Down on the farm

(new life)

Spring 2

7 Weeks

Benfield EYFS Topic Overview Term 2 2017

Week 1 20th February Key text – Rosie’s Walk

Talk for writing (key story vocab)

Understanding characters (make links to fairytales)

Story language (first… next… then…)

Story structure

Prepositional language

Week 3 6th March

Key Text- Chickens

Talk for writing (non-fiction)

Life cycle of a chicken

Receive eggs and put them in the incubator

Week 2 27th February Key Text- Rosie’s Walk

Talk for writing

Consequences for ‘bad’ characters

Composing their own story using the same story

pattern

Week 5 20th March Key text – Non-fiction farm books

Learn about different farm animals

Match mother and baby animals

Visit from fully grown chickens

Learn about and taste farm foods

Other possible learning opportunities:

Other possible learning

opportunities:

Health and fitness (food

and exercise) Visit a

supermarket

Other possible learning opportunities:

Investigations and predictions

Other possible learning opportunities:

Role play

Conflict resolution

Ongoing: SEAL red set Say no to bullying

Dance PE unit

Write Dance in the Early Years

Numicon (Firm Foundations toolkit)

Weekly session in the ICT suite

Week 6 27th March Key text – Non-fiction farm books

Provocation from a Farmer (who is sick and needs

help)

Several Maths themed challenges

Eggs will hatch!

Week 4 13th March Key text – Non-fiction farm books

Composing questions ready for the farm trip

Trip to Blackberry Farm

Recounts of the farm trip (first… next… last)

Data handling- what is your favourite farm animal

Other possible learning opportunities:

Role play farm and vets

Week 7 3rd April Key text – The Easter story

Learn about the Easter story

Make links to previous celebrations from different

cultures

Easter egg hunt!