Rising 4’s Focus Areas for Autumn Term 2 Week commencing 2nd November 2026

Topic: Road Safety 

Personal Social and Emotional Development: Name and understand happy, sad, angry emotions 

Communication and Language: Use some letter and print knowledge for early writing eg. letters in the role play post office/shopping lists/greeting cards

Phonics: General sound discrimination: Body Percussion; Rhythm and Rhyme 

Book of the Half Term: The Gingerbread Man  

Physical Development:Use fine motor skills to create desired effects eg. threading, buttons/ zips on coats 

PE: Bean bags - balancing/throwing/aiming/catching/turn taking 

Maths: Explore shapes and patterns and Number of the Week 

Literacy: Retelling a familiar stories 

Understanding the World: Draw information from a simple map

Expressive Art and Design: Christmas crafts and Nativity Performance

Rising 3’s Focus Areas for  Week commencing 2nd November 2026

Topic: Road Safety 

Personal Social and Emotional Development: Sharing, turn-taking and tolerating delay

Communication and Language: Identify familiar items and properties eg ‘red car’, ‘big bag’

Physical Development: Explore movement through obstacle courses 

Literacy: Explore drawing freely and begin to give meaning to their marks 

Maths: Notice shapes and colours and begin to arrange these in patterns

Understanding the World: Explore and respond to social and cultural traditions such as Diwali/Bonfire Night/Posting Christmas cards home  

Expressive Art and Design: Christmas crafts and Nativity performance