1. Bear mania Autumn Term 2016 Reception Class Physical Development
Indoor P.E. sessions – Music & Movement
Have the opportunity to play and explore in the outdoor area.
Awareness of space and of self.
Group games; ring, group and playground and parachute games.
How we feel after exercise?
Gaining control over fastenings when getting dressed and undressed for P.E sessions.
Using a correct pencil grip and gaining control with mark making implements.
Using and holding scissors correctly.
Managing own personal hygiene.
Pencil control: following patterns and begin letter formation.
Cutting and Sticking skills.
Cooking – Bear biscuits, sandwiches, bear buns topped with gummy bears.
Moving like a bear.
Teddy bear action songs and rhymes.
Bear hunt around Congleton Town.
Personal, Social & Emotional
Development
On-going taking turns, sharing, and developing friendships Creating and following class rules Circle Times – New Beginnings & Getting on / falling out.
The areas of the classroom – resources etc.
Personal Hygiene.
Dressing and undressing for P.E.
Learning routines of the school day Feelings at night time Routines ~ daily and night time Cooking ~ preferences and personal hygiene. Sending Class Bear home.
Teddy Bears Picnic.
Communication & Language
Interacting with new friends.
Build confidence to speak in an unfamiliar group.
Take turns and negotiate plans.
Listen to stories carefully.
Talk and answer questions about stories.
Use Talk for Writing actions to learn the key features of the stories; Little Red Hen and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
Literacy
Recognising and writing names.
Looking at familiar signs and labels around school and the local area.
Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds.
Julia Donaldson rhyming books – learning to continue a rhyming string.
Starting to introduce letter sounds – Phase 2 Phonics.
Alphabet window – names of children, objects etc.
Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Peace At Last & Whatever Next
We’re Going On a Bear Hunt
Listening to stories and rhymes.
Sequencing pictures from familiar stories.
Informational Writing.
Writing lists and labels.
Bear shaped books.
Individual readers how to hold a book, telling stories through pictures.
Bear mania
Autumn Term 2016
Reception Class
Expressive Arts & Design
Self Portrait – Starting School Bear ear masks Paw prints ~ hand and foot prints Sponge Printing Bears Junk Modelling Clay Bears Bear puppets Role Play- 3 Bears Cottage/ Bear Cave / Santa’s Workshop
Colour mixing Bears
Singing songs about Bears
Firework pictures
Rangoli Patterns and Diva lights using clay
Music – finding a voice (learn lots of new songs and Nursery Rhymes /singing with confidence) Beat and Tempo and High and Low
Christmas play
Mathematics
Numbers – Counting and Recognition (1 – 5) – Number games & Rhymes / Number Teddies / Counting Gummy Bears / Counting Bear Paws
Beginning to use mathematical names for ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Selects a particular named shape.
Use familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns
Beginning to use everyday language related to money Uses the language of ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare two sets of objects.
Finds the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Finds one more or one less from a group of up to five objects.
In practical activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.
Understanding the World
Tasting Porridge and Honey Travelling through different environments on a bear hunt What do bears feel like? Making dens in the woods for the bears Bear hunt ~ Bear mania walk Different types of bears Where do different bears live? What do bears eat? Computing – Using Technology & Modelling and Simulations Science – Environment, Health, Sound, & Material Changes R.E. – Harvest, Christmas, Diwali.