Author: Amanda McGarrigle

Prepositions
Autumn Term 1

Key Information
In Nursery, children may be asked to describe the position of an object or follow instructions to place an item or themselves, using words such as over, under, next to etc. This will help to expand their vocabulary which in turn improves their speaking and writing.
improve their speaking and writing.

Key Words:
Over Under
On top Below
In between Next to
Behind In front of
Opposite

Prime Areas

Personal, Social and Emotional	Physical Development	Communication And Language
Settle in new children (new environment, different areas) MS1; BR1 / Make friends (share equipment, taking turns; Groups—which and who?) SR1, 2,3; MS1,2; BR2 / How do we get to school? (over, next to, past, behind…) MS1 / Plan-Do-Review SR1 / Talk about home and families BR1,2 / Nursery rules SR2,4,5 / Meeting up with friends in / Reception BR2,4,5 / Where do you live? Who is in your family? SR2; BR1	Funky fingers (scissors, threading, building a tower, tweezers) FMS1; GMS13 / Music (dance and movement) GMS6 / Healthy Eating (spreading toast) FMS7; GMS20 / Catching and throwing GMS19 / Moving in a variety of ways + Bikes (over, under, through…) climbing equipment GMS1,2,3,7,10, / Playdough, clay (using tools) GMS8,13; FMS1 / Self portraits; writing our name FMS2 / Being independent (coats, toilet) FMS5,6; GMS21 / Mindful stretching GMS3,4,5,6,11,12,14,15,17 / Going on a bear hunt/Rosie’s walk GMS5,6,7,10 / Farmer (muddy tracks, up ladder into hay loft, around field into barn to dig and sow) GMS6	Songs, rhymes and stories LAU1 / Talking about themselves and their family S6 / Find the bear/ follow the leader/hens and foxes LAU4,6, / Role play—characters in the stories/Going on a Bear Hunt S3,8; LAU10 / Visual timetable—nursery session S13 / Plan-Do-Review S6,8,9; LAU3 / Who am I & where do I live? LAU4 / What happens now, next—predict S7 / Positional language S1 / Listening walk LAU6 / Drum outside, Environmental Sounds / LAU6 / Builder’s Tray– retell story S3; LAU10

Specific Areas
Literacy	Mathematical / Development	Understanding The World	Expressive Arts and Design
Reading names (self register/coat pegs) WR2 / Trace/Write name / W1,2,3 / Letters, sounds, RWI rhymes (environmental, instrumental, body percussion sounds + s-n) WR6,7,8,9 / Alliteration WR8 / Sequence and Retell the stories / (Going on a bear hunt and Rosie’s walk) C1,2,3,4 / Rhyming WR6 / Label pictures using positional language / W1,3,5 / Drawing on Marvellous Me Book and writing their name W1,2,3	Numbers 0—5/Number hunt (introduce Ten Town) N6 / Number rhymes and songs N5 / Number Hunt N6,12 / Shapes/Shape hunt + make a bear/farm animal (2d& 3d) NP1,6,7 / Counting to 10 and back to 0 N2 / Prepositions—obstacle course; Routes from stories (Bear Hunt and Rosie’s Walk) NP2,3,4 / Preposition game (using small world toys) NP2,3,4 / Order animals from stories by size (length, height and weight) NP5 / Counting animals, buttons, bees ... N3,4,5,6,10 / Number Line—jumping and Counting N6,12 / Find the bear NP2,3,4 / Bear Hunt Maps NP2,3,4 / Sequence story NP11 / Artist: / Andrew Goldsworthy (Natural materials)	Laptops, iPads, iPad table, IWB (drawing, playing simple game, turning on and off; finding out information) PCC2 / Who is in your family? P&P1; PCC3,5,6 / How do we get to school? NW3 / Traffic survey/Make a map PCC7 1,2 / Old toys/new toys P&P2,3 / Changes, similarities, differences NW8 / Farm/Jungle/Zoo animals NW5,6,11 / Lifecycles—plants & animals NW5 / Story Box—What can you hear, see, smell? NW10 / Season/weather pictures NW12 / Who am I & where do I live? NW11	Mindful stretching BIE12 / Songs and rhymes BIE6,7,8,9,10,14 / Colour displays—red-purple CM7 / Bears CM1,2,3,4,7 / Paper plate faces/Painting portraits CM1,2,3,5,6,7 / Handprints/footprints CM1 / Musical instruments BIE5,11 / Maps CM4,5,6 / Going on a bear hunt/Rosie’s walk BIE1,2,15 / Role play BIE1,2,15 / Story mapping BIE1,2,3,4; CM2,4,5,6 / Dancing BIE12 / Make windmills CM1,2,3 / Drawing faces CM5,6,7 / Painting scenes/characters CM5,6,7; BIE4 / Collect materials to represent scenes CM3,4

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
We’re going to catch a big one.
What a beautiful day!
We’re not scared.
We can’t go over it.
We can’t go under it.
Oh no! We've got to go through it!