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Reception Curriculum Information Spring Term

Dear Parents,

Our topics in the Reception class until Easter are ‘Homes and Buildings’ and ‘Growth and New Life’. Within these topics we will cover the following areas as part of the Foundation Stage Curriculum:

Language and Literacy:

Continued reinforcement of letter recognition and formation
- Development of reading skills through individual and group reading, and through regular practice  of  Read, write Inc along with National Literacy Strategy key words
- Regular opportunities to practice emergent writing
- Use of a range of fiction and poetry books e.g. stories with predictable structures and patterned language, traditional and nursery rhymes
- Shared and guided writing including writing letters, recounts, labels and captions, making books, making a class information book.

 -Use of non-fiction texts including recounts, alphabet books and information books
 

Mathematics:

- Say and use number names in order, in familiar contexts
- Order a given set of numbers

- Find one more or less than a number from 1-10+
- Begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting
- Begin to relate addition to combining two sets of objects and to counting on
- Begin to relate subtraction to ‘taking away’
- Name 2d and 3d shapes
- Use shapes to describe and make models, pictures and patterns

- Sorting coins – 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p
- Use language such as more or less, longer or shorter, heavier or lighter to make direct comparisons of two quantities
- Compare two numbers. Say a number that lies between two given numbers up to 10
- Count reliably up to 20.
- Recognise numerals 0 to 10.
- Know the days of the week in order
- Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns

Knowledge and Understanding of the World:

 - Local buildings
- Look at materials and tools used in buildings
- Electricity and its uses
- Homes in the past
- Junk buildings

- Life cycles
- Animals and their babies
- Plant growth
- Weaving

- Developing keyboard skills
- Look at uses of everyday technology
- Using a programmable toy

Creative Development:

 - Rubbings of building materials
- Collage, painting and printing using a variety of media
- Observational drawings
- Explore a range of musical instruments and recognise how sounds can be changed
- Sing simple songs from memory
- Recognise sound patterns
- Beat and tempo
- Dynamics

Physical Development:

- Development of fine motor skills using a range of small and large equipment.
- Opportunity to handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials.
- Dance warm up activities.
- Awareness of others and use of space.
- Move confidently and with imagination to music.
 

Our PE lessons will be on Monday and Friday.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

- Ongoing activities to encourage independence, concentration, confidence and social skills.
- What do we mean by special? – special books, stories that Jesus told eg The Lost Sheep
- Easter – new life and celebration
- Mother’s Day
SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning)
- Going for Goals
- Good to be me

As with all our work in the Reception class, the topic will involve a strong emphasis on practical activities to develop the children’s learning.

We are also looking at recycling and how it affects us. We need junk items. Buttons, ribbons, small plastic pots and tubs, match boxes, small boxes, foil, etc.

Our math’s challenge cards need to be back in school each Friday to hand to another child. Many thanks,

Mrs Gunn

Class Teacher.