks closely at similarities, differences and change through experiments; Rainbow rain, Don’t melt the ice , Float a boat. Find out about the explorer Captain Cook.
Art and Design Represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, and Dance.
African sunset pictures Painting in the style of Australian Aborigines. Japanese Zen gardens Design and build in the style of traditional / famous buildings around the world ; Sugar cube igloos, straw huts, pyramids… Make an African style drum or a Mexican style maraca.
Literacy Label – Letter – Description – List- who – what- when – whyhow- instruction Uses talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events by asking questions about countries and the people and animals that live in them. . Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion. Children follow instructions involving several ideas or actions including to go on a lion hunt. They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events. Find information about countries in books and on computers. Write for different purposes including Letter writing to Handa and labelling pictures of landscapes to describe them.
Books
Weekly “visit” to a new country or continent. Africa, India, Australia, Japan Mexico, Antarctica Food tasting from the countries we “visit.” Handle and look at coins from around the world. Look at art forms from the countries we “visit.” Go on discovering adventures like Captain Cook
MATHS o’clock - Half past – how much? - pence – coin - Add - Subtract – double – half Uses everyday language related to time. Knows the days of the week and the months of the year. Beginning to use everyday language related to money. Count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.