St Giles' Catholic Primary School
Part of the Painsley Catholic Academy
Grow in Faith and Love
Reception
Welcome to Reception!
Welcome to Reception! We have an excited and fun filled half term ahead. Reception news will be sent out weekly, to keep you up to date with all the fun children are having in Reception class.
Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
Children will be getting to know the staff at school and their peers. We will be focusing on turn taking and sharing with our friends. We will be learning to listen and follow instructions.
Physical Development
Monday is our PE day and ASM will be coming to visit us to play lots of fun games!
Literacy
In literacy this term we will be starting letters and sounds. Children will start to learn the sounds within phase 2. These are;
s,a,t,p,i,n,m,d,g,o,ck,h,b,f,l,ss,ll
We will be singing ‘Jolly Phonics’ songs and thinking of words that have our sound of the day in! We will also start learning to write the sounds we have learnt.
We use cursive writing and all our letters start on the line. We say start on the line and you will be fine! We use letterjoin for our handwriting. You can practice this at home too! Logins will be sent home in bookbags!
We will be reading the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and will be making our own story maps!
Maths
In maths we will be counting using cups! We use a learning system called Maths Makes Sense. We will be practising our number recognition and writing the numbers 0,1,3. We will be sorting objects and using positional language.
RE
In RE this half term is Creation – God’s Gifts. We will be learning about the creation story. We will thank God for the world and all the gifts he has given us. We will learn about Diwali in our other faiths work, as the Hindu festival of light.
Understanding the World
Our topics this half term are ‘ourselves’ and ‘Autumn’. We will be learning about how special we all are, linking with our creation work. We will learn about our body, our senses and how we can stay healthy. We will be learning about the season of Autumn. We will observe changes in the leaves and trees, making a leaf hedgehog.
Reception Long Term Plan 2018-2019
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Communication and Language/ Literacy |
Mathematics |
Physical Development |
Personal, Social and Emotional Development |
Understanding the World |
Expressive Arts and Design |
Enhancement Days |
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Autumn 1 Ourselves/Autumn
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The Little Red Hen |
MMS |
Fine Motor skills
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Settling in; Develop independent skills; |
Our Senses; Diwali; Autumn |
Using a range of materials and techniques to create art Art and DT with CD |
CAFOD fast day; Diwali |
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Autumn 2 Fairytales
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The Enormous Turnip The Christmas Story |
MMS |
Cursive Handwriting ASM PE
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Being responsible – looking after our things and tidying up
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Autumn; Keeping safe |
Christmas activities
Art and DT with CD |
Christmas Nativity, Winter Wonderland Visit
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Spring 1 Food/ Winter
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The Gingerbread Man
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MMS |
Cursive Handwriting ASM PE
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Taking turns; Being a good friend; Helping others
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Winter; Compare local area with Polar Regions; |
Making a Gingerbread man Colour mixing; cold colours;
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Chinese New Year |
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Spring 2 Growing
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
MMS |
Cursive Handwriting ASM PE
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Working together; What I am good at
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Growing bean plants; human growth and development; Life cycles |
Planting cress
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Holi |
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Summer 1 Animals
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The Three Little Pigs
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MMS |
Healthy living; Cursive Handwriting ASM PE |
Working as a team; Developing good relationships
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Mother and baby animals; zoo animals, farm animals |
Responding to different types of music; Creating sound effects |
Trip to Peak Wildlife Park
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Summer 2
Summer |
Three Billy Goats Gruff |
MMS |
Cursive Handwriting ASM PE |
Solving problems; Moving on |
Scientific processes – magnets; floating and sinking; summer |
Art based around the painting ‘Surprised!’ by Henri Rousseau
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Sports Day; Transition visit |