Reception Curriculum Map

Understanding the World:

Our caterpillars have completed their metamorphosis and are now beautiful butterflies. The children will be releasing them outdoors to continue their life cycle. The children will learning about different astronauts from the past and present. They will learn about some historical events that have taken place in space. The children will continue to be taught about different celebrations/religious events that take place. This half-term will include learning about Eid and the King’s Coronation.

Summer 1

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

Children have developed strong relationships with friends and familiar adults.

Children will be encouraged to work together to achieve simple goals. They will work on being able to wait for what they want and control their immediate impulses. Children will be encouraged to manage their behaviour and deal with conflict in an appropriate manner.

Literacy:

Communication and Language:

We will be spending lots of time focusing on the children’s understanding of who, what, where, when and why questions. We will also be encouraging children to give reasons to support the answers they give. Children will be support by staff modelling sentence stems. For example: I think…because…

Children will continue to take part in daily phonics sessions.

Children will be becoming increasing familiar with recognising the sounds for each letter of the alphabet and digraphs such as sh, ch, qu, ng, nk, ay, ee, igh, ow and oo. They will be continuing to learn to read and write words, phrases and sentences that including the letters and digraphs listed above. We will continue to enjoy a range of books that link to the space theme. Non-fiction texts will be used to gather information about space.

Additional Information:

Please check all uniform has clear names in (some have faded). Children take coats and jumpers off at playtime and it can be tricky to match them back up to the correct children without the names!

Please ensure children have sun cream applied before school during the summer term. They are encouraged have a named cap/ sun hat to wear outside.

PE days will be flexible this half term. Please ensure your child has their full kit in school at all times (including suitable shoes).