EYFS
Frenchwood Community Primary School – Parent Overview | |
This is what your child will be learning this half term | |
EYFS – Reception- Spring 2 | |
Personal, Social and Emotional Development | Self-Regulation, Managing Feelings and Building Relationships Jigsaw Piece: Healthy Me
Children will also be taking part in the Let’s Get Brushing programme. They will know how regularly brushing is important for their health. |
Communication and Language | Listening, Attention and Understanding, Speaking Children will talk about key events in a story, know a range of connectives to join their ideas and use new vocabulary throughout their learning and play. |
Physical Development | Gross Motor and Fine Motor Skills Children will be continuing to develop our 5 Fundamental Movement Skills, running, jumping, throwing (overarm), catching and hopping including travelling and rolling with accuracy. We will also continue to learn how to ride balance bikes and then pedal bikes. Through planned provision activities we will continue to develop our fine motor and hand eye coordination skills. Children will know how to correctly form lower- and upper-case letters. |
Maths | Number and Numerical Patterns
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Literacy
| Comprehension and Word Reading Fiction Key Texts: Superworm by Julia Donaldson. Non-Fiction Text: Home by Kate Petty and Clothes in many cultures by Heather Adamson Rhymes and Poems: A selection, focusing on pat-a cake and Little Miss Muffet RWI: Continuing to develop knowledge of SET 1 sounds including special friends and begin to blend, read and spell words when they are ready. Some children will be learning SET 2 sounds and build on their accuracy and fluency in reading. Children will also be moving onto short stories and red or green books. Writing The children will still be encouraged to mark make independently. They will continue to write their names and familiar letters of the alphabet. If your child is ready, they may begin to blend letters into words and form lower-case and capital letters correctly by the end of term. Children will begin to spell words and short sentences using Fred Fingers. Children will begin to write sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Children will also be rehearsing their sentences before they write it and re-read their sentence to ensure it makes sense. |
Understanding of the world | Past and Present, People Culture and Communities and The Natural World Outdoor Adventures: We will be exploring natural objects, using our senses, making observations, describing the weather and noticing the changes of the seasons. We will be observing and exploring a range of plants, planting some in our new outdoor area whilst learning about their life cycle. In RE- we will continue to talk about special stories and familiar holy/sacred books.
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Expressive Arts and Design | Creating with Materials We will be exploring the differences between fruits and vegetables using our senses (taste, texture, smell etc.). We will listen to the story ‘The best pumpkin soup’ and discuss the key ingredients the characters used before developing a class-based vegetable soup recipe. Children will also continue to develop artistic/creative skills through the Creative Area in Provision, this will allow them to consolidate previous taught skills. Being Imaginative and Expressive Charanga- Our World- We will be listening and responding to different styles of music, learning to sing or sing along with nursery rhymes, exploring a range of musical instruments and have the confidence to share and perform. |