Welcome to the Foundation Stage!

HONEY BEES & BUMBLE BEES!

It's The Summer Term!

Curriculum Summary Summer 1 - 2022

Welcome back!

We hope you had an enjoyable Easter break, and the children are refreshed and ready for another exciting half term in Reception.

Our main topic is ‘Animals Near and Far'. We will be learning about a variety of animals and their young and the environments in which they live. The children are really looking forward to visiting Smithills Farm where they will have the chance to get up close to the farm animals and find out more about how to look after them.

Communication and Language

We will be:

Reading, discussing and retelling stories about animals – ‘The Little Red Hen’ ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ ‘What the Ladybird Heard’
Using new language from stories read in our role play.
learning new vocabulary linked to ‘animals, their young, their environments’
Using ‘connectives’ in our sentences to explain ideas
Talking about what we have learned and asking questions to find out more

Literacy

The children will be learning to:

Read and discuss a variety of stories and non-fiction texts about animals
Become familiar with stories so they can retell and re-enact them during play.
Identify story characters, settings and main events.
Use books, computers and digital devices to retrieve information
Read books that the children can decode using their developing skills.
compose and write simple sentences using a capital letter and full stop
reread what they have written to check it makes sense

Phonics

Daily phonics lessons will focus on learning to:

blend and segment words with adjacent consonants e.g. cramp, street, crunch
practise blending words containing diagraphs and trigraphs e.g air or ear

recognise new ‘key words’ by sight and identify these words in the books we read together.
Read sentences by blending sounds
Write simple sentences dictated to them using phonic skills and knowledge of key words.

Maths

The children will be learning to:

Count forwards to and backwards from 20
count on and back starting from any number within 20
Match numerals to number words
find one more and one less than a number
represent and order numbers to 10 and beyond
identify smaller numbers within a number
Quickly recall number bonds e.g number bonds for 4 are 2+2, 1+3, 4+0
use inverse operations, if 3 and 4 makes 7, 7 take away 4 equals 3
double numbers
name and describe 2d and 3d shapes
Continue a more complex repeating pattern
Compare length and capacity using appropriate vocabulary

Physical Development

We will be learning to:

show accuracy and care when drawing
Write all numerals correctly
Form letters using long downward movements correctly – l i t j u y
Revise letters in the ‘c family’ – c o a d g e f s q
Use a range of small tools and equipment
Combine different movements with ease and fluency

In PE lessons we will be learning to:

Explore ways to use our feet to move a ball
Control a ball using the feet
Develop dribbling skills
Kick a ball to hit a target
collaborate and work with a partner or in a small group
Develop gymnastic skills

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Through circle time and the Jigsaw’ topic ‘relationships’ we will be focussing on

How to make friends
Ways to solve problems and stay friends
Learning about the impact of unkind words
Ways to manage our feelings
How to be a good friend

Understanding the world

Through topic lessons and activities we will be:

Finding out about different places and habitats where animals live.
Observing animals in their environments
Recognising environments that are different to the one in which we live
Talking about similarities and differences in relation to animals and places
Explaining why things occur and how things change
Using ICT to research animals
Making maps and plans

Exploring favourite stories and sharing ideas
Talking about religious stories
Learning that the bible is the holy book for Christians
Reading stories from a children’s bible

Expressive arts and design

The children will be using a variety of media and their own imagination to create:

Farms and farm animals
bears and wild animals
different environments
maps and plans
ladybirds and minibeasts

The children will be developing their role play skills using stories and animals as a stimulus and will be learning new songs and playing instruments.

Thank you very much for your continued support. If you need any further information or guidance regarding our curriculum please do not hesitate to come and speak to us.

Mrs Percival and the Foundation Stage team.

Key dates for the 1st half of the Summer Term;-

Tuesday 24th May - Platinum Jubilee celebration day.

Friday 27th May - School closes for the half-term holiday.

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Foundation Stage Class Information

Reception Staff Team