Reception
Miss Sutton
Mrs Marrow
Welcome to the summer term!
I hope you all had a lovely Easter and the children had a wonderful break.
Please have a look at what your child will be learning throughout the Summer term. . .
If you need anything or have any additional questions, please let me know via dojo or at the gate before/after school.
Specific areas of learning:
Read Write Inc
Children are taught to read and spell through daily phonics - Read Write Inc. They will learn and practice recognising and sounding letters using Fred talk to read and Fred Fingers to spell.
There is more information Read Write Inc under the 'RWI Phonics' on our class page on the website.
In Literacy we will practice writing words using these texts. We will use our phonic knowledge to help us to spell. We will ensure that are letters are correct formed. We will start to learn about sentences and start to use a capital letter, use finger spaces between words and finish our sentences with a full stop.
Mathematics
In the Summer term,
Religious Education
In the unit of Easter, the children learn about the story of Easter and the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. They will be introduced to the “Alleluia” as a special Easter song and the symbol of the Easter Candle.
Our following units will be Pentecost and People who Help us.
Prime areas of learning:
Our curriculum driver for this half term is Our Environment.
Communication and Language
Spoken language underpins all seven areas of learning and development. We continue to support the children in learning new vocabulary throughout the day and developing their spoken language through using My Turn Your Turn and stem sentences modelled by the adults, talking time, partner talk, lots of discussion and opportunities to ask questions. Children will learn new words and be encouraged to use them in conversation.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children's personal social and emotional development is crucial for children to lead healthy and happy lives. We continue to support them to learn and develop their personal social and emotional skills through developing strong and supportive relationships with the adults in the class and their peers. Through stories and activities, they will identify and name emotions, and are supported to reflect on and self-regulate their feelings and behaviour.
Physical Development
We encourage the children to get changed for PE themselves, they are currently on a 15 minute target!! This half term we are focusing on following instructions and balancing. Physical Development is also about the development of fine motor skills, including holding a pencil correctly in order to write. The children participate in lots of activities which develop their fine motor, including threading, lacing, picking up small objects with child tweezers, scissor skills. During outdoor activities, they develop gross and fine motor skills with bikes, climbing, sand and water experiences.
Expressive Arts and Design
Our art focus will be to continue to develop and refine our artistic skills to develop our art work. We will provide opportunities for drawing and painting linked to our curriculum vehicle. We will act out stories.
In Music, we will continue to use the Charanga Music Platform to learn to sing along with nursery rhymes and action songs, to listen and respond to different styles of music, to play musical instruments, and to demonstrate the learning that has taken place through sharing and performing.
Understanding the World
We will continue to support the children to make sense of their physical world and their community.