High Legh Primary School
Reception Class
Spring Term - Topic 3
Growth and Changes
This term reception will be starting a new topic - Growth and Changes. Throughout this topic, children will be learning all about plants and how they grow.
Taken from the statements within the Development Matters, the list below are the Areas of Learning in which Reception children will be focusing on during this Topic:
Early Years Learning Objectives:
(Taken from Development Matters 2021 and the Statutory Framework for EYFS)
Development Matters:
Understanding the World
- Explore the natural world around them.
- Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
- Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
- ELG: Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
- ELG: Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences
and what has been read in class. - ELG: Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter
Physical Development
- Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing
and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons. - ELG: Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paintbrushes and cutlery.
- ELG: Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing
Expressive arts and design
- Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
- ELG: Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
English
In English, our Literacy Counts unit is 'The Extraordinary Gardener' by Sam Boughton. In this unit we will be writing instructions and transformation sentences.
Reading
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 number, we will be recalling bonds to 5, systematically splitting and recombining numbers to 10 on a tens frame. In 'Measurement, Shapes and Spatial Thinking', we will be using spatial vocabulary, looking at patterns within numbers and comparing and ordering mass.
PE
This half term, PE will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please make sure your child comes into school wearing their PE kit on these days.
End of Year Expectations
Timetable