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Year A |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Key Questions? |
Do you remember? |
Where shall we go? |
What is home? |
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Key Dates/ Events |
Starting School Harvest Festival Service Halloween Remembrance Day St Andrew’s Day Children in need Diwali Bonfire Night Hanukkah Nativity Christmas Service Christmas New Years Eve |
Pancake day Safer Internet Day Mother’s Day Chinese New Year World Book Day New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day St Patrick’s Day St David’s Day Good Friday Easter Sunday Lent Easter Easter Church Service NSPCC Number Day |
Ramadan Father’s Day St George’s Day World Earth day World Ocean Day Sports Week Sports Day Transition Day Forest School |
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Texts |
It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr Peace at Last by Jill Murphy The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper The Enormous Turnip by Irene Yates We’re going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain Rama and Sita Let’s Celebrate 5 days of Diwali by Ajanta Chakrborty The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Christmas in Exeter Street by Diana Hendry and John Lawrence Dear Santa by Rod Campbell Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham |
Billy Goats Gruff Three Little Pigs Goldilocks and the Three Bears Tell me a Dragon by Jackie Morris The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson Holidays and Festivals: Chinese New Year by Nancy Dickmann The Race Across the River/ The Great Race Stanley’s Stick by John Hegley Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Owls and Dinosaurs (Hamilton Group Reader) Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland The Dirty Great Dinosaur by Martin Waddell Ketchup on your Cornflakes? By Nick Sharratt The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley The Gingerbread Man
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The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth Oliver’s Vegetable by Vivian French Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French Grass for Tea (Hamilton Group Reader) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Tadpole’s Promise by Jeanne Willis Sleeping Beauty Jack and the Beanstalk Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Hansel and Gretel Mixed Up Fairy tales by Hilary Robinson Superheroes- All sorts (Hamilton Group Reader) Super Daisy by Kes Gray My Mum is a Supermum by Angela McAllister Superworm by Julia Donaldson Supertato by Sue Hendra You Can’t Take and Elephant on the Bus by Patricia Cleveland Peck The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith Naughty Bus by Jan Oke The Train Ride by June Crebbin |
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Assessment Opportunities |
Baseline on entry
Phonics baseline
Parent’s Evening
Pupil progress meetings
Progress report
Observations |
Phonics assessments Report Pupil progress meetings Observations Phonics assessments Report Pupil progress meetings Observations |
Phonics assessments Progress report Parent’s Evening Pupil progress meetings Observations |
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Phonics |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we teach systematic synthetic phonics using Bug Club Phonics. Our phonics teaching happens daily and it follows the sequence of teach, practice, review, assess, track and consolidate. |
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Phase 1/2 Initial sounds, listening to stories with attention and recall. Introduction to individual phonemes and digraphs. Set 1: s,a,t,p Set 2: i,n,m,d Set 3: g,o,c,k Set 4: ck,e,u,r Set 5: h,b,f,ff,l,ll,ss High Frequency Words (Practice blending and segmenting): A, dad, I, mum, big, it, at, is, on, up, back, if, but, of, into, his, to, him, had, in, no, got, the, go, an, as, can, off, not, get, and Tricky Words: the, to, I, no, go, into |
Phase 3 Revision of phonemes from last term. Introduction to new phonemes, new digraphs, long vowel digraphs and trigraphs. Set 6: j, v, w, x Set 7: y, z, zz, qu Set 8: ch, sh, th, ng Set 9: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo and oo Set 10: ar, or, ur, ow, oi Set 11: ear, air, ure, er High Frequency Words: will, too, that, was, then, all, now, look, she, wed, this, you, with, her, for, be, he, they, them, are, down, me, my, see Tricky Words: you, they, all, are, my, her, he, she, we, me, be, was |
Phase 3/4 Revise all phonemes introduced. Introduction of: CVCC CCVC CCVCC CCCVC CCCVCC High Frequency Words: went, when, from, some, children, come, little, there, it’s, what, just, so, help, said, were, out, like, one, have, do Tricky Words: said, like, do, come, there, little, out, have, so, some, were, one, when, what |
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Literacy ELG: Comprehension ELG: Word Reading ELG: Writing |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we support and develop children’s literacy skills using Hamilton Trust planning. Children are taught to:
Children are taught through these topics: |
