Reception - Summer (Terms 5 & 6)
General Overview of the Foundation Stage
There are six areas of learning as part of the Foundation Stage. They are:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Developing independence and confidence.
- Recognising feelings and needs in ones self and others.
- Learning to be part of a larger group and interacting appropriately.
- Learning to concentrate and share.
Communication, Literacy and Language
- Learning to listen and understand.
- Communicate with one another in different situations.
- Developing skills in interacting, talking, listening, reading and writing.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
- A love of discovery.
- Learning about the world around us throughout hands on experience and the process of investigation.
- Finding out about people, places and different cultures.
Physical Development
- Learning how to be active and interactive.
- Improving balance, control, spatial awareness and coordination.
- Developing fine motor skills when handling equipment.
Problem solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
- Finding out about space and shape, quantity, numbers, measures, comparing.
- Learning the language of number e.g. size, length, weight, more than, less than etc.
Creative Development
- Using different media to explore and develop ideas.
- Communicate using colour, shape, sound, texture, movement and story telling.
- To express thoughts and feeling through the use of music, movement, dance and imaginative role play.
Reception: Summer
Communication, Literacy and Language
- Writing for different purposes.
- To hold a pencil effectively and to form recognisable letters.
- To further develop reading skills.
- To begin and continue to blend and segment simple words.
- To enjoy and use written and spoken language successfully in their play.
Problem Solving, Reasoning and numeracy
- To use language related to measures.
- To use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems.
- To use everyday words to describe position.
- To use language to describe 2D and 3D shapes.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
- To explore and investigate growth and change.
- Find out about and identify some features of living things.
- To develop ideas and knowledge about own and other cultures.
- To construct with a purpose in mind.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- To understand and manage the feelings associated with change.
- To understand and manage the feelings associated with an experience we all need to cope with.
- To recognise and understand that people have different needs and views which need to be treated with respect.
- consider the consequences of their word and actions for themselves and others
Creative Development
- To express thoughts and feelings through the use of music, movement, dance and imaginative role play.
- Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions.
Physical Development
- Developing throwing and catching skills.
- Develop general ball skills.
- Team games.
- Recognise the changes that happen to their bodies when they are active.