Reception (Earth Class)

Welcome to Earth Class

(2024-2025)

Autumn Term 2

Over Arching Theme: Together we will Discover...

Me and My Community

Learning for Life: Building Relationships (Special Relationships)

Nursery Rhyme Basket: Traditional Rhymes

Together we will…

Thinking about our families and special relationships.
Talking about our community and community helpers.
Looking at how our town and homes have changed through history.
Looking at homes and houses from around the world.
Finding out about a wide range of special celebrations and festivals from around the world.
Talking about how to regulate our emotions and feelings.
Immerse, Imitate, Innovate and Invent using our new Talk for Writing texts 'Owl Babies' and 'Jingle the Elf'.
Use our imagination to create stories, drama, art and music.
Investigate 2D shapes, composition to 5, positional language and ordering events during our White Rose Maths lessons.
Continue our Bug Club journey by consolidating Phase 2 Phonics.

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
Pen Disco taking place every Friday
A Library session will take place on a Friday