Pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are welcomed. They settle quickly because staff understand their individual needs.
Reception
Our two-year long-term curriculum plans indicate which subjects are taught in which terms. Over two years, each child has the opportunity to experience the full range of National Curriculum subjects. Staff have pulled together areas of learning from different curriculum subjects which contain similar themes or links. This allows for a more creative and cross-curricular approach to learning and encourages children to apply skills in a variety of ways.
In Reception, children also participate in a mini transition project that celebrates the children’s successes throughout the year. It explores how they have grown and changed and supports them with the changes to come as they move from Reception into Year 1.
We are currently on cycle B
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Cycle A |
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
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Driver Project
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Me and My Community |
Once Upon a Time |
Starry Night |
Dangerous Dinosaurs |
Sunshine and Sunflowers |
Big Wide World |
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Mini Project
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Exploring Autumn |
Sparkle and Shine |
Winter Wonderland |
Puddles and Rainbows |
Shadows and Reflections |
Splash |
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Prime areas |
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Communication and language. |
Engage in stories and poetry. Develop listening skills. Use social phrases |
Develop story language in play to retell familiar stories. Ask and answer questions. |
Listen and recall key events. Explain reasoning using because. |
Listen and respond to class discussions. Retell stories and events with increased detail. |
Extend conversations by listening to others and responding. Express ideas and feelings. |
Listen attentively and ask questions to clarify understanding. |
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Personal, social and emotional development |
Name emotions using Zones of Regulation. Follow routines and build friendships. Being part of a school and local community. |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation. Explore the choices and emotions of characters in stories and ourselves. |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation. Bedtime routines Oral hygiene |
Explore emotions in themselves and others using Zones of Regulation. Play cooperatively. Increased independence. |
Explore emotions in themselves and others using Zones of Regulation. Perseverance and resilience. |
Regulate emotions using Zones of Regulation. Being part of a global community. How plants, animals and weather vary around the world. |
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Physical development |
Fine and gross motor movements Throw and catch a ball. Use one-handed tools eg scissors. |
Fine and gross motor movements Develop ball skills by throwing, catching, kicking, Continue to use one-handed tools with increased accuracy |
Fine and gross motor movements Develop strength, balance and coordination. Uses dominant hand with control |
Fine and gross motor movements Run around obstacles safely. Improved pencil grip and pencil control
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Fine and gross motor movements Hop and skip confidently. Use tools functionally and increase pencil control.
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Fine and gross motor movements Move energetically and negotiate spaces safely. Accuracy and care when mark making (write & draw) |
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Specific Areas |
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Literacy |
Little Wandle phonics Name recognition and writing Listen to a range of stories and rhymes and anticipate key events
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Little Wandle phonics Blending to read words and captions. Retell traditional stories. Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing captions. |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing simple sentences. |
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Mathematics |
White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers to 3 Patterns
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White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers up to 5 2d shapes |
White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers up to 8 Mass and capacity
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White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers up to 10 Length, height and time 3d Shapes
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White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers up to 20 and beyond Addition and subtraction
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White Rose Maths Sharing and grouping Odds and Evens Manipulate shapes |
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Understanding the world |
Seasonal changes. People who help us. |
Winter celebrations and festivals in the UK and around the world |
Seasonal changes. Nocturnal animals. People who work at night. |
Seasonal changes. Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and are related to animals today. |
Natural phenomena, including shadows |
Floating, sinking, freezing and melting |
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Expressive arts and design |
Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play classroom instruments. Colour mixing |
Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play & classroom instruments.
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Role play & small world play on a theme. Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play, share, and perform using classroom instruments. |
Role play & small world play on a theme. Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play, share, and perform using classroom instruments. |
Role play & small world play on a theme. Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play, share, and perform using classroom instruments. |
Role play & small world play on a theme. Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play, share, and perform using classroom instruments. |
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Cycle B |
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
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Driver Project
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Let’s Explore |
Marvellous Machines |
Long Ago |
Ready Steady Grow |
Animal Safari |
On the Beach |
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Mini Project
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Build It Up |
Puppets and Pop-Ups |
Stories and Rhymes |
Signs of Spring |
Creep, Crawl and Wriggle |
Move it |
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Prime areas |
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Communication and language. |
Engage in stories and poetry. Develop listening skills. Use social phrases |
Develop story language in play to retell familiar stories. Ask and answer questions. |
Listen and recall key events. Explain reasoning using because. |
Listen and respond to class discussions. Retell stories and events with increased detail. |
Extend conversations by listening to others and responding. Express ideas and feelings. |
Listen attentively and ask questions to clarify understanding. |
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Personal, social and emotional development |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation. Work collaboratively. |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation.
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Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation.
How the children have changed and grown from babies to now. |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation.
Healthy balanced diets |
Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation.
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Explore emotions using Zones of Regulation.
Keeping healthy. Sun safety |
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Physical development |
Fine and gross motor movements Throw and catch a ball. Use one-handed tools eg scissors. |
Fine and gross motor movements Develop ball skills by throwing, catching, kicking, Continue to use one-handed tools with increased accuracy |
Fine and gross motor movements Develop strength, balance and coordination. Uses dominant hand with control |
Fine and gross motor movements Run around obstacles safely. Improved pencil grip and pencil control
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Fine and gross motor movements
Hop and skip confidently.
Use tools functionally and increase pencil control
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Fine and gross motor movements Move energetically and negotiate spaces safely. Explore outside games.
Accuracy and care when mark making (write & draw) |
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Specific Areas |
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Literacy |
Little Wandle phonics Name recognition and writing Listen to a range of stories and rhymes and anticipate key events.
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Little Wandle phonics Blending to read words and captions. Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Retell traditional stories. Reading phonetically decodable books Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing words and labels |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing captions. |
Little Wandle phonics Reading phonetically decodable books Writing simple sentences. |
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Mathematics |
White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers to 3 Patterns
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White Rose Maths Develop understanding of numbers to 5 2d shapes |
White Rose Maths Develop an understanding of numbers up to 8 Mass and capacity
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White Rose Maths Develop understanding of numbers to 10 Length height and time 3d Shapes
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White Rose Maths Develop understanding of numbers to 20 and beyond Addition and subtraction
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White Rose Maths Sharing and grouping Odds and Evens Manipulate shapes |
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Understanding the world |
Explore different environments locally including home and school. People who help us Structures around the world. |
Technology at home and school. How machines help us. |
Compare lives now and in the past. |
Seasonal changes Spring Festivals What plants and animals need to survive. |
Local and global environments. Habitats and lifecycles. |
Plants and animals at the seaside Holidays in the past. |
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Expressive arts and design |
Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play classroom instruments. Colour mixing
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Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play & classroom instruments.
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Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play share and perform using classroom instruments.
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Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play share and perform using classroom instruments.
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Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play share and perform using classroom instruments.
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Role play & small world play on a theme Listening and responding to different styles of music. Play share and perform using classroom instruments.
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