Welcome back, Reception!
The teachers hope that the pupils have had a lovely half-term break and are looking forward to a busy term ahead.
Pupils will continue to learn about a variety of concepts through the ‘Power of Reading’ approach in their lessons. The book, which the children’s learning will be based on, is Julia Donaldson’s ‘The Gruffalo’. With the story being familiar to most children, this is a great opportunity for them to recall events, characters and scenarios using their memory and develop their comprehension skills.
The role play areas this half term will be a Vet’s surgery and ‘The Gruffalo’s Café’. Both of these offer opportunities to extend the children’s understanding of money and addition, as they will be paying for multiple items and services at different costs. In the café, children will be preparing and serving food and drink items based on the theme of the Gruffalo, and so have the chance to use language learned from the story in their play. The Vet will allow children to recall information about being kind to our world, which they learned in their previous topic, and can apply this to looking after animals and pets.
In maths, pupils will revisit the main concepts that have been taught this year, allowing them to strengthen their knowledge of 1-20 and further exploring numbers up to 100. They will be consolidating their understanding of the ‘tricky’ teen numbers, doubles and the sill of addition, whilst relying on their number recognition and subitising skills. Opportunities to use maths will continue to be present around the learning environment, especially in the role-play areas where the children will be paying for treatments and services.
Opportunities for creativity will continue to be ever-present in the learning environment, with music, drama and performance being encouraged in the ‘Theatre’ area. The use of art and craft resources will also continue, with opportunities to use ‘The Gruffalo’ across the different areas of learning being encouraged.
PE will continue to take place on a Friday morning, so please ensure the children come to school in their PE kit on that day. The children will continue to develop their physical skills, with a chance to show what they have been doing on Sports Day, where they will work as teams to compete in different events.
Before the end of the school year, pupils will meet their Year 1 teachers, preparing them for the transition into Key Stage 1. The Reception team are looking forward to some sunny, fun-filled learning before the summer break and before the children move on into Year 1 in September.
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