Reception/Year 1 Class

Teachers: Mrs Roberts and Miss Thomas

TAs: Mrs Middle, Mrs Raven

Speaking and Listening

In Clee Class we have been working hard learning how to
listen to each other during whole class carpet sessions and
throughout our learning and play. We explore stories and
rhymes through role play and small world play. The
children are exposed to lots of new vocabulary to develop
their understanding of words and topics and supported to ask questions and express
our own thoughts and ideas clearly.

Personal Social and Emotional Development

We have a special friend in Clee Class, he is a giraffe called Harold, he
helps us to learn more about ourselves and each other. This term he
will help us to think about ‘keeping safe’ and ‘rights and respect.’

Physical Development

The children have developed a love and energy for playing outdoors with the play
equipment, and are developing their imagination to create scenarios with their friends
and love jumping, balancing, sweeping and building. We will use lots of different
media to make marks, such as chalks, felt pens, crayons, water, paint and lots more!
All these activities help to build the muscles we need for writing.
Forest School is also a great place for the children to develop in this
area.

Literacy

We continue to enjoy stories and rhymes. This term the children will support their
writing through a variety of stories, including: Let’s all Creep through Crocodile Creek,
Monkey Puzzle and Find Me a Tiger which links nicely into our work on animals. We
will continue to develop our love of Drawing Club which helps the children to fid the
independence and ownership of their own writing.

Phonics

Clee Class will continue with daily phonic sessions. As the
children develop their phonic knowledge, they will
become more confident to segment and blend the linked
reading books to share at home. This term, we will be working through digraphs. We
regularly review our practised phonemes, alongside our writing activity books for
guided letter formation. The children enjoy practising their mark-making with various
media and tools during continuous play and creative
opportunities.

Mathematics

We start the term with ‘Alive in 5’ and moving onto ‘Growing 6, 7,
8’ to progress with bigger numbers. The children will also have
lots of practical activities to support their understanding on ’mass and capacity’ and
’length, height and time.’

Understanding the World

This term we will look at ‘seasonal changes’ as Autumn turns to
Winter and then Spring, using our time in Forest School to explore
the changes that are happening around us. Later we will learn
more about different celebrations like Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday, Easter and
places that are special to us.

Expressive Arts and Design

We will be supported to access resources independently to express ourselves