Welcome to Reception!

Mrs Charles and Mrs John

English   

In English, we will be continuing Little Wandle Phonics sessions where the children will be learning new graphemes, blending words together orally and through word reading and reading tricky words. These sessions will take place daily.  We will also have an English lesson which will focus on our current topic work. During this time, we will learn lots of new vocabulary, different ways to recall stories, and nonfiction books, make up our own stories, sentence writing, putting our phonics into action, share our ideas about our key texts, create descriptions, fact manuals and discuss our topic. 

Key Texts: Astro Girl, Whatever Next and Aliens love underpants  

Understanding the World  

This half term, we will be continuing to explore the provision areas, during this time adults will extend our learning through well thought-out conversations whilst sharing this space with our friends. We will be learning all about each other and discovering new skills we can do for ourselves. We will go on a few adventures outdoors to our lovely field and wooded area to discover changes in the natural environment.   

We will have a focus on science investigations and technology whilst exploring our topic space. We will be finding out all about NASA and learning about what the astronauts do on the space station.

Maths  

In Maths, we follow a Maths Mastery approach to learning number, shape and measurement. We have a daily maths meeting where we practice counting, naming shapes, sequencing, 1 more and 1 less than a given number, measures, day, month, time and year, this really helps the children understand and use mathematical language. This half term we will be continuing learning all about the numbers in a practical way helping the children to grasp a deeper understanding of number composition, counting forwards and backwards, one less and one more and number formation with a focus on numerals 1-10. Our Maths sessions will consist of a variety of ways to learn numbers such as; singing songs, playing games, telling stories and solving problems. Each number we learn will have a rhyme to help the children remember how to form the numeral.  

Song: 5 little spacemen in a flying saucer  

Space

Our Theme

This half term, our Reception children will be going on a space adventure. During this time, we will be exploring a range of fiction and nonfiction books to find out facts about space and enrich our story telling knowledge. We will be investigating space rockets, how to be an astronaut, the wonders of the solar system and science in space. We will be using our communication skills to ask questions to find out more and discuss topics we have been learning about.

RE 

In RE, we will be exploring different cultures, religious celebrations, and family routines.  

Our RE topic is How do people celebrate?        

We will be exploring New Year, Chinese New Year, Persian New Year and Holi. We will explore these celebrations through class discussions, stories, videos, role play and cultural experiences.   

Expressive Arts and Design 

This half term, our children will be exploring 3 main creative techniques: paper folding, paint flicking and blending/mark making using pastels.  

They will continue using the craft area independently by selecting the materials and equipment they need to create their own master pieces.  

We will also be singing lots of songs as we head in into spring and using our bodies to create actions to go with the lyrics.