Reception

SPRING TERM 2025

Communication & Language

 We will continue to encourage speaking in full sentences and using the word ‘because’ to give explanations. We will also be focussing on ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions. We will continue to introduce a range of new vocabulary to help develop social phrases and support children to use this throughout the day.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

When reading our topic stories, we will be exploring the themes of helping one another, celebrating and discussing the importance of being kind to each other. We will also be learning that sharing is a “win-win situation” and it means that we care about one another.

Physical Development

Our gross motor skills will continue to develop through various PE sessions where we will concentrate on developing agility, balance and control. Fine motor activities will include manipulating play dough, developing scissor control and using various tools such as paintbrushes and tweezers. We will also continue to practise formation of letters by writing with various materials, which include sand, glitter, mud, pencils, pens and using whiteboards.   

Literacy

We will continue our learning through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised early reading programme. We will learn the phase 3 phonics sounds and continue to apply our phonetic knowledge in order to identify, say and write sounds. We will continue to develop our writing during phonics sessions and child-initiated time with our termly writing focus being to write a list. We will continue our 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/ 

This term we will be reading and exploring a range of new storybooks linked to our new topics: ‘Winter’, ‘Around the World’, ‘Spring’ and ‘Growing’.

Mathematics

We will be covering many key number concepts this term using the NCETM mastering number guidance and resources. The areas covered will include; Cardinality and counting numbers to 10, comparison of numbers to 10 (using more than/less than), composition of numbers 1 – 10 (smaller numbers within larger numbers), patterns within numbers to 10 (odd, evens, doubling numbers). In addition to the number focus, we will also spend a little time on shape and measure too.

Understanding the World

Our first text this term is ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. When reading ‘Lost and Found’ we will be learning about winter and cold parts of the world, as well as finding out about animals from these areas. When reading ‘The Snail and the Whale’ we will be finding out about the different parts of the world visited in the story. During our ‘Growing’ topic we will learn about how to look after our own Reception garden and we will be planting seeds and bulbs. We will be learning about the celebrations Chinese New Year and Easter. We will use our outdoor area to explore the natural world around us and think about changing seasons.

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 and create music using our bodies and instruments. During choosing time pupils will explore paint and painting techniques through nature, music and collaborative work.

Reminders

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