Reception - Gruffalo & Billy Goat
Our Learning This Term- Summer 2
This half term our topic is ‘Walk the plank’.
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. Children will continue to read all Set 1 Sounds speedily including ll, ff, ss, and ck. Read words with Special Friends; words with double consonants and 4-sound words with Fred Talk. Read 3 and 4 sound nonsense words with Fred Talk. We will now be looking at reading Set 2 sounds and matching Phonics Green Words including longer words, Reviewing Set 1 Phonics Green Words and reading nonsense words. Spelling words using Fred Fingers.
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, such as Pirate love underpants and Billy’s Bucket.
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.
Our focus books are Pirates love underpants and Billy’s Bucket, some of our Big Questions to answer are:
How do we write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondence?
Why do we need a capital letter and full stop? What is the best way to re-read what I have written to check that it makes sense?
What can I write in a letter to the pirates to tell them we have found the golden underpants?
Can you create your own pirate story?
What will we need for an end-of-year pirate party, can you write a shopping list?
AS MATHEMATICIANS
We will be understanding how to double numbers up to 10. We will be looking at how we can share items equally into groups. We will be exploring what are odd and even numbers to 10 and beyond. Children will be practising counting verbally to 20 and beyond to become secure. We will be focusing on directional language linking this to pirate theme by using maps. Can the children follow instructions to reach a destination on a map and where does a map take you? Can you describe the route you have taken to your peers?
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 too:
What happens in summer? How do you know this?
Why do different objects float or sink?
What lives in the ocean?
How can you describe our local habitat and can you compare it to a contrasting country, are there any similarities and differences?
Can you create sea creatures using split pins for moving parts?
Where does X marks the spot go on your treasure map?
Can you use 3D objects to make pirate telescopes and boats like Faith Bebbington’s famous art work?
How do you use collaging technique to recreate Eric Carle’s masterpieces?
How do we make a pirates Father’s Day Card using our hand prints?
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.
