Reception
Welcome to Tiger Cubs!
Our teacher is Miss Hampton e.hampton@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistant is Mrs Fouracre.
Welcome to Lion Cubs!
Our teacher is Miss Barham r.barham@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistant is Mrs Montgomery.
Spring Term 2026
Welcome to our Reception Class page!
We are very excited to welcome our new Lion Cubs and Tiger Cubs in to school and are looking forward to starting our learning journey together.
Below is an overview of the learning that will take place this term.
English Key Text: Around the World with Max and Lemon
Comprehension, word reading and writing:
- Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences.
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.
- Anticipate (where appropriate) key events in stories.
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role play.
- Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet
- Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending.
- Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.
Communication and Language: Listening, Attention and Understanding and Speaking.
- Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them. Develop social phrases Engage in story times.
- Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.
- Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers.
Maths: Number and Numerical pattern
Subitising
- Subitise within 5 focusing on die patterns
- Match numerals to quantities within 5
Counting, ordinality and cardinality
- Practise object counting skills
- Match numerals to quantities within 10
- Verbal counting beyond 20
- Counting – focus on ordinality and the ‘staircase’ pattern
- To see that each number is one more than the previous number
Composition
- Focus on the composition of 3, 4 and 5
- Focus on 5 Focus on 6 and 7 as ‘5 and a bit’
Understanding the World:
- Identify and name a range of common animals
- Describe the structure of common animals, including some parts of the body that are specific to animals.
- Name all the senses and say which body part is associated with each sense.
- Know names of different countries around the world.
- Different countries have different key features.
- How counties are connected.
- People of the same religion are a religious community.
- I can use a safe part of the Internet to play and learn.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Know what a challenge is
- Know that it is important to keep trying
- Know what a goal is
- Know how to set goals and work towards them
- Know which words are kind
- Know some jobs that they might like to do when they are older
- Know that they must work hard now in order to be able to achieve the job they want when they are older
- Know when they have achieved a goal
Expressive Arts and Design:
- Know the names of the primary and secondary colours
- How to mix different colours to make specific colours
- Know different foods are grown in different countries
- Know that different foods are eaten in different cultures
- To be able to talk about and evaluate what they have made
- How to make a structure strong and stable
- How to make a structure balance
- To build items that have a function and a purpose
- To use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately
- Understand that different objects and instruments make different sounds
Physical Development:
Physical Skills:
- Balance and coordination by performing movements like walking forward, backward, or sideways, and eventually simple jumps or turns.
- Gross motor skills and overall muscle strength (legs, arms, and core).
- Body awareness (proprioception), which is understanding the body's position in space.
- Motor planning and agility as they navigate different challenges on the beam.
Mental and Cognitive Skills:
Focus and concentration by needing to tune out distractions and concentrate on foot placement and body alignment.
Confidence and self-esteem through mastering skills and achieving goals.
Resilience by learning to get up and try again after falling.
Problem-solving as they figure out how to navigate different beam configurations or challenges.
Decision-making under pressure and improved reaction time.
PE will take place on Wednesdays. Could children please come to school dressed in their PE kit with earrings taken out on this day.
For more information on our remote learning offer for those working from home, please click here.
Click here to see the reading, writing and maths expectations in Reception
Curriculum Map
Reading and Writing in Reception
By the end of the Reception year children should be able to read and understand simple sentences through the teaching of reading with phonically decodable books.. They can use their phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They can also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.
Children should also be able to use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They can also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.
Mathematics in Reception
By the end of Reception children should be able to count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. When using quantities and objects, they can add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They can solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.
Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.
Outdoor Learning in EYFS
The outdoors is a place where children can continue to learn by doing. They carry on building on the knowledge, skills and understanding that they have already acquired to make sense of the world around them. They are active learners, seeking information and continuing to question and explore. Being outdoors provides a focus for different types of experiences which support young children’s growing sense of confidence and autonomy. This is enhanced by the enjoyment of new challenges, such as seeking and finding treasure on a treasure hunt. Their enthusiasm to participate in outdoor experiences is expanded as their social and communication skills develop and they seek out and enjoy the company of adults and other children.
