Understanding the World ‘Transport’

Reception - Learning Journey

Spring 1 - 2020

Mathematics We will be learning through the

Mathematics Mastery Programme.

Personal, Social &

Emotional Development

Communication & Language

Phonics We will be learning through the

Read Write Inc. Programme.

Key learning this half term:

Develop our reading skills through the RWI

Programme.

Visit www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/

to find out more about the RWI Programme.

Literacy We will learn how to use and improve

new and existing writing skills.

Key learning this half term:

Numbers within fifteen.

Develop understanding of the

value, quantity and order of numbers

Addition and Subtraction within ten.

Continue to develop and

apply knowledge from

previous terms including;

Shape, time, calendar,

patterns and positional

language.

Key learning half this term:

Develop our writing skills

through the RWI Programme.

Develop our letter formation.

Write our names with growing confidence.

Practise writing new key words each week.

Describe journeys and destinations in postcards.

Write about an imaginary

adventure into space.

Write about jobs and

‘when I grow up’.

Key learning this half term:

Being considerate - ie

giving up your seat, sharing

and turn taking.

People we like to visit.

Working as a team.

Making friends and being kind.

Exploring our strengths.

Behaviour, rules and laws.

Using transport safely including

Bike Safety.

Focus Books this term:

‘Naughty Bus’ by Jan Oke

‘The Train Ride’ by June Crebbin

‘Mr Grumpy’s Outing’ by John Burningham

‘Whatever Next’ Jill Murphy

‘Mr Armitage on Wheels’ by Quentin Blake

We will also read information books about transport, people

who help us and their jobs.

Key learning this half term:

Explore role-play relating

to buses, trains, boats,

rockets.

Make sandwiches for a journey on transport.

Buying tickets for a journey.

Discuss different destinations, transport for

work, holiday destinations, adventures.

Creating and reading maps for adventures.

Emergency services and their transport.

Trip to Stoke Newington Fire Station and

London Transport Museum.

Key learning this half term:

Show development in our ability

to listen to stories with increasing

attention and recall by answering

questions and retelling elements.

Demonstrate confidence and independence

when joining in with phrases in rhymes and stories.

Discuss elements of stories that we like or dislike

including characters, settings and events.

Apply our curiosity and imagination to ask and

suggest what might happen next in a story.

Home Learning Your home learning project is due in school by:

Friday 31st January

Physical Development ‘Dance and Co-ordination’

Expressive Art & Design

RE &

British Values

The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School

Weir Hall Road

London N17 8LB

020 8808 2053

www.devonshirehill.com

We teach our children:

Responsibility Independence Initiative Generosity

Curiosity Perseverance Optimism Social Intelligence

EYFS Useful Information Early Years and Foundation Stage Curriculum

Key learning this half term:

Working together as a group.

Tolerance and acceptance of others.

Listening and following instructions.

Perseverance and challenges.

People who help us in the community and

demonstrating gratitude.

Chinese New Year

celebrations.

Being thoughtful

and generous.

Valentines day.

Key learning this half term:

Use our movements to mimic different ways of

travelling. eg. steer left/right, moving/stopping,

over/under a bridge, through a tunnel.

Demonstrate confidence in our movements

Mimic movements of different modes of

transport/people who help us.

Apply our understanding of movement and

balance to music independently and together.

PE Day - Wednesday

Please ensure that your child has a full PE kit in

school each week for their PE lesson.

Key skills:

Create artwork that

shows our understanding

of transport, destinations and professions.

Engage in a variety of role plays that relate to

our key topic of transport and community jobs.

Explore volume, louder and quieter when singing songs that relate

to our key topics. Explore response to

changes in tempo, beat

and volume.

Practice the following daily:

Read a variety of stories, poems and fiction

books. Take time to explain the meanings of

different words.

Encourage your child to write their name and

to form their letters and numbers correctly.

Encourage your child to dress and undress

themselves independently.

Encourage your child to eat using a knife and

fork and discuss healthy foods.

Introduction to EYFS

https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Handbook:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/

early-years-foundation-stage-profile-handbook

Early Years Outcomes:

https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/wp-content/

uploads/2012/03/Early_Years_Outcomes.pdf

Development matters in EYFS

https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/wp-content/

uploads/2012/03/Development-Matters-FINAL-

PRINT-AMENDED.pdf

Online resources:

www.login.mathletics.com

www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/

parents/ www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/

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Complete one of the following projects:

Create a 3D model of any mode of transport.

What is the destination of your transport?

Create an accessory that is symbolic of a

community job. This could be a police badge, a

fireman's helmet, a doctors stethoscope.