St. Mary’s C of E Primary School
Reception Long Term Planning (2015-16)
Term Dates
Autumn
Term 1
7 weeks
(7th September – 23rd
October)
Diwali
Autumn
Term 2
7 weeks
(2nd November –
18th December)
Christmas Cards
Spring
Term 1
6 weeks
(5th January – 12th
February)
Chinese New Year
Possible themes
Ourselves/ Harvest/Little
Red Hen
Christmas
Weather
Bonfire Night/
Fireworks
Traditional Tales/ Once
upon a time
Chinese New Year
Possible role play area
Home corner/ Fruit & veg
shop/ Farm shop
Santa’s Workshop
Castle/cottage
Recognising own name
Writing own name
Rhyming words and stories –
learning to continue a rhyming
string
Telling stories through
pictures.
Reading stories & discussing
beginning, middle & end
Difference between
fiction and non-fiction
Sequencing pictures
from familiar stories
Christmas cards,
letters to Santa, lists.
Harvey Slumfenburger’s
Christmas Present
Reordering fairy stories
Story mapping,
Storyboards writing
simple sentences.
Wanted/missing posters
Writing sorry letters
Instructional writing.
Writing labels and
captions.
Introduce RWI Set 1 sounds,
blending, word time & letter
formation
Introduce & review
RWI Set 2 sounds,
blending, word time &
letter formation
Addition using fingers
Find one more/one less
Counting to 20 and back
2D shapes
Ordering numbers 0-10
Introduce RWI Set 2
sounds, blending, word
time & Ditty books
Teen numbers
Addition and
Subtraction using
fingers/objects &
number line
Counting to 30
4 Specific areas of learning and development
Literacy
Phonics
Mathematics
Counting rhymes
Sorting activities
Counting aloud 0-20 and back
Number recognition
1-1 correspondence when
counting objects
Spring
Term 2
5 weeks
(22nd Feb – 24th
March)
Mother’s Day & Easter
Cards
Growing and changing
Mini-beasts
Mini-beast investigation
lab
Woodland forest camp
site
Post office/ Police
station/ Doctors
Write a simple caption
or sentence.
Non-fiction: look at a
contents/ index page.
Use them to find
answers to our
questions.
The Tiny Seed – writing
instructions for
planting a seed
Summer
Term 1
7 weeks
(11th April – 27th
May)
Summer
Term 2
7 weeks
(6th June – 20th
July)
Under the sea / Animals
Dinosaurs
Rumble in the Jungle/
In the Jungle
At the seaside/ Around
the world/
People who help us
Pirates
Space
Seaside/ Beach hut
Rocket
Aquarium
Jungle explorers
Vets
Father’s Day Cards
Write simple facts &
descriptions about
animals.
Story sequencing,
simple and complex
sentences.
Make a class non-fiction
book. Writing labels.
Post cards.
Imaginative/creative
writing
Story sequencing,
simple and complex
sentences.
My favourite memory of
Reception.
Review set 1 & 2 sounds,
blending, word time &
Ditty books
Introduce set 3 sounds,
Ditty groups and Green
book groups
Number bonds to five.
Capacity and weighing
Addition and
Subtraction using
number line & counting
in head
Positional language.
Measuring length.
Using the 100 square
Count to 100
Counting in 2s
Odd/Even numbers
Review all sounds taught
to date.
Ditty groups and Green
book groups
Number bonds to ten.
Counting in 5s
Money – simple
additions and
subtraction (café/shop)
Symmetry/position.
St. Mary’s C of E Primary School
Reception Long Term Planning (2015-16)
Repeating patterns
Understanding
the World
ICT -Introduction to
computers & interactive
whiteboard – logging on and
using simple games on
Cbeebies.
When I was a baby (how have
I changed?)
Making bread/ fruit kebabs.
(Where does our food come
from?)
ICT – firework pictures
Learning about Diwali –
festival of lights.
Exploring different
cultures.
Christmas traditions
within different families.
Different seasons and
weather changes (In
particular, leaves on
trees/cold weather in
winter)
Counting in 10s
Missing numbers
3D shapes
Counting to 50
Money – coin
recognition
ICT – using a CD player
Learning all about Chinese
New Year traditions and
Shrove Tuesday
ICT – using the
keyboard, space bar to
type a simple sentence on
a simple word
programme.
ICT – using a paint
programme to create
animal artwork.
ICT – Using an app on
the ipad/ taking
pictures.
Animal habitats, looking
after animals and the
environment.
Safety at the beach.
Easter story
Growth - parts of a plant.
Growing cress/
sunflowers/ cosmos/
marigolds
Opposites – hot/cold,
old/new, night day.
Signs of Spring
Eggs/chicks
Finding out about how we
have grown and changed.
Expressive
Arts & Design
Self-portraits (Look at
Picasso’s work)
Music – learn lots of new
songs/sing with confidence
Singing nursery rhymes
Painting/modelling.
Firework pictures
Leaf art
Autumn and
Christmas crafts
Christmas cards
Music – learn firework
songs and poems and
Christmas songs and
rhymes.
Learning & singing songs
for Christmas
performance
Seasonal paintings
Chinese lanterns and
Chinese arts & crafts
(Dragon dancing/music)
Designing castles and
shields
Making fairy-tale
characters out of junk
modelling materials
Huff and puff painting
Fairy tale collages
Learn about rhythm and
pulse in songs
Dance with Mrs White
Mini-beast hunting.
Recognising insects,
Life cycle of Caterpillars
Mother’s day cards,
Music – exploring
instruments how many
sounds can one
instrument make and
louder/quieter/fast/slow
Making Mother’s Day
and easter cards.
Easter bonnets and
Easter crafts
Bug art
Colour mixing
Music - Using ICT to
make music.
Singing animal songs.
Painting animals.
Paper plate animal craft
Making animal habitats
using junk model.
Exploring different
occupations
Where we live and
other parts of the
world.
Music – making up
compositions.
Beach art and crafts
(shells, sandcastles,
mermaids, boats, beach
huts, ice creams)