2025/2026
Reception
Curriculum Overview
Our Reception Curriculum offers a carefully balanced and engaging foundation for early learners. Through a blend of communication, numeracy, creative expression, and exploration of the world around them, children begin building essential lifelong learning skills. The overviews below outline the key learning objectives and weekly specialist activities planned for each term.
RECEPTION TERM ONE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
| Literacy | Maths | Understanding the World | Art |
|---|---|---|---|
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Communication & Language - Listen to others, 1-1 and in small groups. - Answer simple questions clearly. - Respond to simple instructions. - Speak in simple sentences. - Re-tell a past event. - Develop a range of vocabulary. Reading: - Listen to and join in with stories and poems. - Anticipate key events. - Respond to story questions. - Predict what happens next. - Describe settings, events & characters. - Recognize print conveying meaning. - Re-tell stories. Writing: - Add labels to pictures. - Sequence events in stories. - Make information/story books using pictures. - Describe story characters. |
- Count forwards & backwards to 10. - Recognize & order numbers to 10. - Count sets up to 10 objects. - Form numbers to 10. - Order two objects by height/length. - Use language for size. - Recognize 2D shapes. - Use names for 2D shapes. - Create repeating patterns. - Describe position. - Know days of the week. - Sequence daily events. |
- Recognize what makes each person unique. - Identify similarities & differences. - Name body parts. - Name the five senses. - Identify types of homes. - Recognize different families. - Identify different foods for healthy eating. - Identify ways to stay healthy. |
- Use paint carefully. - Choose appropriate colors. - Use collage to make a picture. - Draw around a template. - Cut carefully. - Stick carefully. |
RECEPTION SPECIALIST OVERVIEWS – TERM ONE
| Week | Music | P.E. | ICT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nursery Rhymes: 1,2,3,4,5; Old Macdonald Games: Animal Boogie Dance |
Intro to Physical Education & Sports | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 2 |
Nursery Rhymes: Beet, Beet, Cherry, Beet Games: If You’re Happy & You Know It |
Mental, social & physical benefits of participating in physical activities | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 3 |
Nursery Rhymes: I'm a Little Teapot Games: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes |
Basic movements (running, jumping, throwing, catching) | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 4 |
Nursery Rhymes: Itsy Bitsy Spider; Mary Had a Little Lamb Games: Freeze Dance |
Ball games – field & court activities | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 5 |
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty; Learning Colors Games: Musical Chairs |
Healthy lifestyle activities | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 6 |
Nursery Rhymes: Bartolito; We All Go Travelling By Games: Hot Potato |
Common roles in sports | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| HALF TERM | |||
| 8 |
Nursery Rhymes: Journey Home from Grandpa’s Games: Freeze Dance |
Causes & prevention of sports injuries | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 9 | Review of Half Term | Causes & prevention of sports injuries | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 10 |
Nursery Rhymes: Hello to All the Children Games: Freeze Dance |
Netball & Basketball Passes: Bounce, Over-arm, Chest | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 11 |
Nursery Rhymes: Farmyard Jamboree Games: Hot Potato |
Netball & Basketball: Throwing & catching skills | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 12 |
Nursery Rhymes: The Car Color Song; Row Row Row Your Boat Games: Musical Chairs |
Training Methods: Interval Training | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 13 |
Nursery Rhymes: Rain Rain Go Away Games: Freeze Dance |
Training Methods: Circuit Training | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 14 | Preparation for Key Stage 1 Production | Training Methods: Continuous Training | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |
| 15 | Preparation for Key Stage 1 Production | Athletics: Sprint Start Technique | Motor Skills (Mouse Control Games) |