1. Summer Two: You’re Hired! Reception: Summer Two Overview
The final term in Early Years will support children in their transition to Key Stage One. They will continue to learn through storytelling and role play, demonstrating their progress in writing through a range of extended writing opportunities. Children will consolidate their learning through exploration of ‘homes’ and what they represent and mean to us. Alongside this, children will take part in ‘Den Day’ and learn about how they can respect the rights of other children who do not have a safe place to live.
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Personal, Social and Emotional Development including RRS
Story Telling
Actions
Role Play - Little Mouse’s Hole
Hot Seating
Film – story telling
Athletics
Letters to and from the bear about making friends
Moving home
Changes
Design a new house – wants and needs.
Exploring Media and Materials
Exploring Materials for a new house for Little Mouse
Fruit Collage – inspired by illustrations
What can you see? – inspired by Little Mouse’s amazement
Understanding the World
Literacy
Different kinds of homes – where do we live? Where does Little Mouse live?
Similarities and Differences
Exploring Materials
Build a house for mouse
Healthy Eating – design a meal for Little Mouse
Retelling
Actions and Words
Sequencing and rewrite the story
Speech Bubbles
Story Innovation
Story Map their own innovation
Book Review
Author Study, including a comparison between books
Other Core Texts:
Croc and Bird
Mathematics
Over the year, children will continue to develop their mathematical skills and knowledge through Maths Mastery. Alongside this, the children will apply their maths skills across the curriculum, for example comparing the size of animal homes and comparing weights of fruits.
Review 2016