Summer 2
For the love of reading text
In Literacy we will be learning all about ‘The Snail and the Whale’. The children will immerse themselves in the story and create their own story map. They will move on to letter and postcard writing, writing short sentences with known letter correspondences.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be exploring sharing and grouping. We will be looking at sharing objects with multiple groups of people. We will be looking at odd and even sharing up to 20 objects. We will begin to introduce the question ‘How many now?’ looking at adding more to an amount and taking some away.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
In Geography we will be noticing features of the immediate environment and comparing them with previous environments (woodland a beach).
In History we will be comparing transport from the past and the present, talking about the lives of people and how they have changed.
Science / Understanding the world
In Science we will be looking at recognising the signs of summer. We will be looking at the changing seasons and how the natural world changes.
Educational Visit
New Brighton Beach
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will be looking at relationships and meeting our new class teacher. We will be talking about the importance of a healthy diet and looking after ourselves.
In RE we will be sharing special stories from different religions.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In expressive arts and design we will be safely using and exploring a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Monday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be focusing on revising and consolidating phase 4.
Summer 1
For the love of reading text
‘Little Red Riding Hood’
This half term we will be focusing on ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We will look at the different parts of the story and sequence the images, we will then look at story retell. This will be done through drama and taking on the role of the characters then we will write the story ourselves
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White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be look at numbers beyond 10. We will look at sequencing them, recognising the numeral and the quantity and being to add and take numbers away. In shape we will look at 3D shapes and patterns in the environment.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be identifying the similarities and differences between Antarctica and England. In History we will compare washing in the past and present.
Science / Understanding the world
In Summer 1 we will be planting seeds and watching them grow. We will carefully watch each stage and record their changes.
Educational Visit
None
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will continue to develop our personal, social and emotional development this half term, focusing on confidence and facing our fears. We will look at what it means to be brave, looking at characters from stories.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In Reception we will be developing our artist skills and creating our own landscape setting. Children will have the opportunity to select their own materials and resources to create their own masterpiece.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Tuesday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be consolidating phase 3.
Spring 2
For the love of reading text
‘The Little Red Hen’
Exploring life on the farm and all the different jobs the busy Little Red Hen has to get done to make the bread! We will be using our problem solving skills to help The Little Red Hen navigate the many jobs and tasks she must do and understanding how little help she has.
This half term we will be using our phase 3 phonics to help us to write simple instructions on how to bake bread.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will continue to look at numbers beyond 8, representing them, finding one more and one less, looking at compositions of 9 and 10 and making arrangements of numbers to 10. By the end of the half term we will be looking at 3D shapes and copying and continuing patterns too!
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be describing a farm environment, looking at our school farm and visiting Amerton farm too. We will be looking at farms over time, commenting on images of farming in the past and present, looking at why things have changed over time.
Science / Understanding the world
Our science focus will be exploring the signs of Spring, we will be looking at how things have changed over the year. We will be understanding the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us. We will be looking at chick’s, looking at the life cycle and how they started as an egg and will grow into a chicken.
Educational Visit
Amerton Farm
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will be confident in trying new activities and showing independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge. We will discuss healthy food choices and how to keep our bodies fit and well. In RE we will be answering the questions, why is Easter special to Christians, and what is the Easter story about?
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
This half term we will be exploring colour and mixing colour too. We will be selecting colours for a purpose and explaining these choices. We will be learning more songs and adding instruments to these songs when performing.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Tuesday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be consolidating phase 3.
Spring 1
For the love of reading text
Whatever Next – Gill Murphy
Open the book to an exciting adventure that takes a little bear to exciting new places! We will be using our imaginations to follow baby bear on his adventure to the moon!
This half term we will be using our phase 3 phonics to help us rewrite the story of ‘Whatever Next’.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will begin at looking numbers beyond 5, representing them, finding one more and one less and looking at odd and even pairs.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term, in Geogrpahy, we will be looking at our immediate environment, using maps to navigate our way around the school and drawing our own maps too.
In history we will be exploring how baths have changed over time, linking to our story ‘Whatever Next’.
Science / Understanding the world
This half term we will be looking at changes in states of matter by making our own Gruffalo crumble and looking at the changes to the fruit when heated up! We will also look at some aspects of floating and sinking!
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will continue to develop our attention, following instructions throughout the school day. We will look at working collaboratively and sharing ideas with each other too.
In RE we will be focusing on Christianity and answering questions such as, ‘Why is the word God special to Christians?’
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
During art and Design and Technology, we will be working collaboratively to create rockets, like from the story. Once complete we will be sharing our creations with our peers, talking about what we like and dislike. In music we will begin to sing different songs, either on our own or as a small group.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Monday and Thursday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be consolidating phase 3.
Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
Take stroll through the deep dark woods, where we will meet a mouse just trying to enjoy a nut… but the woodland creatures have other ideas! We will be focusing on retelling the story orally, using our story maps to help us. In our writing we will be creating character descriptions for the story characters; applying our phonics skills to write simple words and captions
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to use White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos to help move our learning forward. We will look at numbers to 5, confidently creating compositions, and subitising too, and will be using our prior knowledge to help us build on our skills of finding 1 more and 1 less of a given number to 5.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be looking our own personal history, sequencing pictures of us as babies and pictures of us now. We will exploring the changes in our local environment as the season changes. To help us to understand the wider world, we will be talking about different countries around the world; focusing on Antarctica and what we might find there.
Science / Understanding the world
This half term we will be working on understanding changes in states of matter. We will be having fun with floating and sinking.
Educational Visit
Cannock Chase
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
During PSED we will continue to look at how to look after ourselves; focusing on fastening our own coats; a skill that will be very useful this winter! We will continue to think about what makes us special and why we are special and also explore what makes us valuable.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
This half term we will be exploring different musical instruments and adapting the way we play them to create loud and quiet sounds. We will be creating a large Gruffalo in a collaborative collage piece which will allow us to think about the colours and textures we will use.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Monday
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be focusing on revising phase 2 and phase 3.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
‘The Three Little Pigs’
In Literacy we will be focusing on ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We will be exploring the text and using story maps to retell the story. We will be looking at setting descriptions, focusing on the different houses and what the wolf gets up to! We will be applying our phase 2 phonics in writing.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will be using White Rose and their ‘small step’ ethos. We will be sorting, comparing and matching objects. We will be furthering our skills and knowledge around numbers 0 to 5. Looking at subitising, representing, finding one more and one less and looking at compositions of the numbers from 0 to 5 too.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
This half term we will be understanding that we live in England and understand what it is like to live here.
Science / Understanding the world
We will be beginning to recognise the signs of Autumn and understanding the effects of changing seasons on the natural world around us by focusing on trees and how they change. We will observe these changes of the trees over the year.
Educational Visit
n/a
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will be becoming more independent in meeting our own self care needs, including asking to go to the toilet and washing our own hands. We will be putting on our own coats and doing our own buttons and zips too.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
The children will be use different tools to draw representations of people and objects – we will be looking at how we can incorporate different shapes to help us draw more accurately.
Spanish
n/a
PE day
Spellings/ Reading
Each week our spellings and reading will directly link to the sounds we are teaching during phonics. We may repeat some spellings or reading books to allow children to confidently apply the phonics they have learnt. This half term we will be recapping phase 2 phonics using the All Aboard phonics scheme.