This term our topic is ‘Once upon a time’, much of our learning will be linked to traditional tales.

Phonics
● We will continue with Phase 3. We will continue to practise CVC blending and segmenting and will apply the children’s knowledge of blending and segmenting to read and spell simple words and captions.

Maths
Our Maths work will focus on
● numbers, addition and subtraction within 10,
● grouping and sharing,
● number patterns within 15,
● doubling and halving,
● shape and pattern and time.
● odd and even numbers

Writing
● We will be using ‘Pie Corbett’ style story-telling, whereby we use actions and story maps to retell familiar stories.
● We will write simple recounts.
● Three Little pigs – creating and labelling story maps, labelling a story setting,
● Speech bubble and caption writing.
● We will write factual sentences about wolves.
● We will continue to focus on correct letter formation.

Reading
● Reading a variety of traditional tales.
● Introducing alternative traditional tales and comparing them with the original version.

Art
● We will be looking closely at the work of the artist Bridget Riley and really beginning to refine our painting skills. We will also explore collage materials in order to create different textures in order to create story characters.

PSHE
● Our lessons will focus around our dreams and goals including learning to persevere and tackle challenges, setting goals, and feeling proud of our achievements.

Understanding the World
● We will learn about materials and their properties. We will widen our vocabulary when describing materials.
● We will explore the winter weather.
● We will be developing our knowledge of place - learning about cities, towns and villages.
● We will also learn that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways

PE

● In PE we will be doing Netball. We will be learning how to pass a ball with some accuracy. We will also learn how to track a moving ball and how to stop and catch it with our hands. We will also continue our Dance sessions.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you to please write in your child’s reading log book each time you read with them, as this is helpful for us to know how the children are progressing at home and when to change reading books. Please continue to support your child to practise reading common exception words. There are many words to learn, so it is important for you to support your child’s progress. As we continue to work through the phonemes the children will be given new flashcards.

Finally, children need to bring a named bottle (with water in, not squash) to school each day.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sophie Barnett, Ruth Kennedy, Laura Keay and Hermione Trypanis

Reception Team

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