Welcome to Reception Class website page.

We will use this page to share information and celebrate what is going on in class.  We hope you enjoy using it.

Information about the class.

In the mornings, Mrs Waddington will teach the class and Mrs Burrows will teach  in the afternoons.  

We are always happy to answer any questions or discuss concerns.  We value our partnerships with parents and so if you would like to get in touch please either speak to us at drop off or pick up times or call the school office.

On our PE day, which is Friday, we are asking you to come into school dressed in your P.E. kit.  We want to make full use of our outdoor space and so a coat should always be brought into school. 

Our Reading books are changed every  Friday and follow the OUP Phonetically decodable and Phonics Book Club reading scheme . At the beginning of the year children are given books with no words. This is to develop an understanding of books and to give opportunities to share other books and stories with the children. However, we encourage children to bring their book-bags every day as we have lots of helpers who like to listen to children read.

We aim to create a curriculum that responds to our children's needs and interests, and so at times in the year we may move away from our set curriculum plan for the year. We aim to plan based on interests, relevant events and gaps in learning. 

School Closure Home learning 15.1.25.

Watch NumberBlocks series 1 episode 9 on cbeebies website and talk about the order of the numbers.  Please talk about which number comes after given numbers and discuss that this is because it is bigger.  You could write the numerals 1-5 cut them up and order them.  For Come and See RE talk about any celebrations that may happen in church such as weddings, funerals, fist holy communion.  Share have you ever been to any of these celebrations in church.  Draw a picture of one of them.

Practise writing your name and the harder to read and spell words I, the, to no, go, he, we she, me , be, we. Think carefully about the letter formation and make sure you are starting and ending in the correct place.

Read your reading book and discuss. Can you retell the story?

We are going to be sharing the story Juniper Jupiter. Listen to the story by following this link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-alesha-dixon-juniper-jupiter

Make a list of the characteristics of a good superhero. Draw a picture of you as a super hero.

We invited our families into class this week to join us in Christmas crafts.  We made a Santa bag, an angel, gift tags and a Christmas tree.  Thank you to everyone who joined us.  We hope you now feel ready to get into the Christmas spirit.

Kindness Week

During Kindness Week our Gardeners came to listen to us read. We showed them how we learn in our classroom and had fun together. We talked together about how we can show kindness.

Autumn 2 Topic

This term we are learning about the many festivals and celebrations that happen in Autumn.  We have read non- fiction books about Diwali and Bonfire Night.  We have used salt dough to make a Diva lamp and paint to create a firework picture.  We have explored how the 2 celebrations are the same and different. We have celebrated a traditional birthday party together for our class puppet Tom and have learnt what it is that we are celebrating at Christmas.

We celebrated a traditional birthday party together.  We made birthday cards for Tom, wrapped him a present and sang happy birthday to him.  We shared party food and played traditional party games and danced. We all enjoyed creating this shared memory together.

Autumn 1 Topic

Our first topic together has been All about Me.  During this term we have learnt each others names and made friends.  We have talked about our families and have drawn pictures of them.  We have shared how our family is the same as or different to the family of others.  We have looked closely at our faces including the colour of our skin, eyes and hair.  We made beautiful self portraits.  We named our body parts and played games to follow a leader.  We shared what we are good at and selected things we were good at to describe us.  We created a medal for ourselves to celebrate our talents and differences.

Don’t forget about the many websites and games that we use in school such as;

www.cbeebies.co.uk Shows, puzzles, colouring eg Number Blocks.

www.topmarks.co.uk This has a lot of our favourite maths games – shape monster, helicopter rescue, counting games and many more.

www.twinkl.com then search for phase 3 interactive phonic games this will let you choose to play different phonics games.

www.phonicsplay.co.uk if you are struggling to login for free the buried treasure game is always free! Click on phase 3 and practise with all the different sounds.

For information about what we will be learning please see Key information...Curriculum.