Welcome to Reception!

Our Topic for Term 3 is...

The Big Wide World!

Last term we learnt all about the world around us and we will now move onto learning about the big wide world. 

We will focus on the stories 'The Way Back Home', 'Supertato', and 'Little Red Riding Hood'. For literacy we will explore early writing skills, such as hearing and writing all sounds in words, and writing simple captions. We will continue our Phonics journey, consolidating Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonemes to read words. We will also apply our knowledge of blending to read and spell simple two-syllable words and captions.

In maths we will be focussing on connecting quantities to numerals, continuing to developing our subitising skills, as-well as looking at equal and unequal groups and comparing mass and capacity. 

We will be answering the following enquiry questions over the term:

- How has transport changed?

- Where in the big wide world am I?

- How does the world change around me?

For expressive arts and design we will keep developing our artistic skills, through water colour painting, mixed media collage, guided draws and making accurate drawings of people. We will use a range of tools to make levers, sliders and flaps and explore wheels and axles. We will get hands-on exploring how to combine ingredients to make a new food product. We will sings lots of Nursery Rhymes and songs, as-well as enjoying exploring percussion and dance with props. 

If you have any questions, please get in touch - we are really looking forward to another brilliant term with you and your children! 

Many thanks,

The Reception Team 

Dates for your diary:

Monday 5th January 2026 - Inset Day

Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Start of Term 3 

Friday 13th February 2026 - Last day of term

Logistics - Outerwear, wellies and water bottles (and provided snacks!)

Water: We encourage the children to drink as much as possible (the more you drink, the more you think!) so please send in your child with a named bottle.

Snacks: The children are provided with daily fruit but if you wish to send them in with a fruit snack then you are welcome to.

Shoes: Please can children come to school in Velcro or slip-on shoes. No laces in Reception, thank you!

Wellies: We encourage children to use our outdoor provision to support their learning as much as possible in all weathers. We ask that named wellies are brought and left in school.

Hats/Coats: We advise you to keep one eye on the weather and provide a sunhat/raincoat as appropriate for your child please. 

Our PE / Outdoor Learning days: Wednesdays.

Bags: Please only bring a bookbag to school, we do not have the space for backpacks. 

Change of clothing: We ask that children are all supplied with a spare change of clothing to stay in school in either a plastic bag or a drawstring bag. This should include a change of pants, socks, bottoms, and tops. 

Thank you for your support with this! 

Staffing in Reception

The teacher in Beech Class is Ms Wingrave.

The teacher in Oak Class is Mrs Potter.

Our Learning Support Assistants are Mrs Easton, Mrs Walsh, and Mr Porter.

We work closely as a Reception unit which ensures lots of quality indoor and outdoor activities all year round.

Literacy/Phonics

Maths