Lilac Class

Mrs S Wright

Welcome to Lilac Class!

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Understanding the World

During Summer we will:

The Natural World

• Explore the natural world around us, making observations and drawing pictures of plants and animals.
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and some contrasting environments.
• Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us. We will look at Spring into Summer.

Past and Present

• Talk about the lives of people around them and their roles in society.
• Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now.
• Understand the past through settings, characters and events in books.

People, Culture and Communities

• Describe their immediate environment.
• Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities.
• Recognise some similarities between life in this country and other countries.

Expressive Arts and Design

During Summer we will:

Creating with Materials

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
• Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
• Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

Being Imaginative and Expressive

• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher.
• Singe a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.
• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others.
• Move in time with music.

Literacy

During Summer 1 we will be exploring different stories related to plants and life cycles. In Summer 2 we will focus on traditional tales.

Comprehension / Word Reading

• Retell stories and narratives in their own words.
• Anticipate events in stories.
• Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary.
• Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.
• Say the sound for at least 10 digraphs.
• Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge.
• Read some common exception words: I, the, me, go, no, he, she, me, be, we, was, you, they, all, are, my, her.

Writing

• Form most lower case and capital letters correctly.
• Spell words by identifying the sounds and writing a sound with a letter.
• Write simple phrases and sentences.
• Begin to sequence 2-3 sentences.

Communication and Language

During Summer we will:

Listening, Attention and Understanding

• Listen attentively and respond with relevant questions, comments and actions. .
• Make comments about what they have heard.
• Hold conversations in back and forth exchanges.
• Understand humour more readily.

Speaking

• Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions offering their own ideas, using recently learned vocabulary.
• Offer explanations for why things might happen.
• Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, using past, present and future tenses.

Numeracy

In Lilac Class we will follow the ‘White Rose’ scheme which is delivered across the whole school. Following this scheme will provide the children with a firm foundation for developing maths mastery.

During Summer we will focus on:

• Introduce sharing and grouping.
• Explore adding and taking away.
• Finding, representing and composing numbers to 20.
• Rotate, compose and manipulate 2D shapes.
• Identify and create repeating patterns.
• Explore and create maps.
• Recognising and exploring 3D shapes.

Physical Development

During Summer we will:

Gross Motor Skills

• Negotiate space and obstacles safely.
• Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing.
• Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.

Fine Motor Skills

• Use a range of small tools, including paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons.
• Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using tripod grip in almost all cases.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

During Summer we will:

Self-Regulation

Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.

Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want.

Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.

Managing Self

Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.

Explain the reason for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly.

Manage basic hygiene and personal needs.

Building Relationships

Continue to see self as a valuable individual.

Work and play cooperatively and take turns.

Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs.

Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers.