Topic Summary
- What are your superpowers?
- Do you know any real-life superheroes?
Global Warriors enables our children to familiarise themselves with their new surroundings and their immediate environment. We build on prior knowledge of the local area and wider community. The children are encouraged to build new relationships by celebrating what makes us all individual and unique. We introduce this through the concept of superheroes and superpowers. We look at real life superheroes all around us, such as doctors, fire fighters and police officers and develop our school values through problem solving and investigations.
In the topic we will be teaching the children the following key concepts:
- Community
- Individuality
- Strength
Key Vocabulary: Superhero, Powers, Values, Respect, Determination, Curiosity, Teamwork
Experiences/Visits
- Monday 29th September - European Day of Languages
- Wednesday 22nd October - Harvest Collection
- Over the half term there will be a number of visits from some 'real life superheroes'.
Week 1
Over the week our primary aim is to help the children settle into life at Regent Farm. The children visit school for a morning session this week and build up to having lunch at school on Thursday and Friday. This is a time for the children to meet their new teachers and make some new friends. We want them to become familiar with their learning environment - inside and outside. We also hope this time will give you an opportunity to meet the team at school and ask any questions you may have.
Week 2
Using the book Squiggles on the Loose, we introduce our children to ‘Squiggle wiggle’ and the importance of mark making. We follow the journey of Doodle and Dot who both love to draw and make marks. They experiment, take risks and find their preferred doodle style. The children will have the opportunities to mark make using different materials and be creative.
Week 4
This week our learning focuses on the book Real Superheroes by Julia Seal.
Over the half term, the children enjoy visits and talks from a selection of real life superheroes who help us everyday such as our community police officer, doctors, dentists, and firefighters. They role play these professions and explore the value that these jobs bring to our community. We look at the experiences the children have had of people who have helped them in their own lives.
Week 5
This week we will be reading There's a Superhero in your book, a super fun story with a satisfying twist that celebrates the power of kindness and the true meaning of being a hero. The evil Scribbler needs defeating – he spends all day scribbling and spoiling things.
This week the children will take on the role of superheroes and use their imagination to help conquer the challenges the Scribbler character puts in our way.
Week 6
This week we will be reading Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer. By day, Eliot is a quiet boy who likes to read and play with his toys. But when the clock strikes midnight, Eliot is transformed into a superhero! Everyday this week he faces a new way of saving the world including lion taming, helping the coastguard tow ships to shore and cracking the code on the criminals safe to get the crown jewels back to the Queen. The children will be having a lot of fun this week helping Eliot with his challenges!
Week 7
Masie Jones longs to be a superhero. She isn’t feeling very brave and believes superheroes aren’t scared of anything… or are they? This week we explore the fears of the different superheroes in the story; bugs, the dark and even jelly! We discuss our fears and discover things we can do to help us feel brave.
Week 8
Nalvana spends all of her time pointing out what other children are good at but worries that she does not have her own superpower that makes her special.
This week we help Nalvana by exploring our own superpowers, what makes us special and how we can share that with others while we are in Reception.
The following section gives you some more details about the different areas of learning your child will cover this half term.
Communication and Language
- Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important.
- Learn new vocabulary.
- Use new vocabulary through the day.
- Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
- Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.
- Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities
- Explain how things work and why they might happen.
- Develop social phrases.
- Engage in Storytime.
- Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
- Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- See themselves as a valuable individual.
- Build constructive and respectful relationships.
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
- Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.
- Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
- Think about the perspectives of others.
- Manage their own needs.
Physical Development
- Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely, and confidently.
- Develop the foundations of a handwriting style which is fast, accurate and efficient.
- Further develop the skills they need to manage the school day successfully. (Lining up and queueing, mealtimes, personal hygiene)
- Revise and refine the fundamental movement skills they have already acquired
- Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance, and agility needed to engage successfully with future PE sessions and other physical disciplines
If you would like to know anything else about the reception curriculum this half term please speak to a member of staff.