Reception (Earth Class)

Welcome to Earth Class

Over Arching Theme: Light and Dark

Learning for Life: Building Relationships (Special Relationships)

Music: Celebration Music

Nursery Rhyme Basket: Traditional Rhymes

Together we will…

Investigate Fireworks, light sources, nocturnal animals, night and day, Christmas and celebrations.
Exploring our emotions, feelings and self-regulation strategies.
Building confidence and resilience.
Talking about Religion & Worldviews and the importance of respecting differing beliefs.
Exploring art and media through our 'Light and Dark' theme.
Building our fine motor skills through our daily handwriting sessions.
Revisiting and consolidating Phase 2 Phonics during our Bug Club sessions.
Developing our early Book Talk, Oracy Skills and Early Writing using our new stories 'The Bear and the Scary Night' and 'Owl Babies'.
Investigate circles and triangles, composition to 5, shapes with 4 sides and consolidating all our Autumn Term White Rose blocks.

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.
PE will be on a Friday.
A Library session will take place each week.