At the start of the year we want the children to feel happy and settled. We aim to do this by revisiting familiar songs and stories, such as, nursery rhymes. We learn about the children and their families with their 'all about me bags' and home visits. The children will also spend time learning the class rules and routines before getting stuck into our Read Write inc. programme, Number Sense and White Rose Maths.  
As the term progresses, the children begin to learn and expand their knowledge of familiar things. For example,  in the 'Down on the Farm' topic, the children will learn, not just the basic animal names but also about how to care for the animals and what they eat, with a visit from a local farmer with her animals.  As the leaves begin to fall, the children will spend time spotting signs of Autumn and learn about firework safety in the run up to Bonfire night during out 'Light and Dark' topic. In the 'Everyday Heroes' topic the children will look at different emergency services and explore how their outfits and vehicles vary from now and in the past. They will also get the opportunity to have first hand experiences, with fire engines and police cars. Alongside our maths sessions, we will begin our daily snack maths to reinforce the representation of number with numicon.

 When Autumn draws to a close, the children will begin to identify the changes to the weather and nature identifying the season of Winter. We finish the term with our 'Celebrations' topic,  learning about how we celebrate Christmas and comparing it to our friends. The children will post letters to Father Christmas and finish the term with a fun filled Christmas Party and Christmas Performance shared with the children's families.