Spring
This Term in Reception: Weekly Overview
This term, we’ll focus on settling back into routines, building essential skills, and exploring a range of topics to support learning across the curriculum. Here’s a breakdown of what we’ll be doing each week:
Week 1: Settling In 🏫😊
- Revisiting rules and routines to create a calm and productive learning environment.
- Introducing Riley’s Rights 🤝, focusing on respect and responsibility.
- Starting Dene’s Dream Reads 📚 and exploring new classroom resources.
- Supporting emotional development by helping children recognise emotions 🥰 and make positive choices.
- Art activity: Exploring emotions through colour and texture 🎨.
Week 2: Emotions and Independence ❤️🧥
- Continuing with Riley’s Rights, focusing on being a kind friend 🤗.
- Practising independence skills, such as getting dressed for school.
- Introducing science concepts like freezing and melting ❄️🔥.
Week 3: Light and Shadows 💡🌑
- Investigating light and dark by using torches 🔦 and creating shadow puppets 🎭.
- Continuing with science experiments on freezing and melting.
- Developing fine motor skills ✂️ through group tasks and creative projects.
- Building vocabulary during story discussions 📖.
Week 4: Exploring Our Local Area 🌳📍
- Taking a local walk to observe and map out the school grounds 🗺️.
- Practising observational drawing ✏️ of local features.
- Introducing mapping skills and using Bee Bots 🤖 for navigation.
- Focusing on ball skills in PE ⚽, such as aiming and throwing.
Week 5: Maps and the Wider World 🗺️🌍
- Exploring the local area by mapping out Peterlee 🏘️.
- Learning about aerial views and using Google Maps 🌐.
- Comparing our area to London 🏙️ and the coast 🌊.
- Learning about road safety with a visit from the lollipop lady 🚸.
Week 6: Creative and Cultural Learning 🎨🎎
- Celebrating Chinese New Year 🧧 by exploring traditions and creating crafts with origami techniques.
- Designing and sculpting a local landmark 🏛️.
- Continuing science activities on melting and freezing ❄️.
- Practising ball skills in PE, focusing on catching small and large balls 🤾.
Week 7: Special Celebrations 🥞🎉
- Marking Pancake Day 🥞 with fun activities and learning about its traditions.
- Reviewing and consolidating skills learned this term 📚
🌟 Reception – Spring 2 🌟
👫 Week 1: Exploring Patterns & Different Jobs
- PSE Monday: “My friends’ feelings matter too!” – We discussed how our actions can affect others and practised kindness 🤝.
- Maths: Identifying and creating repeating patterns using colours, shapes and actions 🔁.
- Topic: Different Jobs and Professions – Learning about various careers and what we might want to be when we grow up 👩⚕️👨🚒.
- For World Book Day, we enjoyed a day filled with stories, dressing up and celebrating our favourite books 📚🎭. We explored The Remarkables and dressed up as something that makes us remarkable!
🧱 Week 2: Measuring, Art & Professions
- PSE Monday: “How can we make the right choices?” – Talking about making good decisions and thinking about consequences 💭.
- Maths: Comparing lengths using everyday objects 📏.
- Topic: We made insect sculptures using clay, developing fine motor skills through creative, hands-on activities 🐞.
- Artist Focus: Observational drawing of daffodils and exploring abstract art inspired by Georges Seurat 🎨🌼.
🌱 Week 3: Capacity & Plants
- PSE Monday: “What can I do with my big feelings?” – Exploring ways to manage emotions in a positive way ❤️.
- Maths: Learning about capacity, using terms like ‘full’, ‘empty’ and ‘half full’ 🥤.
- Topic: Plants and Life Cycles – Discovering how plants grow and what they need to survive. We planted our own seeds and are watching them grow!
- Spring Walk: Exploring the outdoors to spot different flowers and signs of spring 💐
🔺 Week 4: Shapes & Animal Life Cycles
- PSE Monday: “What do I do if I am worried?” – Learning who we can talk to and ways to feel better 💬.
- Maths: Exploring 2D & 3D shapes through hands-on activities 🟠🟦.
- Topic: We’ve been learning about the life cycle of a frog – we even learnt a song and watched frogspawn develop into tadpoles and then frogs! 🐸🎶
🙏 Week 5: Respect, Easter & Celebrations
- PSE Monday: “How do I show respect?” – Discussing how we respect ourselves, others and our environment 🌍.
- Maths: Building with 3D shapes and recognising their properties through construction play 🔷.
- Topic: Easter Crafts & Traditions – Creating themed artwork and learning about how Easter is celebrated around the world 🐣✂️.
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