Personal, Social & Emotional Development: We will be talking about the importance of keeping healthy, and having good personal hygiene. We will continue referring to our learning buddies to promote positivity to learning. Physical Development: Children will continue to use the large apparatus in PE lessons, both with their class teacher and the coaches from West Lancashire Sports Partnership. They will be using and remembering sequences and patterns of movements and developing their strength and coordination through play. Literacy: We will continue to explore the stories of Julia Donaldson to extend the children’s experience of our trip to The Atkinson in March. We will also be using non-fiction texts to find out about life cycles, seasons and celebrations. As their phonic knowledge develops, the children will apply their skills to begin writing simple sentences.
Maths ( linked to White Rose ): We will be starting with a focus on measuring using nonstandard units, including the vocabulary of time. We will be building depth of understanding of number from 5 to 10, including number bonds and comparison of number, and quantity.
Reception Spring 2: ‘New life…’ Communication & Language: Children will continue to develop their skills in communicating to different audiences. This may be through role play, show and tell or through comprehension and understanding of the stories and topics we study in class. Technical vocabulary will be modelled and shared through life cycles.
Understanding the world: We will be celebrating the arrival of Spring and thinking about the things that make seasons different. We will be learning about life cycles of creatures such as frogs! Linked to RE, we will be looking at changes through time. Plus, British Science week means fun experiments! Expressive Arts: The children will be exploring joining techniques through craft activities focussed on celebrations such as Mothers' Day and Easter. We will be singing songs in preparation for our Easter celebration in church.
RE: We will be learning about the Christian Easter story and the children will find out about how this is celebrated in countries across the world.