Welcome to Reception's Topic Page
Autumn Term- Topic 1
Our first topic is...
Whereabouts in the world is home for Denise and how does it compare with where I live?
We will be settling into our new classroom and talking about ourselves and our families.
| Reception Learning Objectives (Development Matters) | Year 1 Learning Objectives (National Curriculum) |
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Understood the difference between natural and human made features • Experienced different weather conditions when outside and the clothes they wear accordingly• Observed and discussed seasonal signs in the natural world • Observed and discussed how weather changes during the day and four seasons • Observed the school grounds and local area on Google Earth Pro • Gathered information from a map and drawn their own simple maps • Observed the location the United Kingdom is on a world map and globe • Learned that they live in the United Kingdom • Learned that continents are land and the oceans water • Learned that there are many countries in the world |
The location of St Lucia in relation to the United Kingdom, and the continents and oceans of the world • The main physical and human features of St Lucia • The main physical and human features of the town of Soufriere and how they compare with the features of the settlement in which they live in the United Kingdom • The features of the tropical climate of St Lucia • How the climate of St Lucia compares with the temperate climate of the United Kingdom and polar regions of the world • Which areas of the world have a tropical, temperate and polar climate • Examples of specific countries with tropical, temperate and polar climates • What a volcano is and how they are formed • The four nations of the United Kingdom, their capital cities and the main oceans and seas surrounding the British Isles • The region in which they live within the United Kingdom and the location of their home settlement within that area • How to observe, collect and present land use data of their locality collected through fieldwork |
English
We will be starting our new writing unit based on the book 'Ruby's Worry' by Tom Percival. Reception will be writing labels and captions. Year 1 will be writing worry sentences.
Reading
This half term your child will be given their first reading book and diary. Please read your child's reading book with them every day for 10 minutes. A little often has a huge impact on children at this age. Children need to have their reading books and diaries in their bags everyday, so they can be ready to be read with. We change children's reading books every Friday.
Maths
Our maths work this term will follow the First4Maths scheme of learning. In Reception, we will be looking at accurately counting amounts, subitising to 3 and numeral recognition. In 'Measurement, Shapes and Spatial Thinking', we will be exploring the properties of 2D shapes and simple AB patterns.
In Year 1, we will...
- Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number
- Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of twos, fives and
tens - Given a number, identify one more and one less
- Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least
- Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.
PE
Our P.E days are Tuesday and Friday. On PE days, children will be expected to come to school in their PE kits.
Timetable
End of Year Expectations