Hardwick - Nursery/Reception

Summer Term 5 2026

Phonics

Reception children will be learning CVCC words and root words ending 

in -ing, -ed, -id, -est.

Please see our phonics lesson overview below for this term:

Please keep going over the sounds and try to practise reading at least 3 times per week, ideally 5 times a week-as this makes a significant difference to children’s progress! 

Nursey children will now begin to learn sounds through our scheme ‘Little Wandle’. The sounds for this term are: 

Please see: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Maths

Reception children

This term we are exploring counting to 20 and beyond, adding more, taking away. 2D shapes, composing and decomposing shapes. 

Nursery Children

This term children will be looking at numbers 1, 2, 3. Exploring position and routes and looking at patterns.

Topic

 For the first two weeks of this term, the whole school has design and technology fortnight. Hardwick class will be exploring, testing and making their own little boats. The remainder of the term will be on ‘Let’s Explore colour’. Looking at the artist Piet Mondrian. We will look at primary and secondary colours, textures and artwork completed by Piet Mondrian and recreating pieces of work inspired by him.

Forest Friends 

We will continue our forest friend sessions every Wednesday, with the first session of the term taking place on Wednesday 15^th April in the afternoon. Children will need to bring wellies and waterproofs to school. Please make sure all items (wellies included) are labelled and in a bag. If you don’t have outdoor wear or wellies, we do have school ones your child can borrow. 

Subject                        Summer 1

PE                                               Tennis

PSHE                                          Being responsible

RE                                               What is special about the world?

Music                                          Big Bear Funk

Phonics

Reception children learnt all the phase 3 diagraphs (two letter sounds) and trigraphs (three letter sounds) last term, so no new sounds are being taught this term. We will continue with revisiting these sounds to embed them in words and help children to become more confident readers and writers

Please see our phonics lessons below for this term:

Please keep going over the sounds and try to practise reading at least 3 times per week, ideally 5 times a week-as this makes a significant difference to children’s progress! 

Nursey children will now begin to learn sounds through our scheme ‘Little Wandle’. The sounds for this term are: 

Please see: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Maths

This term we are exploring length, height and time. We will be Sequencing routines and learning the days of the week. We will also take a closer look at the numbers 9 and 10. Representing them in different ways, comparing numbers and making number bonds to 10, (two numbers that equal 10 when added together).

Topic

Our theme for this term is ‘What are traditional tales?’. We will focus on the stories: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Gingerbread Man and Little Red Riding Hood. Children will be tasting different types of porridge, grow beans, retelling the stories and make their own story maps.

Forest Friends is back!

As the weather improves, we are going to start our forest friends’ sessions again on the school field. These sessions will be held every Wednesday, with the first session taking place on Wednesday 25^th February in the afternoon. For these weekly sessions children will need to bring wellies and waterproofs to school. Please make sure all items (wellies included) are labelled and in a bag. If you don’t have outdoor wear or wellies, we do have school ones your child can borrow. 

Subject                        Spring 2

PE                                     Gymnastics

PSHE                                Difference and Diversity

RE                                     Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter Garden?

Music                                Our World!

This term we are looking at numbers to 10. Representing numbers to 10, including 0, subitising numbers (looking without counting), one more and one less of numbers to 10. Mass and capacity, finding a balance for weight, understanding ‘full’ and ‘empty’  using containers and using items to fill containers, such as cubes.

Topic

Our theme for this term is ‘Where can we go on our next adventure?’. We will look at the country Australia. Where it is on a map and globe, what animals live there, Aboriginal art, and make dream catchers.

Subject                Spring 1

PE                                     Dodgeball

PSHE                                Exploring Emotions

RE                                     What times are special and why?

Music                                 Everyone!