Reception Medium Term Plan – OUTDOORS AND ADVENTURES SPRING A Week 2: 9th Jan Different Kinds of Weather Week 3: 16th Jan Stormy Weather Personal, Social & Emotional Development Communicatio n Language & Literacy Mathematical Development Week 5: 30th Jan The Seasons Week 6: 6th Feb Using Weather See weekly Speaking and Listening Activities Planning Continuous provisions around classroom stations Daily morning phonics rotational activities (cycle 2) Daily morning phonics rotational activities (cycle 2) Daily morning phonics rotational activities (cycle 3) Daily morning phonics rotational activities (cycle 1) Daily morning phonics rotational activities (cycle 2) Elmer stories Percy Park Keeper stories Noah’s Ark Stories about travel Jolly Snow Stories about snow Creating out word forest in outside shed (beginning with phase 2/3 tricky words on leaves) Unit 45: Patterns After the Storm (Percy Park Keeper) Out and About (Shirley Hughes) Non-fiction Seasons books Weather poetry - Quentin Blake - John Foster - Rhymes/Songs Unit 34: Symmetry Unit 11: Number patterns Unit 29: Addition and Subtraction Unit 23: Count repeated groups of the same size Colouring winter items grids Making butterflies Cutting snowflakes Natural material symmetrical collages Collage snowmen with patterned hats and scarves Knowledge & Understanding of the World Week 4: 23rd Jan Snowy Days Snowman counting game Symmetry walk Making shadow puppets Making and testing boats Weather boxes outdoors making weather boxes during afternoon sessions Talk about water and why we need it – look at countries with not enough water and contrast with flood pictures – discuss in circle time Watering cans/sieves/water wheel etc in water tray to make own rain ICT: making symmetrical pictures on the computer Tuff spot with shaving foam for snow Investigate ice melting – have animals frozen into blocks of ice in water tray to explore Planting seeds and talking about what factors they need to grow Make a seasons wheel ICT: using 2simple create a rainbow, thinking about the order of the colours. Attempt to write colour words around picture Making a sundial in outdoor area Drawing around a puddle and watching it evaporate Using outdoor weather boxes Make windmills and test Testing waterproof materials to make an umbrella for teddy Creative Development Weather station role play Talk about colour mixing Making sun catches and hangings for outdoor area Sewing weather pictures – suns, clouds, snowmen etc on hessian Rainy day brusho pictures with onomatopoeia words on them White playdough to make snowy creations Making rain shakers and other instruments to make a stormy band Tuff spot with playmobile people and icing sugar as ski resort Make flags/hot air balloons/kites Clay work – making clay suns Make handprint rainbow and use cotton wool to collage a cloud for display Use cereal boxes to make television weather forecast