Medium Term Planning ILP: What happens when I fall asleep? Date: Spring 1

Week PSECommunication and Language

FocusPhysical

LiteracyReading &

WritingMathematics UTW RE Languages

Creative Expression and Development

MusicPE PSHE

Week 1

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Share the story ‘How to catch a star’ by Oliver Jeffers – discuss the items in the story. Recap on people who work at night; which job would they like to do? Talk about bedtime routines and related vocabulary.

Handling tools and materials with increasing control – Night Sky printing

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.How to catch a Star– Book talk, night time vocabulary

Play counting games – how many stars in the sky; sorting planets from small to large; exploring shape.

Share what they know about the night-time, planets, moon and stars.

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Week 2

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Focus on language/vocabulary of new words: constellation, planet, universe, solar system

Creates simple representations of events, people and objects from How to Catch a Star

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.How to catch a Star– Book talk, facts about stars

Recognising/ Ordering/sequencing numbers. Star constellations dot-to-dot

Discuss the different occupations of people working at night. Who are they? How do they help us?

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Week 3

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Discuss daily night time routines – sequencing activities linked to time

Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme – Medicine lab for The Thing’s illness

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.Emily Browne and the Thing - Book talk, daily routine, labelling

Recognising, counting, interpreting numbers using ingredients to create own recipe

Uses technology to listen to bedtime stories, sing and record lullabies.

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Week 4

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Linked to RE – How do we feel safe at night? Bedtime stories, parents tucking in, saying prayers to God.

Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme – Making midnight snacks for Emily Browne and the Thing

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.Emily Browne and the Thing - Book talk, staying safe at night, prayers

Introducing weight and scales – comparing two items. Heavy and light

Uses technology to listen to bedtime stories, sing and record lullabies.

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Week 5

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using – Make a telescope to look at the moon and stars

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.Man on the Moon - Book talk, sequencing routine

Introducing length – measuring objects in cm’s. What item is bigger?

Understanding beyond our world – the solar system, planets, milky way, galaxy, constellations

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Week 6

Role play area- Child’s bedroom – Role play real life scenarios.

Children to talk about and share their learning

Constructs with a purpose in mind – Rocket ships

Ruth Miskin programme – set 2 sounds (diagraphs) – Ditty Books segment and blend cvc, cvcc, ccvc words.Man on the Moon - Book talk, labelling

Measuring and ordering – weight and length

Understanding beyond our world – the solar system, planets, milky way, galaxy, constellations

Why do Christians believe Jesus is Special?

N/A -Musical instruments to explore in the classroom-Praise and singing collective worships-Thursday – Music teacher

Medium Term Planning