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St Anne's Infants' School

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Reach for the Stars

Spring Term 3 (2025)

Who likes the dark?

 

Who likes the dark?

 

Throughout Term 3, we will excitedly explore the question "Who likes the dark?"

 

We will begin by listening to the wonderful story of ‘Owl Babies’ by Martyn Waddell.  We'll use this story to spark the children's curiosity and wonder and give them the opportunity to share with us what they already know about the dark.  As we move onto the story ‘One Snowy Night' by Nick Butterworth, we will find out about winter and the changing weather.  We will also visit the local park to meet Percy the Park Keeper himself.   

 

To support our learning, we'll use non-fiction books about nocturnal and woodland animals to find out more about these beautiful creatures and their habitats.
 

The children will begin to develop their phonic knowledge as we start to listen to sounds in words that are familiar to them.  This will include the initial sound of their name and also finding and matching objects to their initial sounds.  

 

We will continue to build upon our Personal, Social, Emotional development through our scheme of work Jigsaw, this term we are focussing on our Dreams and goals.

 

 

 

 

 

Development Matters for Term 3

 

The Development Matters from the prime areas that we will be focusing on are:

Communication and Language: 

Understand ‘why’ questions.

Enjoy listening to longer stories and can remember much of what happens.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed. This helps them to achieve a goal they have chosen, or one which is suggested to them.

Play with one or more other children, extending and elaborating play ideas.

Do not always need an adult to remind them of a rule.

Begin to understand how others might be feeling.

Physical Development 

Continue to develop their movement, balancing, riding and ball skills.

Go up stairs or steps, or climb apparatus, using alternate feet.

Skip, hop, stand on one leg and hold a pose for a game like musical statues.

Choose the right resources to carry out their own plan. For example, choosing a spade to enlarge a small hole they dug with a trowel.

Development Matters from the specific areas we will also be considering are:

Literacy:

Understand that print can have different purposes.

Know that we read English text from left to right and from top to bottom.

Can name the different parts of a book.

Add some marks to their drawings which they give meaning to

Begin to form letter like shapes.

Mathematics:

Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5.

Show ‘finger numbers’ up to 5.

Understand position through words alone – for example, “The bag is under the table,” – with no pointing.

Describe a familiar route.

Discuss routes and locations using words like ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’.

Understanding the World:

Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties.

Talk about the differences between materials and changes they notice.

Expressive Arts and Design :

Take part in simple pretend play, using an object to represent something else even though they are not similar.

Explore different materials freely, in order to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make.

Join different materials and explore different textures.

Remember and sing entire songs.

Play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas.

 

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