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Labels and Captions: Ourselves and our Families Lists and Storytelling: Sharing the Harvest Repetitive Chants and Rhymes: Patterns and Repetition Lists and Labels: Autumn Leaves Prepositions and Descriptors: Celebrating Light and Dark Greetings and Letters: Christmas and Winter Traditions |
Traditional Tales and Labels: Homes and Houses Captions and Banners: Dragons and Chinese New Year Labels and Captions: Pick up a Stick Non- Fiction Texts and Stories: Dinosaurs Lists, Instructions and Recipes: Food and Cooking
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Lists, Labels and Instructions: Growing Plants Labels, Captions and Simple Report Sequences: Animal Lifecycles Letters, Short Retellings of Fairy Tales: Fairy Tales Descriptive Writing: Superheroes Lists, Maps and Recounts: Transport
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Communication and Language ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding ELG: Speaking |
At St Margaret’s C of E Primary School, we support communication and language by developing children’s speaking, listening and understanding skills. Children are taught to:
Children do this by: (these lists are exhaustive) |
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Daily Story Time Time to Talk Settling in Activities Harvest Festival Who is in My Family? My Favourite things Nativity Speaking Christmas Service |
Daily Story Time Time to Talk Class Assembly Easter Service |
Daily Story Time Time to Talk Talk Boost Leavers Service
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Maths ELG: Number ELG: Numerical Patterns |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we develop and support children’s mathematical understanding by:
Children do this by exploring these areas of maths: |
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Understanding Number Counting and naming numerals Ordering Numbers; sequencing Shapes and Patterns A Exploring and playing with symmetry Exploring repetitive patterns How many? Count how many; match one-to-one One more/less up to 12 Time Introducing time Number and Sets Partitioning to create number bonds Recording number bonds Comparison and Measuring Comparing lengths Comparing measures directly Shapes and Patterns B Counting in 2s Odd and Even Numbers Exploring 2D Shapes |
Understanding Number Counting and Estimating Order and compare numbers Position and Time Where is it? Time Addition and Subtraction A Partition to create number bonds Say the number one more/less Comparison and Measures Comparing Weights Addition and Subtraction B Count on to add Count back to subtract Shapes Explore and play with 3D Shapes Money and Coins Coin recognition Money role play |
Understanding Number Teen Numbers; 10 and some more Exploring 100 Comparing and Measuring Measuring outside Addition and Subtraction C Equivalence Bonds to 10 Clever counting Counting on; 1 more/less Time Telling the time Patterns Doubling and Halving Fractions Number Games Number games
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Physical Development ELG: Gross Motor Skills ELG: Fine Motor Skills |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School children develop their gross and fine motor skills by being taught to:
Children are also taught PE by EPC (Essex Professional Coaching) once a week and the class teacher once a week. |
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Physical Education: Multi-Skills (EPC) Playground games- 19th -21st Century Dodgeball (EPC) Ball Skills Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough |
Physical Education: Gymnastics (EPC) Dance: Great Fire of London Football (EPC) Yoga Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough
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Physical Education: Athletics (EPC) Netball Tennis (EPC) Cricket Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough
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What do right, wrong and good mean? (Philosophy) What is the nativity story about? Why might people tell this story? (Theology) |
What does the word God mean? (Theology) Is it real? (Philosophy) |
What happens in a church and a synagogue? (Human/ Social Sciences) Whole School Enquiry |
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PSED ELG: Self-Regulation ELG: Managing Self ELG: Building Relationships |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we support children’s ability to self-regulate, manage their attention, build relationships and develop independence. We teach them PSED using both 3D Dimensions and No outsiders and children are taught to:
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Nursery Lesson 3- It’s Your Turn Lesson 4- Good Friends Lesson 5- Make Your Choice Lesson 8- Where I Live Reception Lesson 2- Nan’s House Lesson 3- I Like Lesson 8- Me and You Lesson 14- Family Fun Lesson 5-What a Problem Lesson 13-Bully Boy Lesson 14- The Panto Lesson 15- One Gold Star No Outsiders: Say What I Think- You Choose |
Reception Lesson 10- Rainy Days Lesson 11- I Feel Poorly Lesson 22- E Safety, Be Safe Lesson 9- Stick to The Rules Lesson 12- Clean/Tidy Lesson 17- I’m Stuck Lesson 18- A Piece of Cake No Outsiders: It’s OK to like different things- Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly Make Friends with Someone Different- Blue Chameleon
