Walton On Trent C of E Primary and Nursery School
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Hedgehogs - Reception and Y1
Welcome to Hedgehogs!
We would like to welcome everyone to Hedgehogs 2023-24. Our team this year will consist of Mrs Williams (class teacher), Mrs Loveland and Miss Plant. We have built a strong team and have been working hard to get the classroom ready for this year. Our class consists of Reception and Year One children with some lessons being taught as a whole class, i.e. English, humanities, and others in year groups i.e. maths, phonics and science.
Children in Reception will follow the Early Years curriculum whilst those in Year One will follow the National Curriculum. We work hard to ensure that we identify next steps for all children, building on their strengths and supporting areas for development.
We value working with parents, carers, wider family and friends with each child being at the centre of this support network. We are an approachable team so please come and talk to us with any concerns, questions or important information about your child. We are available at the end of every day or please make an appointment via the office for a mutually convenient time.
We look forward to a fantastic year ahead!
General Information
For this half term (Summer 1), PE will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All children will need to come dressed for PE on these days. Forest School will be on a Monday this half term, except for the week beginning 22nd April, when it will be on Friday 26th April.
Please note- It is very important that children bring in their reading books and diaries everyday.
Summer 1
Areas of Learning- Summer 1
| Subject | Year One | |
| Maths | Multiplication and division, fractions, position and direction, numbers to 100 | |
| English | Writing stories | |
| Phonics | Revision of phase 5, reading non-real words | |
| Science | Plants | |
| Geography | At the Beach | |
| Art | Weaving | |
| PSHE | Relationships | |
| PE | Bench ball and athletics | |
| RE | Belonging to a faith community | |
| Computing | Digital Painting |
| Area | Reception |
| Personal, social and emotional development | Relationships, Developing Independence, Feelings and Emotions, |
| Communication and language | Developing vocabulary, extended sentences, conversational skills |
| Physical development | Bench ball and athletics |
| Literacy | Stories, writing sentences |
| Maths | Counting on and back, Numbers to 20, Numerical patterns |
| Understanding the world | Growing |
| Expressive arts and design | Weaving, natural materials |
Spring 2
Areas of Learning- Spring 2
| Subject | Year One | |
| Maths | Numbers to 50, introducing Length and Height and Introducing mass and capacity | |
| English | Poetry | |
| Phonics | Revision of phase 5 | |
| Science | Materials, Spring | |
| History | Travel and transport through time | |
| DT | Making a travel pillow | |
| PSHE | Healthy Me | |
| RE | How and when do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Christians and Muslims) | |
| Music | Pure Imagination | |
| Computing | Programming using Scratch Junior |
| Area | Reception |
| Personal, social and emotional development | Healthy Me, Developing Independence, Feelings and Emotions |
| Communication and language | Developing vocabulary, extended sentences, rhyming words |
| Physical development | Gymnastics, negotiating space |
| Literacy | Poetry, rhyming words, writing longer words |
| Maths | Number bonds to 10, Subtraction, Exploring Patterns |
| Understanding the world | Forces, Spring- Plants |
| Expressive arts and design | Textiles |
Spring 1
Curriculum Coverage- Spring 1
English
Reception- Writing a sentence
Year One- Writing stories about journeys
Maths
Reception- Numbers to 10, Addition to 10, Comparing numbers to 10
Year 1 - Numbers to 20, Addition and subtraction within 20, Numbers to 50
Science
Reception- Forces, Changing states (Melting and freezing)
Year One- Everyday materials
Geography
The Local Area - Burton
Art
Artist study - Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers
Music
Pure Imagination
Computing
Year One- Digital Writing
PSHE
Dreams and Goals
RE
Sacred Places
Our classroom...
We work hard to ensure that our classroom environment is organised, affective for learning, and meets the needs of the children.
Areas of Learning- Autumn
| Subject | Year One | |
| Maths | Numbers to 10, part-whole within 10, addition within 10. | |
| English | Stories relating to oceans and travel, writing sentences, capital letters | |
| Phonics | Revision of phase 4 | |
| Science | Seasons | |
| Geography | Oceans | |
| Art | Silhouette art focussing on Oceans | |
| PSHE | Being me in my world | |
| RE | What is a Christian and what do they believe? | |
| PE | Gym, throwing and catching | |
| Music | N/A | |
| Computing | Computer science and networks |
| Area | Reception |
| Personal, social and emotional development | Settling into school, being me in my world |
| Communication and language | Communicating with other using words, developing vocabulary, routines |
| Physical development | Balancing and ball skills (throwing and catching) |
| Literacy | Reading initial sounds, developing a love of reading |
| Maths | Numbers to 5, comparing groups within 5 |
| Understanding the world | Seasons, our school |
| Expressive arts and design | Colour mixing, line |