Reception Class - St. Helens

Reception

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Theme	Self	Society	Self	Stewardship	Society	Stewardship
Enquiry Question	How do we know we belong?	What do our homes say about us?	Why do we need to communicate?	How do living things change?	How do we get around?	Why should we care for the world?
Theological Underpinning	John 4:19 ‘We love because he first loved us.’	For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.	Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.	Peter 4:10-11 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.	Chronicles 29:11 Lord, you are great and powerful. You have glory, victory and honour. Everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. The kingdom belongs to you, Lord.	Genesis 2:15 says “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. We recognize that all created things belong to God and that we are accountable to Him as stewards of the creation.
Character Virtues	Truthfulness Courtesy Confidence Perseverance Aspiration	Justice Wisdom Communication (Outcome?)	Creativity Forgiveness Courage Respect	Joy Curiosity Motivation Critical thinking	Generosity Community Practicality Assertiveness	Problem solving Thankfulness Compassion & Empathy Service
Link to Global Goals	3. Good health and well-being	4. Quality Education	5. Gender equality.	14. Life below water. 15. Life on Land	11. Sustainable cities and communities.	13. Climate Change
British Values	Rule of law	Liberty	Tolerance	Respect	Democracy
Enrichment	Visit to the church, litter pick in the community	Barnwood Bears, Emergency Service Visitor, Nativity	Mini first aid course	Butterflies/frogs, Big Sheep, Exmoor Zoo	Music workshop, dentist visit	Author visit, beach trip
Stunning Start	Continuous Provision	STEM/Wild Tribe - create a home for the hedgehogs	Giraffe's Can't Dance	Butteflies in the classroom	Modes of tranpsort set up in the Continuous Provision	Tuff tray with litter, watrr and sea animals
Inspiring Changemaker Challenge	Skill Builder - Wild Tribe	Volunteer - School litter pick	Adventurer - Talent Show	Fundraiser - Cake sale Speaker - TED Talk	Leader - Pre-school	Speaker - What a Wonderful World Poem Researcher - WWF
English Core Texts	Starting School - Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg Rainbow Fish What makes me a me The Lion Inside	A Place Called Home: Look Inside Houses Around the World Let's Build a House The Jolly Christmas Postman	The Magic Paintbrush Giraffes Can’t Dance The Great Race The Smeds and The Smoos	The Bog Baby Tadpole’s Promise The Tiny Seed The Extraordinary Gardener	The Wright Brothers Man on the moon The Naughty Bus Neil Armstrong	Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish Clem and Crab Little Turtle and the Sea Somebody Swallowed Stanley Leaf Here We Are
Mathematics	Exploring Maths Match, sort and compare Talk about measure and patterns Baseline Assessment	It’s 123! Circle and triangle 1,2,3,4,5 Consolidation	Alive in 5! Mass and Capacity Growing 6,7,8 Length, height and time	Length, height and time continued Building 9 and 10 Explore 3-D Shapes	To 20 and beyond How many now? Manipulate, compose and decompose Sharing and grouping	Sharing and grouping continued Visualise, build, map Make connections Consolidation
pr	Where are we in the world? Where do we live? Where is our school?	Seasons - Weather Changes	Chinese New Year - Explore China What are the four countries in the UK?	Continets of the World Animals around the world	Look at different modes of transport around the world	Read a simple map Map symbols Create a simple map with a key
History - UTW	Who is in my family? (Family Tree) What can I do to help my community? Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole	How have I changed since I was a baby? Bonfire Night - Guy Fawkes Remembrance Day	Past and present technology and ways of communicating	How have animals adapted over time?	Past and present transport The Wright Brothers Tim Peake Neil Armstrong	How have I changed this year? History of the Royal family - King’s Coronation
Science - UTW	Wild Tribe	Changes in Autumn	Observe early signs of Spring - drawing flowers Growing plants	Life cycle of a caterpillar and tadpole Explore animals and their habitats - why do they live there?	Exploring light and shadows - what happens at different times of the day	Changing states of matter - ice
Computing		Beebots	Mathseeds	Taking images on the iPads	Internet safety	Logging on and posting on seesaw
Art	Printing (sponges, Lego, vegetables) Cutting	Christmas Cards	Colour Mixing - primary and secondary colours	Texture - weaving in Wild Tribe	Drawing	Patterns
DT	Form - Make playdough	Texture -Christmas Ordiments (clay) Structures	Cooking	Cooking	Mechanisms -Make a moivng vehicle	Textiles - bunting for their new classroom
RE	F4- Being Special: Where do we belong?	F2 - Incarnation	F6 Which stories are special and why?	F3 Why is Easter special for Christians?	F1 Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians?	F5 Which places are special and why?
PE	Body Management	Manipluatipn & Coordination	Dance	Gymnastics	Cooperate & Solve Problems	Speed Agility Travel
Music	Me!	My Stories Nativity	Everyone!	Our World	Big Bear Funk	Reflect, Rewind & Replay
PSHE	Me and My Relationships	Rights and Responsibilities	Valuing Difference	Keeping Myself Safe	Being My Best	Growing and Changing