Language, Literacy and Communication
· Listening to a range of sea/pirate/island stories including
big books,films and CD's
· Jolly Grammar 1- adjectives, adverbs, verbs, plurals,
antonyms, speech marks, questions
· Jolly phonics – ea,igh,ew,ou,ow,oi,oy,or,al,nk,er,ir,ur,au,aw
· Character profiles
· Illustrated dictionary on theme
· Sequencing stories – beginning, middle and end.
· Read and spell high frequency words
· Handwriting – letter formation
· Re-telling theme related stories (fantasy)
· Recounts of events, trips, weekend news
Mathematical Development
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Tables, time 0’ clock and half past, timing
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Grouping and counting in 10’s and 5’s
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10 more / 10 less
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Adding 10’s and 1's
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In between numbers, ordering numbers to 50 and beyond
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Capacity
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Addition and subtraction facts- making 7, 8, 9
and 10’s.
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Coins, adding and making amounts, giving change
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Odds and evens
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Adding crossing a multiple of 10 by counting on.
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Taking away- 1’s and 10’s
Personal and Social Development, wellbeing and Cultural Diversity
· Role-play
pirate situations – discuss choices characters have made and their effect on others
· Write
a Pirate code for role-play area reflecting their values e.g no washing, don’t
hog the rum!
·
Pirate
party – children dress up, play games and dance to sea shanties!
· ‘Relationships’ - Knowing
myself. Understanding my feelings. Managing my feelings. Understanding the feelings of
others.
· ‘Changes’ – Knowing myself, Planning to reach a goal, Making choices
Physical Development
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Games to develop control of body movements,
• Throwing, catching and striking a ball with accuracy.
• Carrying apparatus safely.
• PESS- Gymnastics - creating sequences of shapes and actions
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Using tuff cam to evaluate own performance.
• Fine
motor- drawing, chalking, painting, cutting, and modelling
• Play
‘pirate ship’s’ and ‘walk the plank'
• Create
pirate obstacle courses
Creative Development
·
To
respond to a story or theme stimulus – Pirate songs/dance
·
Explore
instruments and symbols
· Sewing sea scenes with
felt and fabric.
· Partner pictures-
pirate scenes
· Design and make a pirate ship flag - Evaluate own design and improve.
· Grow vegetables/ fruit/flowers
· Make cakes, cookies, sandwiches in the shape of
seaside objects for pirate party.
· Create
a ‘pirate sea chest’ with individual belongings
Knowledge and Undertsanding of the World
• Identify what they want to find out
about the topic and
identify how to find out what they want to know.
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Research
famous pirates
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Find
out and label parts of a pirate ship
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Research
variety of boats/shipwrecks/life at sea
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Create
pirate plans and treasure Island maps.
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Use
co-ordinates to follow a map
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Be environmentally friendly / aware of the dangers
to sea creatures/ know about pollution
at sea.
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Investigate making an eye patch and looking at
things with one eye
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Investigate using cylinders to make a telescope
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Investigate floating and sinking by testing the
amount of loot their boot will
Welsh Language Development
· Speaking, reading and writing using welsh language patterns covering:
· Greetings
· Beth sy’n bod? (Whats the matter)
· Clothing – sort and label
· Positional language to help play welsh game
· Theme related songs
