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Coming next for Reception

The games we're making now, what's planned next, and ideas you can vote for. The most-wanted ideas help us choose what to make.

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  • Celebrations in our communityHow different families, faiths and cultures in this country celebrate, such as birthdays, Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year

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English 12 ideas
  • New words every dayLearning new words from stories, information books and rhymes, what they mean, and using them in play, role-play and talk about different things
  • Pencil grip, scissors and small toolsHolding a pencil with a tripod grip, using scissors, paintbrushes and cutlery, and warming up fingers for writing
  • Reading simple sentencesReading aloud short phrases and simple sentences made of words with known letter sounds and a few tricky words, such as I can see a big red bus
  • Spelling by soundsSpelling simple words by saying them slowly, hearing each sound, and choosing a letter or letters for each sound, such as s-u-n, m-a-p and sh-o-p, ac…
  • Story time: listen and join inListening carefully to a story, joining in with repeated words and actions, and answering and asking questions about what happened and why
  • Retelling stories you knowRetelling a well-known story in order, some in the story's own words and some in your own, using new words from it, and saying what will happen next…
  • Role play and making up storiesPretending to be characters, using props and dressing up, and inventing and changing stories with friends
  • Finding out from information booksListening to and talking about information books about animals, places and how things work, learning new facts and the words that go with them
  • Writing a sentenceSaying a phrase or sentence aloud, then writing it with words made of known sounds, a capital letter and a full stop, and re-reading it to check it m…
  • Good listeningListening carefully and knowing why it matters, following what has been said, and asking a question to find out more or to check you understand
  • Talking in full sentencesSaying ideas and feelings in full sentences, describing what happened, is happening or will happen, joining ideas with words like and, because and th…
  • Explaining whyUsing talk to work out problems, explain how things work and say why things might happen, using new words from stories and information books, by choo…
Maths 5 ideas
  • More, fewer or the same?Comparing two groups of up to 10, including groups that look different (big things spread out, small things close together), saying which has more, f…
  • One more, one lessFinding one more and one less for numbers 0 to 10 by adding or taking away one object, and seeing that each counting number is one more than the last
  • Where is it? Position wordsDescribing where things are and how they move with words such as in front of, behind, on top of, under, next to, between, forwards and backwards, and…
  • Longer, heavier, holds moreComparing lengths, weights and how much containers hold by direct comparison, without units, using words such as longer, shorter, heavier, lighter, f…
  • Repeating patternsContinuing, copying and making repeating patterns with colours, shapes, sounds and actions, such as red, blue, red, blue, and spotting the part that…
Feelings & Friendships 4 ideas
  • Naming feelingsRecognising and naming emotions in ourselves and others
  • Playing together and making friendsTaking turns and sharing, playing well with others, making friends, noticing how others feel, and the grown-ups who look after us
  • Having a go and not giving upBeing brave enough to try new things, doing things for yourself, and keeping going when something is tricky
  • Waiting, taking turns and setting goalsWaiting for a turn and for what you want, stopping to think before acting, and working towards a simple goal
Healthy Me 4 ideas
  • Handwashing and germsHow germs spread and how washing hands stops them
  • Looking after myself: washing, dressing and healthy foodGetting dressed in the right order, using the toilet on your own, keeping clean, and choosing healthy food
  • Safety at homeSpotting hazards at home and how to avoid them
  • Running, jumping, hopping and climbingMoving in lots of ways (running, jumping, hopping, skipping, dancing and climbing), balancing, and moving safely around people and things
Earth & Geography 3 ideas
  • My school, my street and simple mapsDescribing the places around you (home, school, the park and the shops), and reading and making very simple maps
  • Life in other countriesWhat life is like for children in other countries (homes, food, weather and school), what is the same and different, and finding places on a map
  • Seaside, jungle and icy landsHow places like the seaside, a jungle, a desert and the icy poles differ from where you live, and the animals and plants found there
Arts & Music 3 ideas
  • Performing and moving to musicPerforming songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, moving and dancing in time to music, and playing simple percussion
  • Drawing carefullyDrawing with care and accuracy, looking closely at what you draw, and exploring colour, shape and texture
  • Making with materials: colour, texture and junk modelsExploring paint, clay, fabric and junk-modelling materials, mixing colours, joining things, and talking about what you made
Science 2 ideas
  • Plants and animals around usLooking closely at plants, minibeasts and animals near home and school, naming them, and drawing what you see
  • Seasons, melting and freezingThe four seasons and how nature changes through the year, and changes such as ice melting, water freezing and chocolate melting
World & Society 2 ideas
  • People who help usThe people around us and the jobs they do, such as police officers, nurses, firefighters, teachers and shopkeepers, and how they help
  • Rules, right and wrongWhy we have rules at home and at school, knowing right from wrong, and trying to do the right thing
History 1 idea
  • Then and now: old and new thingsThings from long ago and today (toys, phones, homes and transport), what is the same and different, and the past in stories

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