Welcome to Reception
| 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 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 |