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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
In Summer 1 we will be planting seeds and watching them grow. We will carefully watch each stage and record their changes.
PSHE/RSE/ RE
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
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.
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
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
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 visits
Amerton Farm
PSHE/RSE/ RE
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
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.
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
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
This half term we will be looking at changes in the seasons. We will be looking for the signs of winters and how winter impacts the trees around school.
PSHE/RSE/ RE
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
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.
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 consolidating phase 3.
Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
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
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
We will begin to explore how things can change when they are heated. This means only one thing… we need to bake a Gruffalo crumble! We will observe the ingredients before they are heated and compare this through observations. We will obviously have to taste the Gruffalo crumble too!
We will also spend some time exploring forces through floating and sinking; creating a raft to protect the owl from the Gruffalo!
Educational Visit
The Gruffalo Trail at Cannock Chase
PSHE/RSE/ RE
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. As we move towards December we think about why Christmas is special to Christians and talk about those who are special to us.
To celebrate SMSC day, we will look at Remembrance Day.
Art/ D & T/ Music
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.
In dance sessions, we will watch performances and start to think about how they make us feel.
PE day
Monday and 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 introducing our children to phase 3 phonics.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
‘The Three Little Pigs’
This half term we will be focusing on ‘The Three Little Pigs. We will look at acting out the story, taking on the role of the characters and discussing how they may feel. We will build on our previous writing skills and create character descriptions and setting descriptions, as well as looking at writing the story.
White Rose Maths
In Maths we will continue to build our number skills ready for year 1, looking at matching, sorting and comparing. We will also be creating our own patterns.
Geography/ History / Understanding the World
History/Geography
We will be looking at people in the communities and people who are familiar to us and sequencing the school day.
Science / Understanding the world
This half term we will be exploring changes to the environment.
Educational Visit
We will be visiting Cannock Chase. Spending time exploring the Gruffalo Trail.
PSHE/RSE/RE/PSED
We will be exploring our new environment and discussing our own interests. We will also focus on developing our independence.
Art/ D & T/ Music/ EAD
In Reception we will be creating our own autumnal pictures using natural objects.
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 the applying phase 2.