Reception Curriculum Letter

Welcome Back

We hope you had an enjoyable and festive Christmas break. We are looking forward to another exciting term. The children have fed back how much they enjoyed our previous topics and we can’t wait to get started on our exciting Spring term curriculum.

Music (Expressive Arts and Design, Being Imaginative and Expressive)

Children will partake in daily singing sessions where will sing a variety of well known nursery rhymes and songs, whilst joining in with the actions and practising moving in time to music! We will also be partaking in movement through music sessions once a week.

History (Understanding the World, Past and Present) — Toys

This term in history, we will be learning about how toys have changed over time, understanding the similarities and differences between toys in the past and now. We will also be naming and categorising toys depending on their properties and discussing how the toys that we like to play with, might change as we grow older.

Big question: How have toys changed over time?
Key vocabulary: Push, pull, wooden, plastic, metal, fabric, wool, material, electrical, mechanical
Vocabulary for History: Now, then, yesterday, tomorrow, this week, today, years, months, weeks, past, present, future, old, older, young, younger, modern, new

D&T and Art (Expressive Arts and Design, Creating with Materials)

During continuous provision time, the children will have access to a D&T and art area. Here, they will be encouraged to safely use and explore a variety of materials and tools and techniques whilst experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. Children will proudly share their creations, explaining the process that they have used and when appropriate, will make use of their creations when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

Science (Understanding the World, Natural World) — In the Garden

This term in Science, we will talking about how to take care of the natural world around us, describing the basic features of plants and animals and exploring plants in a surrounding natural environment. We will also be observing the changes in nature in each season and comparing Spring to Autumn.

Big question: What’s in the Garden?
Key Vocabulary: Spring, summer, autumn, winter, seasons, sunny, cloudy, hot, warm, cold, cloudy, shower, raining, storm, thunder, lightening, hail, sleet, snow, icy, frost, puddles, windy, rainbow, animals, young, plants, flowers, petals, leaves, roots, soil, germinate, grow, water, minibeasts.

Vocabulary for science: Sort, group, investigate, categorise, investigate, changes, notice, experiment, patterns.

RE (Understanding the World, People, Culture and Communities)

This term in RE we will be learning about why we celebrate Easter and how it differs from Christmas.

Big question: Why do we celebrate Easter?
Key Vocabulary: Creation, God, Jesus, universe, human, Christian, bible

PE

This term in PE, we will be learning all about gymnastics. Within these sessions we will be focussing on developing key skills such as balancing and moving and travelling through space. We will also continue to practise our fundamental movement skills to develop gross motor.

Homework

To support your child with their RWI reading journey, we will be sending QR codes every Friday. They will also receive a handwriting sheet of the sound that they have been practising that day.

We would love for you to read with your child every day. This could be sharing a book together, listening to your child read or reading to your child. We would like reading at home to be an enjoyable and shared experience.