Reception Curriculum Overview: Summer 2

This half term we will be focusing on developing children's skills in: 

• Feeling confident knowing their strengths, interests and ability to talk about themselves positively. 

• Participating in small groups and whole class discussions. 

• Expressing their feelings and explain why they are feeling this way. 

To support children developing these skills we will be facilitating opportunities for children to:

• Talk about feelings related to travel, journeys and changes. '

• Role play to immerse themselves in the emotions of others. 

• Explore what makes themselves and others special, what they are good at and what they would like learn in year 1. 

• Promote developing new relationships with unfamiliar adults to support the transition to year 1. 

This half term we will be focusing on developing children's skills in: 

• Talking to a wider range of familiar and unfamiliar adults. 

• Asking questions to develop their understanding of new concepts and experiences. 

• Responding to questions with key vocabulary and increasing detail. 

• Retell stories, events and experiences with increasing detail.   

To support children developing these skills we will be facilitating opportunities for children to: 

• Ask questions at the start of the new topic and provide opportunities for them to research the answers. 

•  Listen to stories with repetitive phrases for children to act out in front of an audience. 

• Encourage children to extend their ideas during carpet times and in Learning Through Play by asking questions and rephrasing their ideas. 

This half term we will be focusing on developing children's skills in the two areas of fine and gross motor. These skills include: 

• Using a secure tripod grip to develop accuracy when drawing and a fast writing style. 

• Continue using a range of mark making tools with confidence, whilst holding them appropriately. 

• Develop and refine ball skills including throwing, catching, kicking, batting and aiming.

To support children developing these skills we will be facilitating opportunities for children to: 

• Explore using a wider range of mark making tools including: sponges, dotters, brushes, pens, clay and playdough tools. 

• Practice lower case and capital letter formation. Encouraging children to get letters sitting on the line. 

• Explore different size balls and batting equipment. 

This half term we will be focusing on developing children's skills in: 

• Developing an understanding of their locality. 

• Talking about similarities and differences with transportation now and in the past.  

• Drawing and using simple maps. 

To support children developing these skills we will be facilitating opportunities for children to:

• Explore a range of maps and develop their own. 

• Take children on school trips to different areas in Houghton Regis. 

• Discover how people travelled in the past and explore future transportation. 

This half term we will be focusing on developing children's skills in: 

• Creating models that include moving parts. 

• Develop a narrative and act out familiar stories.

• Reflect on their creations to talk about the creative process and how they would develop their ideas further. 

To support children developing these skills we will be facilitating opportunities for children to:

• Plan and create their own junk model vehicles using skills they have learnt over the year. 

• Use technology to create their own story. 

• Explore different models of transportation and develop a narrative in their play. 

Jigsaw is the program we follow as a whole school to develop children's social and emotional understanding. This half term the Jigsaw program is Changing Me. 

During this unit they will be exploring our bodies, how we grow from babies to adults, feelings about changes and how we have changed over the year. 

As part of the Jigsaw program children also have the opportunity to explore some mindfulness exercises and have a calming influence. 

In Reception children have 1 PE session a week . This half term children will be exploring a range of team ball games including and will also be practising their athletics skills in readiness for sports day.