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.
Our classroom
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Our Curriculum
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
PSHE lessons will enable us to explore issues that arise in our children's experiences. This year our whole school is using Restorative Practice as part of our behaviour management and children will be encouraged to understand 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 discuss the importance of relationships, rules and respect for ourselves and others. This term we will explore how mistakes are part of the learning process, how we can be good friends to others and how we can prepare for and manage change - such as moving into a new class.
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 really enjoying using the Tales Toolkits resources to develop our story telling and Drawing Club to dive deep into our imaginations.
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. We will be continuing to work on comfortable, strong pencil grips and pencil control and helping children to develop early writing skills. Please use the phonics posts on Seesaw to review correct letter formation and discourage children from writing the letters incorrectly even if they are recognisable - it is much harder to unteach skills than to teach them. Writing 'correctly' will ensure children can write at pace and are ready to join. It also helps to distinguish similar letters such as b,d,p and q.
Our PE days will be Wednesdays and Fridays 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. We are looking forward to weekly trips to the Jubilee Field as the weather improves.
Literacy
This term, we will complete Phase 4 of our Twinkl Synthetic Phonics Programme. This will allow us to blend 2 or 3 consonants within words to extend our range of words for reading and writing. We will continue to learn the names of the letters and the sounds they most commonly make whilst continuously reviewing and consolidating our vowel digraphs and trigraphs. Please take the time to read your child's reading book with them several times. The books will be changed once children are reading words fluently without having to stop and segment and blend each word individually. Sight words are exactly that - words for children to learn to recognise at sight (i.e. no segmenting and blending!). You can read more about sight words here.
Mathematics
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 'small' numbers but we will REALLY understand them. We are now proficient at subitising and recognising the composition of numbers 1-6 so this term we will be developing an in depth understanding of 7,8, 9 and 10. We are beginning to read and write numerals to express our mathematical thinking. We are also engaging with the Early Years Maths Sunflower Challenge to apply our mathematical thinking ina meaningful way.
Understanding the World
We are going to find out how plants grow and spend some time developing the life skill of growing our own plants. We will also look at what seaside environments are like and how these are similar to and different from our own local environment.
In RE, we will find our about special stories and special places - both our own and those of different faith groups.
Expressive Art and Design
There are always many different art and craft materials available for children to use in their choosing time as well as lots of props for role play and story telling. We will offer the children an opportunity to engage with a range of media to create plant pictures and teach them how to use simple mechanisms to make pictures move. In music we will have an opportunity to play wooden instruments and connect music with our natural environment.