Themes and Activities for Each Half Term
Sue, our Pre-School Leader sets the theme/topic and activities associated with it for each half term well in advance along with some suggested activities for children to take part in at home. No topic is repeated in a two year period so the majority of children only cover a topic once.
The Home Link section below the listed activities is designed to help children explore each term's topic further at home or when out and about. Parents are encouraged to take part and talk to their child about what is going on in relation to that particular topic.
Below are the themes/topics for this year:
Summer Term 2009: The topic for the second half (June to July) of the Summer Term is: "All Creatures Great and Small"
Areas Covered Will Be: Week 1: Dinosaurs Week 2: Mini Beasts Week 3: Animals on the Farm Week 4: Polar Regions Week 5: Rain Forests Week 6: In the Air Week 7: Under the Sea
The following rhymes, poems and songs will be learnt:
Week 1: Dinosaur Stomp
Week 2: The Hungry Caterpillar
Week 3: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Week 4: Five Little Penguins Went Swimming One Day
Week 5: Pitter Patter Rain Drops
Week 6; Yellow Bird
Week 7: We All Live in a Yellow Submarine
Books of the Week Are:
Week 1: Dinosaurs Galore
Week 2: The Hungry Caterpillar
Week 3: Farmer Joe
Week 4: Doing the Animal Bop
Week 5: Rain Forest/Jungle Animals
Week 6: The Daring Ducks
Week 7: Commotion in the Ocean
Home Link: Suggested home activities for this term are: 1. Discuss the types of animals that you see in your day to day life. How many legs do they have, what sort of noise do they make, where do they live, etc. 2. When out and about point out different habitats such as farm, woodland, heaths, etc and talk about what animals might live there.
The topic for the first half (April to June) of the Summer Term is: "People Who Help Us and Emergency 999" Week 1: The Police Station and the People Who Work There Week 2: The Postman Week 3: The Fire Station and Firemen Week 4: Doctors and Nurses Week 5: Help at the Seaside (and will also be covered at the last week of the summer term in preparation for the summer holidays)
The following rhymes, poems and songs will be learnt: Week 1: "People Who Help Us Song" - Fireman Fred, Postman Peter, Doctor Desmond, Policewoman Pam, Nurse Natalie
Week 2: "I wrote a Letter Week 3: "10 Little Firemen" Week 4: "Polly had a Dolly" Week 5: "I do Like to Beside the Seaside" Books of the week are:
Week 1: The Police Force Week 2: The Rescue Party Week 3: Flashing Five Enginers Week 4: The Toy Hospital Week 5: Are We Nearly There Yet? Home Link: Suggested home activities for this term are: 1. Look out for evidence of the emergency services - most of you will pass the fire station and police station in Linton, Haverhill or Cambridge so point them out and talk about what goes on there. 2. The above songs will be taught to the children. It is likely that they will, in turn, be teaching you! Please join in and encourage your children to sing.
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Areas Covered Will Be:
Spring Term 2009: The topic for the second half (February to March) of the Spring Term 2009 is: "All About Me" The areas that will be covered are: Week 1: Me, My Family and Friends Week 2: Emotions Week 3: The Five Senses Week 4: People Around the World. The following rhymes, poems and songs will be learnt: * If You're Happy and You Know It * Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes * One finger, one thumb keep moving Books of the Week will be: Week 1: My Friend Harry Week 2: You and Me Week 3: If You're Happy and You Know It Week 4: Peoples of the World Home Link:
Suggested home activities for this term are: 1. Have a look at any photographs or albums of your family. Discuss who they are and what relationship they are to your child. 2. Throughout the half term, please ask your child how they are feeling regularly eg: are they happy, sad, miserable, etc. 3. Look through magazines, newspapers
etc for pictures of people from different cultures, cut them out and
bring them into pre-school so that we can discuss why the people look
different to us.
**************************************** The topic/theme for the first half of the Spring Term 2009 (January to February) was: "On The Farm" The areas that we will be covering during pre-school are: Week 1: The Farm and Farmyard. Week 2: Animals on the Farm. Week 3: Farm Machinery. Week 4: Crops - where our food comes from. Week 5: Farming Around the World. The following rhymes, poems and songs will be learnt: * The Dingle Dangle Scarecrow * The Littlest Lamb * Farmer Jo (week 1) * Old McDonald Had a Farm (week 2) * The Blue Tractor (week 3) * Little Red Hen (week 4) * Handa's Fruit (week 5) * The Enormous Turnip
Home Link: To help children explore this topic at
home or when out and about parents are encouraged to talk to their
child about the countryside and how it is used for farming. To keep children occupied during their journey, look out for tractors, ploughs, harrows, etc, working on the land. Also talk about healthy and unhealthy foods, things that they like, don't like and why.
