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Columbia Grange School

Little Steps, Big Aspirations For All

Spring 2

 

People Who Help Us

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Semi-formal Pathway Medium Term Plan       CLASS Sky        TERM  Spring 2         YEAR 2023

People Who Help Us

Communication/Early Reading/Writing


  • We will listen to short stories.
  • We will be asking and answering questions.
  • We will request our resources when they are out of sight.
  • We will use different tools to develop our writing skills (write dance) 
  • We will use different mediums in art.
  • We will read and follow instructions. (Cookery)
  • We will show an interest in the lives of “People who help us”
  • We will show an interest in different occupations.
  • We will talk about ourselves and why we are unique.
  • We will watch videos and make comments linked to “People who help Us”

ICT

  • We will look at photos we have taken on educational visits and make comments on them.
  • We will use the camera/ipod to take photos and learn which buttons we need.
  • We will improve our mouse control skills.
  • We will use the IWB and navigate around the screen.
  • We will use purple mash to colour “People who help us”
  • We will begin to use the keyboard to write our name on our ICT work.
  • We will learn how to turn on the computer.
  • We will learn how to log the computer in.
  • We will learn how to turn off the computer.

Early Maths


  • We will develop an awareness of quantities-marked differences.
  • We will learn the meaning of 1 finger indicating 1.
  • We will sort “People who help us” into sets.
  • We will begin to solve problems.
  • We will measure our ingredients in cookery..
  • We will follow recipes.
  • We will use 1:1 correspondence during snack.
  • We will begin to have a small tuckshop for snack and all take part in different roles of the tuck shop.
  • We will compare big and little.

Creative

  • We will look at work from Picasso and create our own versions.
  • We will use collage materials in our art work.
  • We will use shapes to create different people we are learning about.
  • We will create masks for our role play area.
  • We will have crafts linked to our stories.
  • We will continue to use charanga and improve our instrument knowledge.

Semi-formal Pathway Medium Term Plan

Sky Class

Spring 2

2023

People Who Help Us

Physical/Sensory

  • We will be visiting the local swimming pool and having swimming lessons.
  • We will take part in sensory dance.
  • We will do dough disco to strengthen our fingers.
  • We will do fine motor skills.
  • We will practise our cutting skills.
  • We will be looking daily at the zones of regulation
  • We will follow daily routines.

Personal & Social

  • We will begin to develop our turn taking by playing games with our peers
  • We will be developing our PSED circle time games and remembering to follow the rules of the game.
  • We will be looking at different people and how they help us.How can we help others?

At Home

*Watch out for people around who help us.

*Look at where they are stationed.

*Watch out for People who help us coming on TV.

*Look at stories that include people who help us.




Knowledge & Understanding/Outdoor Learning


  • To investigate floating and sinking.
  • To use outdoor resources to find things linked to our topic.

 

Week 1-Firefighter

Week 2-Police Officer

Week 3-Ambulance Worker

Week 4- Dentist

Week 5-Easter

 

Week 1-Firefighters

This week we started our topic of "People who Help Us". This week we put the fires out in our tuff spot using spray water bottles, we coloured in pictures of fire engines, we explored coloured rice and we did some fire fighter role play. This week in maths we have been looking at big and small and sorting fire related pictures into size order. In cookery we made some biscuits by following instructions. In science this week we looked at the difference between hot and cold objects and coloured them accordingly. In attention everyone we made a glitter fire, played foam splat (it was super messy) and then followed instructions to make a fire engine. This week we also had our first swimming session and then we looked at art work from picasso. 

Week 2-Police Officers

This week in our attention everyone sessions we have made police cars and coloured police officers. We used the parachute in P.E and did a sensory dance session. in maths this week we have been focusing on perfecting our addition skills and adding 1 using pictures,props and then numbers. We have all been doing a great job at reading at home. In ICT we used purple mash to use our mouse skills and colour a police car.  Next week we are going to be looking at the ambulance service.

 

Week 3-Ambulance/Paramedic

This week we have been looking at the ambulance service and paramedics. In cookery we made paramedic people. We are getting better at following the instructions and finding the ingredients and equipment that we need. In maths this week we have been making a snack shop and using money we have been buying our snacks. Some children have also been doing really well with their reading at home. In literacy this week we have had lots of different storys about ambulances and hospitals. We have also been practising our writing skills with our card for Mother's Day. 

Week 4- Dentist

This week we have been perfecting our moves with cosmic kids yoga and yoga with Paula and Carmela. In cookery this week we made dentist biscuits this was our last week doing this and we have seen lots of improvements with the children finding the ingrediants that they need. In our Attention Everyone sessions we have had a dentist focus and we made our own teeth using collage materials, junk modelling and we even wrote our own name using teeth. We ordered going to the dentist and some children were able to write sentences to support this. We also have been doing more read it.. write it.. say it work with our phase 2 phonics. 

Week 5-Easter

This week we have had lots of fun. We have made some lovely Easter cards for our families at home. We made some Easter shredded wheat cakes they were yummy and didn't make it home as we ate them for snack hahah! We went on a Easter egg hunt on the adventure playground and discovery park and found lots of brightly coloured eggs. We had a great time in yoga this week relaxing and doing our yoga poses. 

This week it's our last swimming session and we have all done so well in the lane practising moving our hands and kicking our feet.

We have all had a lovely term and we hope you have a nice half term holiday.