Personal, Social & Emotional Development:
The children will be working on all the social and emotional skills required for starting school: sitting still, listening, sharing, turn taking, making friends. This will be linked to the assembly theme; Respect.
Communication
& Language:
Children will be introduced to their classmates and encouraged to speak in small groups to build their confidence whilst settling into school, always being encouraged to consider the needs of the listener. We will use opportunities like show and tell, and talk time to encourage children to get to know each other.
Physical Development:
A lot of time will be devoted to developing the children’s gross and especially fine motor skills. This means helping the children to develop accurate control of their hands and fingers to hold and use a pencil accurately. E.g. through playdough, drawing club, PE lessons and funky fingers activities.
Literacy: The children will begin their phonics journey. We use the RWI programme and will start learning RWI set 1 sounds. We will begin to segment the sounds in simple words using Fred talk, and start to blend sounds together to say a word. Fred is a frog who helps us learn to blend. They will start to bring library books home to share with adults for the joy of reading.
Reception
Autumn:
‘Me and My World ’
Expressive Arts: We will introduce a variety of different role play experiences (eg a potions making workshop) in the classroom to spark the children’s imaginative play and encourage talk. We will be exploring colour mixing through painting and talking about texture.
Maths:
Building on previous experiences of number from home and nursery environments, we will introduce Maths with a variety of number and counting songs to establish routines. We will then continue by exploring the composition of numbers within 5, whilst developing their subitising and counting skills.
Understanding the World: We will explore the world around us and consider the onset of Autumn. Autumn walks around our outdoor environments will encourage the use of appropriate vocabulary. Through outdoor play the children will experience the weather and learn how to choose the right clothing, independently.