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Reception

Welcome to Reception!

Reception 2024-2025

In reception, children learn through play and exploring areas of provision, both inside and outside of the classroom, as well as directed activities.

Everyday, we learn phonics, maths and literacy. We also do lots of fun topics which help us learn and develop in all areas of learning.

The 7 areas of learning:

3 Prime areas:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
Physical Development
Communication & Language

4 Specific areas:

Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts & Design

Our Learning:

R.E: Our RE topic is on The Easter Story (Desert to Garden). In this topic we will be learning about Lent and retelling stories of the Holy Week.

RSHE:

My Happy Mind - we are learning about Relate topic. In this topic, we will be learning how to be a good friend and why getting along with others helps us feel happy.

No Outsiders - we will learn about how families can be different. Our focus book is The Family Book by Todd Parr.

Maths:

Counting and ordering numbers to 8.
Comparing numbers to 8 – using language more and fewer than.
Composition of 7.
Exploring doubles – focusing on how some numbers can be made with 2 equal parts.
Odd and even numbers.
Exploring length, height and time.

Phonics:

We will be reviewing phase 3 sounds, as well as reading and writing at length.

Pronunciation of sounds can be found on the link below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDInVjBUGC0

We will be practising these tricky words (Harder to read and spell words): said, so, have, were, out, like, some, come, there, little, one, do, children & love.

Literacy/ Topic - Animals from the past (dinosaurs, woolly mammoth), minibeasts, Spring and the Easter story.

Topic work runs in line with the Literacy theme and covers all EYFS areas of learning.

Literacy key texts for Spring 2

Phonics tips and support for parents:

Phase 2 sounds

Phase 3 sounds

Phase 5 sounds

What we are learning

Spring 2

Spring 2 Overview

Spring 2 medium term plan

During our R.E topic - Galilee to Jerusalem we listened to scripture from the Bible - John 6: 1-14 The Feeding of the 5000. We lived out our Catholic Social Teaching by feeding the hungry birds. We talked about how we are like Jesus feeding the 5000 people.

We learned about a journey of a letter and posted our Christmas cards to our families

Christmas Jumper Day

Our Nativity

Maths in our forest area

Exploring capacity

Christmas Activities

Winter exploration

Goldilocks and the Three Bears topic

Autumn topic

Useful Links

Pronunciations of Phonics sounds

Teach your monster to read

Fantastic phonics games/ app

Oxford Owl

Useful online library for children to access and read online.

Topmarks Games

Useful games for early years children

Jolly Phonics songs

We use the Jolly Phonics songs to help us remember our new sounds, good for recapping already taught sounds.

Tricky Words Phase Four

Great for remembering tricky words such as 'said'

Tricky Words Phase Three

Useful for recapping and learning phase 3 tricky words

Counting in 2's

How fast can you count in your 2's?

Counting in 5's

We enjoy counting in our 5's, remember to do your hi 5 as you sing along :)

Doubles, Doubles, I can add doubles!

Reception particularly like this song, it helps us remember our double numbers :)

Phonics Play

Interactive games to support blending of words and revisiting phonemes- free for parents at the moment! Very useful

Alphablocks

Play along with the Alphablocks and have fun with the letters of the alphabet.

Useful Information

Reception children can be dropped off at school at 8:30am. Registration begins at 8.55am. The children will finish school at 3:15pm. Children will come into school through the front door by Mrs Skitt's office and leave via the reception gate.
Snack money is £10 per half term. Children will be provided with snacks and drinks throughout the day.
Please provide your child with a reusable water bottle which can be filled throughout the day.
PE will take place on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on these days. They do not need to bring a change of clothes.
Reading books will be sent home once per week on a Friday. Please try to read a little to/with your child each day and write in their home reading diary. Children will receive a maximum of 2 reading books per week and should read these several times to build fluency and confidence.
Infant children are entitled to universal free school meals. Please advise Mrs Skitt if you wish for your child to receive a hot dinner or confirm that you will be providing a packed lunch.
If your child requires any medication or has any allergies, please speak to the class teacher.