Isleham Church of England Primary School

Reception Summer 2023-2024

Summer 1- April 2024

This half term our topic is ‘Mad about Mini- beasts, this topic will begin by finding out about texts which are linked to Mini- beasts. We will explore some famous texts- The bad tempered ladybird, Snail trail, The very busy spider and the very greedy bee. We hope to visit Suzie’s Woods lots during this topic to bring our learning to life.

Literacy:

Throughout our literacy learning, we will continue to follow our ‘Song of Sounds journey to secure our phonics knowledge. Where we will be reading and understanding simple sentences. Use our phonic knowledge to write words and sentence and make phonetically plausible attempts at writing more complex sentences.

Across the half term we will have the opportunity to recreate our own ‘Hungry caterpillar’ stories, showing all the writing skills we have mastered.

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Maths:

Within our Maths learning this term, we will begin our PowerMaths journey. PowerMaths is a scheme followed by the rest of the school. We start it in the Summer term to get ourselves familiar with the pictorial representations and processes used to ensure our transition into Year One where we will use it every day is seamless.

PE:

In this unit children will develop their understanding of playing games through the topic of 'transport'. Children will practise and further develop fundamental movement skills through games. They will also learn how to score and play by the rules, how to work with a partner and begin to understand what a team is, as well as learning how to behave when winning and losing.

Summer 2- June 2024

This half term our topic is ‘Animal Fair, this topic will begin by finding out about some very famous texts, ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ and ‘The Tiger who came to Tea’. We also hope to take part in a sports day and lots of Transition activities to prepare us for our time in Year One in September.

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Literacy:

Across the half term we will have the opportunity to recreate our own poems. And also develop story writing showing all the writing skills we have mastered over our year in Reception.

Maths:

Within our Maths learning this term, we will practise verbally count beyond 20. Have automatic recall of number bonds to 10 and secure our double facts.

PE:

In this unit children will develop their basic gymnastic skills through the topic of 'animals and their habitats'. Children explore creating shapes, balances, and jumps and begin to develop rocking and rolling. They show an awareness of space and how to use it safely and perform basic skills on both floor and apparatus.They copy, create, remember and repeat short sequences. They begin to understand using levels and directions when traveling and balancing.