Reception - Gruffalo & Billy Goat
Our Learning This Term- Summer 1
This half term our topic is ‘Come outside’.
AS READERS
Read Write Inc:
Children are spilt into smaller groups to concentrate on previously learnt sounds and blending these into words. Children will continue their phonics journey focusing on using fred talk to sound out cvc words and fred fingers to spell, e.g c-a-t, cat. We will also be introducing red words. These are tricky words which are not able to be spelt out phonetically for example, to, the, said. Reading every day to and with your child is more important than ever. Please can you record the reading you do in their Reading Diary.
We will also be looking at stories during our story time linked to our topic.
AS WRITERS
We will be returning to talk for writing sessions for our literacy lessons. Each week we will be focusing on learning actions to key words or phrases in our story to help us retell the story. This will then enable us to write more challenging sentences about the focus text and answer big questions related to each story. We will also retell the story of Jack and the beanstalk in front of an audience.
Book 1 – Jack and the beanstalk
How can actions help us to retell the story to an audience?
Book 2 – Supertato
What are the instructions needed to grow seeds or bulbs? Why do we need capital letters and full stops?
Book 3 – Superworm
What facts do you know about insects? How can we complete a fact file?
AS MATHEMATICIANS
In maths, we are following the maths mastery approach. The children will begin to develop a deeper understanding of numbers by looking at subitizing and the composition of numbers up to 10. We will be exploring numbers up to 20 and beyond, this will include answering addition and subtraction sums up to 20. We will focus on counting forwards and backwards. We will be looking at which tangram shapes we can use to complete more complex patterns.
AS EXPLORERS
We have many questions to investigate and explore this term, these are some examples of what we will be finding out the answers to:
Who is Matisse and how can we re-create art in the same style?
What will the outcome be if we press items from the forest into clay such as leaves, twigs, and stones?
How can we collaborate to make a giant minibeast Mod Roc?
Who is Andy Goldsworthy and what does his pebble artwork look like?
What are insects and where can we find them?
How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?
How do we make a home for minibeasts to live in?
What do bulbs and seeds need to grow?
What do humans need to stay healthy?
What did a flower look like before it grew?
How has it changed over time?
What happened in the past relating to ourselves and what is happening right now?
PE
Lessons will take place every Friday afternoon with our PE Staff. The children will need to come to school wearing their PE kits on this day.
HOME LEARNING
Please ensure that you are logged on to Class Dojo so that you can see the reception newsletter uploaded every Friday. This will explain the learning taking place the following week in school, homework and any important reminders and dates you need to know. Photos and messages will also be posted regularly to show you what your child has been learning at school.
