LADYBUGS - Miss Long
Overview for Term 1
Reception Term 1 Overview – All about me!
This term, our theme is ‘All about me!’ We will focus on welcoming children into their new school routine, caring for others’ feelings, and working together. We will focus on what makes us unique and celebrating our differences. We will focus on the wonderful story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen as our key text to support the link between school and home and how we can map journey routes around our school. We will also focus on ‘The Colour Monster’ to support our understanding of emotions and self-regulation.
Literacy (including Phonics and Reading)
Our key literacy texts this term will be the classic tales ‘The Gingerbread Man’ by Mara Alperin. We will answer questions about this books, learn new vocabulary and make marks inspired by what we have read. The core Literacy books have been carefully selected to engage, inspire and provide plentiful opportunities to follow the interests of the pupils.
We will be developing our speaking and listening this term and have already begun our Unlocking Letters and Sounds Phonics sessions! First, we will recap Phase 1 and then when the children are in school full time, we will move onto learning Phase 2 sounds. This term we will look at:
Week 1 – n/a
Week 2 (Part time) – Phase 1 Aspects 1-4
Week 3 (full time) – Phase 1 Aspects 4-7
Week 4 – Phase 2, set 1 (s a t p)
Week 5 – Phase 2, set 2 (i n m d)
Week 6 – Phase 2, set 3 (g o c k)
Week 7 – Phase 2, set 4 (ck e u r)
Week 8 – Phase 2, set 5 (h b f ff)
Please read with your child every day. You can share your favourite bedtime storey and encourage your child to join in with bits they know, talk about pictures, and copy your words. You can look for print in the environment, such as road signs, shopping lists and shop names – ask your child if they recognise any symbols, letters, or words. Your child will receive a school reading book and reading record later this term. I will be in touch with more information about that nearer the time.
Maths
We will begin our Maths learning this term by focusing on matching and sorting, exploring patterns and comparing amounts. We will start to look at and build a strong understanding of numbers 0-3, followed by 4-6 as we progress through the term using Can Do Maths as a guide. We will begin our maths journey with a focus on the five counting principles, ensuring each child understands what and how we count. Our sessions will be hands-on, using a range of manipulatives and resources to ensure pupils are actively learning.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
In school we use the jigsaw scheme of learning to support our PSHE work. This term our theme is ‘Being Me in My World’. Each week we will explore a different aspect if this theme. We will look at:
Week 3 (full time) – Who…Me?!
Week 4 – How am I Feeling Today?
Week 5 – Being at School
Week 6 – Gentle Hands
Week 7 – Our Rights and Responsibilities
Physical Development
We will be developing our fine and gross motor skills through play inside and outside. We will be focusing on coordination and static balance. We will also be focusing on health and self-care, learning about the importance of washing our hands, how to use the toilets independently and using a knife and fork to eat our school lunches. Reception has no P.E day in Term 1, as we allow time for the class to settle into a routine. In Term 1, I incorporate physical development into the daily schedule. Formal P.E. days, which involve the class wearing their P.E. kit, will start in Term 2.
Understanding The World
Understanding the world comprises many subjects you would typically see in KS1 and KS2, such as Geography, Science and History. Rather than having separate subjects, Understanding the World aims to guide pupils to make sense of their physical world and community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology, and the environment. This term, we will be learning about our bodies, colour and celebrations, as well as understanding what maps are and how we can use and create them. These units will be hands-on and creative to promote critical thinking and curiosity. Lessons will follow the class's lines of development and will be shaped around their questions and curiosities about the world and people around us.