Staff
- Evonne Williams – Assistant Head Early Years
- Simon George – Class Teacher RSG
- Teresa Hibbert – Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Curriculum Overview Spring 1
Topic |
In Reception, our main theme is ‘Winter’. We will be learning about the polar regions; the animals that live in them and in the oceans around them. |
Literacy |
This half term, we will read the non-fiction text ‘Hello Penguin’, the fiction book ‘The Storm Whale in Winter’ by Benji Winters. In our guided writing groups we are continuing to write simple three-letter words, short captions and beginning to write simple sentences. The children will continue guided reading in small groups. Phonics is taught daily and we will be consolidating our learning by becoming confident in writing four and five letter words. Unit 8 VCC, CVCC words (vowel-consonant-consonant) (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant) eg and, wilt. Unit 9 CCVC words (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant) eg drum, step Unit 10 CCVCC, CVCCC, CCCVC eg drink, swift. |
Maths |
This half term pupils will be introduced to zero, continue to work with numbers between 0 and 5, compare mass and explore capacity and begin working with numbers up to 8, making pairs and finding odds, evens and doubles! |
Other Curriculum Areas |
| Personal, social and emotional development – We will continue our personal, social and emotional development with our ‘Think Equal’ scheme. Understanding the World – A focus on the season of Winter and listening to religious stories from the Christian and Muslim communities about what is special about our world. Expressive arts and design – We will be exploring and experimenting with paint, revisiting how to mix primary colours to create different secondary colours. We will also be exploring combining different materials to create a collage. Physical Development – We will be continuing practising our fundamental movements skills with an emphasis on locomotion. Fine motor activities and handwriting lessons will continue throughout. |
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
