Welcome back, we hope you have had a restful break.
This term we will be looking at ‘People who help us’. To start our topic we will be asking the big
question ‘Who helps us and how?’ and the children will be thinking of questions that they would
like to ask different professionals. Please talk to your child about the jobs that you and other
members of your family do. If you or a member of your family does a job that you would like to
talk to the children about please contact your class teacher. We would love to hear from you!
Our topic outcome will be on Tuesday 23rd May and we will be holding a Careers
Fair which the children will be sharing with Year 5. On this day we will be asking
the children to come to school dressed as what they would like to be when they
grow up.
We will also be having a visit from our local PCSO on 25th April to talk to the
children about their job as our Sparkly Starter.
Please keep Reading Books and Key Words in your child’s book bags EVERY DAY.
We have a number of parent helpers available to read with your child and this
can only be done if we have their things! Many thanks, The Reception Team.
Literacy
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Phonics will be taught everyday, please
continue to practise sounds writing at
home, especially words containing
digraphs and trigraphs.
Children will continue to construct a
sentence using capital letters, finger
spaces and full stops. We will also begin
to look at writing narratives.
We will be looking at non-fiction books
to help find facts about different jobs.
Children will take part in early morning
activities to promote sentence writing
and cursive letter formation.
Some children will have weekly spellings.
Key Words will now be tested by Owl
Groups on the following days:
Red Owls—Monday
Yellow Owls—Tuesday
Blue Owls—Wednesday
Green Owls—Thursday
Orange/Pink Owls—Friday
Communication and Language
Children will:
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Listen attentively and respond
with relevant comments,
questions or actions.
Listen and responds to ideas
expressed by others in
conversation or discussion.
Express themselves effectively,
showing awareness of
listener’s needs.
Links statements and sticks to a
main theme or intention.
Uses talk to organise,
sequence and clarify thinking,
ideas, feelings and events.
Physical Development
Children will learn how to:
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Children know the importance of
physical exercise for good health.
They talk about ways to keep healthy
and safe and the need for a healthy
diet.
Show good control and coordination in
large and small movements.
Maths
Children will learn how to:
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Using quantities and objects
add and subtract with single
digit numbers.
Solve problems including
doubling, halving and sharing.
Say the number that is one
more/less than another
number.
Understanding the World
Children will learn:
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Know that other children
don’t always enjoy the same
things and are sensitive to
this.
Know about similarities and
differences between
themselves and others and
among families, communities
and traditions.
Expressive Art and Design
Represent their own ideas ,
thoughts and feelings through
art, music, dance, role-play and
stories.
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Personal, Social & Emotional
Development
Children will learn how to:
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Take account of one another’s
ideas of how to organise their
activity.
Ask questions and explaining their
own knowledge.
Work as part of a group or class.
Adapt their behaviour to changes
in routine.