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Reception

Welcome to Reception’s Page

Staff Team

Class teacher

Mrs Williams

Learning Support Assistants

Mrs Dicks

 

Curriculum Information
Theme - Magical Me! During Term 1, we will be learning …

Maths

Spatial reasoning and 3D shapes, subitising to 3

Literacy 

Listening to and talking about stories, learning new vocabulary, and using stories to explore our families

Phonics

Phase 1 and 2 phonics

Understanding The World 

Talking about families, our own and others. Talk about past and present events in their own life and in the lives of family members.

Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities, cultures and traditions.

PSED

Self-regulation.

KAPOW – My feelings. Coping strategies, expressing and describing feelings.

Expressive Arts and Design 

Know that certain colours are used to represent themselves - portraits

Use pencil to draw themselves with key features – head, body, facial features, arms, legs

Use a variety of resources to create a collage

A small world can be created using different construction, blocks and small world kits

Communication and Language 

Using language to communicate basic needs - toileting/hands washing/toys - I want, please can you help

Use the daily timetable language to communicate what’s next

Follow instructions and directions

Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall

Physical Development 

Developing fine motor skills through a variety of activities and working towards a good pencil grip using the Point, pinch, flip method. Learn how to use the outside space and develop crawling, climbing in, out and over obstacles.

Weekly Timetable

Monday

Structured story time

Group time and continuous provision 

Phonics 

 

 

Continuous provision

Lunch

 

11.30-12.30   

Maths and group time 

 

PSED and continuous provision

Tuesday

Structured story time

Group time and continuous provision 

Phonics 

 

 

Continuous provision

Maths and group time

 

Topic and continuous provision  

Wednesday

Structured story time

Group time and continuous provision 

Phonics 

 

Continuous provision

Maths and group time 

Topic and continuous provision

Thursday

P.E

P.E

Phonics 

 

 

Continuous provision

Maths and group time 

Maths and continuous provision 

Friday

Structured story time

Group time and continuous provision 

Phonics 

 

Continuous provision

Maths and group time                       

Music and continuous provision

PE Days

PE in Reception is on a Thursday. Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on these days.  Our PE kit is plain black shorts, leggings or joggers; plain white or school PE t-shirt; school jumper.

Homework

Phonics will be given out on a Friday. The children can practise writing and saying the taught sounds for that week.

When your child receives a reading book please support your child at home by reading 5 x a week for at least 10 minutes.

Useful Information

To ensure your child is ready to learn, please provide them with a labelled bottle of water everyday. A healthy snack of fruit or vegetables is provided by the school. 

Every week a class newsletter will be sent via Tapestry.