Reception Oak Class 2025 - 2026

Support Staff: Mrs Bell, Mrs Corkish & Mrs Crawford

Mrs Batey	Mrs Wright	Mrs Bell	Mrs Corkish	Mrs Crawford

Curriculum Information for Summer 1

Talk 4 Writing

In Summer 1, we’ll be bringing the much-loved story Dear Zoo to life using our Talk for Writing approach. We will enjoy joining in with the repeating phrases like “I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet…” and using actions and story maps to help us remember and retell the story with confidence. We’ll explore all the different animals in the story, talking about why some were “too big,” “too fierce,” or “too grumpy,” and learning lots of new words along the way. Through play, drama, and discussion, the children will have fun acting out the story and thinking of their own ideas—perhaps choosing different animals or even creating their own “Dear Zoo” versions.  

The books in Summer term that will be using to develop our story language are:

This Zoo Is Not For You  

Ross Collins 

The Moonlight Zoo  

Maudie Powell tuck 

We’re Roaming in the Rainforest 

Laurie Krebs 

Wanted: The Perfect Pet 

Kevin MacLeod 

Maths -

This half term we will -

• continue to develop our counting skills,  counting larger sets as well as counting actions and sounds
• explore a range of representations of numbers, including the 10-frame, and see how doubles can be arranged in a 
  10-frame
• compare quantities and numbers, including sets of objects which have different attribute
• continue to develop a sense of magnitude, e.g. knowing that 8 is quite a lot more than 2, but 4 is only a little bit 
  more than 2
• begin to generalise about ‘one more than’ and ‘one less than’ numbers within 10
• continue to identify when sets can be subitised and when counting is necessary
• develop conceptual subitising skills including when using a rekenrek

Topics - 

During Summer, our topics will include:

• Under the Sea
• The Seaside
• Rainforests and Jungles

Important Information:

PE - Reception will have their PE sessions on Thursday

PE Uniform: 

• Team colour t-shirt
• Plain black shorts
• Black pumps for indoor PE
• Trainers for outdoor PE
• Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather 
• Ear rings must be removed and long hair must be tied back

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. 

All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week. 

Each child has a designated day when they will be listened to reading, and any 'Strive for Five' dojos they have earned will be awarded. These will be reviewed on the following days.

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings. 

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the EYFS team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way. 

Other useful websites for learning at home

• Dough Disco
• Phonics
• Letter Formation