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Reception Lesson 1- Hide and Seek Lesson 7- An Old Friend Lesson 20- The New Pet Lesson 23- Eid Mubarak! Lesson 25- Litter Bug Lesson 6- Take the Plunge Lesson 16- All Join In Lesson 19- Busy Body Lesson 21- Getting in a Knot Lesson 24- Playground Games No Outsiders: Understand that all Families are different- The Family Book Celebrate my Family- Mommy, Mama and Me |
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Understanding the World. (UTW) ELG: Past and Present ELG: People, Culture and Communities ELG: The Natural World |
At St Margaret’s Church of England School, we help to develop children’s understanding of the physical world their communities through:
Children do this by: (these lists are exhaustive) |
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Seasons: Autumn/Winter My Family Toys Where I live What does my house look like? Diwali Guy Fawkes Hannukah Remembrance Day My School Materials Weather |
Season: Spring New Years Chinese New Years The Great Fire of London Trees, Plants, Flowers Landmarks (London) My Village Local cities and Towns Nature Animals, Habitats and Homes Mother’s Day |
Season: Summer David Attenborough Wild and wonderful creatures Pets Europe Local seas surrounding the UK Plants Father’s Day
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Expressive Arts and Design ELG: Creating with Materials ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we help to develop children’s expressive arts and design by encouraging imagination, self-expression and confidence through:
Children do this by: (These lists are exhaustive) |
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First Day Photos Self Portraits Nursery rhymes Harvest Colour monster Painting Autumn/ Winter crafts Mixing colours Firework pictures Poppies Christmas Cards Nativity Songs Puppets Halloween crafts Christmas crafts Christmas craft day |
Chinese New Year crafts Dragons Chinese lanterns Mother’s Day cards Easter cards Pancake day Spring/ Easter crafts Outdoor provision Mud kitchen Puppets Easter craft day
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Summer crafts Father’s Day cards Outdoor provision Mud kitchen Fairy tales Junk modelling Animal lifecycles Caterpillar art Symmetrical butterflies Transport |
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Trips (Subject to circumstances) |
Autumnal Walks Listening walks Church Visit |
Fire Engine Visit Spring walks Listening walks |
Listening Walks Summer walks Colchester Zoo trip |
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Year B |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Key Questions? |
How has life changed? |
Who can help me? |
Are we there yet? |
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Key Dates/ Events |
Starting School Harvest Festival Service Halloween Remembrance Day St Andrew’s Day Children in need Diwali Bonfire Night Hanukkah Nativity Christmas Service Christmas New Years Eve |
Pancake day Safer Internet Day Mother’s Day Chinese New Year World Book Day New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day St Patrick’s Day St David’s Day Good Friday Easter Sunday Lent Easter Easter Church Service NSPCC Number Day |
Ramadan Father’s Day St George’s Day World Earth day World Ocean Day Sports Week Sports Day Transition Day Forest School
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Texts |
It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr Peace at Last by Jill Murphy The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper The Enormous Turnip by Irene Yates We’re going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain Rama and Sita Let’s Celebrate 5 days of Diwali by Ajanta Chakrborty The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Christmas in Exeter Street by Diana Hendry and John Lawrence Dear Santa by Rod Campbell Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham |
Billy Goats Gruff Three Little Pigs Goldilocks and the Three Bears Tell me a Dragon by Jackie Morris The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson Holidays and Festivals: Chinese New Year by Nancy Dickmann The Race Across the River/ The Great Race Stanley’s Stick by John Hegley Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Owls and Dinosaurs (Hamilton Group Reader) Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland The Dirty Great Dinosaur by Martin Waddell Ketchup on your Cornflakes? By Nick Sharratt The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley The Gingerbread Man
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The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth Oliver’s Vegetable by Vivian French Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French Grass for Tea (Hamilton Group Reader) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Tadpole’s Promise by Jeanne Willis Sleeping Beauty Jack and the Beanstalk Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Hansel and Gretel Mixed Up Fairy tales by Hilary Robinson Superheroes- All sorts (Hamilton Group Reader) Super Daisy by Kes Gray My Mum is a Supermum by Angela McAllister Superworm by Julia Donaldson Supertato by Sue Hendra You Can’t Take and Elephant on the Bus by Patricia Cleveland Peck The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith Naughty Bus by Jan Oke The Train Ride by June Crebbin |
