Reception
Introduction
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you all had a very enjoyable Easter break. This is our curriculum letter which will give you an overview of what the children have been learning and will be learning during weeks 1, 2 and 3 of this term. This will help you support your child at home and encourage them to talk about what they have been doing at school.
Week 1, 2 & 3 Term 5
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and All About Me
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Communication, Language and Literacy Holiday news Writing for different purposes Eg. Labeling pictures, making lists, Name writing and writing common familiar words (words on bones). Word building –CVC words- (consonant/vowel/consonant words) c-a-t=cat, d-o-g=dog, p-i-g=pig Sounding out the words. Matching the sounds to the letters. Writing the words.
Letter formation-handwriting
Reading high frequency words Sharing storybooks
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Mathematical Development Finding one more/one less from a group of objects or number.
Doubling/halving/sharing Language associated with addition and subtraction. Using number, addition and subtraction in everyday problem solving
Counting forwards and backwards from 0-10, 0-20.
Number recognition by playing Bingo!
Counting objects accurately to 10 and above.
Writing numbers accurately.
Describing and naming shapes.
Count in 10s,2s(count sets of eyes) -odd and even nos.
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development The Golden Rules Golden Time as a reward for following the Golden Rules (Friday afternoons) Turn taking Working as part of a group Selecting resources independently Discuss family occasions-birth, death. Sharing different cultural beliefs Showing respect for each other and each other’s beliefs.
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World Planting sunflower seeds. Looking after the vegetable seeds we planted last term. Talking about members of our family- Where do they live? What do they do? Make a family tree -pictures of our family. What colour are my eyes?-eye colour survey and display. Take photos of each other to use for mirror image portraits.
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Physical Development Travelling under and over equipment. Recognising changes to our bodies when we exercise eg. Getting hot, panting, heart beating faster. Ride on toys Using a variety of small and large play equipment. Developing sending skills (throwing, kicking) Developing cutting skills using scissors. Fine motor skill development-drawing letters in shaving foam, pencil control name writing. Accurate letter formation. Music and movement
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Creative Development Music with Mrs. Tucker(Tuesday afternoons) Singing familiar songs Looking at Van Gogh’s sunflower painting-describing it. Learning different painting techniques in order to copy Van Gogh’s sunflower picture for our school art exhibition. Using seeds in art work Tie-dying t-shirts to wear to the sea life centre.(also white sheets for display) Self portraits ACTIV Primary-self portraits-print Collage eyes for survey and display. Mirror image portraits from photos Music and movement
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We are learning to read and spell the following:
Words of the Day: she, the, chat, swing, rain, keep, night (knight), boat, cook, root, farm, born, hurt, cow, join, clear
Tricky Words of the Week: think, went, the
Sounds of the Week: ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear
We hope you find this newsletter useful. We welcome your feedback and any questions you may have.
Thank you for your continued help and support.
The Reception Team.