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St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Autumn 1

Our Learning in Autumn 1

Theme: Our community

Subject Overview
Maths

Subitising within 3

Counting skills

Composition - exploring how numbers to 4 are made of 1s

Comparison of sets - ‘just by looking’

Using the language of comparison: more than and fewer than
Literacy

The Colour Monster goes to school

You Choose

Personal, Social and Emotional

To settle into the classroom routines.

To recognise and talk about different feelings.

To identify key adults who can help them.

Communication and Language

To learn different stories, songs and rhymes and talk about them

To know the transitions in school and respond appropriately.

To begin to articulate their feelings

To know who is in their family and talk about them confidently

To use full sentences when asking or talking about what they are doing

Physical Development

Name writing

Letter formation

Dough disco

Being able to put on your coat.

Learning how to use outdoor equipment.

Going to the toilet independently.

Knowledge and understanding of the world

To name their family members

To know what a community is

To talk about what community they belong to

To name people in their community

To understand what the past is and what it was like

To find out the signs of Autumn

Expressive arts and design

To hold a paint brush

To create with paint

To name the colours

To observe and experiment with colour mixing

To name instruments and begin to experiment with the sounds that they make

To develop the narrative behind their play and create more complex storylines

To draw and themselves and the people in their community

Enrichment

RE/ Literacy - The children will have a visit from Reverend Tom from St. Margaret’s Church to discuss his job. This links to the discussions the children will have about other jobs people have in our community.