Reception
Miss Simpkin-Teacher/Keyworker
Miss Oxley-LSA
Start time – 8:40am Pick-up time - 3:15pm
Welcome to Reception!
Summer 1, 2024
We are so excited to learn lots of new things this year and work together to support each child’s learning journey. If we can do anything to help or answer any queries, please contact us at foundationstage@cpa.dsat.education
Reception Long Term Plan 23-24
Our theme this half term is 'Food and Farming'
This half term we will be learning all about where our food comes from. We are so excited to explore our learning through our wider curriculum this half term.
Core Texts:
Our 2 stories to focus for this half term are 'Farmer Duck & 'Oliver's Vegetables'. We will be learning new vocabulary within both of these stories.
Literacy & Phonics
The children will take part in their daily RWI lessons learning their new and review sounds and how to blend and segment to read. For more information, please read through the resources below and speak to your child's class teacher.
Thank you for your attendance at our Early Reading & Phonics Meeting-
Phonics Meeting for Parents-2023
Mathematics:
At Canon Popham, we follow maths mastery approach. This half term, we will be focusing on number to 20 and beyond, sharing and grouping. Please see our Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFS) document below, which outlines the information your child will be learning about in Summer 1, with lots of practise they will recall these facts quickly and accurately.
Reception Key Instant Recall Facts- Autumn 1
Reception Key Instant Recall Facts- Autumn 2
Reception Key Instant Recall Facts-Spring 1
Reception Key Instant Recall Facts Spring 2
Reception Key Instant Recall-Facts Summer 1
Understanding the World
The Foundations Of:
RE – This half term we are using Discovery RE to understand what we can learn from stories?
History– Where did our food come from in the past? We will be using language related to time to comment on images of familiar situations in the past, comparing food and farming equipment from the past to the present.
Geography- Where does our food come from? We will be learning about similarities and differences between contrasting environments (city and farm) and know some features of rural areas.
PSHE/RSE/PSED– My Happy Mind- Appreciate. We will be teaching the children all about gratitude, building self-esteem and reflection.
Music- Charanga- Big Bear Funk
Expressive Arts and Design-
The Foundations Of:
Art- Weaving-Michael Brennand-Wood
Physical Development (PE)-
Our PE lesson will take place every Thursday, children need to bring their named kit in their bag to change into during the school day.
The Power of PE- On the Farm
We will also be using our outdoor area to develop our gross motor skills. The children love to practice their running, moving, climbing and throwing skills and have access to our outdoor area every day to practice these.
Tapestry-
We love see the things our children have been learning at home from your observations! A Tapestry challenge will be sent out each week on a Friday and you will have the rest of the week to complete this. If you need any support using your Tapestry account to get the most out of this wonderful platform, please ask a member of staff or use the tutorials below to help.
Information from parents meetings- feel free to drop us an email if you have any questions!
Tapestry parents information presentation
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us or give us a call!
Thank you for your support,
Miss Simpkin & Miss Oxley