Taxal and Fernilee Reception Class Spring Term 1 – Eager Exciting Explorers!
Communication, Language & Literacy
Stories: We All Went on Safari, Giraffes Cant
Dance, The Lion Who Wanted to Love,
Handa's Surprise, Handa’s Hen, Camels Don’t
Ski, Hush Polar Bear, Polar Bear, Polar Bear,
Oi, Get Off Our Train, We’re Roaming in the
Rain Forest, Walking Through the Jungle,
Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth, The story of Noah
Rhymes—Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion
in the Ocean
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
&
Communication and Language
Non-Fiction— Winter, Polar Animals, Lanterns
and Firecrackers—A Chinese New Year story
Retelling stories orally, text maps, puppets,
role play, circle time, ‘Quality Talk’ time, small
world play.
Phonics:
Phase 2 – Say the sound, recognise, write
letters. Begin to blend and segment. Key
word recognition.
Writing —Pencil control, writing patterns, letter
formation, writing activities linked to stories.
All activities will underpin the above and
encourage your child to:
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be happy and confident
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show resilience and persistence in their
learning and play
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be inquisitive
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work together as a team, take turns
and respect others
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be proud of themselves and others
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understand rules and keeping safe.
Physical Development
Dough disco
Funky Fingers:
Cutting skills, fine motor e.g. tweezers,
handwriting patterns and letter formation,
writing names, dough gym
Construction kits.
Games
Bean bags, balls, quoits, hoops
Expressive Arts and Design
Printing, colour mixing, painting and collage
Using different sized brushes, media
Core Stability
Stepping stones, stamp about, balance
boards, adventure play area, bikes and trikes
Animals painting and collage, pictures. Inuit
art. Hot and cold pictures. Dragon pictures.
Music - Singing simple songs and rhymes, instruments, rhythm, dragon dancing, creating
sound stories.
Shape, Space and Measures
Order and compare size, begin to recognise
shapes 2D ’flat’ and 3D ‘solid’, describing
position
Mathematical Language: longer, shorter, taller, higher, wide, narrow, tallest, shortest, thick,
thin, over, under, outside, inside,
forwards, backwards, near, far etc.
Construction ,shape pictures, pattern and
peg boards.
Understanding the World
Looking at different regions in the world—
Savannah, rainforests, jungle, deserts, Arctic,
oceans.
People, animals, food, climate and
environments.
Comparing Seasons - Autumn to Winter.
Celebrations— Chinese New Year
Role Play - Explorers Corner—Jungle, Arctic,
deconstructed role play, home themed role
play, dressing up clothes.
Why do we need to look after our world?
World Wildlife Fund.
Small world toys and puppets.
Sand and water play.
Computer - Use mouse, drag and click
Bee-Bots, remote control cars, painting
Swimming
Health and Self Care—Making Fruit Salads
Mathematical Development
Number
Counting, number recognition, comparing
and ordering numbers
Mathematical Language: How many? Larger,
greater, more than, smaller, fewer, less than,
1 more, 1 less, etc. Adding, plus, altogether,
take away, subtract, how many left.
Counting sounds and rhymes, counting
objects, matching numbers and quantities,
counting on and back.