Welcome to Reception Class
Within our Reception year, learning takes place through seven different areas; Communication and Language, Expressive Arts and Design, Physical Development, Understanding the World, Mathematics, Personal Social and Emotional Development and Literacy.
Summer Term
This Term our topics will be How does your garden grow ?, Space and Under and over the sea.
Mrs Oliver & Miss Lloyd (Class Teachers)
Ms Ball, (HLTA) Mrs Olga, Miss Toomer (Class TAs)
If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff (After School) write in the communication book, send a message on Tapestry or email.
Reminders
- Children do not need snacks, fruit is provided in school (If your child will only eat certain fruits they may bring something from home (fruit only please)
- Reading books will be changed twice a week, we would please encourage you to read with your child 5x a week at home.
- Please encourage your child to practise putting their coat and shoes on independently. This will benefit the children hugely and will help them to become more independent as the year progresses.
- PE will be on THURSDAYS please can children come to school wearing their PE Kit.
- Forest School will be on TUESDAYS - they need to wear something that is appropriate. Please provide waterproof trousers to put over the top of Joggers etc, coat and wellies.
As Mathematicians we will be learning to –
Copy, continue and create simple repeating patterns, explore adding more by counting on and taking away by counting back. We will also consolidate our knowledge of numbers to 20, counting reliably and placing them in order. We will use a range of resources to help us solve simple problems and play games involving addition and subtraction. We will be solving
Problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.
Communication and Language
We will develop our own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events. We will use the role play areas to ‘act out’ different parts of the stories, ask questions and respond to stories we have read. We will also continue to build our understanding of new vocabulary linked to our topics
Continuous Provision
We will continue to provide a wealth of learning activities each week for the children to access. All of these activities are linked to the 7 areas of learning and also incorporate the children's own interests.
As theologians we will be learning about –
What places are special and why?
Which stories are special and why?
We will develop our understanding that some places are special to members of their community and recognise that people have different beliefs, celebrating special times in different ways. We will think about places that are special to us and describe why they are special. We will look at some stories that are special to Christians and some other faiths. We will explore some of the things these stories teach believers and similarities and differences between people’s special stories.
Important dates for the diary –
Monday 5th May – Bank Holiday
Class R trip to Ralph Court Gardens – Wednesday 7th May
Friday May 16th – MFL day (wear Red/White/Blue)
Monday 19th May – Friday 23rd May – Walk to School Week
Wednesday 21st May – Fun Run 1-2.30
Friday 23rd May – INSET Day
Schools close for half term on 26th May and open 2nd June
Tuesday 1st July - KS1 Sports Day
Wednesday 16th July – Class R Graduation 9.00
Outdoors
Children will have access to the outdoor area throughout the whole day despite the weather. Please make sure that they come to school with appropriate clothing including a warm coat when the weather turns and sun cream and a hat for those warm sunny days.
Tapestry
We use Tapestry to keep you up to date with your child's learning journey. Please remember to check on tapestry to see what we have been learning about. Remember to add your own photos and comments about achievements out of school – these are fantastic for us to see.
As writers we will be learning to –
Develop our own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events, answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions and respond to stories we have read. We will use a variety of books including The Tiny Seed, Jasper’s Beanstalk and Oliver’s Vegetables, Smiley Shark and many more. We will continue to develop our letter formation and write sentences using our knowledge of phonic sounds. Children need to be able to write phonetically plausible sentences by themselves so we will be practising as much as we can this term.
Phonics
We will continue to build on our knowledge of letter sounds, blending sounds to read words and segmenting them to help us spell. We will continue to read some letter groups that each represent one sound and learn some common exception words to help us with our reading and writing.
Understanding the World
We will make observations of plants and explain why some things occur and talk about changes. We will plant our own seeds and discuss what might happen to them. We will explore other plants and explore the natural world around us. We will also continue to describe what we can see, hear and feel outside and understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us.
Physical Development
In PE, we will learn how to control speed and direction in running games, navigate obstacle courses and understand the basic changes exercise causes in the body.
We will also develop our fine and gross motor skills for writing and letter formation
Expressive Arts and Design
Use our observational skills to draw flowers using different media including paint, pastels and collage. We will use a variety of tools and techniques to experiment with colour, design and texture. We will sing songs, make music and dance and experiment with ways of changing them.
