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    Reception

    Welcome to Reception’s Page

    Staff Team

    Class teacher

    Mrs Williams

    Learning Support Assistants

    Mrs Dicks

     

    Curriculum Information
    Theme - Magical Me! During Term 1, we will be learning …

    Maths

    Spatial reasoning and 3D shapes, subitising to 3

    Literacy 

    Listening to and talking about stories, learning new vocabulary, and using stories to explore our families

    Phonics

    Phase 1 and 2 phonics

    Understanding The World 

    Talking about families, our own and others. Talk about past and present events in their own life and in the lives of family members.

    Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities, cultures and traditions.

    PSED

    Self-regulation.

    KAPOW – My feelings. Coping strategies, expressing and describing feelings.

    Expressive Arts and Design 

    Know that certain colours are used to represent themselves - portraits

    Use pencil to draw themselves with key features – head, body, facial features, arms, legs

    Use a variety of resources to create a collage

    A small world can be created using different construction, blocks and small world kits

    Communication and Language 

    Using language to communicate basic needs - toileting/hands washing/toys - I want, please can you help

    Use the daily timetable language to communicate what’s next

    Follow instructions and directions

    Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall

    Physical Development 

    Developing fine motor skills through a variety of activities and working towards a good pencil grip using the Point, pinch, flip method. Learn how to use the outside space and develop crawling, climbing in, out and over obstacles.

    Weekly Timetable

    Monday

    Structured story time

    Group time and continuous provision 

    Phonics 

     

     

    Continuous provision

    Lunch

     

    11.30-12.30   

    Maths and group time 

     

    PSED and continuous provision

    Tuesday

    Structured story time

    Group time and continuous provision 

    Phonics 

     

     

    Continuous provision

    Maths and group time

     

    Topic and continuous provision  

    Wednesday

    Structured story time

    Group time and continuous provision 

    Phonics 

     

    Continuous provision

    Maths and group time 

    Topic and continuous provision

    Thursday

    P.E

    P.E

    Phonics 

     

     

    Continuous provision

    Maths and group time 

    Maths and continuous provision 

    Friday

    Structured story time

    Group time and continuous provision 

    Phonics 

     

    Continuous provision

    Maths and group time                       

    Music and continuous provision

    PE Days

    PE in Reception is on a Thursday. Please make sure that your child wears their PE kit to school on these days.  Our PE kit is plain black shorts, leggings or joggers; plain white or school PE t-shirt; school jumper.

    Homework

    Phonics will be given out on a Friday. The children can practise writing and saying the taught sounds for that week.

    When your child receives a reading book please support your child at home by reading 5 x a week for at least 10 minutes.

    Useful Information

    To ensure your child is ready to learn, please provide them with a labelled bottle of water everyday. A healthy snack of fruit or vegetables is provided by the school. 

    Every week a class newsletter will be sent via Tapestry.