We love to sing in Reception! Using well known number songs and rhymes the children will be learning a number of maths concepts such as counting forwards and backwards.

We will set up activities both indoor and outdoor to practise key maths skills including number recognition, number ordering and one to one correspondence.

We will be developing the children’s knowledge and understanding of patterns and simple 2D shapes. Some of the practical activities we will be doing include making repeated patterns and shape pictures.

• Playing and Exploring – using our senses to explore the world around us.
• Active Learning – bouncing back after difficulties.
• Belonging – to our class and school.

This half term it will be a home corner, where we will paint the house and decide on additional props to make the house an exciting place to be.

During circle time we will be playing games to help children learn about one another. We will discover things that we have in common and things that are different.

We will organise activities to support developing positive friendships and feeling comfortable in our new class.

We will make our own Autumn page about the things we have seen on our walk and will be exploring animals that hibernate and why they do this.