Children playing at Duffield Pre-school

Autumn 2 2025 - Medium term plan

Date

Topic

Sound of the week

Colour of the week

Number of the week

Shape of the week

Focus

1

03/11/25

Bonfire Night

S

Orange

1

Square

Explore how to keep safe.

2

10/11/25

Remberance Day

A

Red

2

Circle

Learn about different events in history

3

17/11/25

Day and Night

T

Yellow

3

Star

Explore natural materials, indoors and outside.

4

24/11/25

Space

P

Blue

4

Rectangle

Talk about and explore 2D and 3D shapes (for example, circles, rectangles, triangles and cuboids) using informal and mathematical language: ‘sides’, ‘corners’; ‘straight’, ‘flat’, ‘round’

5

01/12/25

Christmas

I

Green

5

Triangle

Begin to make sense of their own life-story and family’s history.

6

08/12/25

Christmas

N

Silver

0

Star

Begin to make sense of their own life-story and family’s history.

7

15/12/25

Christmas

Recap previous weeks.

Gold

Recap previous weeks.

Recap previous weeks.

Begin to make sense of their own life-story and family’s history.