Reception Yearly Timeline

Below are examples of learning and provision planned for the seven areas of learning throughout the year.

Please note that this list is added to throughout the year depending on children’s interests and next steps.

Communication and Language / Personal, Social and Emotional Development / Physical Development / Literacy / Maths / Understanding of the World / Expressive Arts and Design
Throughout the year children will:
- Learn to speak with confidence during circle/carpet times.
-Learn to listen and respond appropriately with relevant comments, questions or actions.
-Use appropriate story language to re-enact/re-tell simple and familiar stories.
-Learn new vocabulary relating to topics.
Other examples include:
Learning to interact and negotiate with others.
Asking and answering ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions.
Discussing different types of characters.
Making up own stories.
Listening and discussing different types of stories.
Answering comprehension questions. / Rules and routines in the classroom and school.
Finding out about other children.
Finding out about ‘Diamond Power’.
Finding out about ‘Ruby Power’.
Talking about and working towards simple goals.
Talking about friendship.
Talking about changes.
Meeting new teachers and finding out about Year 1. / Developing gross motor skills.
Developing fine motor control.
Dressing independently for PE.
Exploring different ways of travelling using equipment.
Responding to music using different movements.
Focus on ball control (throwing, kicking, catching, rolling).
Healthy eating, food hygiene and kitchen safety.
Managing own basic hygiene.
Exploring hoops and quoits in PE.
Taking weight on different body parts.
Letter formation. / Writing our names.
Phase 2 phonics.
Phase 3 phonics.
Phase 4 phonics.
Labels.
Lists.
Fiction stories.
Non-fiction books.
Finding out information on the internet.
Poems.
Traditional tales.
Writing letters.
Explanations.
Instructions.
Writing own stories.
Rhyme. / Counting to 100.
Recognising numbers to 20.
Ordering numbers to 20.
Position and direction.
Patterns.
2D shape.
3D shape.
Addition.
Subtraction.
Length.
Weight.
Money.
Time.
Symmetry.
Comparing numbers.
Capacity. / Talking about our families and preschools.
Using art programs on the computer and IPads.
Using programmable toys.
Talking about different environments and making observations of animals.
Reading stories electronically.
Exploring different apps on the IPads.
Exploring similarities and differences between living things.
Exploring and grouping materials.
Selecting materials for a purpose. / Learning to select appropriate colours.
Singing songs and body action songs.
Learning Christmas songs.
Performing our Christmas play.
Exploring different musical instruments.
Collage.
Exploring different ways of joining materials.
Using and exploring different media for different purposes.
Evaluating and improving our creative projects.

We base our topics around the children’s interests, so themes change year on year.

Below is a timeline of events and learning that occur yearly.

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Establishing rules and routines within the classroom and school.
Setting up provision and learning opportunities to establish baseline.
Harvest.
Autumn.
Diwali. / Autumn.
Bonfire Night.
Christmas songs.
Christmas Nativity performance. / Winter weather activities.
Chinese New Year.
World Book Day.
Shrove Tuesday. / Spring.
Mothering Sunday.
Easter. / Planting and growing.
Change in environments and living things. / Seaside and summer.
Transition to Year 1 activities.
Sports Day.
Learning Through Routines: Each half term the children will be encouraged to become more independent during routine and social activities and personal care within the classroom and throughout the school environment.
Throughout the school year the children will be going on regular offsite visits to experience the local community. There will also be visitors into school to enhance the children’s learning.