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Areas being covered in Reception in the Spring Term
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Prime Areas – lifelong skills
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PSED
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
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- Identifying the qualities that make a good friend (for example being kind)
- Naming different emotions and using our words to talk about how we feel (sad, happy, worried, angry)
- Looking at different things that can support our mental health and wellbeing (sleep, food, exercise and of course having fun)
- Learning ways to manage our big feelings (for example breathing in and out for counts of 4)
- Trying hard to persevere with tasks even when they are tricky
- Being confident to ask friends or adults for help when we need it
- Working and playing together (sharing and turn taking)
- Respecting and following the school rules
- Adapting our behaviour during different events and social settings (for example whilst visiting the library)
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C&L
Communication & Language
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- Speaking in full sentences and extending sentences with ‘and’ or ‘because’ when taking part in Show and Tell or News Time
- Asking who, what, why questions during our ‘This is Me Box’ talking time
- Using words to explain how we are feeling and to resolve conflict with our friends
- Listening to animal stories, sequencing events and comparing stories that we know
- Using a range of non-fiction books to find out facts about jungle animals and to learn new words
- Learning stories off by heart to perform to an audience
- Singing animal songs and rhymes
- Remembering and using the new vocabulary that we have learnt in our play
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PD
Physical Development
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- Stopping and starting on command, in class and during PE
- Learning how to throw, catch and roll balls
- Dancing freely and learning simple dance routines
- Using the outside stage to dance with rings, ribbons and scarves
- Digging in the sand (wet and dry) and garden area
- Pouring and filling containers in the water play
- Dressing up and practising a range of fastenings, such as zips and buttons
- Scooping, sprinkling and mixing in the mud kitchen
- Negotiating space on the bikes and scooters
- Using tweezers and chop sticks to pick up a range of small objects
- Holding my pencil correctly
- Forming most of my letters correctly
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Specific Areas – essential skills and knowledge
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Literacy
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- Practise speedy recall of all letters and sounds learnt in the Autumn
- Learning some digraphs and tri-graphs (such as; ai, ee, igh, oa, ue)
- Segmenting and blending CVC words confidently
- Read some tricky words by sight (for example; go, she, of, the, has)
- Using a range of non-fiction books to find out facts about jungle animals
- Practising fluency when reading decodable books during group and individual reading sessions
- Writing for a range of purposes, including labels, speech bubbles, lists and letters
- Creating story maps to help us retell and create stories
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Mathematics
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- Rote counting to 20, forwards and backwards
- Counting up to 3, 6 and then 10 objects reliably
- Subitising – recognising amounts quickly without counting
- Investigating different ways to make 5 and then 10 (number bonds)
- Looking at equal and unequal groups with a picnic for the jungle animals
- Understanding and using positional language such as under, above, behind and in front
- Naming 2D shapes and beginning to use the correct mathematical language to describe them (square, triangle, circle and rectangle)
- Comparing objects in different ways; big/small, more/less using ICT games and the role play area
- Ordering 3 items by height and length. For example; short, shorter, shortest
- Saying one more/one less than a given number (up to 5 and then 10)
- Exploring natural patterns during our Spring walk around the school grounds and in Forest School
- Creating repeating patterns with colours, animals and numicon shapes
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UW
Understanding the World
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- Talking about my family and special times, including celebrations and how different families celebrate differently
- Learning about different cultures and beliefs, such as Chinese New Year and Easter traditions.
- Visiting a local place of worship and talking about the places that are important to us
- Learning about special books and the stories that they tell
- Comparing animals from a jungle to those on a farm (Day Monkey Night Monkey, Monkey Puzzle, Rosie’s Walk)
- Using non-fiction books and the internet to research animals. Learning animal names and interesting facts
- Discussing different ways that we can look after the animals in our environment
- Talking about our family pets and how we care for them
- Sequencing the life cycle of a human, animal and plant
- Learning observational skills to draw pictures of the natural world, including animals and plants
- Looking for signs of Spring in Forest School and completing mini-beast hunts
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EAD
Expressive Arts & Design
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- Taking on different roles during imaginative play (Baby Clinic, Vets, Farm Shop)
- Singing & dancing on the stage following the children’s musical interests
- Learning a story to retell (Talk for Write)
- Making music for film scenes linked to the jungle
- Cutting and sticking using a range of ways to join materials to make moving animals
- Painting and exploring colour mixing
- Learning about a famous artist, such as Andy Warhol
- Using chalk and pastels to create different effects and patterns
- Guided drawing of animals, looking closely at different lines and shapes
- Making animal masks using a range of media, including collaging
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