Reception

Welcome to the Reception Class!

Our Class Teacher is Mrs Baxter

Our Teaching Assistants are Mrs K Parkins & Ms Field.

Reception you have been fantastic learning CHAMPs this year, have a lovely summer holiday. We will miss you!

Goodbye from all of us!

Non- Negotiables for Reception

Non Negotiable Parent Leaflet - Reception.pdf

Half-Termly Curriculum Letters

Reception Curriculum letter Summer 2.pdf

Welcome to Reception.

Welcome Meeting

Welcome to Reception Class 2020.pdf

Handwriting Guidance Link

Reception Handwriting Guidance.pdf

Handwriting Example

Handwriting.pdf

Below are some websites that you may find useful when practising reading and writing at home.

Phonics Play

Phonics Bloom

Teach Handwriting Click on the heading 'Letters'. Then select 'Continuous Cursive Letters- Beginners'. Make sure to select 'Letter Choice 2'.

Articulation of Phonemes

Tricky Words Song

This week we have been learning about the seaside! We read ‘What the Ladybird heard at the seaside’ by Julia Donaldson and enjoyed acting out the story. One morning we came into the classroom and found magic shells on our tables! We wrote about what our 3 wishes would be. We found out about lots of creatures that live in rock pools; we wrote about what we would find in a rock pool and drew pictures. In Maths we read ‘One is a snail, ten is a crab’ by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre. We had to count the legs of the things we saw in the book and we also made up our own number stories. We have also explored what the seaside was like long ago and discussed the meaning of past, present and future. Well done for another fantastic week Reception!

Congratulations to all our children who received certificates this week. We were very proud to receive the sports award for our efforts in tennis. Super work Reception!

Our ‘book of the week’ has been ‘The Train Ride’ by June Crebbin. The children used their knowledge of phonics and understanding of sentences to write about what they could see out of the train window. We were really impressed with their ideas and writing! We also drew the view out of the window when the train goes through a tunnel- a portrait of ourselves. In maths we started off with 24 carriages and we investigated how many trains we could make. Well done to all our children who received certificates!

Sports week - We have had a wonderful week participating in a variety of events including football, sitting volleyball, jumping events, archery, biathlon, hurdles, throwing event, goalball and hockey. The children were very motivated and gave it their all! We also enjoyed learning about the Olympics; we made our own Olympic torches and recreated the opening ceremony. We listened to 'Chariots of Fire' and choreographed a dance made up of sports movements. Well done Reception!

Well done to our children who received certificates this week! We also awarded certificates to children who had shown the Olympic and Paralympic values throughout the week.

Reception races - Well done Reception! We are so proud of you all.

All about animals! We have had a wonderful week learning about animals. The animal workshop on Monday was enjoyed by all the children as they were introduced to and held a variety of animals. The children then wrote about their favourite animal and what they had learnt. We decided to find out our favourite animal so the children completed a tally chart which we then used to create a bar chart. We played 'guess my animal' and the children wrote clues about their animal. Another highlight this week was seeing the butterflies that had emerged from their cocoon and watching them be set free into the meadow! Well done to all our children who received awards this week.

Goodbye Butterflies

Our book of the week has been 'The very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle. The children have been busy writing captions to go with pictures from the story and also writing a list of all the foods the caterpillar ate. In maths we have been learning about money and exploring symmetry and created butterflies to reflect our understanding. We enjoyed being in the woods early on in the week and were very excited to find lots of minibeasts. The children worked hard with their talk partners to create a butterfly using natural materials. We were very interested to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and explored changing tones of green to make our own caterpillars. Well done to all our children who won awards this week.

This week we have been learning about spiders! We started off by reading the book 'Aaaargghh, Spider!' by Lydia Monks. We were very interested to then find out more facts about spiders. The children have created their own mini books full of information and illustrations about spiders. They have created some wonderful webs by threading wool onto paper plates. In Maths we have been practising adding and subtracting and each group made their own board game to consolidate these skills. We have included a picture of the backdrop for our role play area- it is full of animals that the children have drawn. The children have enjoyed their first swimming session this week - all the adults have been impressed with the confidence the children displayed when in the water- great work Reception!

Well done to our children who won awards this week!

This week our ‘book of the week’ has been Superworm by Julia Donaldson. The children have been writing character descriptions and lists of ingredients for a potion to give to the Wizard Lizard. We have also enjoyed making our own superworms! Well done to all our children who received certificates this week.

We hope you all have a wonderful half term!

This week we have enjoyed reading 'Surprising Sharks' by Nicola Davies. We learnt lots of interesting facts about sharks and wrote about them in our books and painted pictures. We also enjoyed our time in the woods and have been painting our observations of bluebells. Well done to our children who received certificates for reading, handwriting and CHAMP of the week and also well done to our sport award receiver- who received his award for long jumping!

The Three Little Pigs

This week Reception have enjoyed a variety of activities themed around the story of ‘the three little pigs’. They have acted out the story, written the story and thought of a more suitable meal for the wolf. They have also enjoyed observing their sunflowers. .Well done to the children who received certificates this week!

Bearded dragon visit

This week we had a visit from ‘Ozzie’ the bearded dragon. Before he came we discussed what we would like to find out about him. The children came up with some brilliant questions! They were very attentive during his visit and afterwards they were able to talk about what they had learnt.
Our book of the week was ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell. Reception have been working hard to use their phonics when writing and this week have written about their favourite animals, made ‘Dear Zoo’ books and created a checklist for a zookeeper. In Maths we have been working at doubling numbers. We created meals for the animals by doubling all the ingredients.

