1. Autumn Term Topic Reception K
SOUTHFIELD PRIMARY
Stay & Play
Friday morning
CHILDREN
Read, little and often everyday
Talk about numbers and spot shapes everywhere you go.
Practice phonics
Talk about families and feeling.
Autumn Term Topic Reception K
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Parents
Count everything you can, forward, backwards and start from unexpected numbers
Encourage thinking skills, allow your child to find their own way of solving a problem.
Encourage independence in their self care.
Encourage mark making in all varieties, pencil chalk, paint…
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Teacher
Mrs S Kent TA
Mrs E Parkes

2. Expressive Arts and Design
PSED
Understanding the Learning characteristics of independence and teamwork
Making new friends and learning to oo-operate with others
Explore feelings
Building self-confidence
Familiarising ourselves with our new settings and making choices within our environment
Communication and Language
Communicating our needs and feelings with others
Retell familiar class stories.
Repeating keywords and phrases and suggesting alternative ideas
We are covering Letters and sounds phase 2
Physical Development
Using the indoor and outdoor space to negotiate obstacles, stop and start and show an awareness of space.
To independently hold a pencil and other tools correctly
Developing fine motor skills-threading, scissors, pencil control.
Independently putting on own coat, shoes, cardigans and jumpers.
English – Reading
Listening to the sounds letters make.
Sharing stories, poems and rhymes.
Recognition of own name, labels and captions within the classroom.
Exploring rhyme and alliteration.
Activities to improve phonological awareness.
Shared reading
Maths
Say and use number names in order through songs rhymes and games. Extend counting from 10 to 20 if ready
Recognise and name shapes in the environment.
Begin to recognise numbers in our everyday lives.
Recognise numerals 0 – 10 then 20
Begin to understand the days of the week, date, month and year.
Knowledge of the World
Questioning the world around us
Understanding different family structures.
Show concern for our friends and family.
Expressive Arts and Design
Self portraits
Pictures of our families.
Exploring paint and colour mixing.
Using real life experiences to develop their imaginative play.
Big collaborative outside art
English – Writing
Using lines and circles to represent letters
Begin to try and write own name
Attempt to label pictures with emerging writing
Begin to form some letters correctly.
Opportunities to write throughout the provision.