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Reception Summer Term 1 Curriculum Overview

Communication Language and Literacy	Problem solving Reasoning and Numeracy	Creative Development
Texts: 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' 'Please Don't Chat to the Bus Driver' text in the village of Shareshill Menus. 'The Train Ride' 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea' and other related texts. Reading text in the immediate and wider environment and understanding its purpose. Identifying book terms - author/illustrator/title/cover/page/line etc... Making predictions about the text from the cover - what do you think the book is about? What do you think might happen? Who do you think are the characters. Understanding that text is read top to bottom and left to right. Understanding the difference between a letter and a word. Understanding letters make words and words make sentences. Understanding how to compose and write a simple sentence including simple punctuation (capital letter/finger spaces and full stop). Recognition of Reception key words and beginning to write an increasing amount of these from memory. Jolly Phonics letter sounds. Understanding that letters have names and sounds. Understanding diagraphs - where 2 letters come together to make 1 sound such as 'ai' and 'sh'. Blending and segmenting words. Forming letters correctly. Identifying fiction (story) and non-fiction (information) books. Understanding that a story has beginning/middle and end. Understanding about the different ways stories start e.g. 'Once upon a time' and end 'The End' 'They lived happily ever after'. Using expressive voices when retelling stories e.g. a surprised voice. Understanding how to write a speech bubble. Understanding how to write a sign. using language to recreate roles and experiences in role-play. Retelling tory Telling Week' at the end of the half-term.	Recognising numbers from 0 to 10 and beyond. Ordering numbers. Writing numbers to 10 and beyond. Counting forwards and backwards in ones. Counting forwards in twos/fives and tens. Counting repeated groups of objects e.g. counting pairs of socks in twos 5 pence pieces in fives 10 pence pieces in tens etc... Recognising simple number patterns on 100 grid. Using ordinal numbers - first second third...lastlast but one etc... Using 'more' and 'less' to compare two numbers. Understanding how to find 1 more/less than a given number up to 10 and being able to say what is 1 more and 1 less up to 10	Using imagination in art and designing - selecting materials and tools for a purpose in order to create. Choosing different media - chalk/pens/crayons and paint etc... to create a desired effect. Selecting appropriate colours. Using imagination to make a 3D model of a mode of transport. Using imagination in the role-play area - travel agents airport aeroplane and seaside cafe. Using percussion instruments to accompany a story. Singing a variety of songs and learn new ones. Listening to music and commenting upon what it reminds us of/how it makes us feel. Moving with imagination to music. Feeling different speeds of music and moving appropriately. *Understanding about high and low sounds.

Personal Social and Emotional Development	Knowledge and Understanding of the World	Physical Development
Developing understanding of how to work with and be a good talking partner. Developing good attitudes to learning - 'have a go!' Understanding the effects actions have on others. Reflecting on own feelings and listening to the feelings of others. Understanding how to be a good listener - keeping still/keeping quiet/looking at the speaker and remembering what the speaker has said. Understanding that we each have rights and responsibilities e.g. we have the right to be listened to but also have the responsibility to listen to others. Understanding what is right and wrong and why and applying knowledge to situations. Understanding about fair and unfair. Understanding that fair does not always mean equal e.g. if one child wants to make a small monster and one child wants to make a big monster it is okay for one child to have more dough. Understanding about 'on purpose' actions. Understanding how to make someone feel better if they are sad/cross or feel something is unfair. Developing awareness and interest in cultural differences and treating these with respect. Sharing ideas/feelings and opinions and reflecting during collective worship. Learning about how the World began and stories Jesus told.	Understanding the use of everyday technology in supporting learning. Developing mouse control and understanding how to click and drag items on a computer. Developing mouse control and operating a robotic turtle. Using computers and non-fiction texts to exploring facts about bears - where they live/what they eat etc... Looking closely at similarities and differences in the environment. Understanding 'past' and 'present' and sorting past and present modes of transport. Identifying features of places visited on holiday and expressing likes and dislikes. Locating different places around the world using a map. Understanding about our 5 senses. Exploring different foods using our senses - Indian/Mexican and Chinese. Learning about own cultures and beliefs and those of others. Exploring similarities and differences between Christian and Muslim faiths. Selecting resources and tolls when designing and making boats. *Beginning to understand about forces to move boats - blowing/pushing/pulling etc...	Understanding safety issues such as appropriate dress/environment and space needed. Understanding the effects of exercise and the need for warm-up and cool-down activities. Following postional language - on/off/under/over/in/out and across and transfer skills onto apparartus. Following directions - forwards/backwards/half-turn/full turn/left and right etc... Changing direction on a signal. Continuing to develop games skills controlling balls and beanbags - dribbling in between cones passing to a partner aiming for a target etc... Working with a partner to improve skills. Recognising changes that happen to bodies during exercise - flushed cheeks/feeling hot/heart beating faster/feeling tired/good/thirsty etc... Developing large motor skills - changes of level/using whole body/changes in speed/travelling actions/body shapes and actions. *Developing fine motor skills - tearing/cutting/finger strengthening and coordinating activities/folding/finger painting/using tweezers/manipulating pipe cleaners/using pegs etc...

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