Well done to our Wonka bar winner and to the children who received a handwriting certificate and a CHAMP of the week certificate!

The Elves and the Shoemaker

This week we have really enjoyed desiging our own shoe, decorating a shoebox and making a home for the Elves. We were good at acting out the story and writing speech bubbles to go with the characters. The children were very motivated to complete maths investigations involving measuring their feet and shoes and have worked at estimating and counting.

Today is Daily Mile Day; the children have been talking how we can be healthy. They used their phonics knowledge to write about their ideas and were really proud of their work. We put our best effort into completing our mile today in tracktine- Well done Reception!

Well done to our children who received reading certificates, a handwriting certificate, and CHAMP of the week!

Billy Goats Gruff

We have enjoyed the story about the goats and the troll. In our writing we used our phonics to write about what the goats said to the troll. In our maths this week we have been estimating and counting, and creating subtraction number sentences. We enjoyed finding out about objects that float and sink. We also enjoyed building little bridges in the woods! On Thursday we learnt about Earth Day and we played a game where we sorted objects into the correct recycling containers.

Well done to our children who received reading certificates, a handwriting certificate, and CHAMP of the week! We were proud of ourselves as this week we also received a sports certificate from Miss Layman- for being so attentive when learning archery skills - well done Reception!

We have had a wonderful first few days back at school. The highlight of this week was baking our biscuits. The children worked really well as a team at their tables; they were attentive, patient and followed the instructions. We really enjoyed making them and showing them to our Nursery friends. We also enjoyed eating them- they tasted delicious! A few of the children have asked for the recipe so they can make them at home (see below) please do add any pictures of home baking to Tapestry.

We have also enjoyed measuring our beanstalks and continued estimating and measuring during our time in the woods.

First few days of the Summer term

Biscuit recipe.pdf

Well done to our children who received reading certificates, a handwriting certificate, a Wonka bar and CHAMP of the week!

Our theme this week has been ‘eggs’. We enjoyed reading ‘We’re going on an egg hunt’ by Martha Mumford and Laura Hughes and ‘The Odd Egg’ by Emily Gravett. We learnt about how birds make nests and we learnt about the life cycle of a chick. We went on an egg hunt in the woods and then we worked with our talking partner to create a birds nest. We were only allowed to use one hand to build our nests because a bird can only use its beak. In Maths we have been practising our number bonds to 10 and in Literacy we have been working hard on writing words and sentences independently. All the adults have been really impressed with our handwriting since we returned back to school. Well done Reception!
We hope you have a wonderful Spring break and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Tuesday 13th April.

Well done to our children who received reading certificates, a handwriting certificate and CHAMP of the week!

All about Growing!

This week we have enjoyed reading the story ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. We have been learning about how seeds grow. Everyone has planted a bean and is really looking forward to seeing it grow. In preparation for how tall we hope our beanstalk will grow, we have been learning how to measure items using our feet, rulers and multi link. We were very motivated when designing and making our paper aeroplanes and really enjoyed talking about and measuring how far they flew. We flew them on the playground and then, with the Nursery (but on separate playgrounds) we chalked flowers and beanstalks to create a playground garden. We have also used our phonics to write a sentence about what we hoped we would find at the top of the beanstalk. Well done Reception, you have been fantastic learners!

First Week back

We have been having fun learning with our friends! We have been enjoying reading the book ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers. We made our own kites and investigated the best material for kites. The children were all very motivated and worked hard with their talk partner to create their own kites. On Friday we showed our kites to Nursery and admired their kites! We then flew our kites on the playground. After we had flown our kites we went back to our classroom and evaluated their performance. The children had lots of great ideas - well done Reception!
The children have settled back into school really well. We are looking forward to another week of learning next week!

Well done to the children who received certificates this week for CHAMP of the week, handwriting and for taking part in the world book day challenge. Well done to our Wonka Bar winner!

Reception would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas! We look forward to seeing you again in January.

We were confident to show and tell the class about our alternative jumpers! We enjoyed making hats and having Christmas dinner together.

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 100 times, handwriting and CHAMP of the week.

We have been enjoying linking our learning to the story of 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs. We wrote a sentence about the story and also created our own mini snowman story books. Ms Field showed us all how to make snowflakes; we were very proud of our creations!

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 50 times, handwriting and CHAMP of the week.

** Our Nativity-check out the trailer for our virtual Nativity Performance! It is in the virtual events tab which can be found at the top of the class pages menu tab**

We have been working really hard on our handwriting! In Maths we have been learning about the differences between 2Dand 3D shapes. We have been describing the properties of these shapes to our talk partners.

We have enjoyed sharing and programming the Beebots this week. We linked our programming to the Gruffalo by creating ways to go through the wood.

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 50 times, handwriting, CHAMP of the week and the Wonka bar for reading five times at home.

We have really enjoyed our book of the week, 'the Gruffalo'. We carefully read the description of the Gruffalo and then created our own Gruffalos!

In Maths this week we have been comparing lengths. We have enjoyed measuring a variety of objects and each other!

As part of our learning about the digraph 'ee' we went into the woods to complete a tree rubbing. We then used natural materials to create our own pictures. We had lots of fun!

Well done to our children who received certificates this week for reading 50 times, handwriting, CHAMP of the week and the golden ticket for reading five times at home.

* Reading books* IMPORTANT

Please note that from Monday 23rd November we will be changing your child's reading book as soon as they have read it three times at home (they were previously checked/changed on a Monday and Thursday). Please remind your child to hand in their reading book and record when it needs changing. Thank you!