A very warm welcome to the reception blog to all new children and parents.
Below you will find an overview of work to be covered during the Autumn Term.
Theme – Colour in our world
Mathematical Development
· Recognise, order & counting numbers to 10 and beyond – What number comes next?
· Counting objects in sets – leaves, animals, shapes
· Begin to record numbers
· 2D shapes sorting, name recognition
· Language of adding, adding 1 more to a number
· Adding by combining 2 sets
· Comparing lengths/heights
· Comparing numbers, quantities- more/less
· Counting forwards/backwards to 10
· Recognising coins
· Measure time – recognising a minute as a unit of time
· Estimating quantities
Language, Literacy and Communication Skills
· Listening to stories, poems and rhymes
· Theme related stories - Elmer, Kipper and the Blue Balloon, Mixed up
chameleon, Rainbow Fish etc
· Listening carefully to others - Show and tell, news, talking partners, message taking
· Re-telling stories, sequencing stories,
· Acting out stories through role play and use of puppets
· Jolly Phonics – letter groups 1-7 (42 sounds)
· Letter formation, blending , identifying sounds in words and introducing tricky words
. Mark making using variety of equipment, writing patterns, classroom labels, lists, writing
familiar stories- emergent writing, over/under
Personal and Social Development, Well being and Cultural Diversity
· Different feelings – talk about how we feel during different situations
· How to manage our feelings
· Friendship – making new friends
· How to be a good friend
· Ways to resolve conflict
· Following routines in the school day
· Sharing/taking turns -
· Cooperating- playing games as a team
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
· Similarities/ differences between ourselves – hair, eye, skin colour.
· Changes – baby to adult
· Seasons - Woodland walk
· Compare wild animals with pets
· Pond – mini-beast /plant surveys – taking photos of findings
· Pond care keeping the environment clean
· Developing colour awareness – crystals, rainbows, jelly,
· Planning a colour treasure hunt around the school
Religious Education
· Listen to a variety of religious stories
· Become aware of festivals – Harvest, Christmas, Divali
Physical Development
· Using large equipment – bikes, scooters, trikes, climbing frames, fort
· Travelling – finding a space, rolling, jumping using a variety of levels
· Balancing, travelling, sending and receiving small equipment using body parts
· Scissors skills – cutting out letters, numbers, shapes
· Weaving autumn objects
Welsh Language Development
Communicating in Welsh through Speaking and listening, reading and writing.
Covering topics of:
· Greetings
· Numbers
· Colours
· Seasons
· Animals
Creative Development
· Explore and experiment with colours and materials – collage, weaving, bubbles, rainbows,
dye, colour mixing
· Look at the work of Local artist discuss use of colours and shapes
· Using ICT package to draw themselves and animals
· Threading/ sewing coloured bunting (recycling)
· Modelling with clay
· Learn a variety of theme related songs
· Experiment with sounds/instruments that represent animal sounds
· Making soup/ fruit salad
Purple Mash
