Unit Phonics and Vocabulary Language / Grammar Development Life skills Song

Topic handwriting concepts

1 Alphabet review KEY VOCABULARY L1 –

bedroom, bathroom, living
Review of Level 1:
I’ve got ..., I like ..., This is ...
clean and dirty I can wash
my face
New vo
Where
My house room, kitchen, garden, house Alphab
ADDITIONAL VOC -
soap, towel, wash

2 Letter sounds and names

Short vowel sounds:
KEY VOCABULARY L1 & 2 –
get up, have breakfast, go to
Present simple for routines identifying their
favourite day
I can get up
on time
New vo
What d
My day a, e, i, o, u school, have lunch, go home, Alphab
play, have dinner, go to bed Clap yo
ADDITIONAL VOC – days of the Cat in a
week Days of

3 ‘a’ cvc words: hat, cat, bat, rat,

fat, mat, tap, jam, pan, van,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – chicken,
salad, rice, fish, mangoes,
Do you like …?
Yes, I do/ No, I don’t.
identifying their
favourite food/taste
I can wash
my hands
New vo
What’s
My dad, sad oranges, cucumber, beans, before I eat food? s
aubergine, favourite
favourite ADDITIONAL VOC – taste, hear,
food see, smell, touch

4 ‘e’ & ‘i’ cvc words: ten, pen,

hen, red, bed, peg, wig, dig,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – tigers,
lions, giraffes, elephants,
Present simple they form:
They eat …
classifying animals I can get
ready to
New vo
What c
At the big, pin, tin, sit kangaroos, penguins, monkeys They like … go out
ADDITIONAL VOC – leaves, meat, Do they …?
zoo fish, grass, bananas, bamboo

5 ‘o’ & ‘u’ cvc words: hot, pot,

dog, hot, box, fox, jug, cup,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – cousins,
aunt, uncle, happy, sad, tired,
Where are they?
They’re behind/next to the …
discriminating
between places;
I can go to
bed on time
New vo
Are you
My nut, cut, sun, bus excited
What’s the time?
expressing their
ADDITIONAL VOC – numbers feelings
weekend one-twelve
It’s … o’clock

6 ‘u’ cvc words: mum, yum, rug,

hug, mud, hut, bun, mug, run
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – shops,
supermarket, library, cinema,
Where do you want to go?
To the museum.
left and right;
following directions
I can say my
address
New vo
What d
My café, museum, pool today?
ADDITIONAL VOC – straight on,
town turn left, turn right

7 ‘sh’ words: ship, shop, shut,

shell, shorts, shelf, dish, splash,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – swimsuit,
swimming trunks, sandals, dress,
Present continuous:
What are you wearing?
big and small;
matching clothes to
I can get
dressed by
New vo
What a
My fish shirt, jeans, armbands I’m wearing … seasons myself today?
ADDITIONAL VOC – spring, In the s
favourite summer, autumn, winter Small w
clothes
8 ‘ll’ & ‘ck’ words: smell, bell,
shell, hill, fill, doll, black,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 –
firefighter, police officer, doctor,
What do you want to be?
I want to be …
clean and dirty;
making sensible
I can clean
my teeth
New vo
What d
Jobs snack, stick, sock, clock, duck nurse, dentist, engineer choices be? son
ADDITIONAL VOC – toothpaste,
toothbrush

9 ‘ch’ & ‘th’ words: chick, chip,

chicken, chin, lunch, munch,
KEY VOCABULARY L1 – bus,
train, plane, boat, helicopter,
We can go by … or … following instructions I can wear
my seat belt
New vo
How ca
Transport thin, thick, bath, path taxi, coach Boats fl
ADDITIONAL VOC – sink, float

10 Review of all phonics words KEY VOCABULARY L1 – Little

Red Riding hood, wolf,
Review cooperation;
identifying odd-one-
We can work
together
Little Red Grandma, flowers, birds out
ADDITIONAL VOC – We play
Riding music. We sing and dance. We
Hood make puppets. We paint big
pictures. We make masks.

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 skills Songs and chants Maths skills Cross- Story and Review
curricular drama
themes
wash New vocabulary chant Numbers 1-10; Counting; Fine PSHE: Healthy I like baths Letters: Aa - Zz.
ce Where are you? song motor skills; Visual discrimination; habits/routines Words: ant, bird, cat, dog duck , elephant, fish,
Alphabet Review song Next in a sequence; Matching; (wash your hands) gorilla, hippo, insect, jellyfish, kangaroo, lion,
Understanding quantity; Bar chart; monkey, nurse, octopus, parrot, queen bee,
Shape vocabulary: square, triangle, rabbit, snake, tiger, umbrella bird, vulture,
rectangle circle worm, ox, yak, zebra

get up New vocabulary chant Numbers 11 and 12; Addition; PSHE: days of the Play day Words: cat, hat, Ted, bed, pin, tin, dog, log,
me What do you do? song Visual discrimination; Next in a week; weekend run, sun
Alphabet chant sequence; Counting; Fine motor Language: I’ve got; I like; This is
Clap your hands song skills; Matching; Shapes; Join Colours
Cat in a hat song the numbers; Colour by number;
Days of the week song Subtraction

wash New vocabulary chant Time; Visual discrimination; PSHE: the five senses In the Words: eyes, ears, nose, fingers
ands What’s your favourite Reading clock face; Fine motor restaurant with Is he in the ...?
e I eat food? song skills; Vocabulary: daily routine; Grandma and What do you do on ...?
Visual discrimination; Join the Grandpa
numbers; Next in a sequence

get New vocabulary chant Numbers: 13, 14 and 15; Addition; Science: What My bananas!
to What can animals do? song Visual discrimination; Counting; animals eat
ut Fine motor skills; Understanding
quantity; Next in a sequence;
Shapes; Colour by number

go to New vocabulary chant Numbers: 16, 17 and 18; Addition; PSHE: o’ clock times Hide and seek Numbers
n time Are you happy? song Visual discrimination; Fine motor
skills; Counting; Tally marks; Colour
by number; Understanding quantity;
Next in a sequence; Shapes: star

say my New vocabulary chant Numbers: 19 and 20; Addition; PE: moving in Where do you What are they? They’re ...
ess What do you want to do Visual discrimination; Fine motor different directions want to go? Do they eat ...?
today? song skills; Matching; Counting; Next in They’re behind/next to ...
a sequence; Subtraction; Join the
numbers; Understanding quantity

get New vocabulary chant Numbers: 20-30; Addition; Fine Science: Small waves
ed by What are you wearing motor skills; Counting; Estimation; Seasons – weather and big waves!
f today? song Visual discrimination; Shapes;
In the spring song Next in a sequence; Bar chart
Small waves, big waves song

clean New vocabulary chant Counting in 10s to 100; Addition; PSHE – Looking I want to be a Present simple
eth What do you want to Fine motor skills; Estimation; after your teeth doctor I want to be …
be? song Subtraction; Visual discrimination;
Vocabulary: bigger and smaller;
Colour by number

wear New vocabulary chant Even numbers 2-20; Counting; Fine Science: Do boats float?
at belt How can we go? song motor skills; Visual discrimination; Experiment - sink or
Boats float song Next in a sequence; Shapes; float?
Addition; Subtraction; Estimation

an work Review; Bar chart; Counting; Drama: The school I’m ..., We’re ..., What are you wearing today?
her Visual discrimination; Fine motor Backstage - making, show I’m wearing my ...? What do you want to be?
skills; Next in a sequence; Addition; painting and craft I want to be a ... Can we go by ...? We can go
Estimation; Join the numbers; activities home by ...
Colour by number

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