Week Commencing: 7th Nov Focus: Nursery Rhymes

Monday / SHOOTING STARS (KW)
Activity
Baa baa black sheep
Key focus area
Creative
Add resources related to the rhyme to new areas: cotton wool balls, pomp oms, toy sheep to blocks for building/ fences.
Use different resources for pictures: combs for grass, cotton wool sheep. Themes paper in writing table
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ RISING STARS AM
Activity
Small group work
Key focus area
Small Group Work
In small group create pictures in a group, using imagination and tools.
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ PM activity KATE SS
Activity
Making musical instruments
Key focus area
Letters & sounds
Use variety of resources to make instruments (shakers, drums. Use to talk about the different sounds we create)
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Circle/ time
a.Shooting Stars: KW
Nursery Rhymes and alternatives. Looking at RHYME
AOL: LIT / CONTINUOUS PROVISION
NATURE SCHOOL RISING (NB/ DM)
Shape and colour
B. Rising stars (toddlers)
AM
Bear Hunt – looking at the story.
C Rising Stars (babies).
Bear Hunt / introduce nursery ryme week
Tuesday / SHOOTING S (VS)
Activity
Hickory dickory dock
Key focus area
Time, numbers, clock faces
Number recognition & formation. Listening & attention
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ RISING STARS (GG)
Activity Humpty dumpty
Key focus area
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Make humpty dumpty using different materials and media
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ PM activity KATE ss
Activity
Rhymes from around the world
Key focus area
Multi cultural, music, rhythm
Using ‘Gift of the tortoise’ listen to different rhymes, inc circle games. Allow children to respond/comment?
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Circle time
Shooting Stars: KW
Ginger bread Man story
Shooting Star: VS / CONTINUOUS PROVISION
Making fences and enclosures in the garden (baa baa black sheep)
Babies: AM
Our favourite nursery rhymes.
Toddlers: GG. Singing nursery rhymes
Wednesday / NATURE SCHOOL : SS
(NB)
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ NATURE SCHOOL RS:
(AM/ DM)

PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ PM activity NADINE SS
First Funs: continuing the stories and actions
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Circle time NB: / CONTINUOUS PROVISION
. Thursday / Shooting star: KW
Activity
Insey winsey: Looking for spider webs
Key focus area
The world, environment
Walk to search for spider webs (or other features that might link to nursery rhyme: such as sheep!) LINK TO RHYMES
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Rising Star:
Activity:) Park
Key focus area
Go to park and concentrate on balancing skills
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ PM activity: VICKI SS
Activity
Cooking: gingerbread men
Key focus.
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Link to story
Measuring, using tools, sharing. Following recipe
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Circle time
A.Shooting Star: KW
MELANIE / CONTINUOUS PROVISION
Abbie – looking at mark making and using language and interaction with peers.
B. Toddlers: AM
MELANIE
C. Babies: GG
MELANIE
Friday / Shooting S (VS):
Activity
Woodland walk
Key focus area
Looking at changes, listening to sounds
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Being aware of and commenting on changes in the environment + tuning in listening to different sounds
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Rising Star: DM
Activity Insey Winsey
Create our own spiders/ webs
Key focus area
Art and design and group work
Create our own spider or spider webs focusing on ‘incy wincy spider’
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ PM activity VICKI ss
Activity
Ginger bread man: rhyming words
Key focus area
..Letters & sounds
Match and catch game, focus on listening. Also number and counting
PSED / C&L / PD
A&D / Lit / Maths / UW
/ Circle/ Focus time
A.Shooting : VICKI
Story of the gingerbread man
AOL: / CONTINUOUS PROVISION
Toddlers: GG singing and dancing to nursery rhymes
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Babies: DM