Reception - Long-term Plan

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THE BRITISH SCHOOL AL KHUBAIRAT

LONG TERM PLAN Reception

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Autumn Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 3

PRIME AREAS Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)

Self Regulation - Use Little Spot of Emotion characters to understand how they and others show feelings.

Begin to be able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses where appropriate.

Managing Self - Manage basic hygiene, using the toilet and dressing themselves for swimming. Follow rules and routines.

Building Relationships Form positive attachments to teachers, friends and peers.

Communication and Listening, Attention and Language (CL) Understanding - Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant comments or questions in small group interactions.

Speaking - Learn and use new vocabulary from stories, rhymes and poems.

Physical Development

Self Regulation - Learning to use Restorative Justice to resolve conflict with others.

Self Regulation - Set and work towards simple goals.

Managing Self - knowing right from wrong and behaving accordingly.

Managing Self - Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face Building Relationships - Continue of challenge. Understand and follow the to work and play cooperatively with class rules, routines and boundaries. others.

Show sensitivity to their own and Building Relationships - Work and other’s needs. play cooperatively with others.

Show sensitivity to their own and other’s needs.

Listening, Attention and Understanding Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant comments or questions in whole class discussions.

Listening, Attention and Understanding Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.

Speaking Hold conversation with friends and teachers, replying back and forth.

Speaking - Express ideas and thoughts using full sentences.

Gross Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills - Demonstrate Negotiate space and obstacles carefully strength, balance and coordination both in play and PE. when playing.

Gross Motor Skills Move energetically in a range of ways, eg running, hopping climbing.

Fine Motor Skills - Use a range of small tools, eg scissors, paintbrushes, cutlery.

Fine Motor Skills - Show care and accuracy when drawing.

Fine Motor Skills - Hold a pencil effectively for writing.

Autumn Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 3

SPECIFIC AREAS Literacy

Comprehension - Anticipate key events in stories. Retell traditional tales using repeated refrains.

Comprehension - Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them. Retell and begin to innovate stories and narrative using recently Word Reading - Identify initial sounds introduced vocabulary. in words. Orally blend words.

Word Reading - Say a sound for each Writing - Write recognisable letters letter of the alphabet. Read cvc words with correct formation. by sound blending.

Writing - Write cvc words by segmenting into sounds and representing these with the appropriate letters.

Mathematics

Number - Subitise (recognise without counting) to 5. Sort objects into matching or different groups based on size and shape.

Numerical Patterns Counts to find out how many things they have with 1:1 correspondence up to 10.

Expressive Arts and Design

Creating with Materials Share their drawings, paintings and creations, explaining the process they have used.

Comprehension - Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary in conversations and discussions. Invent stories using new vocabulary and phrases.

Word Reading - Say a sound for each letter of the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs. Read ccvc and cvcc words aloud and sentences consistent with phonic knowledge and some common exception words.

Writing - Write cvcc and ccvcc words, phrases and sentences that can be read by themselves and others. Write some letters which are correctly formed.

Number - Have a deep understanding of numbers to 10 including the composition of each number.

Number - Automatically recall number bonds to 5 and 10 including double facts.

Numerical Patterns - Verbally count beyond 20. Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts knowing which is less than or greater than.

Numerical Patterns - Explore and represent patterns within numbers to 10, evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be shared equally.

Creating with Materials Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Creating with Materials Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

Being imaginative and Expressive - Sing a range of well-known nursery Being imaginative and Expressive rhymes and songs.

- Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher.

Being imaginative and Expressive - Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and try to move in time to music.

Autumn Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 3

SPECIFIC AREAS Understanding the World

Past and Present - Talk about the lives of the people around them.

Past and Present - Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on People, Culture and Communities their experiences and what has been - Describe their immediate environment read in class. using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and People, Culture and Communities maps.

- Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this The Natural World - Explore the country, drawing on their experiences natural world around them, making and what has been read in class. observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

The Natural World - Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.

Past and Present - Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.

People, Culture and Communities - Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non fiction texts and maps.

The Natural World - Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.