Reception Curriculum Overview Spring
Welcome to Reception
We are very excited to welcome you all to the start of your school life at St Augustine’s! This year is going to be filled with fun, lots of learning and new experiences.
The Reception Teachers are Mrs Towle and Mrs Jordan; and they are supported by our highly experienced Teaching Assistants, Mrs Beaven and Mrs Shorbagy.
Here you will find all the information you need about what we will be doing in Reception this term and throughout the academic year.
Remember, it is really important to be at school every day, on time and ready to learn.
PE/Forest School:
Our PE/Forest School day is a Friday. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit.
Reading at home:
Please read with your child each evening. This could be supporting them to read their Rhino Readers reading book; or sharing with them their school library book or a chosen book from home.
Week beginning 7th April
Maths: In maths we will be looking at 3D shapes. We will be learning the names of some 3D shapes – cube, cuboid, sphere and cylinder. We will be finding 2D shapes within the 3D shapes, squares, rectangles, circles. We will be describing the faces as curved or flat. We will be using 3D shapes to build models and identify 3D shapes in the environment.
English: We will be combining our English and RE next week. We will be looking at the events of Holy week and sharing the stories from the bible. We will act out the events and use role play to retell them. In our writing we will think particularly about Palm Sunday, thinking about a sentence, saying it and then writing it using our phonic knowledge.
In phonics we will be revising the phase 3 sounds and tricky words.
RE: In RE, along with our work in English, we will also think about The Last Supper, when Jesus met with his friends, the disciples, to share a meal together and wash their feet. We will remember these events by role playing the last supper and making footprints with paint. We will then have our feet washed, just as Jesus washed the feet of the disciples.
Also: As part of our journey through Lent we will be continuing with our fundraising – Guess where the bunny has hidden his chocolate easter egg. Children can bring in 50p and record their guess to see if they can win the egg.
Don’t forget Friday is an Inset day, only the staff will be in school!
Easter Holiday Challenge – create an Easter garden.
Week Commencing 31st March 2025
Maths: Next week, we will be continuing with our unit, 'Building 9 and 10'. We will be exploring number bonds to 10 further, learning that there can be 3 or more parts, not just 2. We will be finding doubles to 10 and then moving on to making our own sets and arrangements of doubles. We will also be investigating odd and even numbers by looking at equal and unequal groups.
English: Next week will be our final week of work on 'The Three Little Pigs' - 'invention' week! Following on from our new class version of the story, the children will be encouraged to think of their very own version, changing the characters and the materials. We will create a new story map and then try to write the new story, using our phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in words and writing the letter/s for that sound.
Phonics: In phonics, we will be revising the phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs, blending words to read and segmenting words to spell. We will be practising spelling the phase 2 tricky words and reading the phase 3 tricky words.
RE: In our final week of learning before Holy Week, we will be remembering what happens during the season of Lent. We will look at symbols connected to Lent and talk about how each of the symbols reminds us of the things that happen during Lent, or the things we should be trying to do during Lent. We will also be looking closely at the Jubilee Icon painting and producing our own collaborative piece of artwork.
At Saint Augustine’s Primary School, our school rules are simple yet powerful: Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe, and Be the Best You Can Be.
These school rules guide us in everything we do, helping us create a positive, caring, and inspiring learning environment.
Being ready means coming prepared to learn and try our best every day.
Being respectful reminds us to treat others with kindness and value everyone's contributions.
Being safe ensures that we look after ourselves and others, both inside and outside the classroom.
And striving to be the best we can be encourages us to aim high, work hard, and take pride in our achievements.
Together, these rules help us to grow into confident, compassionate, and capable individuals.