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Reception Summer Term 1 Curriculum Overview

Topic - Journeys

Communication Language and Literacy	Problem solving Reasoning and Numeracy	Creative Development
Texts: and other related texts including stories from other countries. Identifying book terms - author/illustrator/title/cover/page/line/word/letter/blurb/index/contents 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? What usually happens to 'good'/'wicked' characters in stories? Understanding that text is read top to bottom and left to right. Retelling familiar stories in the correct order. Understanding about the different ways stories start e.g. 'One sunny day...' and end e.g. '...and that was the end of that!' Using language to recreate roles and experiences in role-play. Retelling to Using expressive voices when retelling stories e.g. a cross voice. Responding to punctuation when reading - exclamation mark/question mark/speech mark/bold text. Identifying differences between fiction (untrue stories) and non-fiction (information books) - about real things often have photographs/diagrams do not have to be read from beginning to end/have index and contents page/facts etc... Extending vocabulary. Recognising 'tricky' and common words when reading such as in can etc... Tracking words with finger when reading (pointing to each word as it is read) Understanding how to write lists/label diagrams (pictures)/speech bubbles and postcards. Understanding how to form letters correctly and applying this when writing. Blending sounds in words and splitting sounds. Beginning to understanding how to compose and write a simple sentence including simple punctuation (capital letter/finger spaces and full stop). Reading tricky words - he she we me be was my you her they all are (others will follow - said have like so do some come were there little one when out what). Spelling tricky words - the to I no go. Extending to spelling the following tricky words - he she we me be was my you her they all are. Reading simple captions and sentences (i.e. 'a cap on a peg' 'She sat on the chair and it was soft.') Using language to recreate roles and experiences in role-play. Understanding that letters have names and sounds. Using language to recreate roles and experiences in role-play.	Singing number rhymes/songs that say number names in order. Recognising numbers from 0 to 10 and beyond. Counting forwards and backwards in ones and counting on and back from given numbers to add or subtract e.g. count back 5 from 10 count on 4 from 7. Counting backwards from 20. Counting in twos/fives and tens and identifying patterns (10s number end in zero 5s numbers end in five oe zero) Understanding how to find 1 more and 1 less than a given number - counting on/back using fingers/objects and looking on a number line. Understanding and using vocabulary related to addition and subtraction such as more/add/altogether/subtract/take away/how many are left? Relating addition to counting on. Relating subtraction to counting back. Solving problems - adding up amounts in real contexts. Beginning to understand giving change from 10p - using fingers/counting back in head and on number line and counting up to find difference. Beginning to know doubles to 10. Beginning to know number pairs to 10. 2D shapes (triangle/square/rectangle/circle) and talking about them. Naming and talking about 3D shapes (cone/sphere/cube/pyramid) matching them to real objects and talking about what they are like - faces/edges etc... Recognising what is the same and different about shapes - size/number of sides etc... *Understanding and using language related to measure - shorter/longer/heavier/lighter etc... and solving simple problems such as find something heavier than a pencil.	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. Finishing effects - decoration. Knowing how to use different techniques/creating texture/overlapping. Using imagination in the role-play area - Power Rangers/Pirate Ship/child-constructed imaginary role-play. Singing known and new songs. Matching movements to music. Recognising and making own music patterns. Understanding about high and low sounds. *Responding to sounds heard through comments about how to music makes us feel/think about/movement and dance.

Personal Social and Emotional Development	Knowledge and Understanding of the World	Physical Development
Understanding how to work with a partner and how to be a good talking partner. Developing understanding of how to work with and be a good talking partner. Developing good attitudes to learning - being 'resilient' - keep going when something is difficult and managing distractions. Being 'resourceful' - thinking about how to help yourself and what you can use to help you. Being 'reflective' - thinking about what you are doing and how you can make it better and being 'reciprocal' - working as a team and together with others. 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 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. Developing awareness and interest in cultural differences and treating these with respect. Sharing ideas/feelings and opinions and reflecting during collective worship - thanking God for how we are different. Thanking God for water/understanding and feeling 'peace'. Learning about Noah's Ark.	Understanding the use of everyday technology in supporting learning. Developing mouse control and understanding how to click and drag items on a computer. Understanding and using age-appropriate software. Developing understanding of how to use a keyboard. Understanding about pirates - clothes/vocabulary/what they did etc... Looking at a pirate ship and how it moves. Beginning to explore forces and movement of boats. Understanding 'past' and 'present' and sorting past and present modes of transport exploring similarities and differences. Selecting resources and tools when designing and making transport. Identifying features of places visited on holiday and expressing likes and dislikes. Locating different places around the world using a map. Understanding about sun safety (visit from school nurse). Understanding about our 5 senses. Exploring foods from different countries using senses - seeing/feeling/smelling and tasting. *Learning about own cultures and beliefs and those of others. Exploring similarities and differences between Christian and Muslim faiths.	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. Understanding how to use and transport equipment safely. Developing gymnastic skills - jumping and landing safely/travelling/shapes/balance on large and small body parts/rolling and putting sequences together. To evaluate own performance and that of others to improve skills. Consolidating control of aiming using large and small balls and beanbags and hoops. Games skills (steering/striking/holding equipment safely - hockey sticks) Games - working in teams to practise skills. *Developing fine motor skills through a range of activities such as using a hole punch/threading/moulding materials/scissors etc...

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