Welcome to Reception!
Welcome to Reception at St Hugh's.
We spend our first term getting to know the children and settling them into school.
Happy children are happy learners!
We are focussing on developing our gross motor movements, big movements, like jumping, stretching and balancing that get us ready for reading and writing.
Speaking and listening is an important part of our learning, so we give the children lots of opportunities to talk about their expereinces and develop their listening skills, this helps the children as they begin to learn sounds to read.
We introduce the children to early maths by singing lots of counting rhymes and learning numbers in lots of different ways.
Reading and telling stories is a huge part of Reception. We have storytime everyday and are learning to tell our own stories.
This half term we have been thinking about who we are and where we are from. We went on a walk around our local area with our Mum's and Dad's.
We are also reading the story of 'Handa's Surprise'. This has helped us to learn about Africa and to look at the differences and similarities between us and where Handa and Akeyo live.
Everyday we have a phonics session where we learn a new sound and practise our reading and writing.
We have PE on a Tuesday and Dance on a Friday.
Every Friday we have a Stay and Play session where all parents and carers are invited in to class to play and learn with their children.
