Staff
- Evonne Williams – Assistant Head Early Years
- Simon George – Class Teacher RSG
- Teresa Hibbert – Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Curriculum overview – Autumn 1
| Topic |
| In Reception, our main theme is ‘It’s good to be me!’ We will be learning about making new friends, what makes us special, how to notice our own emotions and exploring how Summer changes into Autumn. We will also be learning about the different celebrations enjoyed by people and their communities, such as Diwali. The children will be participating in the reception baseline assessment (RBA) in this half term. Further information is available on the parent leaflet. |
Literacy |
This half term, we will read the texts ‘The Friendship Bench’ by Wendy Meddour and the story of ‘Rama & Sita’ by Malachy Doyle. We will also be exploring our feelings and emotions using texts from our Think Equal scheme: ‘The Weather Inside Me’, ‘Marvellous Me’ and ‘These Feelings’. Using these stories and other non-fiction texts, we will be learning and discussing new vocabulary. The children will begin one-to-one and guided group reading with the Reception staff. We will be learning to say the sounds and read the word (s-a-t sat), follow these words left to right across the page and to find punctuation such as full stops between our fingers. In our guided writing groups we will be learning to become secure in writing our own name and begin writing the first sound we hear in words. We will also be developing our fine motor skills and learning pre-writing patterns. Phonics is taught daily and we will be beginning to learn new sound-spellings Unit 1 <a> <i> <s> <m> <t> Unit 2 <n> <o> <p> Unit 3 <b> <c> <g> <h> |
Maths |
In this first half term we will be learning how to match objects to other objects to create a set. We will sort objects by type and explore sorting techniques. We will create our own sorting rules and compare amounts. We will also be comparing size, mass and capacity. We will be exploring, copying and continuing simple patterns. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
| Personal, social and emotional development – We will begin learning our ‘Think Equal’ scheme, focusing on identifying and describing emotions. Understanding the World – Focus on the Autumn season. Expressive arts and design – Focus on drawing lines and enclosed shapes Physical Development – Learning new dances to perform with our friends. Fine motor activities and handwriting lessons will continue throughout. |
Important Dates |
Date TBC – Autumn Walk school trip with parents – a local walk near school to collect the signs of Autumn; conkers, pinecones, orange red and yellow leaves. |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