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Assessment Opportunities |
Baseline on entry
Phonics baseline
Parent’s Evening
Pupil progress meetings
Progress report
Observations |
Phonics assessments Report Pupil progress meetings Observations Phonics assessments Report Pupil progress meetings Observations |
Phonics assessments Progress report Parent’s Evening Pupil progress meetings Observations
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Phonics |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we teach systematic synthetic phonics using Bug Club Phonics. Our phonics teaching happens daily and it follows the sequence of teach, practice, review, assess, track and consolidate. |
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Phase 1/2 Initial sounds, listening to stories with attention and recall. Introduction to individual phonemes and digraphs. Set 1: s,a,t,p Set 2: i,n,m,d Set 3: g,o,c,k Set 4: ck,e,u,r Set 5: h,b,f,ff,l,ll,ss High Frequency Words (Practice blending and segmenting): A, dad, I, mum, big, it, at, is, on, up, back, if, but, of, into, his, to, him, had, in, no, got, the, go, an, as, can, off, not, get, and Tricky Words: the, to, I, no, go, into |
Phase 3 Revision of phonemes from last term. Introduction to new phonemes, new digraphs, long vowel digraphs and trigraphs. Set 6: j, v, w, x Set 7: y, z, zz, qu Set 8: ch, sh, th, ng Set 9: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo and oo Set 10: ar, or, ur, ow, oi Set 11: ear, air, ure, er High Frequency Words: will, too, that, was, then, all, now, look, she, wed, this, you, with, her, for, be, he, they, them, are, down, me, my, see Tricky Words: you, they, all, are, my, her, he, she, we, me, be, was |
Phase 3/4 Revise all phonemes introduced. Introduction of: CVCC CCVC CCVCC CCCVC CCCVCC High Frequency Words: went, when, from, some, children, come, little, there, it’s, what, just, so, help, said, were, out, like, one, have, do Tricky Words: Said, like, do, come, there, little, out, have, so, some, were, one, when, what
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Literacy ELG: Comprehension ELG: Word Reading ELG: Writing |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we support and develop children’s literacy skills using Hamilton Trust planning. Children are taught to:
Children are taught through these topics: |
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Labels and Captions: Ourselves and our Families Lists and Storytelling: Sharing the Harvest Repetitive Chants and Rhymes: Patterns and Repetition Lists and Labels: Autumn Leaves Prepositions and Descriptors: Celebrating Light and Dark Greetings and Letters: Christmas and Winter Traditions |
Traditional Tales and Labels: Homes and Houses Captions and Banners: Dragons and Chinese New Year Labels and Captions: Pick up a Stick Non- Fiction Texts and Stories: Dinosaurs Lists, Instructions and Recipes: Food and Cooking Captions, Labels and Non- Fiction Writing: Spring into Spring |
Labels, Captions and Simple Report Sequences: Animal Lifecycles Letters, Short Retellings of Fairy Tales: Fairy Tales Descriptive Writing: Superheroes Lists, Maps and Recounts: Transport
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Communication and Language ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding ELG: Speaking |
At St Margaret’s C of E Primary School, we support communication and language by developing children’s speaking, listening and understanding skills. Children are taught to:
Children do this by: (these lists are not exhaustive) |
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Daily Story Time Time to Talk Settling in Activities Harvest Festival Who is in My Family? My Favourite things Nativity Speaking Christmas Service |
Daily Story Time Time to Talk Class Assembly Easter Service |
Daily Story Time Time to Talk Talk Boost Leavers Service
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Maths ELG: Number ELG: Numerical Patterns |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we develop and support children’s mathematical understanding by:
Children do this by exploring these areas of maths: |
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Understanding Number Counting and naming numerals Ordering Numbers; sequencing Shapes and Patterns A Exploring and playing with symmetry Exploring repetitive patterns How many? Count how many; match one-to-one One more/less up to 12 Time Introducing time Number and Sets Partitioning to create number bonds Recording number bonds Comparison and Measuring Comparing lengths Comparing measures directly Shapes and Patterns B Counting in 2s Odd and Even Numbers Exploring 2D Shapes |
Understanding Number Counting and Estimating Order and compare numbers Position and Time Where is it? Time Addition and Subtraction A Partition to create number bonds Say the number one more/less Comparison and Measures Comparing Weights Addition and Subtraction B Count on to add Count back to subtract Shapes Explore and play with 3D Shapes Money and Coins Coin recognition Money role play
