Reception - Daisy Class
Welcome to Daisy class!
Daisy class is taught by Mrs Stead and Mrs Pearson. We are also supported on Mondays by Mrs Webster.
Here is our classroom...
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Our Curriculum
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
PSHE lessons will enable us to explore in more detail the issues that arise in our children's experiences. This year our whole school is exploring Restorative Practice as part of our behaviour management and children will be encouraged to explore feelings - their own and others' - so that they can develop emotional literacy and empathy. Children will be encouraged to understand their own bodies and growth patterns as well as being encouraged to develop independence in looking after themselves. We can explore the importance of relationships, rules and respect for ourselves and others.
Communication and Language
Wide ranging opportunities in both the indoor and outdoor environments will enable children to develop their communication and language skills: talking to others in one-to-one and group situations, asking questions, reciting rhymes and expanding vocabulary. At all times, children will be encouraged to speak in sentences rather than phrases. We are very excited to be introducing "Tales Toolkits" in reception this year and once established in our classroom practice, we look forward to inviting parents in to observe a session.
Physical Development
We have daily fine motor sessions and activities in provision to help strengthen our muscles for writing. Writing and mark making is encouraged in all areas of the classroom so that the writing becomes meaningful and purposeful for children.
Our PE days will be Mondays (Gymnastics) and Thursdays (Team work games) but there are other opportunities to develop gross motor skills using action songs, the outdoor area and our wide selection of bikes, trikes and scooters.
Literacy
This half-term, we will begin Phase 2 of our Twinkl Synthetic Phonics Programme. This will allow us to explore the lower and upper case graphemes (letter shapes) of many letters of the alphabet. We will learn the names of the letters and the sounds they most commonly make. Each new phoneme (sound) will be shared with you on Seesaw so you can hear correct pronunciation and see correct letter formation. It is really important to reinforce these and insist on them being correct from the very start, as unlearning 'wrong' things is much harder than learning new things. As children learn more sounds they will be able to access their very first reading books and I will talk more about this once we reach that stage. They will also be given sight words to learn. You can read more about sight words here.
Mathematics
This half term we will work on 2d shape, sizes, 1:1 correspondence, counting and begin understanding the composition of numbers to five. It is a common misconception that children who can count really high are great mathematicians and very advanced. In fact, counting is a very basic skill and has quite limited use in calculation so we will spend a long time on numbers to 5 but we will REALLY understand them.
World
Over the half-term we intend to explore ourselves, our bodies and our senses before moving onto transport but if the children lead us down a different path, this might change!
In RE, we will explore the creation story of Christianity and Christian beliefs about God. We will also learn about the tradition of harvest festivals and take part in the school harvest festival.
Expressive Art and Design
Using the children's own interests and ideas, we will explore different media and colour theories, learning about how we can mix our own colours and shades from a basic palette.