Reception: Red Class

English Reading Objectives:

• Hears and says the initial sound in words
• Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together and knows which letters represent some of them
• Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet
• Read and understand simple sentences
• Use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately
• Read some common irregular words
• Demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read

English Writing Objectives:

• Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly in sequence
• Writes own name and other things such as labels, captions
• Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts
• Uses phonic knowledge to write words in ways that match their spoken sounds
• Write some irregular common words
• Write simple sentences that can be read by themselves and others
• Some words spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible

• Perform in front of the whole school
• Make something to take home
• Compete in a sport
• Raise money for charity
• Cook or bake something to eat
• Have our work displayed
• Play in a team
• Have a classroom job or responsibility
• Visit an art gallery or museum

• Conduct experiments
• Share our interests with the whole class
• Recite nursery rhymes
• Learn words in another language 
• Develop our character through the 9 Habits
• Learn how to save money
• Sing lots of songs
• Help each other to be our best