February/March '26

Rising 4's

Topic: In The Garden  

Personal Social and Emotional Development: Developing resilience and a feeling of ‘mattering’

Communication and Language: Extending vocabulary to explain and question what is happening

Phonics: Continuing Alliteration and Voice Sounds: Oral blending and Segmenting

Book of the Half Term: The Enormous Turnip

Physical Development: Mirroring actions and movements 

PE: Using balls and hoops

Maths: 1 more; 1 less  

Literacy:  Tracing lines and exploring letter shapes 

Understanding the World: Order simple changes over time and life cycles eg, seasons; seed to plant; and talk about what they notice  

Expressive Art and Design: Use drawings to create simple representations fro observations 

Rising 3's

Topic: In The Garden 

Personal Social and Emotional Development: Kind and Unkind behaviours. What are they? How can we be kind? What if someone is unkind to us?

Communication and Language: Identify failure objects from a description 

Physical Development: Use tools to dip, scoop, fill and complete a task 

Literacy: Talk about how a story might end 

Maths: Positional language games 

Understanding the World:  Show care and talk about how to care for plants and animals 

Expressive Art and Design: Creating with materials