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 Immanuel and St. Andrew CE Primary School

Reception Class 1, Term 5

Curriculum Bulletin 

Dear Parents/Carers,

The children have settled brilliantly after their break and are excited about thisterm’s ‘Superhero’ topic. Please can you bring in your unwanted recycling for

‘heroic’ junk modelling and a big thank you for your ‘cape’ material donations. I

would also like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who come in to school

and read with the children on a weekly basis. They are not only benefiting from the

experience but really enjoying it too. Thank you for being so reliable and for

integrating so smoothly into the school day.

During our ‘Heroes’ topic we will be looking at ‘people who help us’ within the

community. If any of you are Police Officers, Fire Officers, Doctors, Nurses or

Dentists etc and would like to come in and speak to the classes, please let us

know.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the 6th

May for the

children’s assembly!

 Miss Jo Davis and Miss Katy Hathaway

Early Years Foundation Stage

curriculum focus for the term 

HeroesPersonal Social Emotional Development:

We will be learning about Biblical heroes aswell as the children’s own, personal heroes.

A lot of the activities this term require

team work and cooperation.

We will be continuing to focus on independent

dressing skills and encouraging children to

take responsibility for their own belongings.

Communication Language and Literacy:

This term the children will be using ‘Heroes’

to inspire different kinds of writing. This

will include comic strips, describing words,

stories and word explosions e.g. ‘POW!’

Through drama activities we will be focusing

on performance skills such as awareness ofthe listener and confident, expressive

speaking.

Problem Solving Reasoning and Numeracy:

This term we will be focusing on number bonds

to 10 and simple addition and subtraction.

This will involve children becoming confident

using symbols such as ‘+’ and ‘=’.

Knowledge and Understanding of the

 World:

The focus this term will be on building with

a purpose, using both small and large

equipment. We will be looking at recyclingand how this helps look after our

environment.

Physical Development: 

We will be exploring dance in

PE this term, encouraging

confidence and creativity in

their movements. We will also

be focusing on handwriting and

letter formation.

Creative Development:

The children will be using a

range of instruments to

experiment with sound,

matching sounds to words and

movements. They will be using

different media to create hero

masterpieces!

Dates for your diary

 Monday 3rd  May – Bank

holiday

Thursday 6th May –

Reception 1 class assembly

10.40. 

Parent Governor Election

Day. 

Friday 14th May (evening) –

Christian Aid ‘Unleash your

Talent’ Staff and Parent

Talent Show.

Thursday 27th May – Class

trip to the Science Museum.

Friday 28th May - Last Day

of Term 5

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Please can you ensure that your child completes their 

Education City homework each week. If you don’t

have access to a computer at home let me know and I

will arrange for your child to do it at school. If you

need the log in details reissued, please just ask.

Sex and Relationship

Education ‘SRE’

This term we will be introducing

SRE to the children. The unit for 

Reception has been divided into 4topics. These are as follows:

1. Myself and Others This topic will focus on

recognising feelings and

understanding that their 

 behaviour affects other people,

especially when angry.2. Family Networks

This topic will focus on family

and friends caring for one

another.

3. Body Awareness

This topic will focus on

appreciation of their bodies, its

capabilities and uniqueness

4. Hygiene

This topic will focus on

understanding the importance of hygiene.

Visitor Lanyards

Can I remind parents who are

coming in to help with readingetc, to please sign in at the office

and wear a visitor lanyard so thatyou can be identified when in the

school.

Talking of helpers....... we will soon be

asking for those of you who are able to

spare an hour of your valuable time to

come in and help our little heroes make

their capes!

Story Time 

I would like to appeal to parents who

speak another language to come into

school and share stories with the class.

It is important that we value each andevery culture and the whole class would

 benefit. If you’re interested please

come and speak to me.

 Water Bottles!!

Please can your child bring a water 

 bottle to school with them each day.

Although they have access to water, Ifeel it would be more hygienic if they

had their own bottle that they couldindependently access whenever 

necessary, especially as the weather is

getting warmer. Thanks to the majority

of you who are already doing this.