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Learning intentions

Topic:The Five Senses

The table below displays the learning Intentions for the children. They are taken from the Birth to Three Matters Programme and the Curriculum Guidance for The Foundation Stage.

During this topic the children will have the opportunity to work with and examine a variety of materials. Through all of the activities the children will be encouraged to talk about what they can see, hear, touch, taste and smell. These learning intentions will be used when we plan activities for the children. Our weekly plans are available for you to read on the notice board in the main hall. The children’s learning is promoted through a series of child- initiated activities and adult-led activities. Practitioners monitor the children’s progress and record their achievements in their individual records.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Moving freely and  with confidence
• Move with control and co-ordination
• Engaging in activities requiring hand to eye co-ordination
• Handling tools objects, construction equipment and malleable materials safely and with controlUse a range of small and large equipment
• Discovering and learning about his/her body
• Recognise the changes that happen to bodies when they are active
• Discovering boundaries and limits
• Becoming aware of others and their needs
• Show respect for the personal space of other children
• Move body position as necessary
• Show a clear preference for the right or left hand
• Operate equipment by means of pushing and pulling movements
• Use increasing control over an object by touching, throwing, pushing, patting, catching or kicking
• Engage in activities requiring hand-to-eye-co-ordination
• Explore malleable materials by patting, stroking, poking, squeezing, pinching or twisting them
• Move freely with pleasure and confidenceTo move in a range of ways such as walking, running, crawling, skipping, sliding, hopping and jumping. 

PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Recognising personal characteristics and preferences
• For children to try new activities, initiate ideas and speak in a familiar group
• To be interested in new topics and motivated to learn
• Being confident in what she/he can do
• Responding to experiences and showing a range of feelings when appropriate
• To be sensitive to the needs views and feelings of other children
• Being able to snuggle in
• Having a role and identity within the group
• Working as part of a group taking turns and sharing fairly, understanding that there needs to be an agreed code of behaviour within the pre-school to enable adults and children to work together.
• Discovering boundaries and limits.
• Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others.

MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Show an interest in numbers and counting
• Use some number names accurately in their play
• Show increased confidence with numbers by spotting errors
• Begin to count beyond ten
• Compare two groups of objects and say when they have the same number
• Show an interest in number problems
• Say with confidence the number that is one more than a given number
• Show an interest in shapes and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects
• Use size language such as big and little
• Select a particular named shapeFind items from positional or directional clues

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

• Listening and responding to what others say
• Sharing thoughts feelings and ideas
• Listen to favourite nursery rhymes, stories, and songs.
• Join in with repeated refrains anticipating key events and important phrases
• Speak clearly and audibly and with confidence
• Using language to share thoughts and feelings
• Use language to connect ideas, explain what is happening and anticipate what might happen next
• Listen and join in with stories and poems
• Suggest how the story might endRetell narratives in the correct sequence, drawing on language patterns of stories
• Enjoying rhyming and rhythmic activities
• Show an awareness of rhyme and alliteration
• Hear and say the initial sound in words
• Draw and paint sometimes giving meaning to marks
• Engage in activities requiring hand to eye co-ordination
• Draw lines and circles using gross motor movements

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

• Playing imaginatively with materials using all of their senses
• Exploring what happens when they mix colours
• Begin to describe the texture of things
• Experiment to create different textures.
• Join in favourite songs
• Show an interest in the way that musical instruments sound
• Sing a few simple familiar songs
• Imitate and create movement in response to music
• Enjoy joining in with dancing and ring games
• Explore the different sounds of instruments
• Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play
• Play co-operatively with other children who are engaged in the same theme
• Show an interest in what they see, hear, touch, smell and feel
• Try to capture experiences and responses with music, dance, paint and other materials.
• To make comparisons 

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

• Explore objects and materialsShow an awareness of change
• Notice and comment on patterns
• Talk about what is seen and what is happening
• Gaining control of their body
• Acquiring physical skills
• Investigate construction materials
• Join construction pieces together to build and balance
• Construct with a purpose in mind using a variety of resources
• Show an understanding of the terms before, later or soonBegin to differentiate between past and present
• Show an interest in ICT
• Complete a simple programme on the computer and/or perform simple functions on ICT equipment
• Show an interest in the world in which they live
• Begin to know about their own culture and beliefs and those of other people