Welcome to Reception! We have made a wonderful start to the new academic year, exploring our environment, building friendships and becoming familiar with our new routines. This half-term will focus on developing our confidence, independence and love of learning.
In English, we will explore The King’s Pants, The King’s Hats, The Three Little Pigs and The Enormous Turnip. We will use these exciting stories to inspire imaginative discussions, oral storytelling, role play, name writing and early sentence writing.
During our daily Little Wandle phonics sessions, we will begin learning Phase 2 sounds and use these to read and write simple words. We will also take part in regular reading-practice sessions to develop our blending, fluency and understanding.
In maths, we will explore numbers through practical activities, songs, stories and games. We will develop our counting, subitising and number-recognition skills while investigating matching, sorting, comparing and patterns.
In Understanding the World, we will explore our families, communities and the places where we live. We will investigate similarities and differences, discuss how we have changed since we were babies and begin to develop an awareness of the past. We will also use our senses to investigate the world around us.
In art, we will investigate faces and features before creating our own portraits using a range of materials and techniques. We will also take part in dedicated PE lessons to develop our balance, coordination, movement and control.
In RE, we will explore the question, “Who made our wonderful world?” We will think about the natural world, discuss what makes it special and consider how we can care for it.
Our Personal, Social and Emotional Development will focus on settling into Reception, learning classroom routines and expectations, forming positive friendships and showing kindness to others.
We are looking forward to a busy and exciting half-term filled with stories, exploration and creativity. We cannot wait to see our confidence, curiosity and independence continue to grow!
