1. Riverside Primary School
Reception Curriculum Map
Autumn Term 2016

2. What’s That Sound? Communication and Language (CAL)
We are learning to:
Remember what happens in a story.
Listen and work at the same time eg write our names AND listen to instructions
Listen to our friends and respond to what they are saying
Follow a story without pictures or props
Follow instructions that have two parts eg hang up your coat and sit on the mat
Communication and Language (CAL)
We are learning to:
To listen in a range of situations (whole class, group, individual)
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
To listen in a range of situations (whole class, group, individual)
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
We will focus on
Asking our friends questions about their ideas, games or stories
Explaining our own ideas
Challenging ourselves in our learning
Talking about our own behaviour
Comforting our friends if they are upset
Physical Development (PD)
We will focus on:
Forming letters correctly
Writing simple words eg mum, dad, cat, dog
Negotiating space (not bumping into our friends or equipment)
Doing up our own coat zips
Talking about how to stay safe
Talking about how food helps us eg it gives us energy to play and learn
Exploring Arts and Design (EAD)
We will focus on :
Listening to different sounds
Working out how to change sound
Describing sounds eg loud, quiet, high, low
Making our own instruments
Making up songs using our instruments
Play as part of a group to act out our stories

3. What’s That Sound? Literacy Understanding the World Maths Reminders
We are learning to:
Read high frequency words
Remember the sounds letters make
Form lowercase letters correctly
Use the sounds we know to write words
Write simple sentences eg. The cat sat on the mat.
Recognise rhyming words eg cat, sat, bat. In, grin, pin, thin.
Maths
We are learning to:
Use positional language eg on, under, through, below, beside
Say when they are next to, behind, in front of something
Use language related to money eg this banana cost me 50p
Use language related to time eg it will be lunchtime soon. We do PE on Friday afternoon.
Count things to 10, then 20 and beyond
Understanding the World
We will focus on:
Talking about what makes us special and different from other people
Talk about how things change eg autumnal leaves on trees
Describe similarities and differences eg a tiger and a zebra have stripes but a lion doesn’t
Use the computer/tablet to finish a programme or game
Reminders
Please name all clothes
Please send coats, hats, scarves daily
Send PE kits to school on Monday
Bring your Book Bag every day
Gates open at 8.45
To have fun learning when out and about!