Term 1: What's in our local area

This term, Reception children will be discovering our local area, walking around the school to notice features of the school environment. We will be reading 'We're going on a bear hunt' as well as mapping a trail to help us remember the route that we have taken. In our local area, we have many landmarks that we will become more familiar with as we map our journeys to and from school. We will be studying the weather and seasons that changes throughout the year.

Term 3: Arctic and Antarctic- Where are the cold and hot places in the world?

This term, Reception children will be learning about changes on weather patterns and seasons. We will look at cold places around the world. We will learn about which animals would be found in these places as well as how they keep themselves warm. We will look at a penguin life-cycle and compare to an animal in the UK. We will learn about the behaviour of water when it is cooled and heated.

Term 5- How is our local area similar and different to other places around the world?

This term we will recap on what we remember about our local area- linking to human features and key landmarks. Considering the seasons, we will look at weather patterns in Sheerness: compared to hot and cold places around the world. We will think about the clothes that we need to wear as well as how people adapt to live in different climates. Comparing houses and ways of life, we will describe how communities live and work together to find/ grow food. Identifying features of our own environment, we will for similarities (and differences) with the Arctic and the desert.