Reception

SUMMER TERM 2025

 Communication & Language

 This term we will continue to use of our role play area to encourage children to develop conversations in their play and build relationships. We will encourage speaking in full sentences and using vocabulary linked to our topics. We will continue to introduce a range of new vocabulary to help develop social phrases and support children to use them throughout the day.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

We will be reading a range of new storybooks linked to our new topic ‘Traditional Tales’. When reading our topic stories, we will be exploring the importance of working as a team. We will also be exploring the themes of taking on challenges; listening and following instructions.

Physical Development

Our gross motor skills will continue to develop through various PE sessions where we will concentrate on developing agility, balance and control through gymnastics. We will learn a range of games and different ways to control balls using our bodies or equipment. In the second half of the summer term, we will learn athletics in preparation for our sports day. Fine motor activities will include manipulating play dough, developing scissor control and using other tools.

Literacy

We will continue our learning through Little Wandle early reading programme. We move on to phase 4, practising identifying, saying and writing the sounds, and continue to develop our writing. We will also have weekly reading sessions in school focusing on decoding, expression and comprehension skills. More information can be found here: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

As part of our topic sessions, we will be reading ‘The Gigantic Turnip’, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, ‘Little Red’, ‘Caterpillar, Butterfly’, ‘Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain’ and ‘Oi Frog’. We will become familiar with writing posters and short stories.

Maths

We will cover the White Rose Maths units ‘To 20 and Beyond’, ‘First, Then, Now’, ‘Find my Pattern’ and ‘On the Move’. We will look at counting patterns beyond 10. After that, we will move on to looking at subtraction, doubling, grouping and sharing and learn about even and odd numbers. We will develop our work on pattern and relationships between numbers and introduce the area of spatial reasoning, looking at how we can use shapes to make pictures, how we can explain the similarities and differences between objects and how we use positional language. Throughout our learning, we work on consolidating the key skills of counting, composition of number, sorting and matching, and comparing and ordering. https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/early-years-resources/reception-sol/

Understanding of the World

We will also think about special places in our local area and explore people who help us in our community. This term we will continue to explore the natural world around us and think about changing seasons. We will be finding out about the life cycle of a caterpillar and learning about the importance of rain. We will use our outdoor area to take care of our garden and observe how it changes as the weather becomes warmer.

Expressive Arts & Design

We will encourage children to make use of the role play areas to develop storylines in their play. We will use the creative area, accessing  junk modelling, paints, fabrics and other various creative materials to support our learning. We will sing songs as a group as part of our Vocal Project with Year 1.

Reminders

Please remember to label all uniform items. Check the weekly Friday letter on Dojo for important notices to find out what we have been learning in class and what we will be learning the following week.

Summer Trip- London Wetland Centre – Friday 27th June - Details to follow