Reception

Authentic Outcomes

As well as developing skills, the children will work towards an authentic outcome which is designed to encourage real ownership of their learning. This term, there will be plenty of opportunities to apply knowledge and skills practically as we design and make different things for specific purposes. These may help us or others to fix a problem or enhance an experience. The possibilities are endless!

Reception Wow Events

We will be looking to transport the children around the world on an imaginary flight. They will experience some different foods and cultures and maybe even pick up a bit of the local lingo along the way! We will also have an opportunity for parents to come in and play and have a look at some of the things the children have been doing.

Spring trips

A trip to the farm!

Literacy

Our focus books for the term are What the Ladybird Heard and The Squirrels that Squabbled. These books provide a great platform for developing language and give a number of opportunities for writing.

The children will use phonological knowledge to:

• Write instructions
• Create speech between characters
• Form descriptions
• Use positional words to be more specific.

Of course the children will also continue to read and listen to a wide variety of other books and stories on a number of topics.

Maths

Maths this term is focusing on developing our conceptual understanding of numbers  0 – 5. The children will also explore the concept and language of capacity and mass, before moving on to constructing and representing numbers to 8.