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Understanding Number Teen Numbers; 10 and some more Exploring 100 Comparing and Measuring Measuring outside Addition and Subtraction C Equivalence Bonds to 10 Clever counting Counting on; 1 more/less Time Telling the time Patterns Doubling and Halving Fractions Number Games Number games
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Physical Development ELG: Gross Motor Skills ELG: Fine Motor Skills |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School children develop their gross and fine motor skills by being taught to:
Children are also taught PE by EPC (Essex Professional Coaching) once a week and the class teacher once a week. |
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Physical Education Multi-Skills (EPC) Yoga Dodgeball (EPC) Ball Skills Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough |
Physical Education: Gymnastics (EPC) Dance Football (EPC) Hockey Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough |
Physical Education: Track Athletics (EPC) Field Athletics Cricket (EPC) Tennis Other Opportunities: Dough Disco Handwriting/ Letter Formation Cutting Skills Using Utensils Painting Playdough
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What does right, wrong and good mean? (Philosophy) What is the nativity story about? Why might people tell this story? (Theology) |
What does the word God mean? (Theology) Is it real? (Philosophy) |
What happens in a church and a synagogue? (Human/ Social Sciences) Whole School Enquiry |
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PSED (3D Dimensions) ELG: Self-Regulation ELG: Managing Self ELG: Building Relationships |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we develop children ability to self-regulate, manage their attention, build relationships and develop independence. We teach them PSED using both 3D Dimensions and No outsiders and children are taught to:
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Nursery Lesson 3- It’s Your Turn Lesson 4- Good Friends Lesson 5- Make Your Choice Lesson 8- Where I Live Reception Lesson 2- Nan’s House Lesson 3- I Like Lesson 8- Me and You Lesson 14- Family Fun Lesson 5-What a Problem Lesson 13-Bully Boy Lesson 14- The Panto Lesson 15- One Gold Star No Outsiders: Say What I Think- You Choose |
Reception Lesson 10- Rainy Days Lesson 11- I Feel Poorly Lesson 22- E Safety, Be Safe Lesson 9- Stick to The Rules Lesson 12- Clean/Tidy Lesson 17- I’m Stuck Lesson 18- A Piece of Cake No Outsiders: It’s OK to like different things- Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly Make Friends with Someone Different- Blue Chameleon |
Reception Lesson 1- Hide and Seek Lesson 7- An Old Friend Lesson 20- The New Pet Lesson 23- Eid Mubarak! Lesson 25- Litter Bug Lesson 6- Take the Plunge Lesson 16- All Join In Lesson 19- Busy Body Lesson 21- Getting in a Knot Lesson 24- Playground Games No Outsiders: Understand that all Families are different- The Family Book Celebrate my Family- Mommy, Mama and Me |
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Understanding the World. (UTW) ELG: Past and Present ELG: People, Culture and Communities ELG: The Natural World |
At St Margaret’s Church of England School, we help to develop children’s understanding of the physical world their communities through:
Children do this by: (these lists are exhaustive) |
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Seasons: Autumn/Winter My Family Toys Where I live What does my house look like? Diwali Guy Fawkes Hannukah Remembrance Day My School Materials Weather |
Season: Spring New Years Chinese New Years The Great Fire of London Trees, Plants, Flowers Landmarks (London) My Village Local cities and Towns Nature Animals, Habitats and Homes Mother’s Day |
Season: Summer David Attenborough Wild and wonderful creatures Pets Europe Local seas surrounding the UK Plants Father’s Day
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Expressive Arts and Design ELG: Creating with Materials ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive |
At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, we help to develop children’s expressive arts and design by encouraging imagination, self-expression and confidence through:
Children do this by: (These lists are exhaustive) |
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First Day Photos Self Portraits Nursery rhymes Harvest Colour monster Painting Autumn/ Winter crafts Mixing colours Firework pictures Poppies Christmas Cards Nativity Songs Puppets Halloween crafts Christmas crafts Christmas craft day |
Chinese New Year crafts Dragons Chinese lanterns Mother’s Day cards Easter cards Pancake day Spring/ Easter crafts Outdoor provision Mud kitchen Easter craft day
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Summer crafts Father’s Day cards Outdoor provision Mud kitchen Fairy tales Junk modelling Animal lifecycles Caterpillar art Symmetrical butterflies Transport
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Trips (Subject to circumstances) |
Autumnal Walks Church Visit Hedingham Castle |
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Farm Visit
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