Reception - Gruffalo & Billy Goat

Summer 1

This half term our topic is ‘Ch- Ch- Ch- Changes. 

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. We will also be introducing red words. These are tricky words which are not able to be spelt out phonetically for example, to, the, said. 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.

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. We will also retell the story of Jack and the beanstalk in front of an audience.

Book 1 – Jack and the beanstalk

How can actions help us to retell the story to an audience?

Book 2 – Superworm

What facts do you know about insects? How can we complete a fact file?

Book 3 – What The Ladybird Heard

How can we innovate the ending of the story?

Book 4 – The Little Red Hen

What is the recipe to make bread?

Book 5 - Supertato

What are the instructions needed to grow seeds or bulbs? Why do we need capital letters and full stops?

AS MATHEMATICIANS 

In maths we are following the maths mastery approach. The children will begin to develop a deeper understanding of shape, space and measure including time, length and height. We will also be exploring teen numbers, this will include answering addition and subtraction sums up to 20. We will focus on counting forwards and backwards.

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:

Who is Matisse and how can we re-create art in the same style?

What will the outcome be if we press items from the forest into clay such as leaves, twigs, and stones?

How can we collaborate to make a giant minibeast Mod Roc?

Who is Andy Goldsworthy and what does his pebble artwork look like?

What are insects and where can we find them?

How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?

How do we make a home for minibeasts to live in?

What do bulbs and seeds need to grow?

What do humans need to stay healthy?

What did a flower look like before it grew?

How has it changed over time?

What happened in the past relating to ourselves and what is happening right now?

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.