Food Glorious Food!

Communication and Language

The children will learn to:

• Talk about events that have happened. 
• Use talk to recreate roles and experiences.
• Name different fruits and vegetables
• Explain the difference and similarities between fruits and vegetables.
• Use story language to retell the story of the Tiger who came to Tea.
• Be able to answer how and why questions when responding to stories and events.

Personal Social and Emotional Development

The children will learn to:

• Be confident to speak about their ideas.
• Think about the ways they can solve a problem.
• Be able to choose the resources they need and use them independently.
• Be able to take other people's ideas into account when playing a game.
• Become confident to try new activities.

Physical Development

The children will learn to:

• Understand and talk about why it is important to eat healthy food.
• Talk about which foods keep us healthy
• Talk about what things keep them healthy such as keeping clean, washing, brushing teeth, sleeping and healthy minds.
• Be able to travel in different directions such as crawling, hopping, etc.
• Understand the need for safety both indoors and outdoors.
• Be able to handle tools and equipment safely and with control

Literacy

Key  texts:

The Tiger Who came to Tea, Ramila's Ramadan, cook books, menu cards for different restaurants.

The children will learn to:

• Write about their Easter holiday experience using their phonic knowledge
• Write a menu for a restaurant.
• Be able to answer questions about what they have read.
• Make a list of the food that the tiger ate in the story 'The Tiger who came to Tea'.
• Write about how Muslims celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr.

Mathematics

Key texts:

Which one doesn't belong, A dozen ducks lost and found, 20 big trucks in the middle of the street, 1 is a snail 10 is a Crab.

The children will learn to:

• Build on numbers beyond 10 using a range of resources such as 10 frames, number shapes, towers of cubes, rekenreks etc.
• Count various patterns beyond 10.
• Complete jigsaws, tangram outlines and shape puzzles by using positional language to describe where the shapes are in relation to one another. 
• Select shapes they need to replicate a given model in different orientations.

Understanding the World

The children will learn to:

• Talk about the changes that occur as we grow older.
• Talk about similarities and differences between fruits and vegetables.
• Talk about some fruits and vegetables that are grown in different parts of the world.
• Understand how living things and natural objects change and decay over time.
• Learn about different ways that Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr.

Expressive Arts and Design

The children will learn to:

• Recreate simple symmetrical patterns using different media.
• Be able to role play familiar experiences
• Use a range of materials to create props for role play at a resturant /cafe
• Be able to act out a familiar story (The Tiger who came to Tea)
• Sing and do the actions for songs like Allee Galloo, bell horses, Eena meena deeka in the weekly music sessions.
• Use a range of materials and tools to create decorations for Eid-Ul-Fitr.