Reception

Welcome to our Reception Class page!

Please check back here regularly in order to find out important information about our topics and what your children are learning and to support your child with pre-learning tasks, as well as important reminders and dates. 

Some Key information to remember:

• Your children's teachers are Mrs Day (RRD) and Mrs Klofik/Mrs Gloster (RKG), we also have Mrs Farrell and Miss Boyle who support across both classes. If you wish to speak to a teacher that is no problem but please be mindful that in the morning and home time we may not be able to speak straight away as the safety of the children is our priority, however we are always happy to talk to you as soon as all the children are released at the end of the day. 
• Reception will have PE every Wednesday and we will keep your child's PE kit in school for each half term, when we will return for washing. Please ensure your child has their full PE kit in school and try to support them at home to dress and undress themselves independently. 
• We ask for a 50p per week contribution to pay for toast and to support us with ingredients for our baking and playdough etc. Please bring this in every Monday, if you wish to pay termly that is fine. 
• We will shortly be sending home reading books and phonics sounds to practice with your child, please take the time to ensure you do this at least 3 times a week and record in your reading diary. It really does make a huge difference to your child's learning. Please also practice with your child writing their name with their name card. 
• Please ensure all your child's belongings are clearly labelled. 
• Homework will be sent out every 2 weeks on a Friday, we ask that your child completes this, of course you can support them but it should be their own work, we celebrate this and the children enjoy showing off their work. 

We are looking forward to getting to know you and your children this year, they have all settled really well now and we will be beginning our learning next week based around our author of the year Jill Murphy. Why not have a look what can you find out about her? What has she written? Have you read any of her books?

This week we have been learning all about tadpoles and how they grow, and we also have some visitors in class who are growing very fast, and getting through lots of food, meet our caterpillars. We wonder what they will do next keep checking the website for updates. 

Next week we we will be reading the very hungry caterpillar, please try and familiarise yourself with the story. 

Today we had a visit from a wolf...

The wolf ate his sandwich and we haven’t seen him since...

Let’s hope he doesn’t come back!

This term, our topic is all about "Dinosaurs,"

The children will be using I-pads, books and laptops to research facts about dinosaurs We are also going to be writing about them using our phase 2 and phase 3 phonic sounds. 

To support your child with this, you can use this link to see a range of captions and sentences that we will be using with your child.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

We are also going to continue teaching the concept of rhyming, here is a useful website to support your child with creating a rhyming string...

https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/words-that-rhyme-with-at.html

Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable half term. Next week (12th November) we will be introducing our next topic which is all about journeys and transport. On Monday as an introduction to the topic we are inviting your child to bring in their own wheeled vehicle to school for the day. This may be a bike, trike or scooter. Please find attached a video of the book we will be looking at next week ‘The Train Ride’ please watch it with your child and have a think about anytime you have been on a train or a journey somewhere.

Please remember to bring in your reading book and sounds every week, 

Next week we will be learning about harvest and it’s meaning, we will be reading the story A Scarecrows Wedding by Julia Donaldson. We will be exploring vegetables and doing some cooking! Please can you have a talk with your child about a wedding they may have attended, as we will be sharing our experiences. Attached is a video of the book we will be learning, please share with your child. 😀. Also have a look at the phonics video to help your child with their sounds and to support you to understand more about how it is taught. 

Many thanks.  

28.9.18

Next week we will be sharing the story ‘Funnybones’ we will be looking at and labelling parts of our bodies and exploring shapes. In preparation for this please share the story with your child.  

Friday 28th September. A few notices... 

PLEASE ensure that all your child’s belongings are labelled, this will help us immensely at home time to ensure children are leaving with correct items. 

We are encouraging the children to become more independent, please help by supporting them at home to dress themselves, put on their own coats, and become more independent at mealtimes. 

Parents eveing slots are still available, if you wish to see a teacher, please book a slot for Wednesday 17th October 3.30-6.30pm. 

Please be patient on the door at drop off and pick up, as our first priority is to ensure that the children come in and leave safely. If you wish to speak to a teacher then we will see you as soon as is possible. 

We are collecting items for our mud kitchen, if you have any old pots/pans/spoons etc please drop them in at the door. 

Your support is apprieciated. 

Many thanks. 

Reeption staff. 

Our new topic is called "what's in the box!"  Each week a new item will be placed in the box to introduce the learning for that week.

Next week (24.09.18), we will be sharing the story of Owl Babies and linking this to finding out about our own families. To prepare your child for their learning, can you please click on the link below and share this story with your child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPQRiSTYFHo

Welcome to Reception! 

We are so excited to meet you all and we hope you are looking forward to starting with us next week. Please check your times for the first week to ensure you know when your child needs to be with us! 

If you have any concerns or wish to speak to a teacher please feel free to ask. 

Check back soon for exciting news and games. 

Reception Challenge 

Next week ( 21.05.18) Reception will be reading and creating our very own poem. The challenge is for your child to find out what a poem is .... rewards will be given.

Happy researching boys and girls 

Week beginning 30.04.18

During our maths lessons, Reception children will be continuing to develop their addition and subtraction skills. We will be using practical activities to support this and squared paper to record our number sentences on.

To support your child here are a few games your child can play: 

Just a quick reminder that the first day back after the holidays - Monday 26.02.18- will be patterned day (only Reception children) Could your child please wear clothing with a pattern on ready to introduce the concept of patterns. It can be any pattern at all, and as simple as a patterned pair of socks.

Thank you 

Next term, our learning will be based around the topic ‘Fairy Tales’ The first week back, we will be going into the woods to have the story ‘Red Riding Hood’ read whilst sitting in the outdoor classroom - I hope we don’t see any wolves!!

Here is a link to the story if you wish to shar it with your child...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI4-xfRDGHM

The children created their own tally chart by counting the different types of vehicles that passed by the school gates.

What a busy day we have had in Reception!

Thank you for sending in so many wonderful vehicles, the children have had so much fun playing on them.

Next week (16.10.17) we are going to be reading ‘Funnybones’ 

Could you please share this story with your child, to help prepare them for the learning that will follow.

Can your child sing the Caterpillar Song for you?

(sung to the tune of 'she'll be coming round the mountain')

' There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wriggle wriggle.

There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wriggle wriggle.

There's a tiny caterpillar, tiny caterpillar, tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wriggle wriggle'

'He will eat the leaf around him til he's full.....'

'A cocoon is what he's spinning for a home....'

'He will be a butterfly and fly away...'

      Summer Term

Welcome back! 

This term we are thinking about Growing. We will be reading Jack and the Beanstalk, and sending home a bean for the children to grow their own beanstalk.

For their homework we would like the children to look after their beanstalk, and draw or write about any changes that happen to their bean. They can tell us how often they water it and where they have put the plant pot so that it gets lots of sunshine.

Spring 2

Our new theme is 'Once upon a time' We will be learning about different traditional tales.

Homework - week beginning 27th February

Can you draw a picture about your favourite book, it could be a character from the book or a picture of your favourite scene. It would also be great to see some writing telling us about your pictures. Please return your homework by Friday 17th March.