MUSIC/DANCE/DRAMA

Music, drama and dance help the body and mind to work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words and dancing to music helps them to build motor skills and self-expression. Music helps strengthen memory skills as it activates both the left and right brain at the same time and the activation of both hemispheres can maximize learning and improve memory. Making music, dancing and drama encourages children to participate in group activities, express their emotions and develop their social skills. It can enhance understanding of different cultures, refine listening skills, create awareness of movement and body positions and develop creativity and imagination

Time Frame 

21/02/22 – 25/03/22

28/03/22 – 1/04/22 (consolidation)

Seasonal, Cultural or Festive Focus  

Winter

Spring – officially starts 20/03/22

Shrove Tuesday – 1/03/22

World Book Day (Share a Story) – 3/03/22

International Women’s Day – 8/3/22

Celebration for Mother’s Day – 25/03/22

Easter Party – 31/03/22

Nursery to Home Focus

On hold due to pandemic

PAThS

Twiggles Helper

Compliments

We All have Feelings

Happy/Sad

HEALTH & WELLBEING

LITERACY FOCUS

NUMERACY FOCUS

• Exercise every day
• Healthy eating at snack time – explore healthy/unhealthy food choices and cultural heritage in relation to food
• Getting dressed for outdoor play

OUTDOOR PLAY

• Playing safety outside
• Listening and following instructions
• Feeding birds/wildlife
• Digging/weeding/planting ready for Spring

Personal to each child as per individual tracker

Personal to each child as per individual tracker

• Mathematical language – slow/fast etc
• Sequencing
• Patterns
• Beats in music

Nursery Rhyme

Humpty Dumpty

Song

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Story

The Scarecrow’s Wedding by Julia Donaldson

Book Awareness

• Early phonological awareness
  • Initial sounds
  • Rhyming words

ECO

Litter   

• To reduce, reuse and recycle waste as much as possible 

Health and Wellbeing

• To ensure children are safe, well- nourished, play and learn actively and create environments which build their social and emotional confidence

Waste Minimisation

• To raise awareness of what can be recycled

Sustainable Development Goal – Gender Equality

ECO FOCUS

Litter

• Litter picking

Room 1 – Monday

Room 2 – Wednesday

Room 3 – Friday

• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle                

Health and Wellbeing

• Hand washing
• Making healthy choices at snack/lunch time
• Toothbrushing
• Energetic outdoor play
• Dressing for Wintery weather
• Feeding/looking after wildlife in our garden

Waste Minimisation

• 1 scoosh of soap
• 1 paper towel
• Turn off taps
• Use both sides of drawing paper

Possible Learning Intentions

• We can explore emotions through music/dance/drama
• We can listen well and follow instructions
• We can be creative and imaginative
• We are learning what it means to rhyme

• We can identify a rhyming pair
• We can create our own rhymes
• We can use mathematical language such as slow/fast etc
• We can recognise and sequence patterns
• We know about Easter and Spring