Prep Reception Curriculum Brief

Continue to listen and engage within Story and Rhyme, to be able to
recall details and predict outcomes. They will be able to follow two -and three-step instructions and ask, and answer, relevant ‘how and why’ questions about their own activities. They should also be able to express themselves effectively, continuing to develop our spoken language skills. Throughout the term we will be developing concentration through different activities in preparation for Prep 1.

Number

We will be working on a large variety of topics including counting and ordering numbers to

20. Continuing to count in 10’s to 100. Have a greater understanding of tens and units, counting on and place value. Solve problems involving doubling, halving and sharing. Recapping and identifying numbers which are one more and one less and continuing our work on addition and subtraction.

Shape, Space and Measure

Organising and sorting 3D shapes. Introduce the concept of quarters using objects. Looking at time. What is ‘o’ clock?’ Continuing to practise and order objects by height, weight and length.

We will continue to consolidate the words learned so far; transport, my family, food items and numbers to ten and beyond in a series of games, rhymes and fun songs. We’ll also be learning new words for parts of the body and exploring weather vocabulary, all while enjoying plenty of interactive and creative activities to help us remember what we’ve learned.

This term we will continue to find out more about Jesus by looking at the many stories he told. We shall be thinking about how we can live our lives as Jesus would like us to live them. 

During the first half of the term, we will be learning about rhythm. The children will explore quavers, crotchets, and minims, understanding that each has a different duration. They will practise identifying a variety of long and short sounds and discover how to create them using both instruments and body percussion. By the end of the topic, the children will have composed and performed their own rhythm patterns.

In the second half of the term, we will focus on performance techniques through a song and story series based on ‘The Enormous Turnip.’ The children will learn a variety of songs, actions, and movements, developing their understanding of pulse, duration, and pitch in a fun and engaging way.

This term in art we will continue to explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function themed around our topic.  The children will continue to improve cutting skills to manipulate basic materials and develop work.

They will be able to represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. In Music and Eurhythmics, we will sing songs, make music, dance and experiment with ways of changing them. They will learn to perform songs with actions and movement developing their sense of pulse, duration and pitch.

Games: The time will be spent on introducing a selection of athletic activities and skills – to include sprinting, hurdles and relays.

PE: Development of large and small ball skills through a variety of

hitting and catching games. In addition, they will work on team relays.

Phonics: Continuing to revise set 2 speed sounds and beginning to learn set 3 diagraphs. We will focus on reading and spelling High frequency words in readiness for Prep 1.

Reading:  Continuing to develop reading skills through the use of phonics. Daily reading will continue at your child’s own speed. We will continue to look at non-fiction books and look at features of these. Orally retelling familiar stories related to our topics. Developing our skills to answer comprehension questions orally.

Writing: Developing skills to write full sentences independently. Continuing with the Read Write Inc, Get Writing! scheme, concentrating on sentence formation and understanding. We will be writing for a purpose, e.g. to tell a story, share a fact etc. Use words such as ‘and’ and ‘because’ to extend sentences. Continue to use adjectives to describe and write short descriptive phrases.

Farms – We will explore what life is like on a farm and how the farming calendar changes through the seasons. We will learn where our food comes from, developing our understanding of animal and plant produce in what we eat. Investigating the life cycles and the importance of insects, as well as planting some of our own vegetables.

Under the sea – The second half of the term the children will be really immersed in the theme of ‘Under the sea.’ They will adventure under the sea, find different sea creatures and escape the sharks! They will adventure to different types of habitats, including rockpools, coral, polar and investigate what animals live in these. They will go on an adventure with the lighthouse keepers’ lunch, coming up with new ways to outwit the seagulls, as well as learn about lighthouses. We will also explore how the seaside has changed over the years, as well as learning about how important it is to clean up the oceans from pollutions and plastic.

Within the Personal, Social and Emotional area of our Curriculum we are working on disposition, attitude and the social and emotional well-being of the children. Continuing to work on playing together and making positive relationships with our peers. Towards the end of term, we will be beginning to work on our transition to Prep 1 by building on our independence skills and looking at what changes to expect. This will include some move up mornings towards the end of term.

This term our core topic is Health and Wellbeing. We will be exploring the following three areas:

1. Physical health and wellbeing – why sleep is important, medicines and keeping healthy, keeping teeth healthy, food and exercise, managing feelings and asking for help.
2. Growing and changing – recognising what makes them unique and special, feelings, managing when things don’t go to plan.
3. Keeping safe – safety in different environments, risk and safety at home, emergencies.

This term pupils will be able to understand about algorithms in computing and how to de-bug any mistakes using a variety of coding activities. They will be able to search the internet appropriately to research for a project.

This term in art we will continue to explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function themed around our topic.  The children will continue to improve cutting skills to manipulate basic materials and develop work.

They will be able to represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. In Music and Eurhythmics, we will sing songs, make music, dance and experiment with ways of changing them. They will learn to perform songs with actions and movement developing their sense of pulse, duration and pitch.