Reception
Welcome to our Reception page
What is my child learning?
Please see our Curriculum Map: Reception Curriculum Map Spring 2, 2018
Throughout the year, we will be sharing our learning journey, so please continue to visit our page.
Look out for key dates and important information.
We can't wait to share our journey with you!
April
Our entry point 'Let's pretend dress up day!'
Is Batman calling for backup? Did Snow White eat the apple?
Expressive Art and Design: Role-play during free-flow
In the theatre. Waiting for the show to start.
The bar with refreshments set up nicely by our lovely theatre staff
Independent learning
Reading with my friends.
Creating my own mathematical problems based on my own interest and fascination.
March
Easter parade!
Happy Mother's Day!
Our trip to the Tower of London
Our journey to find the treasure at the Tower of London begins. Firstly, we had a ride on the the overground and then the underground train.
Then we enjoyed the sun at the Tower of London
Maps in hand, we planned our route.
Next, we headed towards the White Tower.
We climbed the many stairs. Through the chapel.
Past the Japanese suit of armor. Through the spiral staircase.
... and the dark tunnels.
We actually found a dragon!
And he had gulped some of the treasure!
So we took pictures with him.
We had a short break and played some games.
We sneaked past the guards.
And there it was, in this building.
THE CROWN JEWELS!!!
Entry point - Treasure Hunt
World Book Day - Dressing up as the pirates from 'Portside Pirates' by Oscar Seaworthy
Apple class
Acorn class
Reading Morning
Expressive Art and Design
February
A snowy week
Expressive Art and Design
Our new topic is about Treasure! We are pretending to be pirates, riding on a ship, looking for a treasure island, digging up some treasure from the sand, etc.
'I am a pirate but I don't have an eye patch actually'
Literacy
Using the resources to spell our names!
Showing interest in the Set 2 sounds in our free-flow
Understanding the world
ICT - exploring child-friendly applications on the computer
'I'm making pizza. These are the meatballs. They are too many'.
Mathematics
'We ordered the numbers to 20'
January
Physical Development
Exploring different ways of moulding dough
Exploring different ways of moving
Mathematics
Making a rainbow cake with a friend and cutting it in different sized slices
Ordering numbers to ten and guessing which one has been taken away
Local trip to a Turkish restaurant
Local trip to the market
Literacy
Launchpad Workshop - making a puppet to support us in our Speech development
Labeling the healthy food on our plate
Expressive Art and Design
Making a garden
Incorporating a story-line from 'Handa's Surprise' into our play
Using a range or resources and creating with purpose
Role-playing different jobs at a restaurant and a shop - Taking the order, cooking, washing up, etc.
Understanding the world
Making fruit salad
Learning about growth and decay
Exploring cooking - mixing flour with water, salt and oil. How does the dough change when you add different amounts of ingredients to it?
Topic Entry Point
December
Our Christmas production 'A Miracle In Town'
The narrators
Joseph and Mary
The villagers
The wise kings following the enormous star
The camels and the servants
The animals in the stable
Altogether
Acorn Class
Apple Class
November
Mathematics morning
Reading Morning
Understanding the world
Finding out how things work - discovering the push and pull of magnet forces
Children in need dressing up day
Literacy
Showing interest in illustrations in books
'Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?' Can you identify which animals from the story these masks represent?
Drawing a story map for the story of the week 'Goldilocks and the three bear'
Mathematics
First experience of abstract Mathematics, independent work
Independently representing the number with the correct amount
Remembrance day
Expressive Art and Design
Making a farm
Painting different types of bears using different tools such as paint brushes and forks.
Making bear masks using materials
Acting out the story 'Goldilocks and the three bears'
Daddy bear Mummy bear
Baby bear Goldilocks
Role playing in the bear cave and making porridge in the bear's house
Our entry point: a bear tea party / bear hunt
Our new Topic is about Bears
October
Happy Halloween
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathemactics
Understanding the world
ICT
Sensory Table
Expressive Art and Design
September
Making friendships and settling in
Early mathematical experiences
Exploring books
Writing
Role-play
Sensory experiences
Physical Development
2016-2017
June
Our trip to Hackney city farm
Understanding of the world
I can make observations of plants and animals and explain why some things occur and talk about changes. We are also keeping a bean diary. Pictures will be posted at a later date.
Expressive Art and Design
Butterfly printing
Paper maché life cycle of a butterfly
Our new topic is about 'Changes'
Our entry point is all about the life cycle of the butterfly: Can you tell which stage the butterfly is at?
Letting the butterflies go and saying goodbye. Can you spot the flying butterfly on two of the pictures below?
Physical Development
Can you explain how you work as a team in this game?
Mathematics
Working together to solve some repeated addition.
Exploring addition and subtraction using different resources
May
London History Day
Can you guess what historical person am I dressed as?
Communication and Language
'We're going on a bear hunt'
Traveling water experiment
Launch pad workshop
Creating hand puppets, a fun way to develop our speech and language.
Our trip to London Transport Museum
Understanding of the World
ICT
I can complete a simple program.
