Summer 2
For the love of reading text
In Literacy we will be learning all about ‘The Snail and the Whale’. The children will immerse themselves in the story and create their own story map. They will move on to letter and postcard writing, writing short sentences with known letter correspondences.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be exploring sharing and grouping. We will be looking at sharing objects with multiple groups of people. We will be looking at odd and even sharing up to 20 objects. We will begin to introduce the question ‘How many now?’ looking at adding more to an amount and taking some away.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
In Geography we will be noticing features of the immediate environment and comparing them with previous environments (woodland and beach).
In History we will be comparing transport from the past and the present, talking about the lives of people and how they have changed.
Science / Understanding the world
In Science we will be looking at recognising the signs of summer. We will be looking at the changing seasons and how the natural world changes.
Educational Visit
New Brighton Beach
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will be looking at relationships and meeting our new class teacher. We will be talking about the importance of a healthy diet and looking after ourselves.
In RE we will be sharing special stories from different religions.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In expressive arts and design we will be safely using and exploring a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
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 revising and consolidating phase 4.
Summer 1
For the love of reading text
In Literacy we will be learning all about the fairy tale ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ The children will immerse themselves in the story and create their own story map. They will move on to retelling their own stories, writing short sentences, using capital letters and full stops correctly. We will be using these listening skills to allow us to develop our ability to ask and answer questions. We will be focusing on ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions. Throughout the half term we will be developing narratives and explanations of things.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will begin to introduce numbers beyond 10. Looking at the patterns in numbers and counting on past 10. We will begin to look at simple addition questions and subtraction too. Understanding the different concepts of adding more and what happens then moving onto the same but taking away.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
In Geography we will be identifying the similarities and differences between Antarctica and England, focusing on the people and how they live their lives.
In History we will look at how washing clothes has developed over time, looking at how they are now and how they were in the past.
Science / Understanding the world
In our Science aspect of Understanding the World, we will be planting our own seeds, looking at what they need to grow and observing the change over time. We will look at simple plant life cycles and draw each stage, adding simple labels.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
In PSED we are going to be looking at rules and right and wrong. We will be playing different games and developing our turn taking. In RE we will begin to look at other religions alongside Christians and what they believe in.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In expressive arts and design we will be creating with constructions, building for a purpose and discussing our design. We will also be exploring and refining different artistic effects.
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 phase 4.
Spring 2
For the love of reading text
‘The Little Red Hen’
Exploring life on the farm and all the different jobs the busy Little Red Hen has to get done to make the bread! We will be using our problem solving skills to help The Little Red Hen navigate the many jobs and tasks she must do and understanding how little help she has. This half term we will be using our phase 3 phonics to help us to write simple instructions on how to bake bread.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will continue to look at numbers beyond 8, representing them, finding one more and one less, looking at compositions of 9 and 10 and making arrangements of numbers to 10. By the end of the half term we will be looking at 3D shapes and copying and continuing patterns too!
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be describing a farm environment, looking at our school farm and visiting Amerton farm too. We will be looking at farms over time, commenting on images of farming in the past and present, looking at why things have changed over time.
Science / Understanding the world
Our science focus will be exploring the signs of Spring, we will be looking at how things have changed over the year. We will be understanding the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us. We will be looking at chick’s, looking at the life cycle and how they started as an egg and will grow into a chicken.
Educational Visit
Amerton Farm
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will be confident in trying new activities and showing independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge. We will discuss healthy food choices and how to keep our bodies fit and well. In RE we will be answering the questions, why is Easter special to Christians, and what is the Easter story about?
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
This half term we will be exploring colour and mixing colour too. We will be selecting colours for a purpose and explaining these choices. We will be learning more songs and adding instruments to these songs when performing.
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 consolidating phase 3.
Spring 1
For the love of reading text
Whatever Next – Gill Murphy
Open the book to an exciting adventure that takes a little bear to exciting new places! We will be using our imaginations to follow baby bear on his adventure to the moon!
This half term we will be using our phase 3 phonics to help us rewrite the story of ‘Whatever Next’.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will begin at looking numbers beyond 5, representing them, finding one more and one less and looking at odd and even pairs.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term, in Geogrpahy, we will be looking at our immediate environment, using maps to navigate our way around the school and drawing our own maps too.
In history we will be exploring how baths have changed over time, linking to our story ‘Whatever Next’.
Science / Understanding the world
This half term we will be looking at changes in the seasons. We will be looking for the signs of winters and how winter impacts the trees around school.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will continue to develop our attention, following instructions throughout the school day. We will look at working collaboratively and sharing ideas with each other too.
In RE we will be focusing on Christianity and answering questions such as, ‘Why is the word God special to Christians?’
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
During art and Design and Technology, we will be working collaboratively to create rockets, like from the story. Once complete we will be sharing our creations with our peers, talking about what we like and dislike. In music we will begin to sing different songs, either on our own or as a small group.
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 consolidating phase 3.
Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
Take stroll through the deep dark woods, where we will meet a mouse just trying to enjoy a nut… but the woodland creatures have other ideas!
We will be focusing on retelling the story orally, using our story maps to help us. In our writing we will be creating character descriptions for the story characters; applying our phonics skills to write simple words and captions.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will look at numbers to 5, confidently creating compositions, and subitising too, and will be using our prior knowledge to help us build on our skills of finding 1 more and 1 less of a given number to 5.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be looking our own personal history, sequencing pictures of us as babies and pictures of us now. We will exploring the changes in our local environment as the season changes. To help us to understand the wider world, we will be talking about different countries around the world; focusing on Antarctica and what we might find there.
Science / Understanding the world
This half term we will be looking at changes in states of matter by making our own Gruffalo crumble and looking at the changes to the fruit when heated up! We will also look at some aspects of floating and sinking!
Educational Visit
The Gruffalo Trail at Cannock Chase
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will continue to look at how to look after ourselves; focusing on fastening our own coats; a skill that will be very useful this winter! We will continue to think about what makes us special and why we are special and also explore what makes us valuable. As we move towards December we think about why Christmas is special to Christians and talk about those who are special to us.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
This half term we will be exploring different musical instruments and adapting the way we play them to create loud and quiet sounds. We will be creating a large Gruffalo in a collaborative collage piece which will allow us to think about the colours and textures we will use.
In dance sessions, we will watch performances and start to think about how they make us feel.
PE day
Tuesday 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 introducing our children to phase 3 phonics.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
‘The Three Little Pigs’
We will be exploring The Three Little Pigs. We will spend time acting out the text, creating actions to help us remember the text, retelling the story and writing some character and setting descriptions. We will be using our phase 2 phonics to begin to write some simple words and captions.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be using White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos. We will be matching and sorting, looking at different characteristics to categories, looking at measure and pattern and begin to look at number. We will be subitising, counting and matching numeral to quantity.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be looking at past, present and future. We will be looking at our timetable, discussing what we did yesterday, what we are doing now and what we will be doing tomorrow.
We will be discussing where we live and some simple information about England. We will discuss how we can get to different place and the use of maps.
Science / Understanding the world
Looking at change
In Reception we will be planting seeds, looking at what happens to the soil when we add water to it and thinking about how to care for the seeds. We will spend time outside looking at the seasonal changes.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will look at building relationships and how to be kind to others. We will look at toileting, washing our hands, using cutlery and how important it is to do it on your own.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
This half term we will be acting out different characters and exploring different roles. In music we will be singing theme tunes and experimenting with beaters on instruments.
PE day
Monday and Tuesday
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 recapping phase 2 phonics using the All Aboard phonics scheme.