--- title: "Communication, Language and Literacy" url: "https://the-meadows-school.schudio.com/key-information/early-years/communication-language-and-literacy" school: "The Meadows School" --- # Communication, Language and Literacy ![](https://the-meadows-school.schudio.com/images/images/034.png) ![](https://the-meadows-school.schudio.com/images/images/035.png) | **Term/ Theme** | **Texts** | **Children In Nursery** | **Children in Reception** | **Activities** | **Vocabulary** | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Autumn 1 – All About Me Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs. Funny Bones Peace At Last Autumn non fiction texts. (Write Stuff) Ruby’s Worry  (Write Stuff) | Enjoy listening to longer stories and can remember much of what happens. Pay attention to more than one thing at a time, which can be difficult. | Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important. Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound. Learn rhymes, poems and songs. • | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines and in those back and forth interactions. Daily Story time with a range of star reads, termly reads and phonics books. Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Phase 1 phonics activities Listening games Sharing News. Show and Tell Zumos Circle Time Hot seating Continuous Provision including Puppets Small World Role Play | Talk Listen Understand Concentrate | | Autumn 2 – Celebrations Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | The Write Stuff texts Poppies Diwali Laura’s Star | Use a wider range of vocabulary. Understand a question or instruction that has two parts, such as “Get your coat and wait at the door” | Learn new vocabulary. Use new vocabulary through the day. Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences. | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines and in those back and forth interactions. Daily Story time with a range of star reads, termly reads and phonics books. Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Phase 1 phonics activities Listening games Sharing News. Show and Tell Zumos Circle Time Hot seating Continuous Provision including Puppets Small World Role Play Role Play | Words vocabulary | | Spring 1 – New Year Be healthy and Safe Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | The Write Stuff Luna New Year Handa’s Surprise/ Oliver’s Vegetable – | Sing a large repertoire of songs. Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story. | Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives. Describe events in some detail. Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen. Develop social phrases. Engage in story times. Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding. Retell the story, once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text, some as exact repetition and some in their own words. | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines. Story time Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Listening games Sharing News. Show and Tell Weekend Bear Zumos Circle Time Hot seating Continuous Provision including Puppets Small World Role Play Nursery Phase 1 phonics activities New Year Be healthy Lent Pancake Day Chinese New Year and animals Seasons – Winter Reception New Year around the world Be healthy and stay safe Lent, Chinese New Year and China | Sentence | | Spring 2 – Growth and Change Easter Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | The Write stuff The very Hungry Caterpillar Jack and the Jelly Bean Rosie’s Walk | Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?” Develop their communication, but may continue to have problems with irregular tenses and plurals, such as ‘runned’ for ‘ran’, ‘swimmed’ for ‘swam’. | Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them. Use new vocabulary in different contexts Engage in non-fiction books. Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary. | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines. Story time Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Listening games Sharing News. Show and Tell Weekend Bear Zumos Circle Time Hot seating Role Play  Growing Caterpillars Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday Easter | Questions Communicate | | Summer 1 – The Wider World Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | Bear Hunt How to catch a Star Katie’s Sunflowers | Develop their pronunciation but may have problems saying: some sounds: r, j, th, ch, and sh - multisyllabic words such as ‘pterodactyl’, ‘planetarium’ or ‘hippopotamus’ | Listening and attention Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions. Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding. Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers Speaking Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary. Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate. Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher. | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines. Story time Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Listening games Sharing News. Show and Tell Weekend Bear Zumos Circle Time Hot seating Role Play | | | Summer 2 – Moving on Chris Quigley Communication conveys meaning | Rainbow Fish Snail and the Whale What will we build? | Use longer sentences of four to six words. Be able to express a point of view and to debate when they disagree with an adult or a friend, using words as well as actions. Start a conversation with an adult or a friend and continue it for many turns. Use talk to organise themselves and their play: “Let’s go on a bus... you sit there... I’ll be the driver - | C&L skills are embedded in all activities and everyday routines. Story time Child initiated activities Adult initiated activities Listening games Sharing News. 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