1. Reception Curriculum Information Spring Term
Dear Parents,
Our topics in the Reception classes until February half term is ‘People Who Help Us’. After the half term it is ‘Growth and New Life’. Within these topics we will cover the following areas as part of the Foundation Stage Curriculum:
Communication Language and Literacy
Continued reinforcement of letter recognition, sound recognition and the formation of lower case and capital letters.
Development of reading skills through individual reading, blending practice and through regular sight recognition of high frequency words and key story words.
Regular opportunities to practise emergent writing.
Use of a range of fiction and poetry books eg stories with predictable structures and patterned language, traditional and nursery rhymes.
Use of non-fiction texts including recounts, alphabet books and information books
Shared and guided writing including writing letters, recounts, labels and captions, making books, making a class information book.
Mathematical Development
Say and use number names in order, in familiar contexts
Find one more or less than a numbers from 1-10, then 1-20
Order a given set of numbers to 20
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 flat and solid shapes and describe some of their properties
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 9.
Know the days of the week and months of the year in order
Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns
Understanding of the World
Find out about people who help us within the school and community.
Visits from community workers and local visits.
Use programmes toys (beebots).
Explore sound and music.
Find out about animals and plants.
Find out about Chinese New Year, Easter, Mother’s Day.
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
Imaginative role play
Expressive Arts and Design
Development of fine motor skills using a range of small and large equipment (including apparatus).
Opportunity to handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials.
Awareness of others and use of space.
Move confidently and with imagination to music.
Physical Development
Personal Social and Emotional Development
Activities to encourage independence, concentration, confidence and social skills such as sharing and turn taking.
Identifying and expressing a range of feelings
Dealing with conflicts
There is a strong emphasis on practical activities to develop the children’s learning.