Summer 2
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‘The Light House Keepers Lunch’
This half term we will be focusing on ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’. We will look at acting out the story, taking on the role of the characters and discussing how they may feel. We will build on our previous writing skills and create character descriptions and setting descriptions, as well as looking at writing the story.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to build our number skills ready for year 1, looking at sharing and odd and even sharing. We will be creating our own patterns, describing positions and giving instructions to build.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
History/Geography
We will be looking at transport in the past and present and how it has changed over time. In geography we will be creating our own maps.
Science / Understanding the world
Weather
This half term we will be looking at the beach environment. We will be using key vocabulary such as beach, sea, sand, crab and shell.
Educational Visit
We will be visiting New Brighton beach. Spending time exploring the beach and looking at the lighthouse.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will be looking at the feelings of others, and why we need to consider how others may feel. We will be talking about our own feelings and preparing for year 1.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In Reception we will be developing our artist skills and creating our own modes of transport. We will use a variety of materials, ranging from clay to lego bricks, experimenting with what works best and why.
PE day
Monday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt.
This half term we will be focusing on the applying phase 4.
Summer 1
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‘Little Red Riding Hood’
This half term we will be focusing on ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We will look at the different parts of the story and sequence the images, we will then look at story retell. This will be done through drama and taking on the role of the characters then we will write the story ourselves.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be look at numbers beyond 10. We will look at sequencing them, recognising the numeral and the quantity and being to add and take numbers away. In shape we will look at 3D shapes and patterns in the environment.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
History
This half term we will continue to embed the key skills and words we have been learning throughout the year, past, present and future. We will be looking at artefacts, looking at castles and houses and how they have changed over time.
Science / Understanding the world
Weather
This half term we will be looking at the weather and how it has changed over the year. What does summer weather look like? How is it different to Autumn? We will be exploring different weather from around the world too.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will continue to develop our personal, social and emotional development this half term, focusing on confidence and facing our fears. We will look at what it means to be brave, looking at characters from stories.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In Reception we will be developing our artist skills and creating our own landscape setting. Children will have the opportunity to select their own materials and resources to create their own masterpiece.
PE day
Monday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt.
This half term we will be focusing on the applying phase 3 sounds consistently and confidently and beginning to introduce phase 4 sounds.
Spring 2
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‘Little Red Hen’
We will be learning all about the Little Red Hen, the other animals the hen has on the farm, the process of baking bread, and how it is important to be kind and helpful to others. During this topic, we will act out the story, apply our phonics skills, read sentences about the Little Red Hen, and write to describe the Hen and the Farm.
White Rose Maths
In Maths, we will continue to develop our number skills and look at ‘9’ and ‘10’. We will begin by finding the numbers, representing them, and move onto looking at compositions of the numbers.
Understanding the World - Geography/History
History: This half term, we will explore farming and how it has changed over the years. We will look at the role of farmers now, the equipment they use, the animals they care for, and why. We will compare that to farming in the past. In reception, we will focus on vocabulary such as past and present.
Understanding the World - Science
Life Cycle of a Duck: In Reception, we will observe our duck eggs, looking at how they are kept warm and what they need to hatch safely. We will take care of the ducklings when they hatch and look at what they need to grow into ducks, which we will care for on our farm.
Educational Visit
Amerton Farm: During our visit to Amerton Farm, we will look at the different animals in their care, how they look after them, and what they need to grow. We will have a ride on the farm's tractor and even get to feed some of the animals. Visiting Amerton Farm links to both our history and science topic.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED, we will cover lots of aspects of personal care. We will look at dental hygiene, healthy foods, hand washing, and why it is important to keep our hands clean after spending time on the farm.
Art/D & T/Music/EAD
During expressive arts and design, we will design and make props linking to our story, Little Red Hen. We will design them then use a variety of materials, such as foil, plastic, paper, net, and cloth, to create the props we have designed.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Monday and Thursday
Spellings/Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be focusing on the phase 3 sounds and tricky words ‘we’, ‘me’, ‘be’, ‘she’, and ‘he’.
Spring 1
Fantasy World
This half term we will be immersing ourselves in fantasy stories. Our focus will be 'The Night Pirates' where we will be using our role play skills to become different characters. We will be using our phonics skills to write character and setting descriptions.
In Maths we will be developing our number skills and focusing on numbers beyond 5, recognising, subitising and looking at compositions of the numbers too.
Autumn 2
The Gruffalo and Friends
During this half term we will be immersing ourselves in the story 'The Gruffalo'.
In literacy we will be focusing on applying our phase 2 and phase 3 phonics and writing about the characters and setting within the story. We will also be retelling The Gruffalo story.
In Maths we will be looking at number to 5, applying our subitising skills, looking at recognising and forming the numbers correctly and different compositions of numbers to 5!
Autumn 1
CBeebies
During this half term our topic is 'CBeebies'. We will be looking at our families, how we have changed and grown since birth and our feelings about moving into Reception.
We will be creating collaborative pieces of art work using natural materials that we have found from our environment, looking at home the environment has changed because of the season. We will be reading 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt', acting out the story and writing our own too.