Croeso i Ddosbarth Oren!
Reception - Mrs Griffiths
Spring Term 2019
Our Topics this term are:
Dewi Travels - Dewi the Dragon travels to France, Spain, China and India
Let's Explore - our village of Troedyrhiw, with particular emphasis on the immediate area school to the park
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Language, Literacy and Communication |
Speaking and Listening, Talk for Writing Stories. Welsh legend “Cadog and the Mouse” Reports Composing and holding complete sentences to write with finger spaces, capital letter and full stop. Adjectives and simple connectives eg and, but. Read Write Inc Speed Sounds 1 / 2 /3 Formation of letters, building CVC / CCVC / CVCC words, continuing to recognise ‘Red’ Words (tricky words such as he / she / they / was) |
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Mathematics |
Number – counting, ordering, recognising and forming numbers, addition and subtraction, identifying the bigger number, one more and one less Problem-Solving Movement and direction Data-Handling – collecting data, Pictograms Patterns Time – routines, o’clock Shape – 2D and 3D |
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World |
Learn about different places in the world – France, Spain, China, India. Look at similarities and differences in culture, daily life, climate and geography. Plan and take part in a Chinese feast for the Chinese New Year. Learn about their local area of Troedyrhiw -Use and make simple maps (school, park, home and park) Follow simple routes, Identify changes in environment and recognise how people’s actions can improve or damage the environment. Life in the Past in Troedyrhiw STEM: Labelling the body, Senses Investigate ice / water To learn about different animals and how they are cared for, habitats of different animals, lifecycles eg chickens / frog |
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Creative Development |
Music- linked to France / Spain / China / India / the village and the park Pitch and tempo, keeping a steady beat, body percussion Topic related work to develop cutting, designing, sticking, painting, drawing skills eg creating Chinese hats and lucky envelopes, painting Nian the Chinese beast, Indian Rangoli patterns, drawing Indian animals Art and Craft work based on special occasions –St David’s Day / Easter |
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Personal and Social Education / RE |
Learning to dress / undress independently for PE How to keep safe and how being safe keeps us happy and well – safety on the roads and at home Philosophy for Learning sessions to develop individual thinking and ideas and how to express them Explore what is right and wrong , good and bad, caring and inconsiderate eg litter or graffiti in the village The Easter Story |
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ICT |
Making a simple video using Shadow Puppets Taking photos and animating them using Chatterpix Learning to use the computer and keyboard Recording work using SeeSaw |
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Welsh |
Feelings / Illnesses / Weather Asking and answering questions correctly Related reading books eg Tedi Twt, Y Meddyg Sut wyt ti? Wyt ti’n hoffi? Beth wyt ti eisiau? Sut mae’r tywydd heddiw? |
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PE |
Gymnastics - balancing, travelling in different ways, exploring jumps. |
Autumn Term 2018
Our Topic this term is Peter Pan and Paddington
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Theme / Text |
Language, Literacy and Communication |
Speaking and Listening, Acting through stories, sequencing stories. Read Write Inc Speed Sounds 1 / 2 Forming letters, building CVC words, beginning to recognise ‘Red’ Words (tricky words such as I / the / me Recounts Poetry |
Mathematics |
Number – counting, ordering, recognising and forming numbers, addition and subtraction Sorting Patterns Problem-Solving Days of the Week and routines
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World |
Science- Ourselves, keeping happy, What is Electricity? Shadows Life in the Past The Fire of London / Simple Story of Guy Fawkes Geographical features and directions – (Neverland) |
Creative Development |
Music- Beat and tempo, action songs Dance Cutting skills Looking at Colour – happy, sad colours Art and Craft work based on special occasions –Firework night, Christmas |
Personal and Social Education / RE |
Harvest, helping others, Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Christmas Story |
ICT |
Learning to use the computer – familiarity with keyboard Program – Paint, 2Simple Software Educational programs on IPads |
Welsh |
All about me, greetings, feelings, general language, songs The weather |
PE |
Spatial Awareness and Dance |