Spring term overview

Spring Term Overview

This term's topic in Reception is 'Toys'. Below you will find the 7 areas of Learning with the content we hope to cover. For further information on the experiences, learning opportunities and skills being developed please speak to a member of staff.

Language, Literacy and Communication Skills

· Listening to/ respond to stories, poems, rhymes, chants, verses – books, tapes, Internet, cds. Theme related (Toys - etc)

· Listening carefully to others - Show and tell, news, talking partners, message taking, using a microphone.

· Re-telling/sequencing traditional stories,

· Theme related role-play using story language.

· Jolly Phonics – blending, identifying sounds in words, dictation, continuing Tricky Words, reading books, introduction of letter names, introduction of capital letters.

· Guided reading

· Letter formation, blending, identifying sounds in words and introducing tricky words.

· Development of sentence patterns

· Mark making using variety of equipment including IWB activities, writing patterns, classroom labels, lists, writing familiar stories- emergent writing, over/under

· Imaginative writing – emergent writing, over / under writing.

Mathematical Development

· Recognise, order, compare and count numbers to 20 and beyond.

· Estimate, count and record numbers up to 20.

· Use the language of position.

· Adding 2 or 3 to a number up to 10

· Understanding addition as a combination of 2

· Comparing lengths of 2 / 3 objects

· Compare heavy and light objects - estimate and begin to measure weights on scales using non- standard units.

· Sort 3-d shapes – recognising properties and naming.

· Recognising hours on an analogue clock – reading / setting the time to the hour,

· Use of money in Toy Shop.

· Interpret information presented in simple graphs / diagrams.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

· Consider similarities and differences between toys of today and toys of the past.

· Sort toys by different criteria – materials, colour, old and new etc.

· Sequencing toys – their own toys and toys played with by parents / grandparents.

· Explore our locality using play mat and small world.

· Create simple directions and instructions on how to move around our locality.

· Woodland winter and spring walk.

· Make simple maps of journey to our local park using photos and ordinal numbers.

· Investigate floating and sinking using toy boats

· Let’s investigate area (materials, construction)

· Investigate how toys move

Religious Education

· Festivals –Valentines Day / St Dwynwen, St David’s Day, Mother’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Lent, Easter

· Discuss variety of religious stories

· Consider meaning of infant baptism

Physical Development

· Using large equipment – bikes, scooters, trikes, climbing frames, fort

· Rolling and kicking balls.

· Throwing, passing and bouncing balls and beanbags

· Travelling-taking weight from one part of the body to another

· Spatial awareness and relationships – using language of position.

· Describe how they look / feel after physical exercise.

· Scissors skills – cutting out letters, numbers, shapes, art and craftwork.

· Controlling mouse, IWB pen, Beebot, cd players etc.

· Manipulating clay / playdough

Personal and Social Development, Well being and Cultural Diversity

· Discuss and share special/favourite toys.

· Become aware that we are all good at different things.

· To set own goals/targets

· Develop concentration for longer periods of time.

· Sharing/taking turns -

· Cooperating- playing games as a team

· Activities to help understand and manage feelings

Creative Development

· Explore and experiment with 3D images – toy junk models

· Using ICT package to draw a variety of toys

· Modelling with clay

· Make puppets for role-play activities

· Observational drawings of toys

· Celebration craft – St. David’s Day, Mothers day, Easter

· Learn a variety of theme related songs

· Make traditional toys (puppets/peg dolls etc)

Welsh Language Development

· Communicating in Welsh through Speaking and listening, reading and writing

· Covering topics of: Greetings, numbers, toys, shops, family