Category: Reception Blog

The Reception team would like to say a very big well done to all of the children, for settling in so well with their return to school. It has been lovely seeing them so excited to be back with their friends and teachers, and their smiling faces again.

In phonics this week, we will be reviewing our learning and reminding the children of the digraphs and trigraph we have already learned. Our new learning will be focused on the digraphs ‘ur’, ‘ow’ and ‘oi’. We will be asking the children to think of some words with the new sounds in and to choose one of these words to write a sentence. We will also be having fun with our learning, by playing some phonics games.

In maths this week, we will be consolidating our Spring learning. We will be focusing on numeral recognition by playing matching the number to the picture games. We will also be recapping the composition of 6, how many ways can you make 6? The children will be using different objects to discover this.

In the wider curriculum, we will be learning all about mini-beasts and the different habitats they live in. We will be going on a mini-beast hunt around the school grounds and identifying which ones we can see. We will also be learning about St Patricks day on Wednesday and recycling on Thursday, in celebration of ‘World Recycling Day’. At home, show the children the different bins we put different materials in and why it is important to recycle.

In Reception, we are starting to collect junk for the children to start junk modelling. If you have any cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, yoghurt pots etc. it would be fantastic to bring these into school. Please be assured, that any junk that is brought into school will be quarantined for 48 hours before given to the children to play with. Also, another reminder that the children need to come into school in their P.E kit on Thursdays.

Have a fantastic week!

The Reception team

Welcome back to school Reception we have really missed you all. This week at school we will be continuing with our work on Spring. We will be planting some beans in our own mini green houses and will be watching how they begin to grow. We will also plant some cress and will be making cress heads with a focus on the scientific processes for Science week.

Towards the end of the week we will be learning about Mothers day and will be making a nice surprise for our mummies.

We will have lots of time to play together and have the opportunity to talk about how we are feeling being back in school. The grown ups will also be doing a little assessment on our Phonics and reading so we can be given the correct reading book to support where we are with our phonics learning.

Thursday will be our P.E day so please remember to come into school in your P.E kit. White T-shirt, black leggings or joggers and a black sweatshirt/ hoodie ( as the weather warms up we can wear our black shorts) and footwear such as trainers. Please make sure if you are wearing trainers that you are able to put these on and off and if they have laces you should be able to tie these yourself. Hopefully over lockdown you have been dressing and undressing yourself so this is a skill that we hope you have all mastered.

We can’t wait to see you all

The Reception Team

Hello All. We are very sad that we are not in school to do our learning, but the safest place for you all at the moment is at home. All home learning will be uploaded to Microsoft TEAMs each day. You were given your child’s email address and log in earlier in the year. To log in visit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/log-in You can access TEAMs through a computer, tablet or phone. If you have misplaced the login details then please email your child’s class teacher and they will get back to you with your log in details.

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We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to email pictures of your work to us once or twice a week. Don’t feel you have to email everything but we would love to see what you have been getting up to. Contact us if you have any problems and remember just do the best that you can. We would suggest prioritising the phonics and the Maths activities and then doing as many of the other tasks as you can. Our Topic at the moment is ‘Winter’, so get outside especially when it is frosty or snowy and explore what the frost and snow do to the environment.

Try to have as much fun as you can Reception. Remember we have periods of the day for child initiated learning. This is an ideal time for parents to interact/ play/ question your child to help develop their understanding and encourage communication.

Take care and we can’t wait to see all of your fantastic work.

The REception Team

We would like to say a huge well done to all of the children in Reception, for performing a fantastic Nativity! We are all so proud of you! The performances are now on Teams ready for you to watch.

A reminder that the only way to access the Nativity is through Teams, with your children’s individual username and password, which was given out earlier last month. We hope you enjoy the performance!

This week, we will be having lots of fun taking part in Christmas activities, which the children will be bringing home to show you. We will also be having our last practise of our Nativity and filming the final production, so keep an eye on your Teams for when the video of your child’s class is up!

A reminder that our Christmas jumper day is Monday 14th December and all children taking part need to bring £1 into school. We will also be having our Christmas film on Friday 18th December. As the children had their non-school uniform day on Monday, they will be expected to come into school in usual school-uniform, however they are welcome to wear something festive. See Friday Focus for any additional information regarding this week’s school announcements.

The Reception team would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

In phonics this week, we will be reciting the phonemes we have previously learned – s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, e, u, r, h, b, f. Our new learning will focus on the letter ‘l’. We will be thinking of simple words we can write using the letter ‘l’, for example, ‘leg’, ‘lend’, ‘lad’, ‘lest’. We will also be recapping out tricky words and how we can use these in a sentence. The children love playing phonics games, there are some free resources on PhonicsPlay if you would like to play some at home to support their learning.

In maths this week, we are consolidating our learning from the term, using Christmas themed activities. We will be focusing on size, patterns, numbers up to 5 and shapes. The children will be creating Christmas cards using triangles, circles, squares and rectangles. Ask the children if they can spot different shapes in the environment, such as, windows, doors, bricks etc.

In the wider curriculum, we will be practising our Nativity ready to be recorded for the following week. If you haven’t already done so, can you please return your consent slips for your children to be recorded, please.