Class 4 - Reception Autumn 1 2014

Topic: ColourThis term we will be focussing on these skills for development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development • Play in a group • Form relationships • Initiate play • Select and use activities/resources with help • Demonstrate friendly behaviour • Show an awareness of own feelings

and those of others

Literacy • Begin to show an awareness of rhyme and alliteration • Begin to recognise familiar words and logos • Write own name independently • Recognise, write and say letter sounds and names

Physical Development • Hold a pencil with correct grip• Begin to use tools and equipment with coordination and safety • Run and negotiate space

Communication and Language • Listening to others and focus attention • Listening to stories • Respond to simple instructions • Retell simple past events • Begin to use more complex sentences (and, because)

Expressive Arts and Design • Join in with familiar songs and rhymes • Experiment with sounds and colours and how they change • Engage in imaginative role-play

Understanding the World • Talk about similarities and differences in their surroundings • Remember and talk about events in their own experiences • Comment on and ask questions about their familiar world

Maths • Recognise, name, order and count numbers • Sort and categorise objects • Begin to represent numbers using fingers, pictures or marks on paper • Make patterns