Year: Reception Class (Butterflies) Term: 2nd Spring This half term our topic will be Big Books Below is a summary of what your child will be covering in each subject with
suggested activities you could do to support the work done in school.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
We will be:
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Trying out a new activities and saying which we like more than
others.
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Using talk partners and small groups to discuss our ideas before
sharing them with the class.
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Learning which things we can do independently and times we need
the help of adults.
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Understanding ways to show sensitivity to others’ needs in order to
form positive relations.
Parents please would you:
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Continue to support your child in expressing their feelings and
needs.
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Talk to your child about the activities they enjoy and those they do
not.
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Recognise and celebrate the things that make your child unique and
find special qualities in their friends.
We will be:
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Responding to what others say and give our own ideas and
opinions.
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Answering 'why' and 'how' questions in regards to our
experiences and books we have read.
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Introducing narratives and story language to our role play.
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Talking about past, present and future experiences accurately
and using the correct tense when doing so.
Parents please would you:
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Encourage your child to speak in detail about events by asking a
range of questions.
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Encourage your child to role play at home, e.g., act as a
character from a fairy tale or traditional story.
We will be:
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Continuing to practise handwriting patterns and letter
formation.
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Investigating and exploring movements that retell a
story.
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Practising a range of challenges and trying to improve
our "personal best."
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Learning what 'being healthy' means with regards to
exercise, diet and health.
Parents please would you:
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Label all your child's clothing especially jumpers,
cardigans, coats and PE kits.
Literacy
Mathematics
We will be:
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Reading a range of Big Books that are fiction, non-fiction and
poetry.
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Creating our own class Big Books.
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Expressing our own ideas in sentences.
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Continuing to learn and apply our phonics knowledge in reading and
writing.
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Showing our knowledge of stories and books through discussions.
Parents please would you:
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Encourage your child to read a range of signs in different
environments.
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Read every day with your child and ask questions about the story or
pictures.
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Celebrate your child's writing at home, asking them to read back
what they have written.
Expressive Arts and Design
We will be:
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Exploring a range of materials that are best to build with.
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Using props and role play to retell the stories we are reading in
class.
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Representing our ideas through technology, art, music, dance, role
play and stories.
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Creating pieces of art that celebrate Mother's Day and Easter.
Parents please would you:
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Allow your child to be creative in a range of different ways
including; performing, role play, drawing, construction and using
toys to recreate stories.
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We will be:
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Working with numbers to 20.
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Recognising and describing shapes.
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Using stories to solve number problems.
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Learning about measure and investigating height.
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Exploring time and everyday routines.
Parents please would you:
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Aid your child in gaining a secure knowledge of numbers to 10
then 20.
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Compare everyday objects to flat and solid shapes.
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Find different ways you tell the time at home, e.g., technology,
clocks, watches, sun, moon, etc.
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Play a range of board games at home that involve recognising
numbers, counting on or back.
Religious Education
Our new topic is –From Lent to Holy Week.
We will be;
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Talking about special times in our lives, what we do and how
they make us feel.
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Finding out about special signs and symbols used during the
time of Lent and Easter.
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Finding out about the events of Holy Week with a focus on
Palm Sunday and Holy Thursday.
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Having Easter celebrations with our class.
Parents please would you:
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Celebrate your child's turn to take home Noah, the class 'prayer
bear', writing a prayer in the class prayer book and drawing
pictures of your time spent with Noah.
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Support our Lenten Appeal.
Continue to check that your child forms the letters in
their name correctly.
Check that your child holds their writing tools with an
appropriate pencil grip and in their dominant hand.
 Encourage your child to dress independently.
Understanding the world
We will be:
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Using Big Books and the wild life garden to find out
about where and how animals make their homes.
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Looking at plants and flowers in our local environment.
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Investigating ourselves by looking at similarities and
differences between our features and bodies.
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Exploring ways people celebrate Easter and our own
traditions.
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Using the computers to complete age-appropriate
programs and activities.
Parents please will you:
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Talk about your own families traditions and celebrations.
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Find evidence of living things in the local environment.