April/May 2026

Rising 3s

PSED: Thinking about own and others emotions of happy/sad/angry

Communication and Language: Talk about stories using pictures as prompts

Physical Development: Practise fine and gross motor skills for carrying out simple tasks such as pouring, zipping, snipping paper independently

Literacy: Follow signs, finger movements and gestures from songs and rhymes

Maths: Exploring numbers 1-5

Understanding the World: Explore different materials which include texture, smell and sound

Expressive Art and Design: Explore different media and materials manipulating them, using imagination to create simple models

Rising 4s 

PSED: Negotiate and problem solve in small groups

Communication and Language: Have a go at answering why questions

Phonics: Listening games and Oral Blending and Segmenting

Book of the Half Term:The Colour Monster 

Physical Development: Develop fine motor skills to create a desired effect

PE: Sports Day games and events practise

Literacy: Using early writing and print knowledge to make marks and communicate ideas 

Maths: Number games 1-10 including ordinal and cardinal value

Understanding the World: Taking care of the environment - immediate and wider 

Expressive Art and Design: The Dot - explore making marks to create different representations/objects; show different emotions in drawings