Autumn 2

This term our topic is ‘Peek into the Past’. We will be focusing on Bonfire Night, the colours, sounds, smells and how to stay safe. The festivals of Diwali and Christmas. And focusing on light and dark and the changes in the daylight hours. We will look at the seasons of autumn and winter. 

In our reading, we will enjoy the books Sparks in the Sky, all about Bonfire Night and  Chapatti Moon by Pippa Goodheart. We will also get cosy reading Star in the Jar by Sam Hay and Stickman by Julia Donaldson alongside a range of fiction/non-fiction texts that explore the season of winter and Christmas. We will also bring our learning to life through practising our Nativity songs and learning poems and rhymes. 

In our maths sessions, we will be learning numbers to 5 and learning our 2d shapes, squares, triangles, circles and rectangles. We will also be doing some weighing and measuring using parcels and post for Father Christmas' elves!

In Understanding the World, we will be exploring about the different festivals of Diwali, the festival of light and Christmas. We will also be exploring Bonfire night, using our senses to create poetry, paintings, sculptures, but also learning how to keep safe.  In RE we will be learning about how Christians celebrate Jesus' birthday and discovering why Hindus light candles at Diwali. In writing, we are continuing to learn how to form our letters correctly using the Red Rose Letters and Sounds rhymes to help us. We will be practising writing our names correctly too. We will be continuing our Phase 2 phonics, with our letters and sounds and learning our tricky words I/no/to/go/the/into.  The children really benefit from lots of encouragement both at school and at home to help build their confidence in this important area.

PHONICS

We are starting the autumn 2 term on Phase 2 Week 6 (see overview below).

RedRose Maths Overview

Early Learning Goals

These are the goals that we are working towards achieving by the end of our Reception year: