Pre-Prep Department

Literacy

Reception

Autumn Term

Jolly Phonics.
High Frequency words.
Reading Books introduced as and when children are ready.
Role Play - use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences.
Topics
Ourselves
Speaking and listening.
Fairy Tales
Explore with sounds, words and texts.
Re-telling stories in the correct sequence and exploring language.
Writing for different purposes.
Correct letter formation.
Nursery Rhymes
Re-telling favourite rhymes and practising rhyming.
Christmas
Sharing favourite stories and drawing on language patterns. Story elements.

Spring Term
Review Jolly Phonics.
Playing with sounds.
High Frequency words.
Continue with individual reading and introduce guided reading for more able readers.
Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences.
Dinosaurs / The Farm
Explore non-fiction texts.
Collecting information from the library and internet resources.
Explore stories and poetry.
Descriptive vocabulary to recreate roles and develop new characters.
Writing
Dinosaur profiles.
Imaginative story writing.
Poems.
Descriptive writing and fact profiles following school trip to Ladyland Farm.

Summer Term
Review Jolly Phonics.
Playing with sounds.
High Frequency words.
Continue with individual reading and guided reading for more able readers.
Role Play - use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences.
Bears/Transport
Explore non-fiction texts.
Collecting information from library and internet resources.
Sharing and exploring texts, discussing story elements and experimenting with sounds and words.
How information can be found in non-fiction texts to answer questions about where, who, why and how.
Writing
Creative stories, writing for different purposes, information books.
Descriptive writing and fact profiles following school trip to Bluebell Railway.