Summer 1

This term our topic is ‘New Life’, and we are beginning with a very exciting event - a special delivery of chick eggs arriving in April! The children will have the wonderful opportunity to observe how chicks grow and change over time.

In our reading, we will enjoy The Great Goat Chase by Tony Bonning, followed by What the Ladybird Heard, alongside a range of non-fiction texts that explore life cycles and new life. We will also bring our learning to life through hands-on investigations at our school pond, where we will observe frogspawn and (hopefully!) watch it develop into tadpoles. We have already had a surprise froggy visitor hop into our EYFS area recently, who we carefully returned to its pond!

In Understanding the World, we will be exploring maps, and in RE we will be learning about ‘Special Times’. In writing, we are continuing to build our skills by moving from single words to captions and simple sentences. We are focusing on using finger spaces between words and applying our Phase 2 and 3 phonics in our independent writing. The children really benefit from lots of encouragement both at school and at home to help build their confidence in this important area.

It’s set to be a fun and busy Summer term - we can’t wait to get started!

PHONICS

We are starting the Summer term on Phase 3 Week 12 (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: