Reception (Earth Class)

Welcome to Earth Class

(2024-2025)

Summer Term 2

Over Arching Theme: Once Upon a Time

Learning for Life: Managing Self (Taking On Challenges)

Nursery Rhyme Basket: Our Favourites

Music: Music and Movement

Together we will…

Talking about transition and change.
Exploring how we have changed and grown during our Reception year.
Building confidence and resilience.
Looking closely at our local area and environment.
Exploring the globe and creating simple maps.
Investigating and comparing the UK with Africa and China.
Looking at how traditional tales have changed throughout history.
Talking about Religion & Worldviews and the importance of respecting differing beliefs.
Developing our VIPERS reading skills and writing skills using our new stories 'The Magic Paintbrush' (Chinese Traditional Tale) and 'Gloria's Porridge' (African Traditional Tale).
Exploring movement and drama through music.
Investigate sharing and grouping, complex patterns, positional and direction language through mapping and consolidating through problem solving during our White Rose Maths lessons.
Consolidating our Phase 2-4 Phonics and applying it to our Reading and Writing.

This is only a small snapshot of all the fantastic adventures we will be taking this half term. You can find more of what we will be doing on our Curriculum Overview within the Class Documents folder on this page.

Helpful Hints:

Please ensure that all uniform, water bottles and bags are clearly named.
In Earth class we play outside whatever the weather so please make sure your child has a suitable coat, sun hat and a water bottle (Learning through Play is thirsty work!)
Once Introduced - Reading books will be changed weekly, We aim to read with children 1-2-1 twice a week.
Once introduced - Bug Club e-books will be updated according to the phase and week the children are on.
When books are sent home, reading should be a daily occurrence. Ideally, your child should be reading aloud to an adult everyday, this should be recorded in the reading record.
Visits to Smokey Row will be on a Thursday
A Library session will take place on a Friday