St Hugh's CofE Primary School

Like in Nursery, we have a 'hands on' approach to learning in Reception, but with more formal learning in the afternoons to make sure we are ready for Year 1.

We are superstar writers in Reception. We have a activities everyday where we practice using our letters and sounds in our writing. We are beginning to write in full sentences, remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

In maths we will be focusing on adding and taking away numbers. We want to become experts at counting on and back from a number. This skill really helps us when we are working with numbers up to 20! Writing numbers can be very tricky, but we are having fun writing them in different ways. We use pens, paint, shaving foam and have lots of fun writing numbers outside with chalk and in the sand.

We also have regular access to outdoor activities and our outdoor area is full of exciting learning opportunites!

We all take part in weekly dance and PE sessions as well. Our PE session is on Monday and Dance is on Friday.

All of our learning is based around Learning Challenge questions. This year our questions are:

• What do you need to know to be really happy at school?
• Who are my family and what do they celebrate?
• Which animals start their life as an egg?
• What would you like to grow? 
• Where do I like to go on holiday?

In Reception, our day starts at 8.50am. We have our lunch at 11.50am and then play out after we have eaten until 12.45pm. Our day finishes at 3.05pm.

Our class teacher is called Mrs Martin.