Topics/Theme by month

September

Sharing our world of colours

October

Nursery Rhymes

November

Changing Seasons

December

Celebrations and special times

January

Transport

February

People who help us

March

Our bodies, our health

April

What's in our garden? - Plants

May

What's in our garden? - Animals

June

Holidays and journeys

Personal, Social, and Emotional Development

1. Dispositions and attitudes

• Show increasing independence in choosing and carrying out activities
• Show confidence linking up with others for guidance

2. Self-confidence and self-esteem

• Separate from main carer with confidence
• Have a sense of belonging
• Show care and concern for self
• Talk freely about their home and community

3. Making relationships

• Relate to members in the group
• Demonstrate flexibility and adapts their behaviour to different social situations

4. Behavior and self-control

• Show care and concern for others, for living things and the environment
• Begin to have an awareness of the boundaries set and behavioural expectations within the setting

5. Self-care

• Take initiatives and manages tasks

6. Sense of community

• Show a strong sense of self as a member of different communities (ex. in family, in school setting)

Communication, Language and Literacy

1. Language for communication

• Use simple statements and questions often with gestures
• Use intonation, rhythm to make themselves cleat to others
• Question why things happen and give explanation
• Listen to stories and conversation with increasing attention

2. Language for thinking

• Use talk to give new meaning to objects and actions
• Use talk to connect ideas, anticipate what will happen next
• Use talk to recall and relive past experiences

3. Linking sounds and letters

• Show awareness of rhyme and alliteration
• Recognize rhythm, same sounds in spoken words

4. Reading

• Know information can be relayed in from of print
• Ascribe meaning to marks

5. Writing

• Attempt writing for different purposes, using features of different forms such as lists, stories, poems and factual reports
• Begin to reread their writing and become familiar with the writing process of revising and final presentation
• Use their phonic knowledge to write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts at more complex words
• Begin to organize their writing on a page
• Begin to write short stories or pieces of different types, with and without illustrations
• Write about a personal experience using a sequence of sentences.
• Use written language in creative ways: invents short stories  and begins to use and integrate computer skills in writing

6. Handwriting

• Draw lines and circles using gross motor movement
• Manipulate objects with increasing control

Mathematical Development

1. Numbers as labels and for counting

• Use some number names accurately in play
• Count with some numbers in the correct order.  Can rote count to 10
• Recognize groups of one, two or three objects

2. Calculating

• Sometimes show confidence and offers solutions to problems
• Find total number of items in 2 groups by counting all of them

3. Shape, space and measure

• Sustain attention when building and constructing, talks about shapes and arrangements
• Use, increase and vary size and position language

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

1. Exploration and investigation

• Show curiosity, observe and manipulate objects
• Describe simple features of events, objects
• Sort objects by one function

2. Designing and making skills.

• Join, build and balance construction pieces
• Begin to try out different tools and techniques safely

3, Information and communication technology

• Know how to operate simple equipment

5. A sense of time

• Show interest in lives of people familiar to them
• Begin to distinguish between past and present

6. A sense of place

• Comment and ask questions about where they live and the natural world
• Notice differences in the local environment

7. Cultures and beliefs

• Describe significant events for family or friends

Physical Development

1. Movement

• Move freely with pleasure and confidence
• Move in a range of ways (slithering, shuffling, rolling, crawling, skipping, hopping, etc.)
• Adjust speed or change direction to avoid obstacles
• Handle space successfully when playing racing and chasing games

2. A sense of space

• Sit up, stand up and balance with various parts of the body
• Can control body to hold a shape or fixed position
• Mount steps or climb equipment using alternative feet

3. Health and bodily awareness

• Show respect for other children's personal space when playing among them
• Persevere in repeating some actions/attempts when developing a new skill
• Collaborate in devising and sharing tasks
• Show awareness of a range of healthy practices with regard to eating, sleeping, exercise and hygiene

4. Using equipment

• Construct with large materials (ex. long pieces of fabric, planks)
• Show increasing control using equipment for climbing, sliding, swinging

5. Using tools and materials

• Demonstrate increasing skill and control in using drawing/writing tools, small blocks and construction
• Understand that equipment and tools have to be used safely

Creative Development

1. Exploring media and materials

• Differentiate marks and movements on paper
• Begin to describe the texture of things
• Use lines to enclose a space, then uses these shapes to represent objects
• Begin to construct, stack blocks, enclosing and creating spaces

2. Music

• Enjoy songs and sing a few simple, familiar songs
• Sing to themselves and makes up songs
• Tap out simple repeated rhythms and makes up some
• Explore and learn how sounds can be changed
• Imitate and create movement in response to music

3. Imagination

• Use one object to represent another
• Use available resources to create props and support role play
• Enjoy stories based on themselves and people and places they know
• Engage in imaginative and role play based on own personal experiences