Physical Development
Children improve their gross and fine motor skills daily by engaging in different activities (threading, cutting, weaving, playdough), mark making, construction, drawing, writing, Dough Disco and Squiggle While You Wiggle.
Early Learning Goals
Gross Motor: Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. -Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing. -Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.
Fine Motor: Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases; - Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery; - Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
Autumn term
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Themes Getting to know you, New beginnings and Family diversity, Science – Can we fix it?Autumn |
Enrichment activities Drama Workshop, Teddy Bear Hospital |
Themes Who am I? – personal timelines, Diwali, Christmas, Remembrance Day , Bonfire Night, Anti-bullying week |
Enrichment activities Toys – visiting year 1 toy museum, Nativity Performance, Christmas lunch |
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Gross Motor Children will learn to move safely in a space |
Gross Motor Children will explore different ways to travel and move. Children will be able to find a space and negotiate around obstacles. |
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Fine Motor Children will begin to use a tripod grip when using mark making tools. |
Fine Motor Children will accurately draw lines, circles and shapes to draw pictures. |
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Spring term
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Themes Who has feathers and who has fur? The differences between animals and humans Our senses Valentine’s Day Chinese New Year |
Enrichment activities Chinese New Year Parade Animal Cam/Virtual Zoo Trip
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Themes Whole school art focus Pancake Day Fairtrade Easter International Women’s Day |
Enrichment activities World Book Day Teddy Bear sleep over Teddy Bear’s picnic
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Gross Motor Children will show increasing control when throwing and catching a large ball. Children will balance on a variety of equipment and climb. |
Gross Motor Children will show increasing control over objects – pushing, passing, throwing, catching and kicking. Children can jump from one piece of apparatus to the next and from apparatus to the ground. |
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Fine Motor Children will handle scissors, pencil and glue effectively |
Fine Motor Children will use cutlery appropriately. |
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Summer term
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Themes How does your garden grow? |
Enrichment activities Growing flowers (sunflowers, daisies) Vegetable Patch Cress Heads Trip to Blatchington Windmill Performance – our class assembly |
Themes Around our school. Where will we go and how will we get there? |
Enrichment activities Trip to the i360 Creating the Gruffalo Recipe Book |
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Gross Motor Children will move safely with confidence and imagination, communicating ideas through movement. |
Gross Motor Children will be able to play by the rules and develop coordination. |
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Fine Motor Children will hold scissors correctly and cut out small shapes. |
Fine Motor Children will form letters correctly using a tripod grip |
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