Reception Topic Overview

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topics

Marvellous Me

Superheroes

Once Upon a Time

On the Farm

Minibeasts

A Pirate’s Life for Me

Key Texts

• You Choose
• The Colour Monster Goes to School
• 10 Rules of a Birthday Wish
• Argh! There’s a Skeleton Inside You!
• Can I Build Another Me?
• When I Grow Up – Melanie Joyce / I can be anything – Jerry Spinelli

• Supertato
• Traction Man
• Superworm
• Juniper Jupiter

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• The Gingerbread Man
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff

• What the Ladybird Heard
• Little Red Hen
• Farmer Duck
• Rosie’s Walk
• A Squash and a Squeeze

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• The Bad Tempered Ladybird
• The Very Busy Spider
• Mad About Minibeasts
• The Big Book of Bugs

• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
• Pirates in the Supermarket
• Pirates Love Underpants
• Pirate Pete/Mrs Pirate
• Commotion in the Ocean

First Hand Experiences

Sharing photos from the past

Creating self-portraits

Visit from real life superheroes

Making porridge and gingerbread men

Building boats

Farm visit

Farm shop role play

Living eggs

Observational drawings

Class caterpillars

Zoo-lab

Observational drawings

Pirate day