Pupils & Classes
Teacher – Mrs Fitzpatrick
TA- Mrs Campbell, Miss Austen, Miss Edwards
Summer Term 2025:
Communication Language and Literacy
The children in reception have been enjoying our topic on “Castles”. We listened to stories such as ‘Peppa and the Coronation’ and ‘The King’s Underpants’ and read many non-fiction texts too. We also read ‘In the Castle’ focussing on the authors Anna Milbourne and Benji Davis and will be reading ‘The Castle the King Built’ by Rebecca Colby. The children learnt about the different roles that the people who lived and worked in a castle had and learnt some exciting new vocabulary using our Fantastic Lenses.
Maths
In our maths lessons we have been learning number about addition and subtraction through number stories and doubling and halving too. The children have also continued to recall number bonds to 10 and to know about numbers that are odd and even. We investigated sharing and grouping which was lots of fun!
Understanding the World
Through our topic work the children have been thinking a lot about the features of a castle and how they are different to where we live. We had a role play castle in our classroom, where the children could dress up as kings, queens and jesters and we have explored metal helmets and chalices on our investigation table. We are really excited for our trip to Skipton Castle, where we will explore inside the castle. We will also be using beebots to explore maps as part of our learning in computing.
RE
In our RE lessons and worship we have been learning about the values of hope and love. We also talked about how different religions celebrate special times and talked about how Muslims celebrate Eid and Christians celebrate Christmas. We also learnt about how Christians believe God created the world in seven days.
Expressive Art and Design
In our art lessons we have been learning all about collage. We learnt how to prepare materials to be collaged e.g. cutting and tearing them, and we made a collage of a beach using natural materials. We have also been learning a song about a castle, which we will perform in our class assembly.
Personal, social and emotional development
We have also been getting ready for Year 1 with transition activities at playtimes, whole school assembly times and handwriting lessons in our new classroom. We have also been learning to ‘Think Equal’ by reading stories about people from other cultures
Physical development
Our handwriting lessons in Year 1 have continued to support our fine motor skills. In PE lessons we have been focussing on racket sports and using our good eye-hand coordination. We are also going to take part in sports day and will enjoy the opportunity to take part in an obstacle course, as well an egg and spoon race.
| TOPIC NAMES |
Understanding the World |
EAD (Expressive Arts and Design |
PSED |
RE |
Physical Development |
Literacy (Reading and Writing) |
Maths |
| Reception
SUMMER
ICT ARTICLE 17 |
SUM 1: Toys/ Life in the past
ART 31, 13,24
SUM 2: Castles
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Sculpture- Sum 1
Collage – Sum 2
Music Express- Let’s Go Green and Who Shall I Be Today? (playing instruments to a beat)
Class assembly
Castles song- Let’s Build a Castle
Role play- Space station/rocket, castle
Additional- SEE RECEPTION CURRICULUM DOC.
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Think Equal
SUM 1: Nothando’s Journey: Unpleasant emotions and calming strategies Reha to the rescue: Demonstrating emotions in different ways My Amazing Brain: Understanding the brain A Tiny Seed: Environmental impact and making a difference My Amazing Brain B
SUM 2: Our Home: Demonstrating responsibility for the environment Gokul’s Game: Being left out My Dream In the Drawer: Setting a goal Sydney the Seahorse My Skin is Brown Deji and Nnedi and the very large cushion: Practical peaceful conflict resolution Recap on key learning
TRANSITION
Additional- SEE NURSERY CURRICULUM DOC. |
LIVING: What is special about our world?
Values- Faith, Hope and Love |
Gross Motor Skills ▪ Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others ▪ Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing ▪ Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing. Fine Motor Skills ▪ Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases ▪ Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery ▪ Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
Martin Harvey formal handwriting lessons.
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Reading: Comprehension / Word Reading
▪ Continue to develop P1 phonological awareness àOral blending and segmenting ▪ Demonstrate an understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary …sequence ▪ Anticipate-where appropriate-key events in stories. ▪ Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role play. àBegin to notice some relationships between one text and another Begin to comment on perceived links with own life experience or other experiences, e.g. films, books ▪ Say the sound for each letter of the alphabet and for at least 10 digraphs àSecure P3…trigraph ▪ Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending ▪ Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonics knowledge, including some common exception words (approximately yellow book band – instructional level)… you, they, all, are, my, her (plus see Autumn/Spring words) Writing ▪ Write recognisable letters (lower case and capital) most of which are formed correctly ▪ Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s, using taught GPCs à CVC words ▪ Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others Including: □ oral rehearsal of sentence before writing □ word spacing □ full stop □ capital letter ▪ Begin to sequence 2-3 sentences within purposeful fiction/ non-fiction writing, such as: 2-3 part story (e.g. using story map/planner) àInstructions àFact cards (e.g. using a ‘spidergram’ to collate information) |
Geometry – Exploring patterns.
– Making simple patterns – Exploring more complex patterns Addition and subtraction – Counting on and back. – Adding by counting on – Taking away by counting back Number and place value –Numbers to 20. – Counting to 20 Multiplication and Division – Numerical patterns. – Doubling – Halving and sharing – Odds and evens Measurement – Measure |
Homework Leaflet-Homework leaflet
Class newsletter Reception Summer 1 2025
Reception Topicweb Summer 2025 (1)
