Welcome to Reception!

Our Topic for Term 2 is...

The World Around Me!

We have loved welcoming you all into Reception! Last term we learnt all about ourselves and this term we will move onto learning about the world around us. 

We will focus on the stories 'Funny Bones', 'Stick Man', 'The Gingerbread Man' and 'The Christmas Story'. We will explore early writing skills, such as hearing and writing the initial sounds in words, and writing simple words. We will continue our Phonics journey, learning how to blend Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonemes to read words. In maths we will be focussing on 'one more' and 'one less', shapes and the composition of 3, 4 and 5. 

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

- What do I notice in my world?

How does the world change around me?

- What is happening now?

We will be practicing our performance skills with our Christmas Nativity Play. Our play is called 'Whoops-a-Daisy Angel', and we look forward to performing our play to the whole school and to our parents and carers. 

We will keep developing our artistic skills, through drawing, colour, and shape. We will use a range of tools to spread paint, explore print making, as-well as making small clay decorations and learning basic sewing skills. We will get hands-on exploring the taste and smell of different foods. We will sings lots of Nursery Rhymes and songs, as-well as enjoying some poetry. 

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

Many thanks,

The Reception Team 

Dates for your diary:

Monday 3rd November - Start of Term 2

Monday 8th December at 10am - Reception Nativity performance

Tuesday 9th December at 9.30am - Reception Nativity performance

Friday 19th December - 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