Dear
Parents,
Welcome
to the summer term in Reception! Hope you all had a great Easter break! A few
reminders:
·
Library day – Friday (please note your child is not able to take out a
new book without having returned the old one)
·
Snack money - £1 per week (please feel free to pay weeks in advance if
convenient)
·
PE days: Mrs Abel – Thursday morning; Mrs Carter – Friday morning
Our class groups and reading days are changing again! This term we would
like all reading
books/records to be returned every Wednesday. The children will be read with
and new books given out on Friday.
Summer term topics are ‘Scrumptious’ and ‘Beach’. These two topics have
a knowledge and understanding of the world focus and will enable the children
to learn about:
·
different types of food
·
foods they like and dislike
·
the senses of smell and taste
·
keeping healthy by eating a balanced diet
·
measures and money through play based contexts
·
foods from different countries
·
the processes of cooking, melting, freezing and mixing
·
plants and animals that live on the seashore
·
man-made and natural features of the seashore
·
names of different coastal towns and beach resorts in Wales
·
keeping safe at the seashore, including water hazards
·
properties of natural materials found at the seashore including sand,
water, rock, shingle and driftwood
·
traditions of the seaside
·
the effects of pollution on the natural habitat
As part of the ‘engage’ stage of our topics it would be wonderful if you
could visit a beach with your child to help them experience the sights, sounds,
tastes and textures found there. Please encourage the children to play freely
but safely and if possible become beach combers and bring anything collected or
photos taken into school for discussion and for our ‘Let’s investigate’ tables.
After your visit to the beach please complete the attached KWL grid
(questionnaire) and return to school. This information will then be used for
class discussions and the children’s ideas and questions incorporated into our
planning. Also please could you complete the KWL grid (questionnaire) and food
diary for our ‘Scrumptious’ topic.
Thank you for your continued support
Reception staff
Here is the overview of the areas of learning for the summer term
Language, Literacy and Communication
·
Recording
of news using skills of underwriting/overwriting/copying/phonic knowledge
·
Handwriting
using Jolly Phonic scheme
·
Listening
to & creating stories/poems/rhymes based on topics (fiction &
non-fiction) Focus books include ‘Sharing a shell’; ‘Smiley shark’; ‘Clumsy
crab’; ‘Rainbow fish’
·
Writing
from experiences/range of genres e.g. lists, postcards, menus, recipes
·
Creating
scrapbooks for discussion and recall
·
Using
ICT to create beach scenes and write menus etc.
·
Jolly
Phonics groups – continuing to learn sounds not yet acquired, focussing on
letter formation and the recognition/writing of tricky words. Further
developing their independent reading and writing skills
·
Continuing
to develop oracy skills (listening, questioning. answering etc), extending
vocabulary through our topics
·
Guided
reading (ability groups)
Mathematical
Development
·
To
become more independent when using familiar mathematical terms in practical
situations/play
·
To
consolidate the learning of the positions and properties of regular shapes and
introduce 3D shapes (cones etc.)
·
To
create collections/patterns using objects or pictures
·
To
further develop subtraction skills
·
To
practise addition using number lines/tracks/squares
·
Continue
to practise recording numerals
·
Problem
solving (theme related)
·
To
continue counting on and back in steps of different sizes and from different
numbers (2’s, 5’s, 10’s)
·
To
continue to handle money in their play and practical activities
·
Measure
capacity and use appropriate mathematical vocabulary
Personal and
Social Development, Well-Being and Cultural Diversity
· SEAL (red
theme): ‘Relationships’ and ‘change’
· Look at how
humans impact on the environment of the seaside; how does litter and pollution
hurt animals and plant life; asking questions about why people leave rubbish
(linking to Eco schools initiative)
· Sea shore
safety and rescue (RNLI)
· Keeping fit
and healthy (healthy/unhealthy foods); 5 a day; looking after our teeth and
bones; personal hygiene routines e.g.handwashing
· Foods from
around the world; where and how they are grown; look at world hunger needs
(linking to ‘Mary’s meals’ initiative)
Religious
Education
·
Discuss
variety of religious stories – Jonah and the whale; Noah’s ark; Feeding of the
5000
·
Mary’s
meals/charities that deal with world hunger
·
Other
cultures/beliefs from around the world e.g. the importance of the Nile’ Ganges
etc.
Creative
Development
· Look at the
work of artist ‘Lynette Amelie’, responding to her work and re-creating images
using a range of tools and materials
· Using ICT
packages to create postcards and menus (purple mash); using 2 Simple to create
beach/underwater scenes
· Music
Express & sea shanties & songs with seaside/food themes
· Explore
sound sources e.g. making percussion instruments using theme related objects
· Using the
outdoors to develop gross motor skills and team games
· PESS –
shapes and movements
· Topic
related crafts e.g. making kites
· Create a
seashore/scrumptious gallery and invite Nursery and Y6 pupils to come and share
the children’s work
· Father’s day
craft and card
· Creating large
group posters; designing menus/travel brochures; paper plate foods
· Making
decorations and food for seaside picnic
· Cooking a
range of theme related foods
Physical Development
·
Gross Motor - Large equipment – bikes, scooters,
trikes, climbing frames, fort, obstacle courses
·
Working
individually, in partners and in teams
·
Digging
and planting
·
Fruit
picking; making mud pies; nettles stews etc.
·
Create
play areas indoors and outdoors
·
Building
sandcastles/sculptures in wet sand; walking in wet/dry sand
·
Constructing
beach shelters; jumping over waves; flying kites
·
Using
paddles/oars etc.
·
Fine Motor- scissors skills, sieving, pouring,
sorting, kneading, mixing, lacing, threading, peg boards etc Controlling
mouse, IWB pen, Beebot
·
Manipulating
clay/ playdough
·
Pencil
grasp/control
Knowledge and Understanding of the
World
·
Weather
and seasons/changes
·
Animals
& habitats (seaside/sea creatures); protecting the environment
·
Similarities
and differences (past and present seaside holidays & diets)
·
Graphs/maps/globes
(where does our food come from, holidays)
·
Different
food from around the world; how they are grown
·
Surveys/questionnaires
·
Visits/visitors
·
Following
routes/directions to find treasure
·
Looking
at features of the seaside (salt/fresh water etc)
·
Using
our 5 senses
·
Looking
at how food changes: mixes, melts, cooks, freezes etc.
·
Compare
and contrast a coastal resort in Wales with that of another country
Welsh Language Development
·
Fflic
a Fflac stories/DVD’s related to food and beach
·
Stories
·
Songs/
rhymes
·
Seaside/food
vocabulary
·
Daily
routines, greetings, instructions, questions
·
Numbers
to 20 – Sawl un?
·
Brawddeg
yr Wythnos – Helpwr Heddiw
·
Seren
Y dydd
·
Vocabulary
for role play/ activities
·
Reception
language patterns
