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

Thanks and the New Year

Thank you for all your cards and presents. Hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. See you on the 3rd!!
from all the Reception staff

Brecon Mountain Railway - SANTA

We all had a wonderful time at Brecon today! Santa was lovely - we told him our names and what we would like to have off him for Christmas this year. Photos hopefully to follow. Mrs Carter and Mrs Abel were very proud of us all :)

Our fantastic fire engine!/Mrs Harrad - Dental hygienist

We made a fantastic fire engine on the patio this week!! We even made breathing apparatus and hoses to go with it!! Sooo much fun!!

Mrs Harrad (Grace's mummy) very kindly came into school this week to talk about what job she does and how she helps people!

She showed us how to clean our teeth properly.

We all had a mirror each to check each others teeth!! and we got to take the mirrors home!