Year R

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Term period	Curriculum overview
Autumn	Autumn year group curriculum (PDF)
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Curriculum scrapbook

Spring 1

Week 1-2

alternative of the image - See caption below — We have really enjoyed coming back into school after our Christmas holidays! To start off our half term, we had a present arrive in our classrooms. It was a bag with a present inside! We all had a turn at shaking it and guessing what it might be.

alternative of the image - See caption below — Turns out it was a Fortune Cookie! We then started talking about the Chinese New Year and the different ways it is celebrated.

alternative of the image - See caption below — To share our learning about the Chinese New Year, we made our fortune cookies and a message to go inside them. We made a dragon for us to use in our dragon dance performance. We are going to write invitations to Year 1 for them to come and watch as well. We cannot wait!

alternative of the image - See caption below — In our PSHE, we looked at how to stay safe when we are online using tablets/iPads/phones.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We learnt the “Funny Tummy” song and now know that if something comes up when we are using a device that makes us feel uncomfortable, we need to tell a grown up we trust. When we talked about this, we agreed teachers for school and mum or dad for when we are at home.

Week 3-4

alternative of the image - See caption below — We had to show our school value of ‘Courage’ for our Dragon Dance Performance! Some of us had to do some speaking to share what we had learnt about the colour red, fortune cookies and other information about the Chinese New Year.

alternative of the image - See caption below — Year 1 were an excellent audience and everyone in Year R did a fantastic job. Well done!!

alternative of the image - See caption below — We have really enjoyed the cold weather and being able to explore the ice.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We have done lots of investigating and exploring of ice as you can see from these pictures.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We wanted to see how long it would take to melt.

alternative of the image - See caption below — Then we had a strange visitor! We discovered that a dinosaur had been walking around our Year R area. We all then made posters to help us find the dinosaur.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We also had a lot of fun looking for clues in the outside area that the dinosaur had been again. We were Creative Camels and made traps and binoculars out of resources we could find in the classroom.

Week 5-6

alternative of the image - See caption below — In our RE learning this half term we have been looking at the Christian Creation story. We started by talking about what we would like to create if we could make anything in that moment. We came up with lots of wonderful options such as “A bird house so the birds can lay their eggs safely” or “A special doll to play outside with because I do not have any dolls I can take outside”.

alternative of the image - See caption below — Here are some pictures of the creations/models we came up with. We then looked at the Creation Story in the Bible and drew pictures to show each day in the Creation story.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We have continued learning and applying our phonics in our reading and writing. We are still remembering to use ‘Fred Talk’ to blend words and some of us are trying to use ‘Fred in our Head’ to make reading quicker and easier.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We have been reading words and sorting them into ‘real’ and ‘alien’ words.

alternative of the image - See caption below — Then to finish off the half term, we had Aaron Phipp come in to talk to us. He is a Paralympian and came to talk to us about how he stays healthy.

alternative of the image - See caption below — He talked to us about exercise, eating healthily and other healthy habits. We had an opportunity to ask him questions, which we really enjoyed!

Summer 1

Week 1-2

alternative of the image - See caption below — This half term started off with some new arrivals to all three classrooms. We had some caterpillars arrive! We are really looking forward to learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and are going to be completing some writing on the different stages that we see.

alternative of the image - See caption below — The children are enjoying all the opportunities to observe, draw and comment on what they see the caterpillars doing.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We also took part in the ‘World Daily Mile’ day.

alternative of the image - See caption below — It was a fantastic chance to get our bodies moving and be a part of something that lots of people will be doing.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We also had a fantastic time watching a test launch of the first super heavy Starship rocket, which was unmanned. We provided an opportunity for the children to watch it and it was so exciting. We had a giggle when we counted down to the launch and the launch was then delayed. We were all incredibly excited to watch it when it eventually did launch.

Week 3-4

alternative of the image - See caption below — We were very lucky to have two Bank Holidays in the school term, the second one was for King Charles’ Coronation. We were able to come into school dressed up in red, white and blue. We had a wonderful day and for our lunch, we had a class picnic and were able to wear our crowns.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We thoroughly enjoyed sitting in our classroom and eating our wonderful picnic lunch from the school kitchen. We attempted to make them look like the King’s crown that he would be wearing on the Coronation.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We also then had a wonderful treat of special Coronation cupcakes to enjoy in the afternoon.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We really enjoyed learning lots about the Coronation and about King Charles. We watched a video of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We also played a marching game and had to do different things like salute when the grown up said “the King is coming”!

Week 5-6

alternative of the image - See caption below — In our Religious Education unit this half term, we were looking at the big idea of ‘Remembering’. To start us off, we brought in an item that helps us to remember someone or something special.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We talked about our grandparents, pets and special holidays. It was wonderful to learn more about our friends and grown ups in our classes.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We had a very exciting time as our caterpillars grew and grew and then went into their cocoons.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We then did lots of observing and drawing of pictures as we waited for the time when they came out as butterflies. England class had their butterflies come out first!

alternative of the image - See caption below — We then looked at Hinduism and about other people’s beliefs.

alternative of the image - See caption below — We learnt about how Hindus remember Krishna’s birth, which is called Janmashtami.

Progression Overviews

Class Readers and Read Arounds * Download Document (PDF)
Communication and Language * Download Document (PDF)
Expressive Arts and Design * Download Document (PDF)
Literacy * Download Document (PDF)
Maths * Download Document (PDF)
Physical Development * Download Document (PDF)
Personal, Social and Emotional Development * Download Document (PDF)
Understanding the World * Download Document (PDF)