Summer-1-Reception-Curriculum- (ID 1148)

• Literacy
  Literacy

  Reception will be reading a beautiful story called 'Albert the Little Green Dinosaur' as part of their Talk for Writing unit. This text will be used to support them in creating their own ideas. Children will learn actions to support the retelling of the story, create a class story map to sequence the story, and have plentiful writing opportunities throughout. Some of our writing opportunities will include writing a description of a dinosaur, writing a list of food for a dinosaur shop, and attempting to write questions to the main character. Additionally, children will be writing short, simple sentences about their own stories at the end of the unit.

• Maths
  Maths

  Children will be exploring counting on and back, numbers to 20, and numerical patterns. The children will engage in our Power Maths sessions and complete focus tasks in small groups to help deepen their understanding. The children will have access to rich enhancements within the provision to support their learning and understanding.

• Communication and Language
  Communication and Language

  Children will engage in discussions comparing past to present and the difference between when dinosaurs roamed Earth, to now. We will explore different types of dinosaurs, what they liked to eat, and what they looked like. We will have plentiful opportunities to discuss a variety of rich texts and further enhance their knowledge and skills. Some texts will be closely related to our new topic, whilst others might make up our reading for pleasure.

• Personal, Socal and Emotional Development
  Personal, Socal and Emotional Development

  Through stories and circle time, children will be focusing on 'Building Relationships: My Family and Friends'. In this unit, children will learn how we all have different beliefs and celebrations, what characteristics make a good friend, and how we need to listen to one another. We will be using our time to engage in meaningful circle times to help communicate effectively with others, practice 'good listening', and to learn new skills that will help build their social skills. Some key vocabulary includes:

  • festival

  • special event

  • religion

  • culture

  • beliefs

  • tradition

• Physical Development
  Physical Development

  Children will be developing their gross motor skills during our PE lessons. We will be following Active Tameside's 'Little Bikers' scheme of work to develop our biking skills. In addition to this, children will have plentiful opportunities to develop their fine motor skills by engaging in dough disco, painting, and cutting and sticking.

• Understanding The World
  Understanding The World

  Children will be exploring 'Which Stories are Special and Why?'. In this unit of work, pupils consider the stories that are special to them, giving reasons for why they are special. They will encounter stories from different religious worldviews and find out about why these might be special to a believer. With support, children will begin to consider the impact of these stories on the lives of believers. They will learn key events and retell stories from different worldviews remembering key events.

  Some of our key vocabulary includes:

  Christmas

  Bible

  Muslims

  Torah

  Believer

  Text

  Stories

  Jews

  Qur'an

  Special

• Expressive Art and Design
  Expressive Art and Design

  In our Art sessions we will be focusing on our new unit - Lets Get Crafty. In this unit, the children will be developing cutting, threading, joining and folding skills through fun, creative craft projects.