In Communication and Language, we will be using our role play and small-world resources to imagine and recreate roles from real-life family situations and our favourite stories. We will get to know our new friends by asking and answering questions, and build our understanding of the books we read together, including retelling familiar stories.

In Expressive Arts and Design, we will be learning to use the materials and resources in our craft area, decorating our own birds to put on the school tree, and drawing ourselves using a mirror and our families from memory. We will also explore different musical instruments in our classroom and learn new songs to support our learning.

In Literacy, our Read Write Inc phonics sessions will cover our stop signals, Fred Talk games, blending, Set 1 single sounds for reading and writing, and spelling with Fred Fingers. In Talk Through Stories, we will read Owl Babies, Elmer, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Love, Hugless Douglas, Max and the Tag-Along Moon and Small’s Big Dream.

In Mathematics, we will be following Mastering Number to build our understanding of numbers and numerical patterns, as well as learning to use our class visual timetable and recognise key times of the day. We will use positional language to describe where things are in our classroom, match and sort objects, compare size, mass and capacity, and complete simple AB repeating patterns.

In Personal, Social and Emotional Development, we will be talking about the similarities and differences between us, and naming the special people in our lives. We will learn how to work well together as a class, use kind hands, and understand our rights and how to keep ourselves safe at school.

In Physical Development, we will be exploring the equipment in our outdoor area, including balls, balance beams and skipping ropes, and learning to dress and undress ourselves. We will build our fine motor skills each week through playdough gym, pom poms, tweezers, threading, and picking up small objects like Cheerios and spaghetti with our fingers. In PE, we will be learning to stand on one leg, work on simple tasks independently, and follow instructions safely.

In Understanding the World, we will be describing ourselves using words like tall and short, and talking about our families while recognising the similarities and differences between us and others. We will learn about our five senses, explore Space, including how to get there and the first Moon landing, find out what Harvest Festival is, and observe the changes that happen during autumn. In RE, we will be learning about special people, including Jesus.