I can comment and ask questions about aspects of my familiar world such as the place where I live or the natural world: Pretending that we landed on a different planet. How is their world different than ours? How is it the same? What alien creatures live there?
Our journey continues to a sandy planet. What did our expedition find on this planet? Was there life?
I can join in with family customs and routines: Who is driving the bus? Which stop are we getting off at? Did you tap in your Oyster card?
Physical Development
I can use a pencil and holds it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed: Sending a special message to the friends that we made at other planets. Dear Mr. Alien...
Expressive Art and Design
Using simple tools to effect changes to materials: Building astronaut helmets. What parts did we need?
Constructing with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources
'It's an amazing aeroplane like in the story 'Amazing Aeroplanes'!
'This is a special rocket that can take you to space!'
'This is an airship because it flies in the sky. It lands on its own'
April
Entry point to our new topic: Transport
What types of transport can you see?
Physical Development
Scissors grip and fine motor skills - Making boats
Buses
Aeroplanes
March
Our Easter bonnet parade
Mother's Day
Making our Mother's day cards
Red nose day
Our trip to the Tower of London
What attractions did we see? Where do you think Cinderella's glass slipper was placed?
Science week
Our Science experiment: Can you remember the steps of making an oobleck slime?
Mathematics
Putting into practice what we learned in addition and subtraction
Counting to 50
Expressive Art and Design
Making an Easter bonnet hat
Decorations for the Easter parade
Building the Tower of London
Decorating Cinderella's slipper
Making masks
World Book Day
Can you spot any book characters that you know?
Our trip to 'Kidz Adventure Playzone'
Can you pretend to be Jack from 'Jack and The Beanstalk'? How were you climbing the beanstalk? Who were you trying to escape from? Can you tell a story about your adventure? What happened first, what happened next and what happened at the end?
Understanding of the World: Joining in with family customs and routines
Real life jobs. What would you like to be when you are older?
Parents talking about their jobs
What chores do you do at home?
Physical Development: Healthy eating
Can you sort out the food in healthy and unhealthy?
February
Our new topic is Let's Pretend
Who were you pretending to be on the dressing up day?
Reading morning with parents
Mathematics
3D shapes: Can you work out how the shapes have been sorted?
Literacy
Superhero Writing
My version of the Gingerbread man story
Understanding of the World: People and Communities
Valentine's Day cards
Expressive Art and Design
Making a beanstalk
Tea light candle for Valentine's day
Physical Development: Health and Self-care
Making a Gingerbread man sandwich
January
Physical Development
Having a race
Playing football
Chinese New Year
We made dragons...
snakes...
lucky fish...
and lanterns.
Literacy and Friday's All Write
Writing a recipe
Reading a book
Expressive Art and Design
Feeling the texture and rubbing texture for creating a print
Patterned pasta necklace
Finding patterns in magazines
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We are more outgoing towards unfamiliar people and more confident in new social situations. (30-50 months)
Our trip to the local library
Ruby class' assembly
'The Gingerbread man'
Can you finish off the story? What happened next?
'Elmer'
Mathematics
I can say the number that is one more or one fewer than a given number (40-60 months)
Can you say what is one more and one less than the given number?
Positional language. Can you describe where your child is sitting? Can you use the key words: between, next to, in front of, behind, front and back? Where is the child with the biggest smile sitting?
Understanding of the world
Exploring colours and textures of food
Building site manager
Building the Gingerbread man's house
Patterns. What type of patterns can you find?
Feeling the snow flakes
Happy New Year!
Entry point 'Pattern Parade'
On our parade around the school, we discovered lots of patterns!
December
Christmas Jumper day
Christmas dinner
Early Years production
Wisemen and Joseph
Shepherds and Mary
Christmas play 'Our First Nativity'
Expressive Arts and Design
Preparing for the Christmas production
Reading Morning in the decorated hall
Maths morning
November
Entry Point
Our trip to West Hackney Recreation Ground
Celebrations and Special times
Halloween!
Bonfire Night!
Remembrance Day!
Parents Reading Morning
Parents Mathematics Morning
Anti-bullying week
WEAR BLUE! We say NO! to bullying...
Parents reading morning
Communication and language/Literacy
Mathematics
Forming numbers
Learning to measure or order by:
Size
Capacity
Length
Weight
Understanding the World
Booking a tour to explore the Jungle.
Road safety week
Stay bright, avoid the headlights!
Physical Development
Working on Jade's door display
Please see our Curriculum Map: Reception Curriculum Map Autumn 1, 2016
October
Personal, social, emotional development
Talking about our emotions
Physical Development
Explore fine motor skills
Communication and Language/Literacy
Discussing with each other
Talk for writing
Mathematics
Can you work out what types of pattern we have made?
Understanding the World
Where we come from/where we live
All about the body
Expressive Arts and Design
Role playing and hand printing
September
Personal, social, emotional development
Making friendships
Physical Development
Explore fine and gross motor skills
Communication and Language/Literacy
Mathematics
Looking at patterns, shapes, numbers and sorting by colour.
Understanding the World
Family and Friends
Expressive Arts and Design
Cooking, music, performing and dancing.
