Foundation Stage Medium Term Plan – Reception



Foundation Stage Medium Term Plan – Reception Term 2 (Rainforest. Celebrations and Festivals) 2011-12

|Week & Focus |Personal, Social and Emotional |Communication, Language and Literacy|Problem Solving, Reasoning and|Knowledge and Understanding of the |Physical Development |Creative Development |Events |

| |Development | |Numeracy |World | | | |

|Week 1 |Continue with children’s special |Tell the Down in the rainforest |Find the jaguar using |Show pictures of rainforests and |Jungle Obstacle Course |Begin Xmas play song practise | |

| |boxes. |poem. Invite children to add actions|directional clues |locate on a map. | |Collage pictures of rainforest | |

|Rainforests | |and movements to the verses. | |Listen to the sounds of the | |animals | |

| | | | |rainforest and talk about what you | | | |

| | |Begin Speed Sounds | |hear. | | | |

|Week 2 |Use stories from the virtual story |Read Parrot Tico Tango - What |Sorting fruit and foods from |Identify and explore tropical |Jungle Movement |Look carefully at the tropical |Make |

| |book s to compare lives in Bristol |animals did he meet in the |the rainforest and England. |fruits. Make a tropical fruit salad| |fruit. Draw and paint pictures of |rainforest |

|Rainforests |with rainforest life |rainforest? | |using fruits from the rainforest. | |it for display |fruit salad |

| | |What fruits did they have? Why did | | | | | |

| | |he take them all? | | | |Imitate the sounds of creatures in | |

| | |Look at the new words used in the | | | |the rainforest using musical | |

| | |book e.g. snatched, clutched, | | | |instruments. | |

| | |seized, treat | | | | | |

| | |Continue Speed Sounds | | | | | |

|Week 3 |Empathise with “Marcellus” in story |“Marcellus Birthday cake” |Contribute to pictogram |Recollect birthday experiences |Explore dynamics of travelling |Sing “Happy Birthday”, |Stage a |

| |Make birthday presents and cards to |Write birthday cards and label |birthdays in months |Contribute to class calendar |Wrap presents with own printed |Role play party games |birthday party|

|Birthdays etc|give to others |presents |Say and use number names in |showing festivals |wrapping paper |Make hats for special occasions |for a toy |

| |Discuss “poppy day” |Compose party invitations using ICT |order in familiar contexts |ICT invitations |Dress up | | |

| | |Continue daily phonic lessons |Recognise some numerals of | |Functional movement – lunge and| | |

| | | |personal significance. | |leap | | |

|Week 4 |Ask a visitor about the importance of|Make and write a Thanks giving card.|Share objects into equal |Origins of thanks giving and how it|Movement concepts – temporal |Make thanks giving turkeys |Visitor to |

| |Thanks giving |Contribute to a class lift the flap |groups and count how many in |is celebrated. |awareness |Christmas play rehearsals |talk about |

|Thanks- |Think of people that help us and how |quilt with thanks message from each |each group |Link to our harvest festivals |Joining techniques for turkey |Make scones |Thanks giving?|

|Giving |we can thank them |child | |Make and decorate thanksgiving |card | | |

|24/11 | |Continue daily phonic lessons | |turkey | | | |

|Week 5 |Share food made for celebrations. |Make zig-zag book about Hanukah |Make paper chain decorations |Make candles for a Hanukah |Respond to music from various |Sing ”This little light of mine”, | |

| |Introduce different customs through |Make Hanukah greeting cards using |in a pattern |candelabra |festivals |Make collages on paper plates of | |

|Hanukah |stories etc. |ICT |Use language such as 'more' or|Find out about festivals though |Make junk model menorahs for |food for special occasions | |

| |Circle time – who celebrates |Continue daily phonic lessons |'less' to compare two numbers.|books |Hanukah | | |

| |Hanukkah. Discuss the sim / diffs | | |Cook potato latkes |Aesthetic Movement – body shape| | |

| |between Hanukkah and our festivals. | | | | | | |

| |What’s good about the celebrations | | | | | | |

| |Why is the oil important? | | | | | | |

|Week 6 |Circle time –discuss celebrating |Contribute to big class information |Las Posadas lasts for nine |Talk about a festival you have |Respond to music from various |Make piñatas |Visitor to |

| |different festivals – talk about |book about Las Posadas |days. Count to nine in |celebrated at home |festivals |Sing COME AND SEE OUR STAR PIÑATA |talk about Las|

|Las Posadas |Mexico and Santi and how they |Make a thank-you card for visitor |English, then try in Spanish: | |Make plates of dough food for | |

| |celebrate the run up to Xmas. | |stomp nine times etc |Make guacamole |special occasions |me_station06/nov06_LAS_POSADAS.shtm| |

| |How would it feel to have no where to| |Make maps to follow using | | |l | |

| |go? Question a visitor. | |directional language | | | | |

|Weeks 7 |Role play parts of festivals e.g. |Make pop-up Xmas cards |Ordinal number - “12 days of |Make a small world play mat to show|Explore ways of travelling |Sing various Xmas songs and carols |Play |

| |getting married, giving presents out |Write wish list letter to Santa |Xmas” |the Xmas journey to the stable. |Make a jigsaw present and |Print Xmas cards |performan-ces |

|Xmas | |Claus |Match patterns on Xmas |Bake shortbread snowmen/stars for |Glittery star pictures | | |

| | |Make up own verses for The 12 days |stockings |Xmas | | | |

| | |of Xmas |Wrap presents | | | | |

| | | |order and sequence familiar | | | | |

| | | |events | | | | |

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