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How do we get there?
We will be exploring different meanings of the enquiry question this term. We will be exploring and discussing different forms of transport needed to get to different places and comparing what these forms of transport looked like in the past.
The children are very exited about their school trip this term, where we will all be dressed as pirates as we set sail on The Matthew for a pirate adventure!
We will be learning about lifecycles of minibeasts, for example how a caterpillar evolves into a butterfly and a tadpole into a frog.
As part of the EYFS curriculum we will also be leaning about all of the different places of worship which will include a local trip to St Mary’s church in Stoke Bishop.
We will also be spending lots of time preparing our reception children for their transition into year one.
In Term 6 we will come to the end of the whole school programme called Mastering number. The children will build upon their mathematical knowledge from the previous terms to fully embed key concepts and understanding. They will have embedded key skills they have learnt throughout the year and use the key sentence stems to demonstrate their understanding and reasoning. We will be working with the children on the following skills.
- Number bonds to 10
- Composition of number
- Subitising to 6
- Odds and Evens
- Double facts
Many activities will involve practical activities and problem solving to help children develop their fluency in mathematics.
On Tuesday afternoons, the children will be taking part in a variety of maths activities so that they can apply the skills they have learnt to different situations. Some activities will be facilitated by the adults and some activities the children will be expected to work on independently.
In this final term of Reception, we will be completing phase 4 mastery. This is an opportunity for the children to consolidate the children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
We will complete a final assessment in week 5 or 6 and this will be passed on to their year 1 class teacher. Your child’s phonic journey will then continue in Year 1 where they begin on a recap of phase 4 before moving onto phase 5.
Please support your child with their reading over the summer and practice the common exception words for phase 2-4 (see below for the Common Exception Word mats).
Phase 4 common exception words recapped this term:
Week 1 – said, have
Week 2 – like, so, do
Week 3 – some, come
Week 4 – were, there
Week 5 – when, out, what
As your child continues on their phonic journey you will begin to notice that the blending of words is becoming more natural and they may even start to read a number of words by sight. This is a fantastic skill as it will help build their fluency when reading text. This is especially important as the books they bring home contain more words in a sentence. Reading their decodable phonic book 5 times a week will support this skill. Please actively encourage your child to spot repeated words in text rather than blending them out each time. Please come speak to us if you are unsure how to support this at home.
Find a glossary of terms below, that are frequently used when talking about phonics teaching and learning.
Useful documents to help your child with their reading and writing.
More information about our phonic scheme can be found on the website under curriculum – phonics.
As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.