Reception Curriculum

Theme name

Personal,
Social and
Emotional
Development

Physical
Development

Communicati
on and
Listening

Literacy

Maths

Understandin
g the
World

Caring and
Sharing
Discussing what
makes a good
friend.
Class rules
Our families.
Developing self
-help skills.
Pencil grip
Spatial awareness.
Introducing pie
Corbet Little Red
Hen
Listening to others
within a larger
group.
Phase 2 phonics
Name writing
Lists and labels
Retelling familiar
parts of
stories/familiar
refrains.
Matching quantity
to numbers.
Number songs
Harvest Festival
Planting
Exploring and
using ICT
equipment, such
as cameras, Ipads.

Autumn
festivals

Our World

Spring to Life

Exploring
feelings.
Being confident
in new
situations.
Our community.
Fine motor skills
Different ways of
travelling.
Using tools
safely.
Pie Corbet Owl
Babies.
Listening to
different
speakers.
Nativity

Friendship Day.
Exploring
cultures. Chinese
New Year.
What I am good
at.
Fine motor
(cutting).
Dance.

Looking after
young animals

Introduce
adjectives.

Begin Phase 3
phonics
Caption reading
and writing.

Simple
descriptive
sentences.
Handas
Surprise. Simple
instructions

Pattern
2D shapes
1 more/1 less
Christmas story
Investigating
Light and Dark.
Using a simple
program
PaintMagic.

Simple addition
Measure
Tasting food
from around the
world.
Sim/dif between
countries and
cultures.
Using a simple
program:

Fairy Tales

Its a Bugs
Life

Looking after
frogs
Exploring
morals through
storytelling.

Transition and
coping with
change.

Catching and
throwing skills.

Games using
small
equipment.

Sports Day
games

Children
explaining their
ideas and
feelings.
Asking and
answering
questions.
Phase 4 phonics
Farmer Duck
Writing for
different
purposes.

Developing
listening and
speaking
through drama.

Presentation
skills
tenses

Lower phase 5
phonics
Traditional
stories

The Very
Hungry
Caterpillar
Re count

Collaborative
learning

Non fiction
Positional
language
3D shapes
Observing
changes in the
environment and
young animals.
Using bee bots.

Money
Doubling/halvin
g/
sharing
Using a simple
program:
MyWorld.

Time
Counting in
10s.
Mini beasts
similarities and
differences

Expressive
Arts and
Design

Learing and
exploring how to
use tool for art
and design.
Drama linked to
Pie Corbet story.

Representational
art using a range
of media.

MyWorld.
Exploring colour
Exploring sounds
in music.

Make an egg
carrier.

3D art: making
castles.
Imaginative
role play.

Create a bug
carrier.
Refining and
using tools
creatively.