Reception 2023 - 2024

What are we learning during Spring Term 1?

Our topic this half term is 'We are Superheroes' and we will be using this to explore what qualities make a superhero, how we can be good friends and everyday superheroes. 

Read to write!

Our focused text for the half term is Juniper Jupiter by Lizzie Stewart. We will identify the seperate parts of the story, the opening, the build up, the problem and the ending, as well as explore exciting new vocabulary. We will use this learning to achieve our outcome to write our own version of the story.

At Vine Tree we aim for all our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading.

We can achieve this together through:

• Read Write Inc, a program to help to your child read at school
• Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
• Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home

Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners.

The children will be learning their phonics through Read, write Inc.

This is a phonics programmed that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. 

Read, Write, Inc is a phonics programmed that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling.   

Please  help your child read and write their letters with the phonics homework books that I will send home.

It takes a lot of practice to remember how to write all the letters of the alphabet with the correct letter formation.

Below is a parent video to help you say the sounds:

The children will continue to secure their skill in counting up to 10 as well as backwards from 10 to 1. This will be achieved through number games and songs as well as targeted activities.

We will explore numbers by partitioning them using a part whole model and we will be comparing numbers by focusing on one less than an amount. We will discuss positional language as well as explore more complex patterns. We will also be introduced to height in our measurement unit.

Wider Curriculum

The children will be 'Peeking into the Past' in History, exploring Superhero materials in Science as well as investigating celebrations and why they are important to us in RE and Music. We will learn we all have different beliefs and celebrations in PSHE as well as understanding what makes a good friend and how we can help people by listening. In Art we will be using our fine motor skills to practice crafting. PE will continue to be led twice a week by Miss Street and Mr Baker.