St Matthew’s EYFS Medium term planning TERM: Summer 1 THEME: Dinosaurs

Displays: Role play- dinosaurs –add to each Assessment: Environment and Resources: week. Adult focused observation 1 per child once a week. Role play – Dinosaur Dig (Paleontologists) Post it notes. Outdoor: sand, mud, ‘fossils’, trowels, Literacy - photocopy children’s free choice Photographs. writing and label, photographs of children Evidence of independent learning from continuous brushes, plastic dinosaurs, tough spot, writing fact files, pictures of the books looked at. provision (including writing frames) volcanic island play mat Maths – Large class bar chart/pictogram Literacy and maths books. Small world: dinosaurs (mix of herbivores of favourite dinosaurs, photographs of and carnivores), plastic plants and trees, children’s free choice maths activities, key topic vocabulary. photocopied maths work Reading – topic books and prompts.

Trips: Manchester museum to look at Stanley the T Rex and do a dinosaur dig

Personal, Social and Emotional Physical Communication and Language Dinosaur pictures – discuss which they Modelling clay – dinosaur fossils. Circle time – what do we know about like/dislike. Appropriate play dough mats. dinosaurs? Answering ‘how’ and ‘why’ Circle time-confidence to speak in a group. Digging – fossil excavation. questions. Junk model dinosaurs – talk about ideas and Dinosaur movements – good control and co- Dinosaur books fiction and non-fiction- choose resources needed. ordination in large and small movements. asking questions, relevant comments, Dinosaur games – turn taking. Painting dinosaurs, colouring dinosaurs, listening skills. Dinosaur excavation site rules. writing about dinosaurs, cutting out dinosaur Dinosaur movements-following Dinosaur puppets/masks-feelings. masks- using a range of tools effectively. instructions. Dinosaur small world – organising activities. Dressing up- independent dressing, zips and fasteners. Expressive Arts Dinosaur songs, raps and rhymes. Instruments – create dinosaur sounds. Dinosaur movements & dancing. Experiment with different textured dinosaur ‘skin’, junk modelling. Air drying clay-dinosaur fossils. Paper Mache dinosaur eggs and dinosaur nests. Mathematics (see mathematics plan for detail) Literacy (see Literacy Planning for detail) Understanding the World Counting dinosaur teeth and fossils (to 20) Topic word mats. Paleontologists lab. Ordering numbered dinosaurs. Notepads to record dinosaurs found. Dinosaur habitats sorting. Dinosaur life cycle – link to reptiles. Dinosaur patterns. Writing frames in role play. Dinosaur nest and eggs. Create dinosaurs using and naming shapes. Dinosaur books – fiction and non-fiction. Create volcano-explode with vinegar and bicarb Dinosaur sorting with hoops. Laptops and tablets – internet research Compare herbivore and carnivore – look at Adding and subtracting using dinosaurs and (information from computers) teeth for clues. dinosaur number lines. Dinosaur phonics (l-lava, V-volcano, d-dinosaur Similarities and differences of dinosaurs with animals alive today. Dinosaur sizes. etc) Compare Earth in dinosaur age to today, and Weighing dinosaurs and weight facts. Dinosaur fact files. environments around the world. Position of dinosaurs. Dinosaur missing posters. Compare materials, junk modelling – which Measuring dinosaur distances. Excavation reports. would make the best dinosaur skin and why? Language of time – dinosaur timeline. Dinosaur stories. Growing dinosaur vegetation – observe. Butterfly development/lifecycle (as seen during

Dinosaur museum shop –money. the Cretaceous Period) Laptops, tablets, IWB – photograph learning, internet research, typing reports, pictures. Parents Parent project – children to produce something based on their favourite dinosaur. This could be a labelled model, a written fact file or report, a drawing etc. Books I like dinosaurs by Angela Aylmore Wooly by Sam Childs Harry and the dinosaurs go to school by Ian Whybrow Minibeasts by Karen Wallace How to be a dinosaur hunter by Scott Forbes Gone forever! Wooly mammoth by Rupert Matthews There’s a Stegosaurus on the stairs by Aleksei Bitskoff Fortunately, unfortunately by Michael Foreman Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow Dinosaur Doo by Andrew Weale Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs underwater adventure by Ian Whybrow The super swooper dinosaur by Martin Waddell Harry and the dinosaurs first sleepover by Ian Whybrow How to wash a woolly mammoth by Michelle Robinson Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs robots by Ian Whybrow Do you know dinosaurs? Diplodocus by Helen Greathead Do you know dinosaurs? Iguanodon by Helen Greathead Caterpillar dreams by Jeanne Willis