Welcome to Reception!
Welcome to Reception!
Our teacher is called Miss Thompson.
Miss Hornby and Miss Kauser will also be helping us with our learning.
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PE - Tuesday with Mr Hatton
(Once PE kits are given out please come to school in your PE kit)
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Music – Alternate Wednesday with Mrs Brocklehurst
In Reception we build on all the great learning from our Nursery Class.
We are spending our first half term getting to know our children and making sure they are settled and happy. Happy children are happy learners!
We continue to work hard developing our gross motor movements, big movements, like jumping, stretching and balancing that get us ready for reading and writing.
We use squiggle me into a writer to help us get ready for writing and have already mastered some of the tricky pre-handwriting shapes!
Speaking and listening is an important part of our learning, so we give the children lots of opportunities to talk about their experiences and develop their listening skills, this helps the children as they begin to learn sounds to read. If you would like any resources to support communication, please let us know.
Reading and telling stories and singing rhymes and songs is a huge part of Reception. We have story time and singing every day and are learning to tell our own stories using story maps and Makaton signs.
We use Read Write Inc to deliver our phonics lessons. Every day we have a phonics session where we learn a new sound and practise our blending and reading.
Regular stay and play events will take place throughout the year and it would be lovely if parents could attend so you are actively involved and participating in our learning environment. The children love to show off and talk about what they are learning in school.
We introduce the children to early maths by singing lots of counting rhymes and learning numbers in lots of different ways, we aim to give our children a solid foundation in mathematical ‘big ideas’ and concepts including; attributes, pattern, comparison and change so they are ready for future learning in Year 1 and beyond.
Throughout the year all Reception children will have the opportunity to attend Forest school with Mrs Glenn.
This term whilst we settle into our reception class we will be thinking about the world around us, where we live and the changing seasons.
