Reception: Autumn A – The Colour Monster
Literacy
This term, Reception will be reading ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas.
The colour monster is feeling very mixed up. He’s yellow, blue, red, black and green all at once. In the book his friend will help him to find out about his different feelings.
The children will be listening to the story and making puppets to re-tell the story.
Our English overview
Maths
In Maths we will learn to recognise numbers to 5. We will practise saying numbers in order and learn to count five objects. You can help your child at home by practising counting everything you see! You can look for numbers in the environment such as on buses or doors.
Our Maths Overview
Phonics
In phonics we’ll be learning the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. We follow the Letters and Sounds program which starts by introducing these six phonemes:
S A T P I N
Government guidance on Letters and Sounds
Topic
We will be drawing, painting and making pictures of The Colour Monster. We will be using different materials and talking about textures. We’ll be dancing to all kinds of music and using instruments to make happy and sad music. We will also be learning some new songs and nursery rhymes.
P.E
P.E will be every Wednesday. Please dress your child in a PE kit on this day.
Our P.E overview
PSHE
We will be talking about feelings such as happy, sad, angry and scared.