Reception
Communication and Language
We will practice sharing our ideas and opinions with one another. Making sure that when we do, we speak in full sentences and extend our thinking using words like, ‘and’ or ‘because’. For example, ‘I liked this story because it was funny.’ We will be building up our vocabulary, particularly around the theme of sustainable development, bees and plants using these new words to express our ideas. At home you can encourage me to talk to friends and family about the things I have learnt, seen or heard.
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We will be practising taking turns and sharing our resources. We will also be learning how to listen carefully to our friends and talking to find a solution to problems. At home you can support by talking to me about my friendships and encourage me to listen to others’ feelings and ideas. You can also help me to express how I am feeling and ways I can independently solve problems.
Physical Development
We will begin Nature School sessions this half term. This will be an opportunity to explore the world around us. We will develop both our fine motor and gross motor skills within the outdoor environment. We will have the space and freedom to move around and develop physical skills, body control, strength and co-ordination.
Literacy
During the Spring 2, the learning in Reception will be based around the global theme of 'Sustainable development'. The focus of the term is learning about bees and the effects of human impact on them. Through the core text of 'Bees: Nature's Tiny Miracle', we will learn about bees and what they do for our environment. Children will be writing fact files and creating a bee garden in their local environment.
During our daily Little Wandle phonic sessions we will be reviewing the phonemes:
ai,ee,igh,oo,ure,ur,er,ar
and reading the tricky words:
was,you, they,my,by,are
Each week we will bring home a reading book linked to our phonic sessions and a story book to share with you to help develop our love of reading.
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning addition and subtraction to 10, focusing on numbers bonds and embedding them so that they are able to mentally recall addition facts to 10. Once secured, we will move onto doubling numbers up to 20. This will be done through activities such as the part-part-whole model and tens frames.
Expressive arts and design
We will be exploring colour and print making. During provision we will experiment mixing different colours to create new shades and hues to match the plants we observe. We will be closely observing bees, taking inspiration from the artist Daniel Phill, creating close up drawings of different parts of the bee's body.
Understanding the world
We will be learning about growth and decay, exploring the life cycle of plants. Through our research about plants and honey bees, we will be creating our own natural habitat to help save the bees. We will also have the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the world around us and our curriculum learning outside of the classroom through our weekly nature school sessions.